- M.E. Melinda Warner: [to Olivia about Elliot] Sometimes all that brooding intensity is just annoying.
- Elliot Stabler: If that sniper hadn't beaten you to it... I know you would have taken that shot, Olivia.
- Olivia Benson: No, I wouldn't have. Did you really expect me to? Did you really expect me to cause your death? What about your kids?
- Elliot Stabler: I don't know. I just couldn't get that boy out of my head.
- Olivia Benson: [softly] What about me?
- Elliot Stabler: Look, we both chose each other over the job. We can never let that happen again. Otherwise... we can't be partners.
- Olivia Benson: I can't believe you're saying that.
- Elliot Stabler: Look, you and this job are about the only things that I've got got anymore. I don't want to wreck that. I couldn't take it.
- [walks away]
- George Huang: [Elliot went to see Huang after feeling guilty because he went to save Olivia instead of going after Gitano. Gitano ended up killing a boy that Elliot could have saved] In situations like this there is no good choice. Every choice becomes a sacrifice.
- Elliot Stabler: Not true.
- George Huang: You had to choose between saving the little boy or saving Olivia
- Elliot Stabler: Yeah, but she didn't need me.
- George Huang: You didn't know that.
- Elliot Stabler: [Long pause. Elliot was deep in thought] I wish I didn't...
- George Huang: Didn't what... didn't care so much? Elliot that's what makes you a good partner
- Elliot Stabler: She made me turn away.
- George Huang: How? How did she make you do anything?
- Elliot Stabler: [Another long pause] She didn't. It was my choice; nobody else was responsible for it, but me.
- [Elliot walks out of the office, looking upset]
- Elliot Stabler: [after Olivia was stabbed by Gitano, and Elliot ran to her,instead of going after Gitano] Olivia! Oh my god, no!
- [Dropping to her side]
- Olivia Benson: It's okay, I'm okay. Where's Gitano? Go Elliot, go, I'm fine. Go!
- Olivia Benson: Is there something you want to say to me? Because if you do, then let's hear you say it.
- Elliot Stabler: [Obviously angry] Why didn't you shoot Gitano?
- Olivia Benson: He was using the child as a shield.
- Elliot Stabler: [Still angry] How could you let him get so close to you?
- Olivia Benson: There were innocent civilians around. I couldn't get a shot
- Elliot Stabler: Well you got close and Ryan's dead.
- Olivia Benson: So this is my fault?
- Elliot Stabler: [Starting to yell,while walking away] I can't do this anymore. I can't be looking over my shoulder, making sure you're okay.
- Olivia Benson: You son of a bitch, you know that's not true.
- Elliot Stabler: [Yelling even louder] I need to know you can do your job and not wait for me to come to your rescue.
- Det. Elliot Stabler: [setting up a sting for a kidnapper at a ticket window] Just relax and do what you normally do, okay?
- Western Union Agent: This *is* what I normally do.
- Det. Elliot Stabler: Do it without looking terrified.
- M.E. Melinda Warner: Well, when you find this guy, be sure to give him a special kick in the nuts for me.
- Det. Olivia Benson: Victor, there's no way out of this.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Stop talking!
- Det. Olivia Benson: You know what's gonna happen if you don't put that gun down. Now, enough people have died.
- Elliot Stabler: Olivia...
- Det. Olivia Benson: [continuing] And I know that you don't want to die. You could've pulled the trigger on Detective Stabler, and then I would've had to kill you but you didn't do that. You didn't do that because you're being smart.
- Elliot Stabler: [to Benson] You've only got one chance, you gotta take it.
- Det. Olivia Benson: Where's Rebecca, Victor? Is she alive?
- Victor Paul Gitano: I'm not gonna tell you dick until you drop the gun, bitch!
- Elliot Stabler: Shoot him!
- Det. Olivia Benson: Shut up, Elliot!
- Victor Paul Gitano: Stop moving, or he's dead!
- Det. Olivia Benson: And then what? Do you really think that you're gonna walk out of here? Because that's not gonna happen. Now, this is your choice, dead or alive.
- Victor Paul Gitano: I go, he goes.
- Det. Olivia Benson: Victor, tell us where Rebecca is and we can end this right now.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Dead. I used her up and I bled her dry. You want to hear how she screamed? How she begged for her mommy?
- Det. Olivia Benson: Stop it.
- Victor Paul Gitano: She was a slut, that one. A real little whore
- Elliot Stabler: And I'm looking at a deadman!
- Victor Paul Gitano: [Gitano grabs Stabler and points the gun at his head] Any closer and you're gonna be wearing his brains on your coat!
- Elliot Stabler: Olivia, there is no reason to keep this piece of crap alive. Pull the trigger right now. Olivia, pull it. Shoot him!
- Victor Paul Gitano: You know... You know that little girl, it's possible that she isn't dead. She could be locked up in this building somewhere, huh? Or someplace else 50 miles away. You don't really know, do you?
- Det. Olivia Benson: You're a liar
- Victor Paul Gitano: Yeah, well. That's the point.
- Victor Paul Gitano: [to Benson] You know, you could put the gun down. At least then you might find her. Otherwise, she's gonna die. She's gonna die, he's gonna die and it'll be all your fault! Just like the little boy. How's your neck?
- Elliot Stabler: It's not the same thing, Olivia, you know that.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Yes it is, Olivia. God, you two, couple of screw ups.
- Elliot Stabler: Olivia...
- Victor Paul Gitano: How could you let that little boy go?
- Elliot Stabler: Olivia, look at me.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Maybe you're just incompetent
- Elliot Stabler: Now, you can do the right thing. I didn't. And I made that choice with Ryan and it was wrong.
- Olivia Benson: Elliot.
- Elliot Stabler: It was my fault. Don't do it.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Shut up!
- Elliot Stabler: Don't make that mistake.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Stop talking!
- Olivia Benson: I would've done the same thing
- Victor Paul Gitano: I said shut up!
- Elliot Stabler: Don't make my mistake.
- Victor Paul Gitano: [Gitano hears the door open] Drop it! Drop the gun! Drop it now! You put that gun down now! You cops don't come in here or everybody dies! Hey! Hey! Hey! I'll tell you where she is.
- Olivia Benson: [to Gitano] Where?
- Victor Paul Gitano: She's in a van parked in a garage in Newark. She might still be alive.
- Olivia Benson: He's lying.
- Elliot Stabler: I know.
- Olivia Benson: He's never gonna tell us.
- Elliot Stabler: You're right.
- Olivia Benson: [about Rebecca] Tell us where she is, Victor.
- Elliot Stabler: She's here! She's not dead otherwise he would've been long gone. Unless, you like them dead, you sick like that, too, Gitano? You like to play with corpses?
- Victor Paul Gitano: Yeah, I love that. The deader, the better. They don't fight as much.
- Elliot Stabler: Olivia, you think about me, Rebecca is dead. Pull that trigger. Shoot him. Shoot him. Olivia, shoot him.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Yeah, do that. But you'd better make sure you take me out with one shot. One perfect, perfect shot.
- Olivia Benson: [Benson keeps the gun pointed at Gitano]
- Victor Paul Gitano: Of course my reflexes are pretty tight. I could pull the trigger before the bullet even hits me, or maybe you miss me altogether. Either way, there's an 80% chance that I'm gonna take this guy's head clean off! But you try it, definietly. It'll probably turn out great.
- Olivia Benson: You can kill us both, Victor. You'll still never wak out of here.
- Victor Paul Gitano: Right. Right, 'cause you got some buddies coming, huh? When's that going down?
- Olivia Benson: Any minute.