Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Hammered (2009)
Christine Lahti: EADA Sonya Paxton
Quotes
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Olivia Benson : Please, people do bad things because they're bad people. Getting drunk to do it is just an excuse.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Olivia, finally, we agree on something.
Captain Donald Cragen : Liv, if there had been a cure a decade ago, your mom might still be alive.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [to Olivia] Wait, Mommy liked her cocktail or...?
Olivia Benson : My mother was a falling-down drunk. She died going down a flight of stairs.
[walks away]
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[Stabler accidentally let a murder suspect escape from custody]
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Good morning, detectives.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Has anyone seen my missing defendant?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, we could try and find him, unless you wanna just waste our time busting my balls.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Oh, I'd never kick a man when he's down. I'm sure you feel like a grade "A" moron as it is.
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Dalton Rindell : [about Sonya after she arrives in court late and dishelved] She's drunk.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Excuse me?
Dalton Rindell : She's drunk.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Excuse me, Dalton? Are you... did you say something to me?
Dalton Rindell : Trust me. I would know.
Roger Kressler : Your Honor, this is outrageous.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [to Kressler] Oh, what's your problem, you tiny little man?
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Olivia Benson : [when Sonya refuses to take a breathalyzer in court] Sonya, your eyes are bloodshot and watery, your speech is slurred and you stink of booze. Now blow.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : I thought you were my friend.
Olivia Benson : Just do it.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : Don't do this to me, Olivia. Please don't do this to me.
Olivia Benson : You did this to yourself, Sonya.
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Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [about Dalton's alcoholism] What a load of crap. It's not that he couldn't stop. He just didn't want to.
Captain Donald Cragen : It's not that cut and dry, Sonya. Alcoholism is a recognized addiction.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : That millions of people have successfully overcome.
Captain Donald Cragen : I've been sober over 20 years, but I struggle with it every day. It's not something you ever overcome.
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : But you're not drinking, are you? Proving my point. Alcohol is just a crutch for weak-willed, pathetic losers.
Captain Donald Cragen : How many coffees and cigarettes you have today, Sonya?
Executive A.D.A. Sonya Paxton : [scoffs] Oh, please. I can quit anytime I want and if I committed a felony, I wouldn't trot them out like the old Twinkie defense.