Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Patrimonial Burden (2015)

Andy Karl: Sergeant Mike Dodds

Quotes 

• Mike Dodds : [to Fin]  Is the Lieutenant always this proactive?

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : There a problem?

  Mike Dodds : It's just when this happened with the hasidim in Brooklyn, the D.A. called us off. It's like my father says: "Pick your battles".

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Liv's been doing this a while. If she thinks something's wrong, it is.

• Mike Dodds : All right, not to interrupt a theological debate, but given the fact that there's no evidence of an assault, no complaint from the girl or her parents, I mean, why are we pursuing?

  Olivia Benson : She's 13, Dodds. It's statutory rape.

  Mike Dodds : Yeah, I know that, but I've been here before. The hasidim in Crown Heights, these religious communities, they close ranks.

  Olivia Benson : Which is exactly why we don't let it go. Lane lives in an insular environment. Whoever got her pregnant is a predator with access.

• Olivia Benson : [to Dodds]  Hey, a word of advice?

  Mike Dodds : Please.

  Olivia Benson : You're off to a good start. You don't have to knock it out of the park in your first few weeks, you know?

• Olivia Benson : Well, Dodds, do you still think this was a waste of time?

  Mike Dodds : No, I get it. It's just that I thought SVU would be taking rapists off the street, not out of churches.

  Olivia Benson : The thing is, Dodds, most rapists don't hunt on the street. They hunt where they're trusted.

• Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Since you didn't do the deed, you'll have no problem providing a DNA sample.

  Pastor Gregory Eldon : I believe you need a warrant to do that.

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Ask and ye shall receive.

  Mike Dodds : Open up.