Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Storm (2005)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : [to Jackson Zane]  You blew our surveillance on a child abductor. An 8-year-old girl is out there somewhere, maybe dying because of you.

  Jackson Zane : I thought you were gaming me. What can I do?

  Olivia Benson : Pray that he talks.

• Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia as he shows her the newspaper]  What the hell were you thinking?

  Olivia Benson : Nice picture.

  Elliot Stabler : Why'd you give it to him?

  Olivia Benson : Who says I did?

  Elliot Stabler : Don't play games with me. Olivia, look. The Chief of D's is in there right now. The Feds are going nuts. They know someone from this squad leaked that photo to the Ledger.

  Olivia Benson : A lot of people had cameras in the park that day. Jackson Zane could've gotten that photo from anybody.

  Elliot Stabler : Oh, okay. You really think that's gonna fly?

  Olivia Benson : Those girls lost their mother, their home, everything, but they still trusted us to make things right.

• Olivia Benson : Miss Goldie, thank you so much. You call us if you can think of anything, okay?

  Goldie Prioleaux : I just did. Camille. Not Katrina. Camille was the name of that storm.

  Olivia Benson : Miss Goldie, what's the president's name?

  Goldie Prioleaux : Oh, Kennedy of course. I voted for him.

• Federal Officer : Captain Cragen, M.E. Warner, your part in this investigation is over. There's no need for your squad take any further action regarding Alvin Dutch or his death.

  Olivia Benson : What about the girls?

  Federal Officer : They're being well cared for and all appropriate steps are being taken to locate next-of-kin.

  Olivia Benson : Those girls have been through hell. They need therapy and continuity with people that they know and trust.

  Federal Officer : I appreciate your compassion, Detective Benson, but this is a matter of national security.

  Donald Cragen : You said it was a matter of public health when you raided our squad room. I think you owe us an explanation.

  Federal Officer : I can't give you one. You don't have the security clearance. All information obtained by the NYPD or the medical examiner's office is now classified.

  Elliot Stabler : We just keep our mouths shut till people start dying from anthrax.

  Federal Officer : The federal government is prepared to deal with any and all exigencies.

  John Munch : Sure. By calling in the black helicopters.

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : For once, he's not being paranoid.

  Federal Officer : This meeting is over. Any leak of classified material will be investigated and punished as a federal offense.

• Donald Cragen : [to Olivia]  I don't like being bossed around by some G-man in a $1,000 suit, but when I am told to stand down in the interests of national security, I bite my tongue.

  Olivia Benson : Captain...

  Donald Cragen : Shut up. When they question me, I don't want to lie and they will question us all. If they prove you leaked this, they will take your job, your pension, and your freedom. I don't want to visit you in a federal lock-up, Olivia.

• Elliot Stabler : ACS just called. I think all this media attention spooked the Feds. They returned the girls.

  Olivia Benson : We gotta go talk to them.

  Elliot Stabler : You have lost your mind.

  Olivia Benson : Those girls are safe for now, but what about the rest of the city? There's anthrax out there somewhere and Nicki is the key to finding it.

  Elliot Stabler : You don't think the Feds questioned her all night long?

  Olivia Benson : Elliot, she's a traumatized 8-year-old girl who's been kidnapped and molested after watching her mother die. We know how to talk to her.

• Jackson Zane : [about Michael Delpit]  He brokers death and doesn't lose a night's sleep. I always wondered how they could do that.

  Olivia Benson : Guys like Delpit don't think about who they're hurting. It's like a rapist. Doesn't think about his victim.

• Olivia Benson : You're sitting in jail, Jackson. Give them my name and get back to work.

  Jackson Zane : I give them your name, they win. There's no freedom without free press. Now I chose to write this story and I'll take the consequences. Good-bye, Olivia. Don't come back.

• Jackson Zane : [about Cragen]  He's laying it on with a trowel.

  Olivia Benson : Excuse me?

  Jackson Zane : Jackson Zane from the Ledger. I just got handed the police beat.

  Olivia Benson : Pretty cynical for a new guy.

  Jackson Zane : I'm new, not naive. Cute kid. Tragic accident. Whole dog and pony show just in time for the 11:00 news. What's the real story?

  Olivia Benson : Just what my captain said. Need to find the girl's parents.

  Jackson Zane : Nobody got home from the park and realized they were short a kid?

  Olivia Benson : I guess not.

  Jackson Zane : You could cut me a break. Make me look good to my new boss.

  Olivia Benson : But then my boss would ship me out to Sheepshead Bay.

• Elliot Stabler : We just gonna bend over and take it?

  Donald Cragen : We have no choice. This came from Washington. The P.C. can't overrule the Feds.

  Olivia Benson : Well, what about the girls? We just forget about them and everything that they've been through?

  Donald Cragen : Yes.

  Olivia Benson : This is crap.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : We could have a citywide health crisis. If the public isn't warned, they can't protect themselves.

  Donald Cragen : Melinda, my hands are tied.

• Olivia Benson : The perp has got to know that we're talking to Tasha. He could panic and kill the sister.

  Elliot Stabler : He's got nothing to worry about. He knows Tasha doesn't know his name or where he lives. He can just stay put and keep abusing Nicki.