Law & Order (TV Series)

Helpless (1992)

Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone

Quotes 

• Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : He can just disregard the jury's verdict?

  Ben Stone : If he feels the jury disregarded the facts presented, yes, he can.

  Adam Schiff : Yep, we should have seen it coming. The Honorable Keith Silver. Wrote the book on the rights of the accused. He thinks Miranda is five pages too short.

• Danielle Melnick : [to Stone]  You've been humiliated in court once and that was with a Ph.D. on the stand. Can you imagine what happens with a psychopath and a drug addict? Please, Ben, drop the charges against Dr. Merritt. Consider saving your own career.

  Ben Stone : When I was a boy, I collected baseball cards and there was this one kid who convinced me to trade a Duke Snider for a Gene Hermanski. He said it was a good deal.

  Danielle Melnick : What the hell does that mean?

  Ben Stone : I learned the hard way. For a deal to be good, there has to be equal consideration and there's no way you can cough up enough consideration to justify a deal for him.

• Ben Stone : [to Olivet]  What the hell is going on?

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : I was raped. That's all you needed to know.

  Ben Stone : It would've helped to know the alleged victim was lying.

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : I never lied to you.

  Ben Stone : The only reason you went to Merritt is for Diane Perkins.

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : That has nothing to do with me being drugged and raped.

  Ben Stone : It had a lot to do with why you were raped.

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : You want to know why I went back? I sent Diane to Merritt. My gynecologist wouldn't see her and I bought into his reputation: the awards, the articles. I was responsible.

  Ben Stone : But you did it the wrong way. If you suspected she was molested, you should have gone to the police.

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : With what? She refused to come forward. I didn't know whether to believe her. She's been delusional and she certainly couldn't have testified against the esteemed doctor. She tried to kill herself, Ben.

  Ben Stone : You of all people should know the importance of full disclosure. You had a legal obligation.

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : I had an obligation to my patient and in my profession, that's all that counts.

• Ben Stone : [to Dr. Merrick]  Do you frequently have sex with patients?

  Danielle Melnick : Objection!

  Judge Keith Silver : Sustained.

  Ben Stone : Do you call all your patients bitches, doctor?

  Danielle Melnick : Objection!

• Danielle Melnick : Okay, Ben, what do you want?

  Ben Stone : In a perfect world, I'd like to see your client locked in a room for a week with these women, but I'll settle for seeing him spend the rest of his life in jail.

• Danielle Melnick : Come on, Ben. They had a little fun in the afternoon. It cannot be rape when both parties consent.

  Ben Stone : I saw the bruises. I heard the tape. I didn't hear consent.

  Danielle Melnick : Mmm-hmm, and you didn't hear something else, either. You didn't hear the word "No." The woman gets naked, she spreads her legs and then she turns on a tape recorder? Didn't I read that in last month's "Penthouse Forum"?

  Ben Stone : Danielle, she suspected something would happen.

  Danielle Melnick : Gee, Ben, now I know why you're living alone. Fact: The only woman who would knowingly put herself in a position to get raped is a policewoman. So please, go ahead, fellows, use the tape. You will open a can and a hell of a lot more than worms are gonna crawl out. I will give you a hint: it begins with "E," it ends with "T" and I do not mean "entertainment."