Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Demons (2005)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : [off-screen, Stabler walking within a scene]  Tell me what happened.

  Kelly Brown : [tearfully]  I spent the weekend with my aunt in Pittsburgh. I took the bus back and was walking to the subway. And he grabbed me.

  [gasping cries] 

  Kelly Brown : And he raped me.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, take a big deep breath, honey; it's okay.

  [to paramedic] 

  Olivia Benson : We should get her to Mercy.

  [to Stabler] 

  Olivia Benson : I'll ride with her and get her statement at the hospital.

  Elliot Stabler : I'll meet 'cha back at the house.

  [walks away] 

  William Dorsey : [crosses police line, holding badge]  Detective. William Dorsey, retired, out of the Six-Seven Squad.

  Elliot Stabler : Elliot Stabler, Special Victims. Y'see something?

  William Dorsey : I heard the call on my scanner. Got here as soon as I could. I can help.

  Elliot Stabler : Tell you what: We appreciate that, but we got everything under control; thank you.

  [starts walking away] 

  William Dorsey : Stabler.

  [Elliot turns] 

  William Dorsey : Give me the time of day, I'll give you the perp.

  [Elliot slowly, grimly begins walking toward him; begin credits] 

• Donald Cragen : I'm pulling Elliot out.

  Olivia Benson : Captain, trust his instincts.

  Donald Cragen : I did. He was wrong.

  Olivia Benson : Ray still could have raped the girl at the bus station and he could rape again.

  Donald Cragen : We dangled some beautiful bait in front of his nose and he walked away.

  Olivia Benson : He could have made Lucy as a cop.

  Donald Cragen : And maybe he's not a rapist anymore. If he has changed, baiting him is like putting a bottle of scotch in front of a guy with two weeks sobriety.

  Olivia Benson : Elliot isn't encouraging him to do it. Captain, recovery is the same for alcoholics or for sex offenders. Some people have the willpower to change, others don't.

  Donald Cragen : And that makes what we're doing okay?

  Olivia Benson : If Ray's been rehabilitated, I will be the first one to apologize. But if he's still a rapist, we have to stop him. You gotta leave Elliot in.

• Ray Schenkel : Girl gets raped and I'm on the radar?

  Olivia Benson : Who said anything about rape?

  Ray Schenkel : Well, I'm a convicted sex offender. Round up the usual suspects, right? I'm not making any excuses for what I did, but I've had a lot of time to confront my demons and become a better man.

  Odafin Tutuola : Or a lot of time for you sick fantasies to fester.

  Ray Schenkel : You the same guy you were 20 years ago?

  Odafin Tutuola : This ain't about me.

  Ray Schenkel : No, it's about Detective Dorsey. He got to you. He doesn't believed I've changed and neither do you. What kind of fool would rape a woman the day he gets out of prison?

  Olivia Benson : You, Ray, 'cause there's no cure for sex offenders.