Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Loss (2003)

Richard Belzer: Detective John Munch

Quotes 

• John Munch : On that note, I'll say good night.

  [to Fin] 

  John Munch : You have to give me a ride early tomorrow. You need some sleep.

  Fin Tutuola : You need to hire a new driver.

• Elliot Stabler : TRW and Equifax both show no activity on that social prior to June 2001. No bank accounts, no student loans, no jobs. All of her credit cards were issued around the same time also.

  Olivia Benson : DMV says Livia Tellez was issued a New York State driver's license same month, same year. No prior driving record in any other state.

  Donald Cragen : And nobody knew anything about this girl?

  John Munch : Neighbors were just passing acquaintances.

  Fin Tutuola : Vital statistics doesn't have anything on her or any living relative.

  Donald Cragen : We can rule out identity theft. Can't steal an identity that didn't exist until a couple of years ago.

  Olivia Benson : Everything that we've found says that Livia Tellez just appeared out of nowhere.

  Donald Cragen : What about witness protection?

  Elliot Stabler : We checked. She's not one of theirs.

  John Munch : Feel free to express your derision and ridicule, but I'm gonna say it: spook.

  Fin Tutuola : I'm not ridiculing. We probably got spies from every country all over this city.

  Donald Cragen : Uh, before we call in the CIA, let's see if the body can shed some light on who this girl really was.

• John Munch : There you go, Felix.

  Felix Santos : Papa, that's regular. I said diet.

  Fin Tutuola : You're gonna want this sugar, so drink it.

  Felix Santos : Okay. You people want to treat me like that, that's fine. I just make my phone call to some very influential peoples, they tell you what my rate is.

• Fin Tutuola : [to Munch while searching Livia Tellez's house]  Okay, you live like a monk. How come somebody wouldn't have any knickknacks around?

  John Munch : Some of us appreciate simplicity. Others of us lost the knickknacks in the divorce settlement.

• Alex Cabot : We know who did it. It's Cesar Velez fixing things for Zapata. The more important question is, how did Velez know Donovan was the CI?

  John Munch : Same way he knows where you and your mother live. He's got the money and the power.

  Elliot Stabler : And he's not gonna stop until you back off or you're dead.

  Alex Cabot : I have a protective detail, my mom has a protective detail. I'm not backing off.

  Olivia Benson : Alex, there's no reason for you to die for this case.

  Alex Cabot : Men like Zapata and Velez live on other people's fear. It doesn't matter if I try this case or somebody else in my office does. The intimidation is always there. So I can either accept it as a part of my job or concede everything.