My shrink says I have an aggressive orientation toward the world. Something about a predatory drive. She says if I don't rechannel it, I could end up as... what'd she say? A cop.
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[while looking at a board filled with thumbtacks representing chemical plants] Garden State, my ass. I guess chemical capital of the world didn't have the same zing.
[about the dead bodies in the park] He's got a wedding ring. Is this a married couple?
Trust me, married couples don't have sex in parks.
Criminology 101, detective. If you're gonna break the law, you don't want witnesses around.
You think you're real cute, don'tcha?
23 cheerleaders can't be wrong.
I know where you live, I know where you learn and I know where you bury your kill. You get used to my face 'cause you're gonna be seeing it every time you turn around.
Don't lose your head, Detective. You're having enough trouble finding one.
[to Poletti] That year you're doin' on your head? Add 25 more and choke on it.
All right, nice dress.
Yeah, it was a nice date. Where's Munch?
He banged in sick.
He's such a hypochondriac. How many times has he had anthrax this week?
[Munch walks in on crutches]
I can't wait to hear this.
Your sympathy is overwhelming.
What happened to you?
Skydiving, hard landing.
He wiped out riding his friend's Harley.
Now the only thing he'll be riding is a desk.
These cases have too much in common. Same area, same time of night...
Paula Grace was front page news. There's enough details for Franscesca to fake hers.
There is no way that she could have faked being that traumatised. I'm telling you Captain, this woman was raped.
I just don't want to send the rat squad on some witch hunt and screw some innocent cop.
Neither do I.
Could have been anybody in a uniform, didn't have to be a real cop.
Doesn't matter. This woman is a rape victim until we prove otherwise.
Alex, how many phone calls from victims have you gotten asking why you lost a case and what you're gonna do about it?
AAlex
I've had my share.
And how many times do you actually get a second chance?
Tell me again how my partner failed to get his weapon re-certification?
He choked!
I didn't choke!
Okay. You got poor marks for shooting off your gun early.
It happens to everybody. You know, they have a pill for that now.
MMcKenzie
Kids tend to lie when their backs are against the wall.
Adults too.
Since when is oral sex not sex?
Since Bill Clinton said it wasn't.
You played me, Elliot. You carried on that conversation, drawing information out of me like I was your witness.
You know what happens to rape victims when they don't deal with the trauma. This girl's got drug and alcohol abuse in her future just to dull the pain. And then comes the inability to connect, the promiscuity because she thinks she had it coming to her. Either way, she's screwed until she gets help. A teacher is responsible and you know I just can't let this slide.
I know you too well for that, but everything has a price and I just hope that you can pay it.
Your friends are scared and in pain just like you, Cynthia, but they don't have half of your resilience and half of your courage.
CWCynthia Wilmont
Sure.
You were raped and you went to that hospital all by yourself. Do you know that there are grown women who couldn't cope with that situation the way you have?
CWCynthia Wilmont
Really?
Yeah, really.
[Benson and Stabler watch surveillance tapes of a couple having sex]
He, uh, really seems to favor that one position.
Least he's consistent.
Boring, I think, is the word you're looking for.
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