Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Wrath (2001)
Dann Florek: Captain Donald 'Don' Cragen
Quotes
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John Munch : Missing persons report was filed yesterday by the foster mother.
Elliot Stabler : Do we know cause of death?
John Munch : Preliminary tox reports just came in. All three victims were pumped full of sedatives and potassium chloride. M.E. says death was painless.
Odafin Tutuola : Like that makes a difference.
Donald Cragen : Interview the families. Let's find a connection other than Benson.
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Dr. George Huang : Three victims. Different race. Different gender. Different age. This is about revenge. The real target is Detective Benson.
Olivia Benson : It's personal.
Dr. George Huang : You've enraged someone so much, they want you twisting.
Donald Cragen : Why the body farm? Why transport three victims ninety miles outside the city?
Dr. George Huang : He wanted them found and studied. He dumped them in a research facility that's federally funded.
Olivia Benson : Guaranteeing national attention. But how did the suspect find them? How did he get into my files? How did he even know that they're my cases?
Donald Cragen : Tina Cordell case had a lot of national press coverage, right? High school kid raped, strangled with her purse strap by her boyfriend Victor Klaussen.
Elliot Stabler : Latching onto a news story doesn't explain the other two victims, though.
John Munch : The foster mother said that you supervised meetings between Clayton and his father. Why?
Olivia Benson : Because the man is a drunk. I thought if I stuck around that he'd get some help. I know what it's like to live through that.
Elliot Stabler : You maintained a personal relationship with Carmella Barrantes.
Olivia Benson : Well, she needed help. My day doesn't end when we catch a perp or get a conviction.
Dr. George Huang : No one's blaming you, Detective.
Olivia Benson : Well, you think that I led him to these people? That... that I have a stalker?
Dr. George Huang : If that's how he chose them, he wasn't stalking you. There was no sexual fixation. It was reconnaissance.
Olivia Benson : Well, let's look into my files and see who has a grudge.
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Olivia Benson : You worried about something?
Donald Cragen : Your safety.
Olivia Benson : No protective detail. Trust me, I'm not trying to be a hero. Just that a protective detail is exactly what this guy expects.
Donald Cragen : And what happens when this hump comes after you next?
Olivia Benson : He wants me twisting, not dead. He wants me thinking about him, obsessing as much as he is.
Elliot Stabler : You can't be sure of that.
Olivia Benson : Yes, I can, 'cause it's working.
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Olivia Benson : These are our three victims. Our first victim was Peter Cordell. I met Peter in 1993 when his daughter, Tina Cordell, was raped and murdered. I kept him updated on the case. I drove him to court every day, and I held his hand when our perp, Victor Klaussen, was acquitted.
John Munch : What went wrong with the case?
Olivia Benson : A series of lab mix-ups contaminated the evidence.
Elliot Stabler : Pioneer days of DNA. There was nothing you could do about it.
Donald Cragen : What's the background on the Hispanic female?
Olivia Benson : Victim number two is Carmella Barrantes. She was raped and beaten three years ago by a gangbanger who's now serving eight to twelve in Sing Sing.
Elliot Stabler : I guess we can cross him off our suspect list.
Odafin Tutuola : Why? This might be a revenge killing by the gangbanger's crew.
Elliot Stabler : But there's no gang affiliation between the other two victims.
Donald Cragen : Are we sure about that? What about the ten year old?
Odafin Tutuola : Gangs are recruiting younger and younger these days.
Olivia Benson : Victim number three is Clayton Derricks, who was physically abused by his father, Bruce Derricks. When Clayton was placed in a group home, he was sodomized by an older boy and then he was placed in foster care, and I cannot tell you what it took to get this boy to trust me.
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Dr. George Huang : Potassium chloride is an ingredient in a death row cocktail.
Odafin Tutuola : Sounds to me like ex-con contempt.
Dr. George Huang : Using police restraints to pose the bodies is a significant indicator.
Donald Cragen : Check the computer for recent prison releases. We're looking for an ex-con who has a serious hatred for Olivia. Let's start with the ones who were vocal about it.