Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 1
Are they still gonna drop the ball?
Yes, of course.
[about the guardrails] If no one's gonna be here, then why are they putting those up?
Oh, just to close it off. [pause] Hey, Noah, we're gonna watch it on TV, just like any other New Year's.
No, it's not. I just want this year to be over.
Everyone does.
I have no intention of disrespecting Carisi, but... Mickey deserves a defense. Isn't that why you came to me?
I wanted you to cut him a deal! Listen, as the Chief said, we cannot send a message that it's okay to take the law into your own hands.
Well, that's Carisi's case to make. Luckily, I don't work for the D.A. I don't need to worry about messages. I just need to make 12 New Yorkers like my client... and me.
Barba, he's guilty!
[smiles] Is he? Depends on the jury.
[Things are going badly for Barba in court]
When I was an ADA, this would be the moment where I would offer the defense a deal.
Man-2 is still on the table. I can recommend the minimum.
That's exactly the offer I told Mickey you'd make.
And what did he say?
Basically "no thank you," but more anatomical.
[raises his drink] Cheers.
To what? Jury deliberates for 6 hours to find Mickey guilty of Man-2, and we are right back where we started.
To irony, then.
Zoey is worried the jury will see her as a crazy slut who tricked him.
We always knew this was a risk.
She's a good person, just trying to pay her bills. He's the crazy one.
I know that. My job is to make sure the jury knows it.
The whole point of camming is that the woman controls the narrative. No physical contact, no STDs, no violence. It's supposed to be empowering.
But it doesn't make it safe.
When you say that, it sounds like you're victim blaming.
Kat, it's not victim blaming. It's just...
Listen, from what Captain and I have seen, sex work is far more dangerous than people wanna believe.
Aren't you supposed to protect the victim?
Actually, my job is to uphold the law. Is there a reason that you don't like me?
I just can't believe that you were ever a cop.
So, your friend Rita, huh? I think she grew another dorsal fin during quarantine.
Oh, it was always there. I think that she just had it sharpened.
Congratulations on the promotion. Head of the Civil Rights Unit, that's a big step up.
Well, after the riots, they needed someone who, how did my boss say it, checked every diversity box.
You people in Manhattan really live in a bubble, don't you? The world has changed. You have no idea what you're dealing with. You keep this up, I'll see to it you're disbarred. You get lucky, maybe the NYPD will take you back. You can do traffic stops on Staten Island.
Alright, we're done here...
Something they can't teach you at Fordham? How to belong. People on the eighth floor who nod at you in the elevator, they can smell the flop sweat and the garlic coming off your cheap suit.
Keep goin', judge.
What do you wanna hear, you dumb dago? You wanna go?
I'll take you out right here!
THAT'S ENOUGH! Let's go, Carisi.
No need. You're in so far over your head, you don't realize your career's dead and buried.
Are you ready to allocute, Judge Gallagher?
I am. Today I plead guilty to sexual misconduct. What I thought was consensual I now understand was perceived as coercive and hurtful actions.
I understand there's a deal?
We've agreed to the DA's offer of one year to be served under house arrest.
Mr. Carisi, are you comfortable with this?
My office is satisfied, Your Honor.
Well, I'm not. Judge Gallagher, you come from a good family, a fine home, and yet despite all those advantages, upon achieving power, you abused it habitually. So in the interest of true justice for the women you've abused, I hereby order you to serve your one year sentence in a jail cell.
What?
It's fine.
You can't do that. We had a deal!
You did. And as you well understand, the bench has inherent powers in these situations. The long arm of the law can work both ways. You're remanded.
How long till he's out on appeal?
I don't care. It was worth it to see the blood drain out of his face.
He just got a taste of his own medicine.
Rita, what the hell were you thinking defending him?
Read the room, Olivia. The way the courts are packed, Gallagher's side, these guys, and women. The next thirty years, every appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. The fix is in.
That's why we keep fighting.
Not if they won't let you in the ring. Olivia, you keep staying on the wrong side of this, you're gonna be marginalized for the rest of your career. My advice? Lie back and pretend you're enjoying it.
Vic still in the apartment?
She didn't want to leave. I didn't argue. That's your job.
You're new to SVU. We like to coordinate.
Look, Deputy Chief Garland was very clear what my job was. To build up trust in the Bronx. We bring Manhattan in, there goes morale.
There's a rapist out there. Shouldn't that be our priority?
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