Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Something Happened (2017)

Joanna Going: Leah Linwood

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• Olivia Benson : [to Laurel]  Well, you told me that you were filled with hate.

  Laurel Linwood : So did you!

  Olivia Benson : You're right. I did.

  Laurel Linwood : It starts in your belly, doesn't it? And then you feel kind of nauseous. And then it starts bubbling like that lava in that volcano in Hawaii.

  Leah Linwood : Laurel, stop talking.

  Laurel Linwood : She knows what I'm talking about! It bubbles and bubbles until it spreads down your legs and your toes and your arms and your fingers. Hatred, pure and simple. And it spreads until you have to do something or it will eat you alive.

  Olivia Benson : So what did you do?

  Laurel Linwood : What did you do?

• Olivia Benson : So let's go back to what you do remember. You remember you were lying in the bed and you were looking up at the blue paint on the ceiling.

  Laurel Linwood : Blue and gray. With streaks of white and bubbles, and pocks. We did a better job in the pool house. Mother and Daddy were on the deck of the main house drinking martinis, remember? We thought we'd surprise them and finish painting.

  Leah Linwood : You sound crazy, Laurel.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on. Let her talk. It helps her remember.

  Leah Linwood : It's completely irrelevant to what happened to her last night. As your attorney, I'm advising...

  Laurel Linwood : Just shut up! It was fun. What's so terrible about remembering when things were fun?

• Leah Linwood : [after Laurel reveals that Leah was molested as a child]  What's the point, Laurel? Why would you decide to bring this up now?

  Olivia Benson : Leah, you never told anyone.

  Leah Linwood : Because there's nothing to tell. It was decades ago, Laurel. We never even talked about it. Why would you tell a stranger?

  Olivia Benson : Leah, I can refer you to a therapist.

  Leah Linwood : Oh, screw that. I'm fine. She's the one who needs therapy, and I don't need any of this! Just so you know, I am glad the old bastard's dead.

  [leaves the interrogation room and slams the door] 

• Olivia Benson : Laurel, you talked... You talked about the scissors. What room were they in?

  Laurel Linwood : The living room. They were next to his watch. He had a Vacheron just like Daddy.

  Leah Linwood : She doesn't care.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, actually, I do. Please continue.

  Laurel Linwood : That's why I stopped Greg when he was kissing me. I thought about Daddy. I thought, "What would he think?" I thought maybe he was looking down thinking, "What kind of slut did I raise?"

  Leah Linwood : Jesus Christ, Laurel. He's dead. He's not looking down at anyone, and sleeping with someone doesn't make you a slut.

  Laurel Linwood : On the day he was buried?

• Laurel Linwood : I splattered your sweatshirt with paint. The one Daddy brought you back from his Harvard reunion. He brought me a little mascot doll. You loved that sweatshirt, but you got me back. You painted my nose and you painted my hair. I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

  Leah Linwood : It was a great time, Laurel. Can we get back to the rape now?