- Elliot Stabler: [while investigating the case of a popular teenager murdered by her three closest friends] I love these little cliques. They're like the Mafia. Nobody knows nothing.
- Lionel Granger: [on the defendants] They're us, Casey. Our sisters, our daughters, our high school girlfriends. No one wants to believe...
- Casey Novak: No, they're monsters. They're mean, vicious little girls who think they can do whatever they want, and up until now they've gotten away with it. But not anymore.
- Olivia Benson: [after Agnes is arrested for shooting a classmate] Agnes, what happened?
- Agnes Linsky: They went to jail and it didn't even make any difference. It was never going to stop. No matter what anybody did, it was never going to stop.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: So, uh, you say Andrea and Paige never asked you to stop. Let me ask you this: did Emily?
- Brittany O'Malley: [scoffs] I guess.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: You guess? What, didn't she beg you to stop? Didn't she offer you money, her diamond earrings, anything you wanted?
- Brittany O'Malley: Yes.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: Didn't she cry out for her mother, and you thought that was funny?
- Brittany O'Malley: [defiant stare] Yes.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: Who was it that cut Emily's skin with scissors over 100 times?
- Brittany O'Malley: I did.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: And who brought a knife and later used it to cut Emily's throat?
- Brittany O'Malley: Me.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: And the cigarettes you went out to buy, you used those to burn Emily's skin, right?
- Brittany O'Malley: Right.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: So the truth is, you didn't want Andrea and Paige to help you torture and kill Emily. You just wanted an audience.
- Casey Novak: Objection.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: Withdrawn. Nothing further.
- Shauna Goletz: Oh, yeah, I totally know Brittany and all those girls. Everybody does.
- Elliot Stabler: Has anyone had any trouble with them?
- Shauna Goletz: Um, except this is, like, therapy, so I can't really break a confidence.
- Elliot Stabler: Okay. So what do you think of them?
- Shauna Goletz: Actually, they're really nice. I can totally see how somebody with, you know, low self-esteem would have a problem with them. I don't.
- Elliot Stabler: But you know people who do?
- Shauna Goletz: Well, yeah. But what I say to them is, "Hey, we're all insecure. Brittany and Paige and Andrea are just like you. It's their defense mechanism."
- Elliot Stabler: Right. What's their defense mechanism?
- Shauna Goletz: You know... being mean.
- Brittany O'Malley: No. They didn't do anything.
- Donald Cragen: I'm glad you're saying that, Brittany, because it's consistent with your friends' stories: that they're innocent and you killed Emily all by yourself.
- Brittany O'Malley: They're not saying that.
- Donald Cragen: You better believe they are, little girl.
- Lionel Granger: Okay, I think that wraps it up for today...
- Brittany O'Malley: No. What are they saying?
- Donald Cragen: That you killed Emily because she stole your boyfriend. Oh, and that you're nuts.
- Sarah O'Malley: They're clearly lying.
- Brittany O'Malley: [stands up] Shut up! You're not helping.
- Olivia Benson: Brittany, sit down.
- Brittany O'Malley: No! Where are they? I want them to say this to my face!
- [crosses the room to the two-way window and starts to pound it with her fists]
- Brittany O'Malley: Huh? BITCHES! SAY IT TO MY FACE!
- Agnes Linsky: My mom died when I was nine. When I was twelve, Emily started the rumor that my mom left us because she couldn't stand how ugly I was. Funny, right? People still believe that.
- Olivia Benson: So you've known Emily a long time.
- Agnes Linsky: When we were little, we were all friends. Well, I don't really know why it changed. In seventh grade, Emily got a fake screen name and pretended to be a boy I liked. He emailed me. The next day, I talked to him, and he didn't know what the hell I was saying. He pushed me into the mud. Emily and her friends thought it was hilarious.
- Olivia Benson: So her friends were in on it, too.
- Agnes Linsky: Brittany and the rest of them were pretty terrible, but I was Emily's special project. She used to pretend to be my friend for a week and then use it against me. I gave her my cell phone number and she started sending all these awful messages to me; how fat I was, how I should just kill myself because nobody liked me. My dad saved up to buy me that phone, and I hardly use it anymore. It's not worth it.
- Olivia Benson: Your dad seems pretty angry about this.
- Agnes Linsky: It's like I'm disappointing him. That's the worst part, you know? Oh, it sounds stupid. My brother says I should ignore it, but it just builds up. Every day, it's something else and you start to feel like you don't even want to get out of bed in the morning. I know it sounds awful, but I'm happy. I'm happy she's dead.
- Elliot Stabler: [about Agnes Linsky being bullied] The school knew what was happening to that girl. They didn't do anything about it.
- Dr. George Huang: Victims of bullying are often social outcasts. It's human nature for school authorities to identify with the normal kids.
- Donald Cragen: Meaning, the teachers believe the bully's story and think the victims are being a little too sensitive.
- Olivia Benson: [to Brittany] Why do you think Troy Linsky attacked you?
- Brittany O'Malley: Because he's psycho. His whole family is crazy.
- Olivia Benson: Did you see Agnes today?
- Brittany O'Malley: She's kind of hard to miss.
- Olivia Benson: Did you talk to her?
- Brittany O'Malley: Why would I?
- Olivia Benson: You know what, Brittany, I'm starting to wonder why it is you girls do any of the things that you do. Did you take this picture of Agnes and send it around to your friends?
- [shows Brittany the photo of Agnes]
- Olivia Benson: Keep in mind that we can trace it back to the sender, in case you're thinking about lying to me again. Look at it.
- Brittany O'Malley: [getting tearful] I'm sorry I did it.
- Olivia Benson: Why would you do that, Brittany?
- Brittany O'Malley: To get back at Agnes.
- Olivia Benson: To get back at her for what?
- Brittany O'Malley: Everybody knows that you spoke to her today. Because she did it, didn't she? She did it. She killed Emily. She killed my best friend!
- CSU Captain Judith Siper: Why the rush, Detectives?
- Elliot Stabler: We've got a bunch of teenagers trying to kill each other. I'd like to, uh... arrest one of them.
- Casey Novak: No one's going to believe that, Andrea. This lie you and your friends cooked up, it's a bad one, so if you've got anything you want to say to me before I walk out that door, you better say it now.
- Pat Linsky: [to Benson and Stabler about Emily Sullivan] We've been trying to get a restraining order against that girl for over a year and nobody cared. Now someone kills her and you're acting like it's some kind of tragedy? She made my daughter's life miserable and God help me, I'm not sorry she's dead.
- Troy Linsky: [When Stabler talks to Agnes' brother, Troy after he assaults Brittany O'Malley] I pushed her. That's it.
- Elliot Stabler: Hard enough to send her to the hospital.
- Troy Linsky: She hit her head against the locker. It was an accident. I was mad.
- Elliot Stabler: You got some anger management problems there, pal.
- Troy Linsky: Do you know what they did to my sister?
- Elliot Stabler: Emily Sullivan tortured your sister. I know that. And someone taught that bitch a lesson, right?
- Troy Linsky: Wasn't me. I didn't touch Emily.
- Elliot Stabler: I'm not saying you did, but why are you beating up Brittany?
- Troy Linsky: I want Brittany to admit what she did.
- Elliot Stabler: What's that?
- Troy Linsky: She took pictures while Agnes was changing in the locker room. She sent them to anyone with a camera phone. Look for yourself. On my cell, in the bag on the desk.
- [Stabler looks at the photos of Agnes on Troy's phone]
- Troy Linsky: Those girls, they've got everybody snowed. They're evil.
- Elliot Stabler: How do you know Brittany did this?
- Troy Linsky: She has gym class with Agnes. You know, Brittany sent that to 20 different people. My buddy's sister got it. He sent it to me.
- Elliot Stabler: You think this is enough to hurt someone, huh?
- Troy Linsky: Hey, look, nobody's protecting my sister, okay? Not the school and not the cops.
- Elliot Stabler: I'm trying to help your sister. Okay? I'm trying to help Agnes.
- Troy Linsky: Well, taking naked pictures of someone, well, that's illegal, right? So when are you going to do something about that?
- Dr. George Huang: Boys tend to get into conflicts with acquaintances or strangers. Girls typically attack within tightly-knit friendships.
- Olivia Benson: Well, that's definitely been my experience. The people that made me feel the worst were always my best friends.
- Dr. George Huang: Boys are socialized to express their anger. Girls are socialized to be nice, and It's not nice to start a fight.
- Elliot Stabler: Feelings got to come out sometime.
- Dr. George Huang: Often as rumor-spreading, ostracizing or secret-telling.
- Olivia Benson: In other words, don't tell your friend you're mad at her. Just get everybody else to hate her.
- Det. Elliot Stabler: [while reading a murder victim's archived text messages] Right. Now, this stuff is very deep. "Danny is so..." ten O's. "cute."
- Casey Novak: You feel bad now for everything that happened to Emily.
- Andrea Kent: Yes. When I got home that morning, I threw up. But I was afraid.
- Casey Novak: Of getting caught? Of Brittany?
- Andrea Kent: No. I was afraid if I told, Brittany wouldn't be my friend.
- Casey Novak: You said your cover story was going out to celebrate your birthday. January... that makes you a Capricorn, right?
- Andrea Kent: Yeah.
- Casey Novak: What's your birthstone?
- Roger Kressler: Objection. Relevance?
- Casey Novak: I'm getting to it, Your Honor.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: Hurry it up, Ms. Novak. The witness will answer the question.
- Andrea Kent: My birthstone's garnet.
- Casey Novak: That's what I thought. I see you're wearing your class ring. That's my birthstone: sapphire. September birthday. You know who else had a September birthday, Andrea?
- Roger Kressler: Objection.
- Attorney Lynne Riff: Relevance?
- Judge Lena Petrovsky: Overruled.
- Casey Novak: Didn't Emily have a September birthday?
- Andrea Kent: I don't know.
- Casey Novak: Emily had a class ring. It was engraved with her name. It was never found with her body. Your Honor, would you instruct the defendant to remove her ring?
- Judge Lena Petrovsky: Hand it to me, Ms. Kent.
- [pause]
- Andrea Kent: [blurts] Paige gave it to me. She took it off Emily after she was dead!
- Paige Summerbee: You're a liar! You took her Prada purse!
- Attorney Lynne Riff: [stands up] Sidebar, Your Honor.
- Andrea Kent: She's got Emily's clothes, too! The ones with all the blood on them!
- Casey Novak: [walks towards the witness stand, directly facing Andrea] If you feel so bad about what happened, then why are you wearing a dead girl's ring?