Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Dance, Lies and Videotape (2020)

Patrick Page: Alistair Woodford

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• Sascha Thomas : You all sound quite pleased with yourselves. Which is astonishing, considering the appalling mess we just witnessed. As of now, "Moulin Boheme" is on track to being the worst ballet the National has ever produced. Alistair?

  Alistair Woodford : Sascha's taken a lot of chances on all of you, including gifting you, Ashley, with your first role as a principal. But I can read your reviews now; "Lackluster, labored, and dull."

  Sascha Thomas : Tina. This is your first solo, yes? After all these years.

  [giving her a soft slap on the cheek] 

  Sascha Thomas : Dehlia, this is your first performance with us. Unless things improve... it will be both of your farewells. We open in one week.

  Alistair Woodford : Start performing as if you belong here, or you will no longer be here. Understood?

  [murmured responses as they leave] 

  Dehlia : What just happened?

  Brad : That's their idea of a pep talk. Don't worry, you're amazing.

• Alistair Woodford : Rafael Barba and I go way back. He speaks very highly of you.

  Olivia Benson : And he of you. He is a fan.

  Alistair Woodford : He gave me a bit of a heads-up about the issue. I can't say I'm surprised.

  Olivia Benson : That your dancers are having sex or that they're being taped?

  Alistair Woodford : Both. One thing I've learned over the years: I can teach them to dance. I can't teach them not to be young and stupid.

  Olivia Benson : So, you've had problems before?

  Alistair Woodford : Well, like everyone else. Times have changed. When I started as artistic director, we didn't even have an HR department.

  Olivia Benson : You know, I hear you, but you should know that, um, we're maybe looking at more than an HR issue. We're talking criminal activity. Unlawful surveillance, posting on pornographic sites.

  Jason Harris : Alistair, what's going on?

  Alistair Woodford : Not now, Jason. I hope we can keep this private. We open a new ballet this week; ironically, starring Brad and introducing Dehlia.

  Olivia Benson : Oh.

  Alistair Woodford : You keep me posted. Give my best to Rafael.

  Olivia Benson : Of course.

• Alistair Woodford : This is Sascha Thomas, our choreographer.

  Olivia Benson : Captain Benson.

  Alistair Woodford : I filled him in.

  Sascha Thomas : Yeah. And I'm working around three male dancers being unavailable this afternoon because they're sitting in detention at your station.

  Olivia Benson : They may be unavailable longer than that.

  Sascha Thomas : Oh, come on, now. There's no one sexier than young dancers. Get enough of them in a room together, this is what happens.

  Alistair Woodford : Sascha, this is more than just boys being boys.

  Sascha Thomas : Yeah, I get it, yes. We'll make sure that whatever's been happening stops now. And it won't happen again.

  Olivia Benson : Well, depending on where this goes, they could be looking at prison time.

  Sascha Thomas : Hmm, well... that does not work, because we have a premiere in three days. We're talking hundreds of jobs, weeks of rehearsal, millions of dollars on the line.

  Olivia Benson : Piece of advice? Let's set aside some time for understudies.

• Ashley Fallon : Yeah, so, that happened.

  Olivia Benson : You knew?

  Ashley Fallon : Did I know I was having sex with Brad? Yeah. Did I know I was being filmed? I mean, not that time, but everyone's made a sex tape or two, right? Anyway, just thank god it didn't get posted like Dehlia's.

  Alistair Woodford : Captain Benson, is everything all right?

  Olivia Benson : Uh, actually, no.

• Alistair Woodford : I have to admit, we don't see many donors from the tech world.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : And I have to admit, up until tonight, I had not seen a lot of ballet.

  Alistair Woodford : Did you like what you saw?

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Yeah, it was awesome. I'm assuming Sascha mentioned, but I'm looking to establish a presence here in New York as a benefactor in the performing arts world.

  Alistair Woodford : He did. May I suggest, instead of seeding start-ups, you make one quality high-profile investment.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : That's my plan. I've spoken to some donors from past years, and I'm willing to step up to the level they did to receive the benefits they got. They mentioned something about sponsoring one of the primas.

  Alistair Woodford : There is no more gratifying entree into our world. Ashley was mesmerizing tonight, wasn't she?

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Like I said, I don't know a lot about ballet, but I couldn't take my eyes off her.

  Alistair Woodford : Private dinner for two with the prima will be the final item on the auction.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : I've been told it's more than dinner.

  Alistair Woodford : One of the great traits of ballerinas: wherever you lead, they follow.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Can I, um... can I make a preemptive bid? Would a six-figure commitment take Ashley off the auction block?

  Alistair Woodford : It would take Ashley anywhere you'd like to go.

• Olivia Benson : Alistair Woodford, Sascha Thomas.

  Alistair Woodford : Captain Benson, what is this?

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Give it a second. It'll come to you.

  Alistair Woodford : You're making a major mistake.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Not my first, won't be my last.

  Alistair Woodford : [to Sascha as he gets cuffed]  You vouched for him.

  Amanda Rollins : Don't worry, he's under arrest, too.

  Alistair Woodford : Whatever I did, I did to subsidize art. That man's your rapist!

  Olivia Benson : So you knew? And you used it as leverage. That makes you a sex trafficker. Get him out of here.