Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Futility (2003)

Stephanie March: ADA Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot

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.

• 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.

• Erin Russ : [to Cabot about Carrie Huitt identifying Michael Gardner as her rapist]  Want me to leave the room so you can tell her who to pick?

  Alex Cabot : Oh, give it a rest.

• Alex Cabot : [after Carrie tells Olivia that Gardner followed her into a coffee shop]  It's not enough.

  Det. Olivia Benson : Hold on, Alex. You think this is a coincidence?

  Alex Cabot : Probably not, but a judge won't call it a violation. She entered the establishment, so in essence she followed him.

  Elliot Stabler : Gardner's got to know where Carrie lives. He attacked her right in front of her own building. If he's stalking her, he's got to know where she gets her coffee.

  Alex Cabot : His lawyer will argue that they live in the same neighborhood. It's not implausible they would frequent the same places.

  Det. Olivia Benson : Orders of protection are real helpful when you can't enforce them.

• Det. Olivia Benson : This is crap, Alex.

  Alex Cabot : Yeah? 'Cause it looks to me like Michael Gardner making a really good case for tainted identification. I wish you'd told me about this, Olivia.

  Det. Olivia Benson : Hold on. That line-up was not tainted.

  Alex Cabot : How do you know?

  Det. Olivia Benson : What could a rape counselor possibly gain from helping a victim make a false ID?

  Alex Cabot : It doesn't matter what happens, only what appears to have happened.

  Det. Olivia Benson : Oh, come...

  Alex Cabot : If the judge tosses this ID, this case is screwed.