Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

A Misunderstanding (2016)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Rafael Barba : Oh, so you take money from both sides? Don't ever change.

• Rita Calhoun : [to Buchanan]  I'm here representing the Stewarts.

  John Buchanan : Victim advocacy. That can't pay well.

  Rita Calhoun : It's pro bono.

  [looking at Buchanan's figure] 

  Rita Calhoun : Not all of us have to worry about our next meal.

  Rafael Barba : Getting personal. That's promising.

• Dominick Carisi, Jr. : [about the Cherry Pickers Club' list]  Oh, counselor, you're not gonna use this list though, are you?

  Rafael Barba : It goes to motive.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Yeah, but it also outs a lot of teenagers. I mean, the guys, whatever. Who cares about them?

  Olivia Benson : But these girls, they don't want this list going public.

  Mike Dodds : Come on, like they haven't posted darkroom selfies on their Facebook pages already? We're dealing with hormone-flooded teenagers. I know things are grey here, but this is 50 shades of it.

• Rafael Barba : And Buchanan's here. Well, now it's a party.

• Rafael Barba : Rita, we have a problem.

  Rita Calhoun : No, we don't. I've already spoken with Abby and this isn't anything we haven't seen before.

  Rafael Barba : Really? Because if you were that boy's defense attorney, you'd tear her to shreds.

  Rita Calhoun : Put this into context: Abby's insecure. She's non-confrontational. If she were more assertive, we might not even be here.

  Rafael Barba : She was assertive enough to text him. She was answering his texts every time.

  Rita Calhoun : There's no social protocol with teenagers. Do you un-friend? Do you block? They don't think things through.

  Rafael Barba : I understand, but Buchanan's gonna crucify her in front of a jury.

  Rita Calhoun : This boy lured Abby into the school's darkroom, boasted on the internet they had sex, lied to the police.

  Rafael Barba : What do you want me to do?

  Rita Calhoun : There were a hundred kids at that dance. Have you talked to any of them?

• Rafael Barba : [after Chris and his family refuse to accept a plea deal]  Chris, is this what you want? To go to trial?

  Chris Roberts : Does that mean I'm on the news? Everybody knows who I am?

  Rafael Barba : Once you're arrested and charged, your name is made public. Anytime anyone Googles you for the rest of your life, this is what will come up.

  Dennis Roberts : Don't threaten my son. This girl's slandering him. We need to fight this.

  Chris Roberts : Mr. Barba, what if I just say sorry to Abby and her family?

  Ellen Roberts : You have nothing to be sorry for.

  Dennis Roberts : No, absolutely not. Let's go.

  John Buchanan : [to Barba]  We're calling your bluff. No deal. You want to take this to trial, you'll regret it.

• Olivia Benson : [to Barba]  You know, no matter what the jury decides, you did your job.

  Rafael Barba : Did I? It was always a murky case.

  Olivia Benson : Exactly the kind that we need to be fighting. The world is changing. We need new rules.

  Rafael Barba : Rules of sexual engagement for teenagers?

  Olivia Benson : Yes. California just passed affirmative consent.

  Rafael Barba : We'll see how that goes.

  Olivia Benson : Well, something needs to change. The problem is is that teenage boys even in college don't know what behavior might constitute rape. We need to make the lines clearer.