Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Futility (2003)

Fred Savage: Michael Gardner

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Quotes 

• Michael Gardner : I'm so sorry about hitting her. I hope she's okay.

  Erin Russ : The rape charges on my client are bogus. And how did he get hurt between his home and the station house?

  Alex Cabot : I don't know, how did he?

  [Looks at Detectives Tutuola and Stabler] 

  Odafin Tutuola : He fell.

  Erin Russ : Bull.

  Alex Cabot : The only injuries I see are Mr. Gardner's torn knuckles from punching Detective Benson in the face, so unless you want to add the assault of a police officer to the list of charges, I suggest you move on.

• Michael Gardner : Why are you harrassing me? I didn't do anything.

  Elliot Stabler : Violating an order of protection you moron! You just bought yourself a cell in Rikers.

• Det. Olivia Benson : Once the fingerprint came back we apprehended the defendant outside of his home. I advised him of his Miranda rights, detectives Stabler and Tutuola questioned him, with his attorney present, and Carrie Huitt positively identified him as the man who had raped her the night before.

  ADA Alexandra Cabot : Thank you, Detective.

  Michael Gardner : Why didn't you question me, Detective Benson?

  Det. Olivia Benson : I was preparing your victim for the lineup.

  Michael Gardner : Oh. So it wasn't because I punched you earlier that night?

  ADA Alexandra Cabot : Objection! Relevance?

  Michael Gardner : I'm trying to ascertain whether or not the detective has a personal stake in my rest in prosecution.

  Judge Lois Preston : I'll allow it.

  Det. Olivia Benson : I have no personal stake in you.

  Michael Gardner : You're not mad at me? Or, uh, embarrassed that I eluded your grasp in front of your colleagues?

  Det. Olivia Benson : It's not uncommon for a perpetrator to lose control of himself. And I have certainly been hit much harder.