Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Funny Valentine (2013)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
Quotes
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[after several vain attempts to convince a pop singer to leave her abusive boyfriend]
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : So what do we do now?
Sergeant John Munch : We wait.
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : For what?
Detective Olivia Benson : The inevitable.
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A.D.A. Rafael Barba : [about Caleb's plea deal] He pleads to assault, five years suspended sentence, community service...
Detective Olivia Benson : Hold on. No jail time?
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Well, we get a felony conviction. He does this again, he's a two-time loser.
Detective Olivia Benson : If he does this again, Micha might not be alive.
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A.D.A. Rafael Barba : [to Olivia] You ever been in love like that?
Detective Olivia Benson : Like the guy kills somebody in front of me, but he sends me flowers, so I let it slide? That's not love, that's brainwashing.
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Yeah, I know, but she thinks she's in love. Eleventh grade, Lauren Sullivan. She could have massacred my entire family, I would've looked the other way.
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Micha Green : Brass is dead because of you.
Detective Olivia Benson : Micha, you know that's not true.
Micha Green : You went and turned him against Caleb. Got him all fired up.
Nick Amaro : Did you see what happened? Did you see who shot Brass?
Micha Green : No.
Detective Olivia Benson : Micha, when we found you, you were laying unconscious on the floor right near him and you're telling us that you didn't see anything?
Micha Green : No.
Detective Olivia Benson : Was Caleb at the club last night?
[Micha doesn't answer]
Nick Amaro : Brass told us he was there.
Detective Olivia Benson : Micha, I understand that you're in shock and I understand how difficult this is, but if Caleb killed Brass, he needs to answer for that. Brass had a wife, he had a little boy.
Micha Green : No. I didn't see anything.
Nick Amaro : [reading a card from the flowers that were sent to Micha] You can count on me and I can count on you. Is that from Caleb?
Micha Green : So what if they are?
Nick Amaro : He's asking you to cover for him.
Micha Green : It's just a lyric. Can you let me get some rest?
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Micha Green : [about Caleb getting arrested for assaulting her] You had to do this to Caleb?
Detective Olivia Benson : He did it to himself and to you.
Micha Green : Not according to my Twitter feed. They're either calling me a ho or begging me to forgive him.
Detective Olivia Benson : Anyone who says that, you should block them immediately 'cause what he did to you is despicable.
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Nick Amaro : [after Caleb is given a suspended sentence for breaking his restraining order against Micha] Now, why didn't the judge just ask for a photo with Caleb?
Detective Olivia Benson : [to Barba] What did they pull to get Ortiz? She talks tough, but always sentences light.
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : I know. It's an endless disappointment to NYPD that we don't summarily execute people you arrest. This isn't a conspiracy. She saw a first offense, contrition, no violence in the encounter.
Detective Olivia Benson : I saw a woman who's traumatized, who doesn't realize the danger that she's in.
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : It's domestic violence. There's only so much the courts can do until the victim's ready.
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Micha Green : I've been on my own a long time.
Detective Olivia Benson : And here you are again, looking like this. And look at him, acting as if nothing ever happened.
Micha Green : [after looking at Caleb on TV] Caleb thinks he can do this to me and get away with it? It's not happening.
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Brass : We are all concerned about Micha.
Mr. Price : Yeah, not just about her health, but all aspects of her life, including her brand.
Detective Olivia Benson : Her brand?
A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Oh, right, I'm sorry. Uh, corporations are people, people are brands.
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Detective Olivia Benson : Micha, with all due respect to your brand, you're also a role model. Women and girls look up to you. If you stand up and say, "No more"...
Micha Green : I just don't know about a trial. And like Mr. Price says, things are starting to happen for me. The single with Caleb...
Detective Olivia Benson : [as she removes Micha's sunglasses] Caleb? Micha, the Caleb who did this to you?
Brass : What Caleb did was indefensible, but he breaks the law and she gets punished?
Detective Olivia Benson : Micha, we know that when men do this once, they do it again. The bottom line here is that you are not safe.
Micha Green : I want this to be over. I don't want the world to see me like that, like a victim. This is my call. I'm not going to court.