Law and Order - Special Victims Unit Quotes

Hooker: Lookit you throwin' around game, papi, actin' like you know yo' thing.
Fin: Little girl, I was doin' it before you knew what to do with it.

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Katie: I'm Katie.
Munch: I'm Sergeant Munch.
Katie: Munch. That's funny. Can I have a hug, Munch?
Munch: No you may not. I'm a stranger. You shouldn't even be talking to me.
Katie: Okay, bye.

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[After interviewing a group therapy group for parents of neuro-atypical children]
Benson: How's Kathy?
Stabler: Over 40 and having a baby. I just can't stop thinking about all the bad things that could happen.
Benson: So why don't you see a doctor?
Stabler: We're Catholic. Means it's better not to know.

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Woman in clinic: [To Fin and Lake] Has the doctor told you if it's a boy or a girl?
Fin: Excuse me?
Woman: It's so hard for gay couples to adopt. A surrogate's really your only option.
[Fin and Lake look at each other.]
Woman: I don't get why they think that it's better to keep kids in the system than to send them into a gay home. You seem like a nice couple to me.
[Lake grins broadly and puts his hand on Fin's thigh. Fin looks incredulous.]

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Stabler: And now we can't touch him?
Cragen: The Patriot Act trumps rape and attempted murder every time.

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Agent Porter: You'll force me to make a formal complaint.
Fin: Where you shove that is up to you.

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Novak: What would I be up against using Katie as a witness?
Munch: Anxiety, ADD, and they have trouble taking criticism.
Fin: That sounds like you, Munch.

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Nicholson: [Opens his door to find Novak, Stabler, and Fin standing outside] Get the hell away from my door. You've got people thinking I tried to kill my wife.
Stabler: We need to speak to your daughter.
Nicholson: No, you will not speak to her. Not now, not ever. You've got her anxious and upset now leave her alone. [Tries to close door]
Novak: [Blocks the door] I'm Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak. Here's how this is going to play out. Now we will end up at a hearing and the judge will side with me, because you cannot stop us from questioning the only witness to the attack.
Nicholson: I'm her father.
Novak: And your also a suspect Mr. Nicholson. It's about time you faced facts.

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Novak: The Patriot Act. This convoluted piece of legislature isn't worth the paper it's written on.

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Stabler: Do you care at all or is this guy just a pawn to you?
Agent Porter: You're a bastard.
Stabler: I get that a lot.

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Novak: Your honor I submit that this witness can be sworn.
Judge Petrovsky: So ordered. [Bangs gavel.]
Katie: [Puts her hands over her ears in pain] Don't do that!
Novak: She has very sensitive hearing.
Judge Petrovsky: I...I'm sorry.
Katie: That's okay. Can I have a hug?
Judge Petrovsky: [awkwardly] No. [Katie looks hurt]. Maybe later.

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Lake: The earring was hawked by Sunshine Smith, who lives at 6789 Peekaboo Lane. That's a fairy tale, friend.
Pawn shop owner: Now that you read it back to me, it does sound a tad bit suspicious.

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[Reviewing pawnshop tape]
Lake: Man, you know it's illegal for underage kids to pawn.
Pawn shop owner: Hey, guy gotta eat.
Fin: You need to go on a diet.

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[As Stabler handcuffs Cole]
Cole: You're gonna break my wrists!
Stabler: I'm Irish, but I'm not that lucky.

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Agent Cooper: I don't think we need to hear anymore.
Dr. Warner: I speak for the dead and I'm not done.

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Agent Cooper: [about woman's body] At least he didn't chop her up into little pieces. At least he let her keep her head.

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Benson: [to Cooper] Are you okay?
Cooper: [crying] No. I said I wasn't used to dealing with victims.

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[Benson is preparing to interrogate Cooper]
Cooper: You must get a lot of confessions in here. Can't wait to unburden the soul, confirm your deepest suspicions. They want absolution. They want to be able to sleep at night.
Benson: Can you sleep at night, Lauren?
Cooper: I sleep. Just. Fine.

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Lake: [to himself] I'm gonna blow your freakin' brains out.
CSU Tech: [Overhearing] You better not be talkin' to me.

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Benson: Just how close were you two?
Cooper: He was like a father to me!
Benson: Is that what they're calling it these days?

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Cragen: (about Agent Cooper) She executed Mr. Moore
Chief of Detectives: You mean the serial killer.

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Cooper: [As Lake and Benson arrive to arrest her] Proud of yourself?
Benson: I would have been proud to help you collar the bastard who murdered twenty-four women. That would have satisfied me.
Cooper: That wasn't good enough.
Benson: [Quickly takes away Cooper's gun] Why not?
Cooper: You know why. How many dead babies have you stood over? How many rape victims? You can't tell me you never wanted to put your gun under the bastard's chin who raped a two-year old.
Benson: [pause] I have too much to lose.
Cooper: I don't.

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[Benson begs Cooper to make a deal and mitigate her sentence]
Benson: Take the deal, Lauren. It's a way out.
Cooper: No.
Benson: Why the hell not?
Cooper: [Pauses] Because those who fight monsters...better make damn sure they don't become them.[Pulls out gun.]
Lake: Gun!!
[Cooper shoots herself.]

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Stabler: You know, I was up all night with the baby. And it got me thinking.
Novak: You want me to send Jack to Family Court.
Stabler: I want to do what's right, Casey.
Novak: Sleep deprivation's making you soft, Elliot.

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[Novak has just been told she will be censured and likely disbarred]
Novak: [voice breaking] What do I do now?
Donnelly: Something else.

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Stabler: How do you know when a lawyer is lying?
Benson: Uh, when his lips are moving?

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Stuckey: You shouldn't have been mean to me!

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Stabler: What a way to end.

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Cabot: That was quick. She didn't punch you again, did she?
Stabler: Ah, you know, some women just don't want to talk man to man.
Babs Duffy: Stabler!
Stabler: I wish she would refuse to talk to me.
Babs Duffy: Look, you pig-headed son of a bitch. You can't drag an innocent- [noticing Cabot] Hi. Babs Duffy.
Cabot: Alex Cabot. I will leave you two alone.
Babs Duffy: You don't have to.
Stabler: No, you want to say something, let's do it in the box.

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Stabler: [to Olivia] I get hit, you get hit on.

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