Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1 quotes

[after learning that Carlos was molested] Why didn't he tell anybody?

Benson

For so many reasons.

Benson

These cycles of abuse are so much greater than one single act, and they never go away.

You should've let me jump, for everybody's sake, because one way or another, I have been dead since I was 9 years old.

Hudson's just an idiot. No one likes him anyway. He bullies everyone. It was just my turn to be his target.

Benson

Why?

I don't know. First, he went after Corey 'cause Corey told everyone their pronouns are they/them, and Hudson started calling Corey a fairy. So then I said that I was bi and that there's no shame in being true to yourself.

Benson

That's right, Noah. So you stood up for Corey... and stood up for yourself. And that is incredibly brave.

Well, it's my truth. I just hadn't told anybody before.

Benson

Well, thank you for telling me.

No big deal. It's not like I have a boyfriend or girlfriend. It's just not fair for anybody to be left out.

Benson

Ugh. McGrath wants all the DD5s for the week logged in by tonight.

Fin

Tell him he should get a life.

[about ultimate fighting] Fin, it's not just about a fight. It's the human spectacle.

Fin

I work in sex crimes every day. I get enough "human spectacle".

[about Duke] We don't actually think he's good for it, right? This is Tommy's father.

Benson

Velasco, one thing you're going to learn in this job. You never know what anyone is capable of.

I would never hurt Tommy. He's my everything!

What's Ricky?

Everything else.

Benson

[to Phil] Tommy was trying to make it easier for people to come out. You made it harder.

I want to report a rape.

Benson

Okay.

Not mine. My biological mother's, the night I was conceived. The rapist is my father.

Ashley keeps texting me. Is she okay?

Benson

She is. She's smart and brave.

So, the opposite of me.

Cole's a suspect?

Benson

He is. We asked Michelle, and she says she remembers seeing Cole in the kitchen when her friend Mavis helped her down the stairs the next morning.

And Mavis corroborates?

Sonny

Reluctantly. She hedged at first. Turns out, they're friendly with each other. Their kids go to the same school.

I'm sure they do. Cole Eaton is a prominent New York businessman. Major campaign donor, multiple charity boards.

Sonny

So, he's got a lot to lose.

As do we all.

What matters now is that I'm your father.

You're not my father. I have a father. You're my birth mother's rapist, and until you admit that, I want nothing to do with you.

You listen to my radio show?

Benson

Not on purpose.

The hottest sex you can have is with the widow of the man you just killed.