Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Beautiful Frame (2013)

Danny Pino: Detective Nick Amaro

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : So, Jessie, aside from Tommy, you were also in a relationship with Michael Provo?

  Jessie Sturgis : He's sort of there when Tommy isn't.

  Nick Amaro : And the black gunman in the town car, he's not real, is he?

  Jessie Sturgis : No, I'm sorry. I made him up. I didn't want Tommy to know.

  Nick Amaro : To know what? That you called Michael three times? That you got in a car with him? Jessie, you weren't raped, were you?

  Jessie Sturgis : I didn't make that part up. I was raped by Michael Provo. I begged him to stop.

• Jessie Sturgis : It's over now? They can't hurt us anymore?

  Nick Amaro : Provo's going away for a very long time.

  Jessie Sturgis : What about the rest of the case? What Michael did to me?

  Nick Amaro : [to Jessie's son, Matthew]  Hey, Matty, why don't you show me that missing tooth, huh?

  [walks off to the side with Matthew] 

  Olivia Benson : Jessie, we had to withdraw charges.

  Jessie Sturgis : What? But he raped me. He beat me. He left me bleeding in the street.

  Olivia Benson : Barba had to make a deal to get you out right away. That was... that was the priority.

  Jessie Sturgis : And the rape never happened?

  Olivia Benson : Legally, no. Jessie, take Matthew home. You won.

• Nick Amaro : [about Jessie]  Raped, put in jail, her kid taken away. I don't know how she held it together.

  Olivia Benson : She did it for her son.

• Odafin Tutuola : [to Olivia]  Liv, when's the last time you heard from Jessie Sturgis?

  Olivia Benson : Jessie, the single mom who was raped in the Meatpacking District.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, that was Labor Day Weekend. That still hasn't gone to trial yet, right?

  Nick Amaro : The D.A'.s office hated that case. She was drunk and her story was a mess.

  Olivia Benson : But she was raped.

  Nick Amaro : I'm not arguing that.

  Olivia Benson : She knew her assailant, I remember. She was afraid that her boyfriend would find out.

  Odafin Tutuola : Okay, her boyfriend, Tommy, last night, Jessie was arrested for killing him. A.D.A. Barba wants to see us now.

• Olivia Benson : [while going over the case with Barba]  Four months ago, Jessie Sturgis was raped by a Michael Provo.

  Nick Amaro : Provo's side, it was consensual sex and she lied 'cause she was afraid of her boyfriend.

  Rafael Barba : Tommy Bandolce. The guy that Jessie's accused of murdering last night?

  Nick Amaro : Right.

  Rafael Barba : That's why Ms. James wants to see your case. She wants background on Jessie. She's also worried Provo was falsely accused.

  Olivia Benson : Did she tell you that Michael Provo is a CI for their office, helped make her the DA? She's just looking to protect her own.

  Rafael Barba : Didn't come up. Either way, she wants us to open our kimono.

  Odafin Tutuola : Excuse me?

  Amanda Rollins : She wants to see all of our casework, all the D.A.'s files.

  Olivia Benson : So she can build a case against Jessie. I assume you told her no.

  Rafael Barba : Detective, there's a protocol among D.A.'s. I can't just say no.

• Jessie Sturgis : [to Olivia and Amaro]  So you can prove it? That Michael killed Tommy and set this whole thing up?

  Nick Amaro : Our D.A.'s adding conspiracy and murder to Provo's rape charge.

  Jessie Sturgis : Oh, thank God. Can I go home tonight? My boy's in foster care.

  Olivia Benson : See, Jessie, that's the bad news, is that the Suffolk County D.A. won't drop the charges.

  Jessie Sturgis : Why? That's impossible. Michael did it.

  Nick Amaro : We believe you were framed. They think you did it. It's two separate counties, two separate trials.

  Jessie Sturgis : This is insane. He raped me, killed Tommy, put me in here. You're telling me you can't get me out? What if they convict me?

  Olivia Benson : We're building your case, we're working with your defense team. The D.A. will not give up. I just... we just need you to hang in there a little longer, okay?

  Jessie Sturgis : Just hang in there? Get out. Leave.

  [yells] 

  Jessie Sturgis : Get out!

  [Olivia and Amaro leave] 

• Eddie Baker : [when Amaro and Olivia arrive to Carol's house]  Who the hell are you?

  Nick Amaro : Looking for Carol McEwan.

  Eddie Baker : Yeah, what do you want with her?

  Olivia Benson : Carol, can we speak with you privately, please?

  Eddie Baker : No.

  Carol McEwan : We're married ten years. I'm more comfortable with my husband here.

  Nick Amaro : Okay, we're here...

  Carol McEwan : I know why you're here. My 911 call. The D.A. told me not to talk to anyone before I testify, not even cops.

  Nick Amaro : Okay, but, uh, you live a half hour from the crime scene. You just happened to be driving by that night?

  Carol McEwan : I was taking a shortcut to meet my husband. It was our anniversary.

  Eddie Baker : Okay? Good-bye. Go back to the city. She got nothing else to say to you.

  Olivia Benson : Carol, please.

  Carol McEwan : No, I'm sorry.

  Olivia Benson : If you're scared of Michael Provo...

  [Eddie shuts the door in their face] 

• Carol McEwan : [When Amaro and Olivia approach Carol]  I'm not supposed to talk to you.

  Olivia Benson : Says who? Your husband or Michael Provo?

  Nick Amaro : You know you could be charged with perjury for lying in front of a jury?

  Carol McEwan : Who said I was going to lie?

  Nick Amaro : You told us you heard shots on the way to your anniversary dinner, but it turns out you two are common law.

  Carol McEwan : So what? I didn't say it was a wedding anniversary.

  Olivia Benson : No, it was another kind of anniversary. It's been a year since Eddie was paroled from prison.

  Nick Amaro : Where Michael Provo helped to send him.

  Carol McEwan : So you know we don't owe him anything.

  Nick Amaro : Except we checked and Eddie was supposed to do 15 years upstate. Instead, he does five in Queensboro Correctional in Long Island City. That's a lot closer to your house.

  Carol McEwan : He got time off for good behavior.

  Nick Amaro : Yeah, after Michael Provo got the D.A. to intercede on his behalf. See, we know Provo's M.O. He was having a relationship with you while your husband was away.

  Carol McEwan : You can't prove that.

  Olivia Benson : Carol, it's what he does. He takes advantage of women who are already in trouble.

  Carol McEwan : I love my husband.

  Nick Amaro : Did Provo threaten to tell Eddie about your affair?

  Carol McEwan : I'm Eddie's whole world. If he finds out, he'll kill me, then he'll kill himself.

  Olivia Benson : And we don't want to have to tell him, but there's an innocent woman who's looking at 25 to life.

  Carol McEwan : So you're gonna blackmail me into doing what's right? Who's taking advantage of who now?