- Sergeant John Munch: Counselor Ellis.
- Bayard Ellis: Have we met?
- Sergeant John Munch: Sergeant John Munch. I admire your second act.
- Bayard Ellis: Um, I'm not sure I get the joke.
- Sergeant John Munch: I'm not joking.
- [Belzer as Munch and Braugher as Det. Frank Pembleton, a different character, co-starred on Homicide: Life on the Street]
- Olivia Benson: Now, Sarah, you said that you gave him a beer?
- Sarah Walsh: It's on my coffee table. I haven't moved it. It's in a plastic cup. I thought that that might be better for DNA.
- Olivia Benson: Actually, the bottle would've been better.
- Sarah Walsh: I'll remember that for next time.
- Olivia Benson: I'm sorry. I... I wasn't thinking.
- Olivia Benson: [after Michael Wedmore is acquitted of all charges] Sarah...
- Sarah Walsh: Don't! Don't you dare tell me that that was worth it. That was so ugly!
- Olivia Benson: Sarah, you didn't let him get away with it. You accused him in public...
- Sarah Walsh: So what? He's going home with his family. I would have never let anyone go through that.
- Olivia Benson: That's true. And I know that that's how you feel right now...
- Sarah Walsh: No, you have no idea how I feel!
- Olivia Benson: Sarah, listen to me. Sending him to prison isn't gonna heal you. Healing begins when someone bears witness. I saw you. I believe you.
- Olivia Benson: [to Ellis] We've got the right man.
- Bayard Ellis: Not the right way.
- Olivia Benson: Look, there's no big conspiracy here. What's in this for you?
- Bayard Ellis: Nothing, but if improprieties happen on ordinary cases like this, that means they happen all the time.
- Olivia Benson: So you're gonna use this case to declare war on the NYPD?
- Bayard Ellis: The NYPD declared war on young men of color a long time ago. 500,000 stop and frisks in one year?
- Olivia Benson: That son of a bitch raped her.
- Bayard Ellis: Last I heard, even if a black man is accused of rape, the burden of proof is still on the state.
- Olivia Benson: [to Ellis] Are you proud of yourself? You brought up every stereotype. You shamed that girl about her sexuality. You said that if a white girl in that neighborhood cries rape, she must have wanted it? Nice work.
- Bayard Ellis: And your case? The ID? The gun your partner heard slide under the couch? No DNA? If Michael were white, this never would've gone to trial.
- Olivia Benson: Oh, wow. You're still playing the race card, huh?
- Bayard Ellis: 84% of the young men in New York jails are black and Latino.
- Olivia Benson: He raped her!
- Bayard Ellis: So she says. We don't know. Neither one of us was there. The only thing we can do is believe our people and we do it without question.
- Olivia Benson: So that's it. You're a true believer.
- Bayard Ellis: I am. And so are you.
- Olivia Benson: I just do my job.
- Bayard Ellis: Look, not everyone in the NYPD is like you, Detective. I wish they were. I could retire. This job, fighting this hard, it... win or lose, it comes with a cost.
- Olivia Benson: You know, I look at the unis, all these kids in the squad room and all I can think of is, I'm so tired.
- Bayard Ellis: I get it. This is what happens when you live for the job.
- Amanda Rollins: That's why I hate elevators, you know? No... no girl's gonna smile at some stranger who tries to get into her car.
- Nick Amaro: [about Ellis] You think a guy like that really found religion?
- Sergeant John Munch: There's not a lot of money in rape or the Fourth Amendment.
- Michael Cutter: Speaking of which, tell me about the gun bust.
- Nick Amaro: It's clean. I've worked Narcotics, Warrants. Done hundreds of these.
- Michael Cutter: And I've seen hundreds of dropsy cases get thrown out.
- Nick Amaro: What are you trying to say something, Counselor?
- Michael Cutter: I'm asking the question. I don't know you.
- Nick Amaro: Detective Second Grade Nicholas Amaro. He threw the gun under the couch. I retrieved it. Now, I'm not sure if the girl was raped, but I do know there was a gun.
- Sergeant John Munch: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We're all on the same team here. Put 'em away.
- Michael Cutter: It's not personal, Detective. Ellis wins this case, it's not just open season on my office, but also NYPD, okay?
- [Amaro nods yes]
- Nick Amaro: [to Olivia] Thanks for having my back.
- Olivia Benson: I can't say that I saw something that I didn't see.
- Nick Amaro: That's good to know, partner.
- Michael Cutter: [during his closing argument in court] Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't 1970. It's 2011. And yet you wouldn't know it from the way the defense is putting the victim's personal life on trial. It's the defendant's actions that matter here. Now, he admits to being in the building but claims he was only there to deliver pot. He admits entering Miss Walsh's apartment, but claims he just had a beer. But what he won't admit is the horrible truth: that in less than an hour, at gunpoint, he irrevocably changed a young woman's life.
- Jen: Sarah, as your advocate, I wanna make you aware that one of your options is to not file charges...
- Olivia Benson: Excuse me?
- Jen: You showered. There's a lack of obvious physical violence. Those cases can be difficult to prosecute.
- Olivia Benson: They also give you a voice to say that this is not okay and to demand justice.
- Jen: Prosecution is emotionally grueling...
- Olivia Benson: Jen, can I talk to you for a second outside? Thank you.
- [she and Jen step outside the exam area]
- Olivia Benson: What are you doing?
- Jen: It's my job to ensure the survivor knows everything about this process. I don't sugarcoat.
- Olivia Benson: And you've been a counselor for how long?
- Jen: Yeah, you've been doing this longer, but I have fresher eyes. The reality is the system doesn't always work.
- Olivia Benson: I understand that, but that girl has just been robbed of all her power and all her humanity and your best advice is pretend it never happened and walk away?
- Jen: That's not... I meant...
- Olivia Benson: It doesn't matter.
- [walks away from Jen]