Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Spousal Privilege (2014)

Mariska Hargitay: Sergeant Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : [about A.J. Martin]  Fin, you saw it. He's controlling. His little son was terrified of him.

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I was terrified of my mother. When I used to act a fool, she'd beat my ass.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, I was raised the same way. In the South, you have to pick out your own switch.

  Olivia Benson : So now we're making cultural exemptions?

  Nick Amaro : You know, my father, he went at me with his fists. It taught me you never lay a hand on a child or a woman.

• Paula Bryant : [to Olivia after A.J. is convicted of assaulting her]  I lost a husband, my son lost his father.

  Olivia Benson : Paula, you deserve better than that. So does your son.

  Paula Bryant : What the hell do you know about it? I was happy, I was fine. Me and my son, we were just making it work. It was my choice! And you took that away. You think A.J. was beating me up? What do you think you did?

  [walks away from her] 

  Rafael Barba : [to Olivia]  We did the right thing.

  Olivia Benson : I know.

• Nick Amaro : Liv, what's the deal with Barba?

  Olivia Benson : He's biting his nails, or whatever it is Barba does.