Law & Order: Special Victims Unit quotes

I'm talking sex appeal, I'm talking police brutality, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo...

As long as you're shaking that booty while you're talking, I'm good.

Sonny

So, what, you go into a room, you scream, and you smash a bunch of stuff?

You make it sound so trivial.

Fin

Snake comes here?

Under a pseudonym, sure. He rents our deluxe room.

Sonny

What do you get with the deluxe room?

A dummy, male or female. Some people rent Donald, others Hillary.

Fin

How much for both?

I can't give you my bitch as an alibi cause I wasn't with my bitch.

Benson

Okay, then we're gonna need the name of your other bitch.

[groans] You tryin' to ruin my happy home?

You know those cops who never forget an unsolved case? It eats away at them until they take their last breath? I ain't one of them.

Fin

You never gave a damn?

Ain't never no damn to give.

Listen, we're gonna need phone and email records, and any threats made on social media.

Hope you need the overtime.

Fin

[about Nasar] Why can't she say whatever she wants?

Sonny

She can say whatever she wants, that's the First Amendment. But imagine she was saying those kinds of things about African-Americans.

Fin

I don't pay attention to ignorant people.

Sonny

That's you, Fin. The world doesn't work that way. Words have consequences.

Fin

So it's free speech until you piss somebody off - then it's hate speech.

Sonny

Come out from behind the counter, put your hands behind your head.

Let's go.

Why?

Why? Because you are being arrested for rape.

Nahla accused me?

Sonny

Are you surprised?

Not in the least. She hates men.

I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure she hates you.

Everybody in New York despises me, or thinks I'm a liar. My family is going to be in that courtroom. I could lose them, my job... I'm not sure this is worth it.

Benson

Nahla, you were raped. You deserve justice, no matter how many mistakes you made along the way.

But people have lost faith in me.

Benson

Because they don't know you. This is your chance to tell them who you are, to tell them your truth. You can do this, and I'm gonna be right behind you.

Are you angry that I figured out your little CSU ruse at the bar two months ago?

Benson

Oh, I'm angry. I’m very angry. But not because of that.

Or maybe because I declined to pursue our relationship?

Benson

Don't flatter yourself. If there weren't two grieving parents in the next room, I'd break your jaw.

You'd regret that, Lieutenant.

Benson

Stay away from me. Stay away from my son. Because if you don't, I promise you I will do something we'll both regret.

Benson

Rob Miller is a criminal, Peter. He's a rapist, he's a murderer... and we got nothin'. And he's going to get away with all of this.

I'm only here because you swore you wouldn't ask me to testify.

I'm not.

So, what do you want?

The same thing you want - Rob Miller behind bars.

How the hell are we gonna do that?

We're gonna break a couple of rules.

We've been doing this a long time, Liv. And we don't say it out loud or when the lights are on, but there are times in the dark when we whisper, Sometimes the law's just not good enough. And a threat to my child's safety is one of those times. At least I won't have to look over my shoulder for the rest of my life. Oh, and guess what? Neither will you.

Benson

No. No. I am not part of this.

Yeah, you are.

Benson

Peter, thank you.

Why? Because I put my career and everything I believe in in jeopardy for a good friend?

Benson

Yes, yes, and I didn't ask for this.

I know you didn't ask for it. I did it anyway. I was always gonna do it. I hope you find someone like that again.

Benson

What does that mean?

Look at what I just did in there. Now, I don't regret any of it, not for a minute. I simply lost perspective. This is on me. It's a weakness and a crack in my character, but the fact is, you became more important to me than the case I was trying, and that is not me, Liv. You can look a case with an open heart. I can't do that.

Benson

I...

Stop! I have to look at a case through clear eyes.

Benson

Hold on...

Stop. Just listen. I have to move on. I have to go, or risk getting blinded again.

[after reading the case] Sir Tobias Moore? Mr. Carisi's first day, my first week? You couldn't have brought us a subway groper?

Special Investigations? An elegant woman like you, I bet you've got some stories, eh?

Benson

I have a few.

You ever thought about turning them into a series? You know who I am. I could foresee quite a second act for you.

Benson

I'm quite happy with my first act. Not ready for a second.

Well, sometimes it has a way of finding you.