- Detective Olivia Benson: [after Olivia roughs up the perp] You got a problem?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Just nice to see someone else with anger issues.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: [to Olivia] I'm the longest relationship you've ever had with a man. You have no idea how bad things can get when a couple goes sour.
- Detective Olivia Benson: And eight years in this unit tells me that I don't need to be married to know when an abusive man is escalating.
- Kathy Stabler: Do you think this is easy, Olivia, talking to you about the state of my marriage?
- Detective Olivia Benson: It's none of my business.
- Kathy Stabler: Do you have any idea how much I used to worry that he preferred spending time with you than with me and the kids?
- Detective Olivia Benson: Come on now. You know that's not true. Elliot talked about you all the time.
- Kathy Stabler: The truth is, you know things about him I will never understand. That's what I'm counting on.
- Detective Olivia Benson: You want me to try to convince him to sign the divorce papers.
- Kathy Stabler: You're his partner. You give him stability. Elliot can't move on until he feels like he's on solid ground.
- Detective Olivia Benson: I grew up with an alcoholic mother and, uh, abuse doesn't have to be physical to cause damage.
- Donald Cragen: [to Olivia and Elliot] You two think you can work this together? 'Cause if you can't, I will reassign it.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Well, a statement with this many red flags, no good cop would overlook it.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Especially not one with a dying marriage and a history of violence.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: [to Olivia about Miles Sennet] When you said he was escalating, you were right.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Do you think that's what I want to hear? He set her on fire, Elliot. Who could've anticipated that?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: If I'd listened to you, we could've prevented this.
- Detective Olivia Benson: How?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Have Novak push for remand, get a blue-and-white on him when he made bail, anything but make excuses for the guy.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Miles Sennet chose gasoline and a match, not you. He didn't just want to kill her, he wanted her to suffer.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: He said he wanted her dead. I just wasn't listening.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Well, you weren't the only one in that room. I was there too.
- Judge Harrison: There were no grounds to issue the order of protection in the first place, but these days jurists feel so pressure by femi-Nazis, they just hand them out like candy.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Well, I read the court transcript. Valerie Sennet feared for her life and you just dismissed her.
- Judge Harrison: She probably watched too many women in jeopardy movies. There's no history of violence or abuse in this case.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Well, explain the assault last night. Her husband raped her.
- Judge Harrison: If you had the evidence to prove that, you wouldn't be here. Or do you always jump to conclusions?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: It's our job to believe the victims, Your Honor.
- Judge Harrison: I work in family court. It's my job to believe whoever's lying the least.
- Donald Cragen: What evidence do we have?
- Detective Olivia Benson: CSU found hair and fibers at the victim's house. They're running them now. Positive for intercourse, negative for fluids.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Which means he wore a condom. Doesn't sound like any husband I know.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Well, unless it was premeditated and he went there to humiliate her.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Valerie Sennet was raped. End of story.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: You seem awfully convinced of that.
- Detective Olivia Benson: And I think your current situation is coloring your judgment.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: My current situation?
- Detective Olivia Benson: You don't normally empathize with the suspect.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: It's not empathy. It's outrage. The guy never touched his wife.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Until last night, Elliot. You saw the bruises.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: That doesn't prove rape.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Is that your gut talking?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Miles Sennet never abuses his wife or his daughter, but he gets punished for it anyway? Now, how is that right?
- Casey Novak: Valerie Sennet says she was raped, her husband admits to assaulting her, and there's evidence of intercourse.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Maybe she had sex with someone else. This is a hostile divorce. Crying rape is a pretty efficient way to get rid of an unwanted husband.
- Casey Novak: When did you start working for the defense?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: The moment you were more interested in an easy close than the truth.
- Casey Novak: My only interest is in being an advocate for rape victims. Now, I thought that's what we do here.
- Donald Cragen: That's what we all do.
- Casey Novak: [after Miles Sennet sets his ex-wife on fire] So much for no pattern of abuse.
- Donald Cragen: Based on his history, there is no way we could have predicted that he would soak her with gasoline and set her on fire.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Valerie Sennet has no reason to lie.
- Judge Harrison: Sure, she does. For the spoils of war. Accuse your husband of abuse and tip the balance in your favor.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: The silver bullet strategy.
- Judge Harrison: Also known as sexual assault in divorce. It's very popular these days.
- [to Stabler]
- Judge Harrison: You have personal experience?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: A divorce lawyer suggested my wife go in that direction, but she didn't hire him.
- Judge Harrison: I'm not saying there aren't terrified women in need of protection, but there are a lot of vindictive ones who abuse the system under the guide of a divorce strategy. I think your alleged victim is one of them.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Do you have any evidence to support that or are you just making it as you go along?
- Judge Harrison: Accusing me of judicial misconduct without proof will get you time in a cell, Detective. If I were you, I'd watch my tongue.
- Detective Olivia Benson: Valerie Sennet wasn't raped. She was sleeping with a law firm investigator. She really put her husband through the wringer.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: She died 20 minutes ago.
- Detective Olivia Benson: She knew that she was gonna die and she still lied to my face.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: When love warps into hate, there's nothing you won't do. That's why I signed the divorce papers. I don't want Kathy to ever regret me.
- Detective Olivia Benson: [to Stabler] Like you said, you're the longest relationship that I've ever had with a man.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Miles Sennet's on a business trip. He'll be back tonight.
- Detective Olivia Benson: That's convenient.