Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Philadelphia (2007)

Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler

Quotes 

• Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia]  Liv, what is it? Tell me.

  Olivia Benson : My long-lost brother is Simon Marsden. He might be a rapist. Like father, like son.

  Elliot Stabler : Maybe there's a mistake.

  Olivia Benson : He's stalking women, Elliot. That's why the cops are looking at him. Just a matter of time before he hits.

  Elliot Stabler : Did you see Marsden?

  Olivia Benson : I talked to his girlfriend. She's scared. She stonewalled me.

  Elliot Stabler : Well, look, maybe you should go talk to him.

  Olivia Benson : And say what? "Hi, I'm Olivia. Your dad raped my mom?" And, "oh, I found you 'cause I illegally ran my DNA?" I wish I never went looking.

  Elliot Stabler : You had to find out, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : Last night, watching him in that window playing with that little boy I wanted to be part of a family so much. I've been alone my whole life. I'm sorry, I'm whining.

  Elliot Stabler : You're not. Family is everything.

• Olivia Benson : [to Stabler]  What are you doing here?

  Elliot Stabler : Trying to stop you from doing something really stupid. You find your brother, but that's not enough. You gotta stalk him?

  Olivia Benson : This is none of your business.

  Elliot Stabler : Yeah, it is. We're partners.

  Olivia Benson : Not on this. This is personal.

• Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : [to Stabler]  How far does your loyalty to your partner go?

  Elliot Stabler : I don't understand the question.

  Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : I'll put it another way. Say you had to choose between saving a member of the public...

  Elliot Stabler : I already faced that situation.

  Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : And?

  Elliot Stabler : I saved my partner. A boy died.

  Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : What would Detective Benson do?

  Elliot Stabler : I don't know.

• Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : [to Stabler]  Tell me about Olivia Benson.

  Elliot Stabler : What do you want to know?

  Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : What's she like as a police officer?

  Elliot Stabler : She's experienced, professional, good with the victims. People trust her, they let her get close.

  Dr. Rebecca Hendrix : Does she become emotionally involved?

  Elliot Stabler : She does her job and when it's done, she goes home.

• Donald Cragen : Okay, we've got four victims, two perps and no case. And that is piss-poor.

  Olivia Benson : If the victim won't talk...

  Donald Cragen : It's your job to make them talk. A job you used to be able to do.

  Olivia Benson : What does that mean?

  Donald Cragen : You could've had these creeps red-handed, you blew it.

  John Munch : Captain, there was only four of us. All Central park, mistakes can happen.

  Donald Cragen : Yeah, if your heads are so far up your asses, you can't tell East from West.

  Elliot Stabler : You got a problem with us? Just say it.

  Donald Cragen : I listened to the radio tapes. It was amateur night out there.

  Elliot Stabler : Well, maybe you need a new squad.

  Donald Cragen : Maybe I need detectives who care about the job.

  Elliot Stabler : Now you're questioning our commitment?

• Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia]  Captain Millfield's sister went to school with your brother? Did Marsden say anything?

  Olivia Benson : I don't think he ever met her. I mean, how many our perps meet Cragen?

• Ronnie Cavelle : [to Elliot and Olivia while looking through a photo array]  No, I already told you no. I'm not identifying anybody and I'm not testifying.

  Elliot Stabler : Then more men will suffer like you.

  Ronnie Cavelle : I'm just about holding my life together here. So don't try and guilt me into anything.

  Olivia Benson : We know the moment victims talk about what happened is the moment they start to heal.

  Ronnie Cavelle : Really? I got tested for HIV yesterday. I'm negative, except I gotta wait another month to get tested again just to make sure. It could take weeks to turn positive!

  Elliot Stabler : Look, Ronnie, the probability...

  Ronnie Cavelle : Screw probability! The absolute certainty is, I'm getting married in two weeks and I'm not gonna know.

  Olivia Benson : You can't have that hanging over you. You've gotta tell your fiancee.

  Elliot Stabler : You don't think she'll support you? You don't think she'd want to see the men who hurt you punished?

  Ronnie Cavelle : Is she still gonna support me when the defense claims it wasn't rape?

  Elliot Stabler : The defense can't dispute the photos of the bruises all over your body.

  Ronnie Cavelle : I didn't tell you. When they were doing it... I got aroused.

  Olivia Benson : Ronnie, that means nothing. The body responds automatically. It doesn't matter who's touching it.

  Elliot Stabler : [while looking at a photo of Ronnie's fiancee]  Is your fiancee? The jury sees you with this beautiful woman, they're not gonna think you're gay. Look, all you've gotta do is, pick out your attackers and tell the jury what happened and you'll be putting away some real bad guys.