Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Angels (2002)

Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler

Quotes 

• M.E. Melinda Warner : [using Elliot to demonstrate how a victim's throat was cut after his genitals were removed]  An amateur would have cut Jansen's throat straight across. Your guy cut the carotid artery, here and here. The other part...

  Det. Elliot Stabler : [steps away, quickly]  You don't need to demonstrate that part.

• Dr. George Huang : [about Ernesto being a possible suspect in Jansen's murder]  Jansen used his genitals as a weapon against him and José. Cutting them off might be the ultimate protection.

  Olivia Benson : That crime scene was a bloodbath and Ernesto didn't have a drop on him. Plus we didn't find any spattered clothing.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : And CSU found fresh traces of blood in the shower. So whoever did kill Jansen was savvy enough to clean up after himself. An adult might think of that, but a 14-year-old boy?

  Dr. George Huang : I said it was possible. I didn't say I thought he did it.

  Donald Cragen : Just seeing Jansen chopped up would be horrific enough to traumatize this kid.

• Tony Damon : I swear I'm not one of them! I was just in it for the money!

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Which the Feds are gonna take away from you while you're sitting on death row for slicing up Bret Jansen.

  Tony Damon : What? I had nothing to do with that!

  John Munch : That's funny because somebody did to him exactly what he joked about doing to you.

  Tony Damon : That rat bastard.

  John Munch : Gotta be more specific. There's a lot of 'em running around in this case.

• Shawn Massey : Walt likes to stay with me.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Okay. What do you mean stay, like, stay where?

  Shawn Massey : At night in my room.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : When did this start?

  Shawn Massey : One night, he just came in. He said he wanted to be near me and he just climbed in.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Did he ever touch you anywhere?

  Shawn Massey : Not then.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : How about now?

  Shawn Massey : He says it's how fathers are supposed to love their sons.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Shawn, you need to know that none of this is your fault. That what he is doing is wrong.

  Shawn Massey : I know, but Walt takes care of my mom and we don't have to live in the shelter anymore. And my mom doesn't get beat up anymore. Walt really loves us.

• Det. Elliot Stabler : [to Massey]  What's with this tattoo that I've seen in the videotape? And what about that glass from Jansen's apartment that we found in your sneaker? What am I, an idiot? Come on. You killed Jansen.

  Dr. Walt Massey : He ruined it for everybody. I had to make sure he'd never hurt another little boy again.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : And I'm gonna make sure that you never do, either. You're under arrest for the murder of Jansen and for sexually abusing your son.

  Dr. Walt Massey : [jumps up from his seat]  No! No, I didn't force Shawny. He seduced me. How could I deny him? I never beat him like Jansen beat his boys. It's not the same thing!

  Det. Elliot Stabler : No, it's worse. You have sex with your stepson and you don't think there's anything wrong with that? What kind of sick bastard are you?

• Tony Damon : So what's this conspiracy that you're charging me with?

  John Munch : Facilitating the rape of children in foreign countries.

  Tony Damon : There's no state law against that.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Federal law. We turn our tape over to the U.S. Attorney, you're toast.

  Tony Damon : Federal statutes require proof of a sex act. That means they need a victim. Where they gonna find one?

  John Munch : No wonder this guy doesn't need a lawyer. He's got the law memorized with all his other NAMBLA buddies.

  Tony Damon : NAMBLA? I'm not one of those freaks.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : How many boys they pass around to you?

  Tony Damon : I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

  [Stabler throws Damon against the wall and roughs him up a little] 

  Det. Elliot Stabler : You think I am some dumb cop?

  Tony Damon : I had nothing to...

  [Stabler cuts him off with a jab to the gut] 

  John Munch : Elliot!

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Think you're smarter than me?

  Tony Damon : I need a doctor!

  Det. Elliot Stabler : You're gonna need a morgue, pal!

• Olivia Benson : [to Ernesto]  Hey, you're in a lot of trouble. Do you understand that?

  Ernesto Diaz : Deport me.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : We don't deport killers.

• Det. Elliot Stabler : [while watching a video of Jansen and another man with a young boy]  Oh, that's great. Two men and a kid no older than my 10-year-old son.

• Det. Elliot Stabler : Somebody kicked the crap out of this kid.