Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Solitary (2009)
Christine Lahti: EADA Sonya Paxton
Quotes
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Paxton] You know something? You have had a hard-on for me since the day you walked into this squad.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : No, hon, not at all. I've got problems with anybody who doesn't play by the rules.
Detective Elliot Stabler : No, your rules. You act like the law is holy scripture. You don't give a damn about the law. You want control.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : You don't know me. Okay, you know me?
Detective Elliot Stabler : I know you. I see perps like you walk in here every day of the week. They've got to have control or the whole world falls apart, but inside they're scared, weak, damaged...
[Paxton slaps him]
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Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [after Elliot is pushed off a building by Cal Donovan and ends up in the hospital]
[to Olivia]
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Does he do this often?
Olivia Benson : What? Almost die in the line of duty?
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Take a nap halfway through his tour.
Detective Elliot Stabler : I'm still alive. I can hear you, ladies.
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Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [to Elliot] Where the hell have you been?
Detective Elliot Stabler : The hole. I want to drop the charges.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Don't be a wuss, Stabler. You took a bad trip in your own head, and now what, you feel sorry for Donovan? Well, that's your problem. Mine is convicting a would-be cop killer, who thinks doing a little time gives him the right to whack the first cop who looks at him cross-eyed.
Detective Elliot Stabler : It's not that simple.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Actually, it is. If Donovan walks, it's open season on law enforcement for any perp who did a day in the hole.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Look, you don't have to set a precedent. Just cut him a deal.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : If I plea-bargain Donovan, he's out in five years. And then what? Does he run down the cop who pulls him over for speeding? I won't take that chance.
Detective Elliot Stabler : If I report you for assault, the D.A. will suspend you.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Go ahead.
[Elliot doesn't do anything]
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Thought so. You may have lost your balls in lock-up, but I've still got mine.