Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
American Tragedy (2013)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
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Quotes
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Dr. Melinda Warner : [during Mehcad Carter's autopsy] Kids can survive incredible trauma, but when they crump, they crump quick.
Rafael Barba : Crump?
Amanda Rollins : All the vitals go south all at once.
Odafin Tutuola : So we're looking at a homicide?
Dr. Melinda Warner : If getting shot what killed him? Yeah.
Olivia Benson : Jolene said that she fired in self-defense.
Dr. Melinda Warner : I can't speak to that, but there was no fouling or stippling on his body. He wasn't that close to her.
Rafael Barba : Is it possible the stippling disappeared during surgery?
Dr. Melinda Warner : It can't. Stippling burns into skin.
Amanda Rollins : What about on the clothing?
Dr. Melinda Warner : You mean after EMS, the evidence mangling service cut his clothes off through the bullet hole? I will hunt them down and kill them.
Odafin Tutuola : Melinda.
Dr. Melinda Warner : Sorry.
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Olivia Benson : [while in her therapy session] Guys says stuff like that to me all the time and I just I went off on him? I'm a New York City cop. I can't go around beating people up.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Remember what we talked about last session?
Olivia Benson : Yes, how I was upset that Lewis got the drop on me, how I should've reached for my gun, but this is different. This wasn't Lewis.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : No, I hear you beating yourself up: first for under-reacting to Lewis, now for overreacting to this guy.
Olivia Benson : I can't get anything right. I'm all over the place.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : All over the place. If a crime victim said that to detective Olivia Benson, less than three months after an assault, what would you say to her?
Olivia Benson : I'd say that survivors can experience a wide range of reactions, from stress to fear to numbness.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Depression, anger, flashbacks?
Olivia Benson : All of the above.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Have you ever known someone to take a self-defense course or to obtain a gun or resolve never to be a victim again?
Olivia Benson : Of course.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : So you might see this kind of overreaction to be emotionally triggered and you might tell her that over time, she'll recognize those triggers and temper her responses.
Olivia Benson : [after having flashbacks of William Lewis] And what if she doesn't believe me?
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Well, then you might ask her to forgive herself and remember she's going through a process and that healing takes time.
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Jolene Castille : [to Olivia] I was afraid for my life.
Olivia Benson : He was 16.
Jolene Castille : He was 6-foot tall and he was coming after me. You're a cop. You've known what it's like to be a woman, alone, vulnerable.
Olivia Benson : He wasn't a rapist. He was just a boy.
Jolene Castille : I know, I know. I don't have any children. My restaurants are my babies. God, the look in his parents' eyes... That boy is dead and there's not anything I can do about it. I'm sorry.
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Nick Amaro : [holds a bagged gun up to Willie's head] What do we got here, Willie? You use this gun to rape anyone else?
Willie : I didn't rape nobody. They wanted it.
[turns to Olivia]
Willie : Yeah. You do too.
[chuckles]
Willie : Don't you, bitch?
Olivia Benson : Shut up.
[knees Willie in the groin]
Willie : Oh!
[groans]
Olivia Benson : Let's go.