Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Legacy (2000)

Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler

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• Detective Elliot Stabler : [about Emily]  Sad as it sounds, she's probably safer in that hospital bed than she's ever been in her own.

• Detective Elliot Stabler : It's your basic "he said, she said" with a twist. Mother blames the father. Father blames the stepfather.

• Detective Elliot Stabler : Family's like a jigsaw puzzle. Nobody gives you the whole picture.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Well, let's look at the pieces we've got. One suspect eliminated, one cooperating and one hiding behind his lawyer.

  Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Picture's getting clearer.

• Denny Corea : [referring to Emily]  I just wanted to get her away from him. Children's Services wouldn't believe me. I didn't know what else to do.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, smacking Randall around didn't exactly bolster your case.

• Denny Corea : [as he explains why he robbed a convenience store a few years ago]  I was hungry. I just defected. The government says, "Welcome to America, goodbye and good luck."

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Denny, that is a very sad story, but if you're such a victim, why is it that everyone else winds up getting hurt?