- Rita Calhoun: [to Olivia] I'm representing a 15-year-old freshman at the Dowland School.
- Olivia Benson: Fifteen. What's he been accused of?
- Rita Calhoun: No. Her name's Abby Stewart. She's the victim.
- Olivia Benson: Working as an advocate? What is this, penance for representing a serial killer?
- Rita Calhoun: You're still holding that against me.
- Olivia Benson: Yes.
- 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.
- John Buchanan: If I understood you just now, it's because the assailant is naive or shy that she waited four days to disclose?
- Olivia Benson: No, that's not what I said. I said it's not unusual at all for any victim to wait to disclose. Victims often need time to process what happened to them before approaching police.
- John Buchanan: You mean before approaching you. She went to her local precinct first, and they chose not to pursue an investigation.
- Olivia Benson: Because local precincts aren't properly trained in sexual assault. That's why the NYPD created the Special Victims Unit in the first place.
- Daniella: [to Carisi] Everyone knows the darkroom is where you have sex. Once you go down there, you can't change your mind.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Actually, you can, Daniella, at any time.
- 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.
- Mike Dodds: [When Olivia & Dobbs see Chris's appearance] They made Chris look like Harry Potter.
- Olivia Benson: Well, we've seen that before, right? The nerd defense?
- Olivia Benson: [to Dodds about Chris Roberts:] So what's your take on the boy?
- Mike Dodds: He's privileged, but not arrogant. No record, straight A's, waiting on an early decision from Stanford. He seems genuinely surprised by the allegation.
- Olivia Benson: Okay, so it sounds like a teenage he said/she said.
- Mike Dodds: It's more like her-parents-say/his-parents-say. Chris's mom, he's her only son, the golden boy.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: And the father of a teenage virginal daughter? Like my dad with my sisters. If a guy so much as looked at one of them, it's rape.
- 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.
- Rita Calhoun: [When Olivia & Calhoun are in the bathroom with Abby] We said no makeup. Remember, Abby?
- Abby Stewart: But I'll look like a little girl.
- Rita Calhoun: They're making him look like a saint. You can't look like a sinner.
- Olivia Benson: [Mrs. Roberts walks into the bathroom] Mrs. Roberts, would you give us a minute?
- Ellen Roberts: [walks over to the bathroom sink] I'm just washing my hands. Abby, did they tell you that Stanford requested Chris withdraw his application?
- Rita Calhoun: This isn't the time.
- Ellen Roberts: [grabs Abby] Do you understand that you're ruining my son's life?
- Olivia Benson: Hey, you need to stop talking.
- Ellen Roberts: A woman cop like you, you always take the girl's side, don't you?
- Olivia Benson: That's not what's happening here.
- Ellen Roberts: Yeah, well, I've seen it. The sweet little girl becomes the victim and then the boy is made out to be a brute and do you know why that is?
- [yells in Abby's face]
- Ellen Roberts: Because teenage girls are better liars!
- 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.
- Ellen Roberts: [after hearing her son is accused of rape] I know how these things go, how girls are.
- Mike Dodds: We understand this is very upsetting, ma'am, but right now we're just investigating.
- Ellen Roberts: No, before our daughter went to college, I'd overhear her friends talking, saying that they would accuse a boy of rape if he didn't call them back.