Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
The Book of Esther (2018)
Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson
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Olivia Benson : Preliminary ballistics came back on the siege of the Labott house.
Amanda Rollins : That was fast.
Olivia Benson : You fired the bullet that killed Esther Labott.
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Amanda Rollins : I can tell she's smart by the biblical connections she's making.
Olivia Benson : But it's like it was drilled into her.
Amanda Rollins : Oh, yeah, this goes way past the Sunday school indoctrination my mom made me sit through. This is a form of control. It's a way to discourage analytical thinking.
Olivia Benson : Or a place to turn if she's lost or in pain.
Amanda Rollins : Or scare you into thinking you're gonna burn in hell if you- you wear a skirt above your knee. I mean, somebody's doing this to keep her in line and she's still protecting them.
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Olivia Benson : I know that this is hard.
Amanda Rollins : Hard? Just imagine how hard those kids' lives were. And then to have to sit there and listen to that... that zealot use God to justify it!
Olivia Benson : I get it, Amanda, but I need you to get your head on straight.
Amanda Rollins : Okay.
Olivia Benson : Okay?
Amanda Rollins : I'm fine.
Olivia Benson : Do you think you can do that?
Amanda Rollins : Yes.
Olivia Benson : Because when this case is finally over...
Amanda Rollins : It is over.
Olivia Benson : I wish that were true.
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Dr. Stephen Hale : She's incredibly malnourished, barely 90 pounds. She keeps asking for more food, but we've got to take it slow.
Amanda Rollins : How is she otherwise?
Dr. Stephen Hale : I'm sure you noticed the abrasions on her forehead. There's also chafing on her ankles and her wrists. She might have been tied up.
Olivia Benson : Okay, did you do a tox screen?
Dr. Stephen Hale : We tried. She looked at the needle and flipped out. Won't answer any questions about her medical history. I doubt she's bathed in weeks.
Olivia Benson : Okay, what about a rape kit?
Dr. Stephen Hale : Did she say she'd been assaulted?
Amanda Rollins : No, but she... she's so traumatized, I wouldn't be surprised.
Dr. Stephen Hale : Well, she barely let me swab her mouth for saliva. I can't imagine subjecting her to a pelvic exam right now.
Amanda Rollins : Do you need to keep her overnight?
Dr. Stephen Hale : I don't think so. You can have her for a few hours. We've already reached out to child services.
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Olivia Benson : Carisi, what did we learn from New Jersey?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Labott used to teach geology at Trenton Tech. He made a little money off this patent, something to do with water filtration.
Odafin Tutuola : Birth certficate and his driver's license are legit.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And I got off the phone with Stone. Turns out, believe it or not, incest is not illegal in the Garden State.
Olivia Benson : There's no rape, there's no assault.
Odafin Tutuola : Plus, the girl's over 18. So endangerment and child abuse is out.