Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Intimidation Game (2015)

Mariska Hargitay: Sergeant Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : Okay, this girl...

  Amanda Rollins : Sarah Keller, 22.

  Odafin Tutuola : She works for Raina Punjabi, the game developer.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. And this girl was attacked at the what, again?

  Odafin Tutuola : The IVL Finals. the International Video Game League

  Amanda Rollins : It's like March Madness, but for video games.

  Odafin Tutuola : I go every year. Nothing like this has ever happened.

  Amanda Rollins : Right. But Sarah told me that the guys who did this don't like women in gaming.

  Odafin Tutuola : Well, in their world, a developer's like God. And some guys aren't ready to give a girl that power.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Does Sarah know her attacker?

  Amanda Rollins : No. Well. maybe. Uh, Carisi stayed behind to cull the security footage.

  Olivia Benson : [to Fin]  Hold on? You got Rollins and Carisi in on this? On a Sunday?

  [Fin smirks] 

  Olivia Benson : Never mind. Okay, I'm not going to understand a word, uh, that anybody's saying about this, so, uh, Fin, why don't you come with me to interview Sarah. And Rollins, I want you to follow up with Carisi at the... whatever it is.

• Olivia Benson : So 20 years of gaming or whatever it is you do with that controller finally paid off.

  Odafin Tutuola : See, I know the difference between video games and reality. Those guys didn't. So this is gonna be a big IAB thing now?

  Olivia Benson : You're on administrative duty for a few days.

  [Fin puts his gun and badge on Olivia's desk] 

  Olivia Benson : No, no need to give up your gun and shield. This was a good shoot.

  Odafin Tutuola : After what they did to Raina, there was no gray area. I just went and got the bad guy.

  Olivia Benson : We both know that it's never that easy.

  Odafin Tutuola : We do the best we can.

  Olivia Benson : Go home.

• Olivia Benson : [about Raina's video game]  I've been reading articles online. I've got to tell you, I mean, is this Noah's future? Adolescent boys playing cyborg cowboys and Indians?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Don't tell Fin that. "Kill or Be Slaughtered" is like a spiritual experience for him.

• Olivia Benson : The arrest went viral.

  Amanda Rollins : This is what Sarah was afraid of.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : These comments, they're some pretty vicious stuff.

  Amanda Rollins : "Nice work, Gary and Zack, taking one for the team. Hope they gave it to her real good." They're treating the guys like heroes.

  Odafin Tutuola : They're not.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Look at this video. This guy's got a ton of hits.

  Ryan : Gary and Zach are sacrificial lambs crucified on the altar of political correctness. That slut Sarah got off easily. Do not go where you're not wanted, bitches!

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : I hope we just didn't give the haters a recruiting tool.

  Olivia Benson : Guys, unless there's a specific threat, there's nothing we can do about it.

• Olivia Benson : Okay, Raina got doxxed, her personal info published, I get that, but SWATted? Help me out here

  Amanda Rollins : It's an anonymous call to 911 sending the SWAT team to your home. These guys play dirty.

  Olivia Benson : Even so, how is this SVU-related?

  Odafin Tutuola : Wait till you see these threats.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Sarge, this is Raina Punjabi and her fiancé and business partner, Steven Kaplan.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Thank you for coming in.

  Raina Punjabi : I didn't exactly have a choice.

  Olivia Benson : I understand some serious threats have been made. They hacked your company's website?

  Raina Punjabi : We're back online.

  Olivia Benson : Anything specific?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah. They're threatening violence against Raina and her female employees.

  Olivia Benson : "Fair warning. If Raina Punjabi dares to go through with the launch tomorrow, we'll make sure that her raped and mutilated corpse is on the front page of every feminist blog by next week."

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : That's a specific threat, not protected by free speech.

  Amanda Rollins : And here's another one of his threats.

  Ryan : That slut Raina deserves all the pain that's coming to her. Her game is derivative, mind-numbing garbage. She's a whore. She used sex to get where she is, and if she and her social justice warriors don't leave gaming now, we will make them.

  Amanda Rollins : And there are dozens of others like this. Threatening rape. Threatening attacks during the launch at the Birch Pavillion.

  Olivia Benson : And we can't trace where these are coming from?

  Odafin Tutuola : They upload it through the dark net just like the doxxing, so no.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. And, uh, the launch is scheduled for tomorrow?

  Steven Kaplan : At noon.

  Olivia Benson : So would you consider postponing?

  Raina Punjabi : This isn't a little lecture I invited my friends to. It is *the* launch event of an international game rollout. It's being live-streamed in 18 countries. Every major gaming site is sending a rep.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, I understand that, but these are public death threats.

  Raina Punjabi : All the more reason why we can't postpone. Ever since the SWATing went viral, I'm being called the face of women in gaming. Tomorrow I'm doing an interview on CNBC. Then I'm ringing the old NASDAQ bell.

  Odafin Tutuola : I mean, you can do all that, but the launch itself, can't you tape it and stream it later?

  Raina Punjabi : If we do that, they've won. I'm showing the world that I'm intimidated by cyber terrorists. I won't make the same mistake Sony did. Better to be called a bitch than a coward.

  Steven Kaplan : Raina.

  Raina Punjabi : Look, I came down here, I'm cooperating, and I appreciate that you have a job to do. So just so we're clear, you have officially warned me. I accept all liability. But I absolutely do not want a visible police presence. No ESU, no bomb sniffing dogs. Please. I have to go home and get some sleep.

  Steven Kaplan : Thank you, detectives.

  Olivia Benson : She's serious about her work, I get it. She doesn't want to be compromised. How many people are going to this thing tomorrow?

  Odafin Tutuola : At least 500.

  Olivia Benson : Raina may not be worried about herself, but all the people in the audience?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Yeah, we can't let this thing happen. I've got some friends at FDNY. I'm sure they could find some violations, shut the Birch Pavillion down.

  Amanda Rollins : Raina's right. We do that, the cyber terrorists win.

  Olivia Benson : Guys, we have the resources to keep a low-key presence. Call the Birch Pavillion and coordinate it.