Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Burned (2007)
Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler
Quotes
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Detective Olivia Benson : [after Olivia roughs up the perp] You got a problem?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Just nice to see someone else with anger issues.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia] I'm the longest relationship you've ever had with a man. You have no idea how bad things can get when a couple goes sour.
Detective Olivia Benson : And eight years in this unit tells me that I don't need to be married to know when an abusive man is escalating.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, a statement with this many red flags, no good cop would overlook it.
Detective Olivia Benson : Especially not one with a dying marriage and a history of violence.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia about Miles Sennet] When you said he was escalating, you were right.
Detective Olivia Benson : Do you think that's what I want to hear? He set her on fire, Elliot. Who could've anticipated that?
Detective Elliot Stabler : If I'd listened to you, we could've prevented this.
Detective Olivia Benson : How?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Have Novak push for remand, get a blue-and-white on him when he made bail, anything but make excuses for the guy.
Detective Olivia Benson : Miles Sennet chose gasoline and a match, not you. He didn't just want to kill her, he wanted her to suffer.
Detective Elliot Stabler : He said he wanted her dead. I just wasn't listening.
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, you weren't the only one in that room. I was there too.
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Judge Harrison : There were no grounds to issue the order of protection in the first place, but these days jurists feel so pressure by femi-Nazis, they just hand them out like candy.
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, I read the court transcript. Valerie Sennet feared for her life and you just dismissed her.
Judge Harrison : She probably watched too many women in jeopardy movies. There's no history of violence or abuse in this case.
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, explain the assault last night. Her husband raped her.
Judge Harrison : If you had the evidence to prove that, you wouldn't be here. Or do you always jump to conclusions?
Detective Elliot Stabler : It's our job to believe the victims, Your Honor.
Judge Harrison : I work in family court. It's my job to believe whoever's lying the least.
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Donald Cragen : What evidence do we have?
Detective Olivia Benson : CSU found hair and fibers at the victim's house. They're running them now. Positive for intercourse, negative for fluids.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Which means he wore a condom. Doesn't sound like any husband I know.
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, unless it was premeditated and he went there to humiliate her.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Valerie Sennet was raped. End of story.
Detective Elliot Stabler : You seem awfully convinced of that.
Detective Olivia Benson : And I think your current situation is coloring your judgment.
Detective Elliot Stabler : My current situation?
Detective Olivia Benson : You don't normally empathize with the suspect.
Detective Elliot Stabler : It's not empathy. It's outrage. The guy never touched his wife.
Detective Olivia Benson : Until last night, Elliot. You saw the bruises.
Detective Elliot Stabler : That doesn't prove rape.
Detective Olivia Benson : Is that your gut talking?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Miles Sennet never abuses his wife or his daughter, but he gets punished for it anyway? Now, how is that right?
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Casey Novak : Valerie Sennet says she was raped, her husband admits to assaulting her, and there's evidence of intercourse.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Maybe she had sex with someone else. This is a hostile divorce. Crying rape is a pretty efficient way to get rid of an unwanted husband.
Casey Novak : When did you start working for the defense?
Detective Elliot Stabler : The moment you were more interested in an easy close than the truth.
Casey Novak : My only interest is in being an advocate for rape victims. Now, I thought that's what we do here.
Donald Cragen : That's what we all do.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Valerie Sennet has no reason to lie.
Judge Harrison : Sure, she does. For the spoils of war. Accuse your husband of abuse and tip the balance in your favor.
Detective Elliot Stabler : The silver bullet strategy.
Judge Harrison : Also known as sexual assault in divorce. It's very popular these days.
[to Stabler]
Judge Harrison : You have personal experience?
Detective Elliot Stabler : A divorce lawyer suggested my wife go in that direction, but she didn't hire him.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Valerie Sennet wasn't raped. She was sleeping with a law firm investigator. She really put her husband through the wringer.
Detective Elliot Stabler : She died 20 minutes ago.
Detective Olivia Benson : She knew that she was gonna die and she still lied to my face.
Detective Elliot Stabler : When love warps into hate, there's nothing you won't do. That's why I signed the divorce papers. I don't want Kathy to ever regret me.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : Miles Sennet's on a business trip. He'll be back tonight.
Detective Olivia Benson : That's convenient.