Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Control (2003)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
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Quotes
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Uniform Officer Marvin Bryson : Still haven't found the package.
Detective Olivia Benson : What package?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Uh, Mr. Gorman's. His penis and testicles were cut off. And they're still missing.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Maybe Mr. Gorman didn't want to be a man anymore?
Detective Elliot Stabler : You think he wanted his johnson wacked off?
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Detective Olivia Benson : I can't believe that Granger's making me a suspect.
Casey Novak : You went to the hotel alone. You were found with the body. He's trying to create reasonable doubt.
Detective Olivia Benson : So what the hell do I do?
Casey Novak : Fall on your sword.
Detective Olivia Benson : Meaning what?
Casey Novak : You'll admit that you screwed up four years ago and that you went to the hotel room alone. Then you'll deny you murdered Gorman.
Detective Olivia Benson : Casey, I...
Casey Novak : I gotta talk to my boss. See if I can fix this mess.
[leaves the room]
Detective Olivia Benson : She didn't even ask me if I did it.
Detective Elliot Stabler : She can't. Look, if she did, and you admitted killing Gorman, she couldn't put you on the stand without suborning perjury.
Detective Olivia Benson : You didn't ask me either.
Detective Elliot Stabler : I know you didn't. You'd have shot the bastard.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [after Olivia is found in a hotel room with Mr. Gorman's dead body]
[to Olivia]
Detective Elliot Stabler : Are you protecting her?
Detective Olivia Benson : You think that I'm covering for Hilary?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Where'd you drop her off?
Detective Olivia Benson : At her mother's.
Detective Elliot Stabler : They're estranged, remember?
Detective Olivia Benson : Hilary wanted to talk to her.
Detective Elliot Stabler : When'd you leave her there?
Detective Olivia Benson : A couple of hours ago, and I don't need you interrogating me.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Why didn't you come back to the squad?
Detective Olivia Benson : Because I had a hunch. I checked out five hotels, and this one was number six.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Without backup! What the hell's the matter with you?
Detective Olivia Benson : Elliot, don't start with me.
Detective Elliot Stabler : You're out of control.
Detective Olivia Benson : I never had control of this one, remember? I lost my judgment.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Everyone makes mistakes. Get over it.
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Captain Donald Cragen : [to Olivia] What's going on?
Detective Olivia Benson : I can't do this anymore.
Captain Donald Cragen : It's not your fault.
Detective Olivia Benson : One of those victims must have killed Gorman and the worst part is none of this would've happened if I would've just believed Hilary.
Captain Donald Cragen : These are vulnerable women no one would believe. You can't control what other people do. There'll be perps and victims.
Detective Olivia Benson : You think you need to tell me that? The reason I'm standing here is because my mother let herself get raped.
Captain Donald Cragen : Let herself? Since when do you blame the victim?
Detective Olivia Benson : My mother was drunk and so was Hilary, and that's why I didn't believe her. Now these women are paying for it.
Captain Donald Cragen : Okay, quit. Quit. Throw away the good you've done and the good you'll do over one mistake.
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Detective Olivia Benson : [to Hillary] Venti whole milk latte. That's what you ordered at the coffee shop when your mother murdered Gorman. We saw you on their surveillance tape.
Hilary Barclay : Are you going to arrest her?
Detective Olivia Benson : We can't. Double jeopardy.
Hilary Barclay : I don't mind going to jail.
Detective Olivia Benson : Because you castrated him?
Hilary Barclay : I followed him for days, waiting for the right moment to kill him. He saw me on the subway platform. I said, "I know who you are," and that I was going to tell his dirty secret. He laughed and said, "Go ahead. No one's going to believe a whoring junkie." He turned, and I hit him on the back of the head, and I dragged him to the end of the platform. And he was lying there, and I had the perfect chance to kill him, but then I realized that castrating him would make him suffer even more.
Detective Olivia Benson : And you told your mother what you'd done? When did you find out that your mother murdered him?
Hilary Barclay : Not until after you came to arrest me. She did it for me. She wanted to keep me safe. I couldn't let her go to jail.
Casey Novak : She belongs there. Now, what happened to you is horrible, and I am sorry, but nothing gives you the right to lie, or your mother the right to murder.
Hilary Barclay : Well, he'll never torture another woman again, will he?
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Lionel Granger : [to Olivia] Explain why, after finding the body, you didn't radio your partner?
Detective Olivia Benson : I was about to when he arrived.
Lionel Granger : Really? The desk clerk said there was a ten-minute interval between your arrival and that of your colleagues, and no one else went to the room.
Detective Olivia Benson : The desk clerk was too busy playing cards to notice who arrived.
Lionel Granger : Answer the question, Detective Benson. Why didn't you call when you found the body?
Detective Olivia Benson : 'Cause I was stunned.
Lionel Granger : Murder can have that effect on people. Well, you know that. You've murdered twice before, haven't you?
Detective Olivia Benson : I shot two suspects who were armed and about to commit murder.
Lionel Granger : Two killings and no charges. I guess the third time's the charm.