Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Perverted Justice (2015)

Mariska Hargitay: Sergeant Olivia Benson

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• Dominick Carisi, Jr. : [to Olivia]  I didn't know you were a Unitarian, Sarge.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, I'm not. I am... actually, I didn't grow up with any religion. I just wanted Noah to have something that would ground him.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Then rebel against when he's a teenager, am I right? I get it. I'm Catholic.

  Amanda Rollins : No kidding.

• Olivia Benson : So the lead detective was a guy named Ted McCormack and the ADA was O'Dwyer. None of them I've met.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Before your time? Wow!

  Olivia Benson : You're missing Staten Island, Carisi?

• Donald Cragen : You know, I never thought I would say it, but turns out there's more to life than NYPD.

  Nick Amaro : Oh, yeah? Well, the place is falling apart without you

  Olivia Benson : Thanks, Nick.

• Bayard Ellis : [to Olivia]  Reverend Scott asked me to look into a case involving a congregant, Michelle Thompson. Her father, Derek, was convicted of raping her.

  Olivia Benson : Convicted of raping his own daughter? That's a tough case for Project Innocence to get behind.

  Bayard Ellis : It is, but this case was primarily made on Michelle's testimony. Now, she's saying that she was pressured by her mother to lie. She wants to recant.

  Olivia Benson : Seventeen years after the fact.

  Bayard Ellis : Oh, she tried once before as a teen. The original ADA and detective argued against reopening. Michelle went off the deep end after that, drugs, alcohol. She's recently found sobriety.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on, so her recant is part of a 12-step program? That's not the most reliable indicator of the truth.

  Bayard Ellis : Believe me. I've seen that pink cloud "I forgive everyone" effect too. That's why I need you to investigate.

  Olivia Benson : Any DNA, forensics, any corroboration?

  Bayard Ellis : No, only only her testimony and some inconclusive medical symptoms. Her mother, who has her own substance abuse history, made the initial 911 call.

  Olivia Benson : Did you talk to the father?

  Bayard Ellis : Oh, sure, up at Green Haven. He's a model prisoner. I found him credible. He's maintained his innocence for 17 years. It's hard enough to prove that someone is innocent of a crime. It's harder, still, to prove that that crime itself never occurred.

  Olivia Benson : So you thought of me.

  Bayard Ellis : Indeed, I did.

• Bayard Ellis : Thank you, Olivia. We did the right thing.

  Olivia Benson : Did we?

• Olivia Benson : [after Michelle testifies in court]  Michelle, you all right?

  Michelle Thompson : What happened to me up there?

  Olivia Benson : O'Dwyer kept going at you until you said what he wanted you to say, but Mr. Ellis is gonna make sure that the jury saw that for what it was.

  Michelle Thompson : If you say so. When I was up there, I started wondering am I doing all this for my father or for me? You have no idea what it's like having everyone think that my father did that to me. I used to say he was dead. I just want that part of my life to be over.

  Olivia Benson : It is. You made sure that the truth was heard this time.

  Michelle Thompson : Right, the truth. The truth is, I don't really remember.

• Olivia Benson : [Introducing the new ones to Cragen]  And this is Carisi.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Call me Sonny.

  Amanda Rollins : No one else does.

• Olivia Benson : [about Derek Thompson]  When a man refuses to plead guilty to get out of jail, that should tell you something.

  A.D.A. Kenneth O'Dwyer : It tells me he's a pathological narcissist. If he really cared about his children, his daughter, he wouldn't put her through this. He's not worried about her. He's worried about his name, his ego.

  Bayard Ellis : Ego. It's funny you should mention that.

  Olivia Benson : Bayard...

  A.D.A. Kenneth O'Dwyer : No, no, no. Let Mr. Ellis speak his mind. It's his favorite activity.