Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Disabled (2010)

Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler

Quotes 

• Elliot Stabler : We can't start an investigation without a complaining witness.

  Dr. Manning : This time you'll have to. The patient has a very aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. She's now a quadriplegic.

  Olivia Benson : Can she speak?

  Dr. Manning : No. So, unless the guy was a psychic, she can't consent and it's rape.

• Elliot Stabler : So Janice Raleigh beats her handicapped sister with one hand, steals her money with the other?

• Elliot Stabler : [to Fin]  Answer me this. Why are you sticking your neck out? You don't even know this kid.

  Odafin Tutuola : When I was in the academy, I had to put my grandfather into a nursing home. Man practically raised me. It was the worst decision I ever made.

  Elliot Stabler : Nursing home abused him?

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, I'm a cop and I didn't recognize the signs until it was too late. When he died, I lost it. I threatened the nursing staff, started fights for the hell of it. I almost got kicked off the force.

  Olivia Benson : Guilt will eat you alive.

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, an academy instructor set me straight. Kept bailing my ass out of trouble. Figure it's time I return the favor.

• Executive A.D.A. Garrett Blaine : You think Griegs attacked a handicapped woman because he lost his job to a disabled man?

  Elliot Stabler : Rape is about rage. Cara Raleigh was an easy target.

  Executive A.D.A. Garrett Blaine : Motive's not enough.

  Olivia Benson : The victim lD'd her rapist. Griegs had access to the Raleigh house key. What is your problem?

  Executive A.D.A. Garrett Blaine : I can't sell it to a jury.

  Donald Cragen : You just don't want to. It's too much hard work. You might even break a sweat.