Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

A Misunderstanding (2016)

Elizabeth Marvel: Rita Calhoun

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• Rita Calhoun : [to Olivia]  I'm representing a 15-year-old freshman at the Dowland School.

  Olivia Benson : Fifteen. What's he been accused of?

  Rita Calhoun : No. Her name's Abby Stewart. She's the victim.

  Olivia Benson : Working as an advocate? What is this, penance for representing a serial killer?

  Rita Calhoun : You're still holding that against me.

  Olivia Benson : Yes.

• Rita Calhoun : [to Buchanan]  I'm here representing the Stewarts.

  John Buchanan : Victim advocacy. That can't pay well.

  Rita Calhoun : It's pro bono.

  [looking at Buchanan's figure] 

  Rita Calhoun : Not all of us have to worry about our next meal.

  Rafael Barba : Getting personal. That's promising.

• Rafael Barba : Rita, we have a problem.

  Rita Calhoun : No, we don't. I've already spoken with Abby and this isn't anything we haven't seen before.

  Rafael Barba : Really? Because if you were that boy's defense attorney, you'd tear her to shreds.

  Rita Calhoun : Put this into context: Abby's insecure. She's non-confrontational. If she were more assertive, we might not even be here.

  Rafael Barba : She was assertive enough to text him. She was answering his texts every time.

  Rita Calhoun : There's no social protocol with teenagers. Do you un-friend? Do you block? They don't think things through.

  Rafael Barba : I understand, but Buchanan's gonna crucify her in front of a jury.

  Rita Calhoun : This boy lured Abby into the school's darkroom, boasted on the internet they had sex, lied to the police.

  Rafael Barba : What do you want me to do?

  Rita Calhoun : There were a hundred kids at that dance. Have you talked to any of them?

• Rita Calhoun : [When Olivia & Calhoun are in the bathroom with Abby]  We said no makeup. Remember, Abby?

  Abby Stewart : But I'll look like a little girl.

  Rita Calhoun : They're making him look like a saint. You can't look like a sinner.

  Olivia Benson : [Mrs. Roberts walks into the bathroom]  Mrs. Roberts, would you give us a minute?

  Ellen Roberts : [walks over to the bathroom sink]  I'm just washing my hands. Abby, did they tell you that Stanford requested Chris withdraw his application?

  Rita Calhoun : This isn't the time.

  Ellen Roberts : [grabs Abby]  Do you understand that you're ruining my son's life?

  Olivia Benson : Hey, you need to stop talking.

  Ellen Roberts : A woman cop like you, you always take the girl's side, don't you?

  Olivia Benson : That's not what's happening here.

  Ellen Roberts : Yeah, well, I've seen it. The sweet little girl becomes the victim and then the boy is made out to be a brute and do you know why that is?

  [yells in Abby's face] 

  Ellen Roberts : Because teenage girls are better liars!