Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Influence (2006)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
Quotes
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Detective Olivia Benson : You did what you had to, Casey, you saved yourself.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Yeah, but nobody saved him.
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Malcolm Shaw : You sent her home? That girl tried to ruin my son's life.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : I understand how you must feel, Mr. Shaw.
Malcolm Shaw : I doubt it. They're throwing Cameron out of school. He graduates in five weeks. He could lose his scholarship.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Your son violated Lanchester Prep's code of conduct by having sex on school grounds.
Malcolm Shaw : Cameron was never in trouble a day in his life. It's that damn girl! She seduced him!
Detective Olivia Benson : Nobody forced Cameron into that bathroom.
Malcolm Shaw : That girl made false charges against my son. That's a crime. I want her charged.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : I'll decide that after I review the evidence.
Detective Olivia Benson : We bent over backwards to get the facts before we arrested your son. Jamie Hoskins deserves the same consideration.
Malcolm Shaw : Fine. But if she's not arrested, you'll read about it in the newspaper. White girl lies about being raped by a black boy and just walks away. They'll be all over it.
[leaves Novak's office]
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, I guess we know where he stands. How about you?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : He has a point. Jamie did file a false report with the police.
Detective Olivia Benson : Jamie made a mistake, but she's paying for it. I mean, she also got kicked out of school.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Cameron's dad isn't gonna go away anytime soon and Danny Morrison's lawyer is on my voicemail.
Detective Olivia Benson : Those boys got themselves expelled. And as for Jamie, she lied to us. It was our time she wasted.
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Detective Olivia Benson : [about Jamie] Look, I saw her. The girl had PTSD. You can't fake that kind of trauma.
Captain Donald Cragen : She got caught doing it with two guys in the john. That's enough to traumatize anybody.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Jamie, we talked to Trevor Olsen.
Jamie Hoskins : He doesn't have anything to do with this.
Detective Olivia Benson : Oh, I think he does.
Jamie Hoskins : Trevor is my friend.
Detective Olivia Benson : I know that you like Trevor, but I gotta tell you, I think his priorities are really screwed up.
Jamie Hoskins : How would you know?
Detective Olivia Benson : Trust me. Any guy that won't date you until you lose your virginity doesn't deserve somebody as great as you.
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Trevor Olsen : I don't do virgins. It's nothing personal, I just don't want the responsibility of planting the first flag, you know?
Detective Olivia Benson : Oh, how noble.
Trevor Olsen : Ah, it's self-preservation. I hooked up with this girl freshman year. She was a virgin. She thought we were gonna get married or something. Never again.
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Jamie Hoskins : [to Olivia] They raped me! They forced me to have sex with them! Why don't you believe me?
Detective Olivia Benson : I want to, Jamie. I really do, but you're making it very difficult.
Jamie Hoskins : [getting hostile] Look, I don't care what you think, okay? I know what happened. You're trying to turn this around and make it my fault? Well, screw you, okay? I didn't do anything wrong!
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Detective Olivia Benson : [to Jamie] Why didn't you tell me you were bipolar?
Jamie Hoskins : I didn't want you to think I was crazy.
Detective Olivia Benson : You're not crazy, Jamie. You have an illness. Just like diabetes or migraine headaches, you take medication and you get better.
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Captain Donald Cragen : [about Derek Lord] What makes a rock musician think he's an expert on psychiatry?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : That's a good question. If I could, I'd charge Derek Lord as a co-defendant.
Detective Olivia Benson : First Amendment says that he's got a right to his opinion.
Captain Donald Cragen : This is one hell of a mess.
Detective Olivia Benson : Look, I screwed up. Jamie was upset. I should have never let her go home.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : You had no reason to hold her. You couldn't know she'd steal her parents' car.
Captain Donald Cragen : She ran down those people right after we released her. Makes us look negligent. The sooner we charge this girl, the better.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : It's not that simple. Jamie was having an acute psychotic episode.
Captain Donald Cragen : Which she suffered after choosing to stop taking her medication.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : We already have one dead girl. So who benefits from destroying the life of another?
Detective Olivia Benson : She's got a point, Captain.
Captain Donald Cragen : What are you suggesting?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Probation with mandatory counseling.
Captain Donald Cragen : For vehicular manslaughter?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : I'm not gonna throw the book at this girl just to satisfy your bosses downtown.
Captain Donald Cragen : This wasn't some disturbed homeless person. This girl had the best drugs and treatment available.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Yeah, which her idol told her to stop taking.
Captain Donald Cragen : Okay. This is your call. You just remember we got two boys whose lives were ruined by her false allegations. A dead girl and half a dozen others injured when Jamie mowed them down. Now, you let her walk, your ass is on the line right next to mine.