Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Assaulting Reality (2016)

Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson

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• Rafael Barba : This girl didn't realize she was raped until she saw it on live TV?

  Olivia Benson : I know, I know.

  Rafael Barba : I get the "she said". What's the "he said"?

• Rafael Barba : Hey. What'd I miss?

  Odafin Tutuola : Melanie's a liar and NYPD screwed up.

  Olivia Benson : [sarcastic]  Yeah, I can't wait to see who the heroes are.

• Jeffrey Prince : [Barba plays an incriminating video file]  She filmed this? Is that even legal?

  Rafael Barba : You put cameras in Melanie's hotel room without her knowledge and then aired it on national TV. That's a felony.

  Olivia Benson : Not to mention your little cover-up. That's another felony. Aiding and abetting a rape? That puts you on the registry.

  Regina Prince : Oh, come on. You... you can't be serious.

  Rafael Barba : We are. What's that other show? "Let's Make a Deal"?

• Olivia Benson : [glancing at "Heart's Desire" on TV]  I'm sorry, can you turn this off?

  Ed Tucker : Or just throw the TV out.

  Olivia Benson : Who actually watches this show?

• Odafin Tutuola : Maybe you guys were distracted, but, uh, reality shows are all fake. You know that, right?

  Amanda Rollins : Not last night. They want drama. They want fairy tales. They don't want rape, and you saw they cut away as soon as Melanie started to freak out.

  Olivia Benson : Did she report it?

  Amanda Rollins : Who knows if the producers let her make a call? They don't allow access to the outside world.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Yeah, it's like Stockholm syndrome. I mean, with all these headlines, plus the amount of calls we're getting from concerned viewers, including the Chief of D's wife...

  Amanda Rollins : We should at least just go and ask a few questions.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so go talk to Melanie, but I'm interested in our reality, not theirs.

• Melanie Connor : I don't know what I'm gonna do when I get home. I feel lost.

  Olivia Benson : That's normal. It takes time, Melanie. But you will get through this, I promise.

• Olivia Benson : So Melanie agreed to a rape kit, but she has no memory of consenting to or even having sex?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : No, no, but Ryan does.

  Odafin Tutuola : He claims it was consensual.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : And magical.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, are you sure that this isn't part of the show?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Yeah, look, something happened to this girl that she did not want to have happen.

• Graham Turco : [about Melanie]  She didn't say no. She didn't tell me to stop. Tell them, Lizzie. I told you about it the next day.

  Lizzie Bauer : Graham, it's over.

  Graham Turco : You interviewed me the next morning.

  Lizzie Bauer : You said that you went to Melanie as a friend and then it turned into something more.

  Graham Turco : And you said everything would be fine.

  Lizzie Bauer : Because I didn't know that you had raped her!

  Jeffrey Prince : Lizzie, let it go. You can take him out of here, officers.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on, are you filming this?

  Odafin Tutuola : [as he puts his hand up, covering up the camera lens]  Get this camera out of here.

  Jeffrey Prince : Legally, we're within our rights to film the police.

  Olivia Benson : [nods]  Okay, Detective Tutuola, not our concern.

• Rafael Barba : [about Graham]  If the producers told him to kill his friend for the storyline, would he?

  Olivia Benson : Hold on. For what it's worth, Graham tested positive for Chlamydia, same bacterial strain as Melanie.

  Rafael Barba : It's moot. Got him now. How's Melanie doing?

  Odafin Tutuola : The producers gave him up 'cause we were about to find out he was the rapist.

  Olivia Benson : She hasn't wavered since she disclosed.

  Rafael Barba : Good. I want to get her in front of a grand jury tomorrow. Just keep her away from those producers. They have been one step ahead of us the whole time. I don't want any surprises.