Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Class (2006)

Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler

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• Det. Elliot Stabler : Is there anyone else on this campus who might know her a little better than you?

• Gloria Kulhane : Okay, it's no secret. I didn't like Caroline, but I had no reason to kill her.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : She was writing all your papers. The school was investigating. Your ass was about to be expelled.

  Gloria Kulhane : Hudson won't expel anyone. Higher grades keep parents happy and happy parents are big donors.

• Gloria Kulhane : I told you my alibi would check out.

  Odafin Tutuola : Singing the Indigo Girls in five-part harmony. That's painful.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : I got a feeling we're gonna need to speak to you again, so don't hop on any flights to France.

  Gloria Kulhane : Cop, comedian. Is there anything you don't do?

• Det. Elliot Stabler : [to Novak]  Look, we come from the same place. The guy works his ass off to get into Hudson and these rich kids treat him like crap. You know how that feels.

  ADA Casey Novak : Yeah. I waited tables in law school and served my classmates. It sucked, but it didn't make me kill anyone.

• Dr. George Huang : [to Stabler about Adam]  What's going on with you and this kid?

  Det. Elliot Stabler : You know, when I was Adam's age, I worked at my uncle's bar. One night, I'm out back emptying the trash when these two rich punks jumped me. Now, I know who they were because they'd spit in my face earlier in the night when I wouldn't serve them drinks. They had no I.D. So we're rolling around, we're throwing punches, and I pick up a bottle and I bust one of them over the head with it. Kid nearly died. Cops come, I give them my story, they send me home. Next day, two detectives come to my doorstep and they arrest me.

  Dr. George Huang : For defending yourself.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Well, the kid's father was a partner in some white-shoe law firm. He had a friend in the DA's office, but my dad called in a favor from an old police academy buddy, so he made the whole thing go away.

  Dr. George Huang : This wasn't just about self-defense. You were pissed.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Look, this kid spit in my face. He treats me like I'm a working class piece of trash?

• Det. Elliot Stabler : They don't allow diamond rings in prison. Think you're gonna have to settle for silver bracelets.

• Doug Kersten : I don't know anything about a dead chick I sure don't know what the hell I'm doing here. Get my lawyer.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : You're gonna need him, pal. We've got a paint match on that wall, and you've got a $150,000 motive.

  Odafin Tutuola : That's pretty much a lock.

  Doug Kersten : Why don't you shove your lock up your ass?

  Odafin Tutuola : What'd you say to me?

  Donald Cragen : Fin, Elliot. My office.

  [in Cragen's office] 

  Donald Cragen : This is Tom Cole. Secret Service. He's got some fascinating news.

  Agent Tom Cole : Riley's with us.

  Odafin Tutuola : An informant?

  Agent Tom Cole : Agent. Name's Doug Kersten. He's a long term undercover working up a case.

  Det. Elliot Stabler : What's the target?

  Agent Tom Cole : Underground gambling clubs and their links to organized crime, domestic and foreign.

  Odafin Tutuola : All the gin joints in the city and we had to walk into yours.

  Agent Tom Cole : Agent Kersten is not your killer. He'll brief you, but I've got to protect the integrity of our investigation.

  Donald Cragen : [to Fin and Stabler]  Get him out of the cage without blowing his cover.

• Agent Tom Cole : [leaving the precinct with Kersten]  You'll be lucky if my client doesn't press charges.

  Doug Kersten : My lawyer will be seeing the police commissioner tomorrow. Why don't you go solve a real crime instead of bothering an honest businessman?

  Det. Elliot Stabler : Take it easy there, tough guy.

  Doug Kersten : Don't even talk to me, ass wipe. You picked the wrong guy to mess with.

  Odafin Tutuola : Running a casino is illegal.

  Doug Kersten : Who's running a casino? I was entertaining friends.

  [Cole and Kersten walk into the elevator] 

  Doug Kersten : Atrium, 56th and 5th. 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.