Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Loss (2003)

Josh Hopkins: Tim Donovan

Quotes 

• Donald Cragen : Why is the DEA following my detectives?

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : We needed to make sure that they weren't working for the people we were investigating.

  Elliot Stabler : You sure now?

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : If I weren't, you'd already be in federal lockup, Detective Stabler.

  Tim Donovan : Officer Sandoval's prints were red-flagged in the system. When you ran them, it tipped us off.

  Olivia Benson : And it never occurred to you that we ran them because we were investigating her murder?

• Elliot Stabler : [to Donovan]  Hey, did you tell Livia to do coke and screw Zapata to make your case or was that her idea?

  Tim Donovan : You don't know anything about her.

  Elliot Stabler : I know you were supposed to protect her, and you let her die! And I know you feel so guilty that you'd rather let her killer get away with it than think about what you didn't do to help her.

  Tim Donovan : I didn't tell her to do drugs. I didn't tell her to do any of that. She wanted to nail those guys, she did what she thought she had to do.

  Olivia Benson : You didn't see how bad it was getting?

  Tim Donovan : She was getting the job done. I didn't think she was in over her head. I should have pulled her. I didn't. That's my responsibility. My... my mistake.

• Alex Cabot : [to Donovan]  I freely admit I know very little about the dangers of your job. That doesn't change the fact that you gave information as a confidential informant and now that information has to be verified. You won't have to testify in open court.

  Tim Donovan : The answer's no.

  Alex Cabot : Let me tell you a little bit about my job, Agent Donovan. After I tell the judge that I cannot produce the informant, she is going to issue a John Doe material witness order. If I don't give her your name, I will be found in contempt.

  Tim Donovan : That's your call, your conscience.

  Alex Cabot : I can tell you right now, I'm not going to jail for you or for my conscience.

  Tim Donovan : Then drop the case.

  Alex Cabot : I can't.

  Tim Donovan : You do what you got to do, Ms. Cabot, but when things go down, the blood's gonna be on your hands.

  Alex Cabot : There has to be a way to work this out so that everyone is protected.

  Tim Donovan : You really don't know anything about this, do you?