- Olivia Benson: So what have we got?
- Detective Ed Green: We're not sure. Now, you didn't get any strange phone calls last night? Any messages, anything logged in as a missed call?
- Olivia Benson: No. And you're certain that your vic was trying to call me?
- Detective Joe Fontana: His life flashed before his eyes. You were the star player.
- Olivia Benson: And you say his name is Patrick Sullivan?
- Detective Ed Green: Ring any bells?
- Olivia Benson: None.
- Detective Joe Fontana: Maybe his face will.
- Olivia Benson: [Green pulls back the sheet over the victim] Never seen him before in my life.
- Detective Joe Fontana: Which begs the question...
- Olivia Benson: Why did he die trying to call me?
- Anita Van Buren: You check the SVU database?
- Odafin Tutuola: BADS, NITRO, online complaints. Patrick Sullivan doesn't show up as a victim or a perp in any of our files.
- Anita Van Buren: [to Fontana and Green] Walk me through this crime scene again.
- Detective Ed Green: 16th floor of an empty office building. The victim was supine with a bullet to the chest.
- Odafin Tutuola: Fluids?
- Detective Joe Fontana: Victims's blood, but something tells me that's not what you're asking.
- Detective Ed Green: He was alone and zipped up.
- Anita Van Buren: Which doesn't sound like a sex crime.
- Olivia Benson: Exactly. So why did he try to call me?
- Detective Ed Green: [to Benson] Just 'cause he's not in your files, doesn't mean he's not connected to a case.
- Olivia Benson: Good luck. I give out thousands of business cards a year. Victims, families, witnesses. I mean... could be anybody.
- Detective Joe Fontana: Well, there is something else we should consider, Detective Benson. Suppose this is not about a case. Suppose it's personal.
- Olivia Benson: Real piece of work. That's Lorraine Dillon. The blonde is April Troost, her daughter. 25, IQ off the charts, but good luck trying to find a heartbeat.
- Detective Joe Fontana: You had 'em on racketeering?
- Olivia Benson: And they walked. Not this time.
- Detective Joe Fontana: You realize this is a long shot?
- Olivia Benson: Sullivan died trying to call me. You were right. This was personal.
- Jack McCoy: We can produce a paper trail on Mr. Glass's end, fabricated account statements and prospectuses which were generated by Mr. Sullivan that provide a direct link.
- Nick Margolis: To Who? Patrick Sullivan or my client?
- Jack McCoy: Your client and Patrick Sullivan were running this scam together.
- Nick Margolis: According to Mr. Glass, who unfortunately won't be able to take the stand.
- Judge Madeline Drake: Let's show a little respect for the deceased, shall we?
- Nick Margolis: Even if the People could prove that Glass and Sullivan were ripping off their clients, their paper trail doesn't lead anywhere near Lorraine Dillon.
- Jack McCoy: We intend to show that Ms. Dillon murdered Patrick Sullivan so as to claim the spoils of their scheme herself. Documents go to motive.
- Nick Margolis: And their prejudicial effect outweighs their probative value. It does not withstand the balancing test.
- Judge Madeline Drake: You've made your point, Mr. Margolis. Multiple times. Mr. McCoy, unless you can provide more of a link - documents that reference Ms. Dillon directly, an eyewitness... I won't allow evidence of fraud in at trial.
- Olivia Benson: So, you're telling me that they're going to walk.
- Alexandra Borgia: Unless they committed another crime while they've been under lock and key, my hands are tied. We've got nothing to hold them on.
- Olivia Benson: This is a joke.
- Alexandra Borgia: The videotape killed the murder charge. David Glass only *witnessed* a scam
- Olivia Benson: Believe me, they did it. And if they didn't, then they paid someone else to do it.
- Alexandra Borgia: You got proof? Or just a grudge?
- Olivia Benson: You and me both know that they're dirty. Can't you hold them on fraud?
- Alexandra Borgia: With Glass dead, his ID is inadmissible. Without the money, there is no proof of fraud.
- Olivia Benson: We picked up April and Lorraine at their apartment two days after the murder. Maybe they didn't have a chance to move the money.
- Olivia Benson: [searching April and Lorraine's hotel room, Benson leaves to search another room] Hey, Green.
- Detective Ed Green: Yeah?
- Olivia Benson: What caliber was the gun used to shoot Sullivan?
- Detective Ed Green: It was a .38.
- Olivia Benson: [returning with a gun on the end of her pen] Kind of like this one?
- Jack McCoy: [to Benson, outside of the courthouse] You don't look satisfied.
- Olivia Benson: Are you?
- Jack McCoy: I think we got the right verdict.
- Olivia Benson: That gun that we found in the apartment, what if it's April's?
- Jack McCoy: But Lorraine took the blame.
- Olivia Benson: Until April turned on her in court.
- Jack McCoy: She was gasping for air. I like to think I've been doing this long enough to tell the difference between the truth and lie.
- Olivia Benson: Believe me, so would I, but April still managed to fool me.
- Jack McCoy: A fact which could be affecting your judgement, Detective. You could be too close on this one.
- Olivia Benson: Close enough to know that we may have just been conned. That verdict put 500 grand in April's pocket.
- Jack McCoy: You really think April killed Sullivan?
- Olivia Benson: At the very least, I think she was an accomplice.
- Jack McCoy: So, tail April till she goes for the money.
- Olivia Benson: She'll wait 'till we look the other direction and slip off. April ran away when she was 14. Maybe to the same place she'd hide the money.
- Jack McCoy: Well, who else was in their lives then?
- [Benson, Fontana and Green arrive at Lorraine and April's apartment]
- Olivia Benson: [to Lorraine] Thought you moved back to Florida.
- Lorraine Dillon: Plans change.
- April Troost: Who's there?
- [Lorraine opens the door further to reveal April]
- April Troost: Well, hello, Detective Benson. Did you miss us?