Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Inconceivable (2008)
Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler
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Quotes
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia] You know, you'd make a great mom.
Detective Olivia Benson : Oh, my God. I'm not having this conversation.
Detective Elliot Stabler : You're great with kids.
Detective Olivia Benson : Yeah, I know.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Look, maybe you should start thinking about having kids and any way you want to do it, I'll support you.
Detective Olivia Benson : Elliot, do me a favor.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Yeah?
Detective Olivia Benson : Shut up and drive.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Olivia] You gotta know I didn't say anything to the guys about you wanting a baby. I mean, that was Munch being Munch.
Detective Olivia Benson : El...
Detective Elliot Stabler : No, I understand. Your biological clock's ticking. I'm gonna shut up.
Detective Olivia Benson : Elliot, a few months ago I looked into adoption.
Detective Elliot Stabler : That's great.
Detective Olivia Benson : They turned me down.
Detective Elliot Stabler : What are you talking about?
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, I'm single, I don't have an extended family support system, I work all hours. They didn't see me as prime parent material.
Detective Elliot Stabler : They're wrong.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Well, it's not like somebody stole their hubcaps, Elliot. Do you know what they went through to get those embryos?
Detective Elliot Stabler : You know, I don't. I had kids the old-fashioned way.
Detective Olivia Benson : Well, some people aren't as blessed as you are.
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Detective Olivia Benson : These people believe that if an embryo screens positive for some devastating fatal disease, like Tay-Sachs, it should still be implanted.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Yeah.
Detective Olivia Benson : Knowing full well that the baby that comes out will never know anything but pain and suffering.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Look, it's tough.
Detective Olivia Benson : No, it's not. You give your kid a fighting chance.
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Detective Olivia Benson : [about the parents of a brain damaged child] They're trapping her in a child's body forever.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Parents have to make hard choices. Now, this last pregnancy, Kathy was over 40. It It makes for much higher risk. Things like Down Syndrome and...
Detective Olivia Benson : You know what? Eli turned out perfect, so spare me the perils of women over 40 having babies.