Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Comic Perversion (2014)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : [to Barba]  I'm so sorry. It's just my first time on the stand since Lewis.

  Rafael Barba : I know. It doesn't matter. We both knew where this was headed.

  Olivia Benson : We had to bring this case. It was the right thing to do, you know, for Carly, for the other victims.

  Rafael Barba : This was not great for Carly or for the other victims. Are you sure this was not about your ego?

  Olivia Benson : What?

  Rafael Barba : [to a man as he & Olivia enter a room]  Excuse me. We need the room.

  Olivia Benson : What did you just say?

  Rafael Barba : You just took over the squad. You want to take a big name down, show everyone there's no special treatment under Sergeant Benson's watch.

  Olivia Benson : You know that that's not me.

  Rafael Barba : You have had a really tough year. You're going through a lot.

  Olivia Benson : So which is it? I'm driven by ego or my judgment is impaired?

  Rafael Barba : Actually, my judgment is impaired. I never should have let you convince me to take this case.

  Olivia Benson : We both decided that it was the right thing to do.

  Rafael Barba : This was before I had all the facts. If your detectives had done their due diligence and found that video, I never would have brought this case to trial.

  Olivia Benson : We're taking a hit. But blaming me? I thought we had each other's backs.

  Rafael Barba : So do I.

• Olivia Benson : [to Barba]  So, the end of the day, it was the right thing to do to bring this case.

  Rafael Barba : Don't fish. You snatched a tie out of the jaws of defeat. You want to stay commanding officer, I want you to stay commanding officer. Don't bring me cases like this.

• Rafael Barba : [to Olivia about Renee Clark after she was assaulted by two guys]  I can ask for a temporary restraining order, but maybe she should change dorms.

  Olivia Benson : Ah, so it's the victim who should change her life?

• Rafael Barba : [after hearing that Josh Galloway raped a female college student]  Oh, great, this isn't just grey, it's satyagraha grey.