Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1 quotes

Now, I lost my best friend. My only consolation is that Riley died doing what he loved. I am going to have to live with what I did to him for the rest of my life... which, I expect, will suck.

[about her underage boyfriends] I loved them all.

Stabler

So why did you leave them?

They all got older, and I... didn't.

Fin

You told Darius about the drugs and the gun, didn't you?

10 years ago! I mean, I looked in the glove box and found the stash. As usual, you screamed at me. I was 10.

Fin

There you go again. Will you change the channel?

That right there is why I always went to Darius. Mom was so busy blaming you and you were so busy working, there was no one to hear me. How could I know he'd use it against you? How could I know he'd have a reason to?

Fin

I wasn't there for you. Okay, you're angry. I get it. Get over it, man! Get a therapist. Work it out. I'm not trying to hear this right now!

Kathy

You said you wanted to work things out. You said that you were ready to come home.

Stabler

Look, Kathy, I'm sorry.

Kathy

I don't care. Not about my pride, or my ego, or anything else. I need you to come home now, Elliot. Not for the kids. For me.

Stabler

What's changed?

Kathy

I'm pregnant.

Benson

What's going on?

I've been temporarily reassigned. Chief of D's office.

Benson

Why?

You aided your fugitive brother, Elliot covered up his kid's DUI, Fin's stepson butchered two people and walked. Somebody's gotta take the heat.

Benson

But we're the ones who screwed up.

On my command. 1PP calls that "failure to supervise".

Benson

That's insane!

Stabler

You want insane? Guess who they put in charge.

Munch

I had nothin' to do with that! If drafted, I will not run, if elected, I will not serve.

Fin

You are lyin' like a politician. You took the Sergeant's' exam right behind our back. What's up with that?

Munch

I took it last year on a bar bet.

[hands Munch his key] Enjoy your new office, Sergeant Munch. Don't let the power get to your head.

Lake

It was an honor serving under you, sir.

I'm not dead yet, Detective Lake.

Stabler

We'll get you back, Captain.

Try and behave yourselves.

Munch

I knew there was something hinky about her. It was so obvious.

Fin

Did superpowers come with that promotion?

Dr. Huang

[about Janis] Tell me about her alters.

Benson

So far we've seen Dr. Young, a little girl, and a mean Russian.

Stabler

And I bet she does a great Christopher Walken too.

Lake

[to Fin] I'm not saying I didn't see crazies in Brooklyn, but you guys are cuckoo magnets.

I'm about to seriously freak out 5,000,000 people.

I've loved him since I was 15. What? You think a 15 year old can't fall in love.

Stabler

I have teenage daughters who fall in love all the time.

Benson

Casey, you're drowning right now and, unless Stabler can convince that guy to change his mind, I can’t even throw you a life jacket.

Novak

I'm a big girl. I know how to swim.

Stabler

Earl Romaine, you're under arrest for the rape of Shane Mills.

Screw you.

Lake

Sorry, you're not his type.

I'm Katie.

Munch

Sergeant Munch.

Munch. That's funny. Can I have a hug, Munch?

Munch

No, you may not. I'm a stranger. You shouldn't even be talking to me.

Okay. Bye.

Fin

Somethin' I could do for you?

Are you mad at me?

Fin

Didn't Sergeant Munch just tell you not to talk to strangers?

Benson

How's Kathy?

Stabler

Over 40 and having a baby. I just can't stop thinking about all the bad things that could happen.

Benson

So why don't you see a doctor?

Stabler

We're Catholic. Means it's better not to know.

[To Fin and Lake] Has the doctor told you if it's a boy or a girl?

Fin

Excuse me?

It's so hard for gay couples to adopt. A surrogate's really your only option. [Fin and Lake look at each other.] I don't get why they think that it's better to keep kids in the system than to send them into a gay home. You seem like a nice couple to me.