Law and Order - Special Victims Unit Quotes

Lake: My gut tells me that's not our guy.
Fin: That's not your gut, that's indigestion.

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Fin: Dr. Chanoor ever go after you?
Nurse: You kidding? I'd slice his nuts off with a scalpel.

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Passerby: Yo. What're you doin'?
Fin: Given' the little boy a donut.
Passerby: Why you wanna give the kid a donut?
Fin: Why you have a problem with us giving him a donut?
[Benson flashes her badge.]
Passerby: Oh. All right. Cop's best friend.

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Benson: When was the most recent burglary?
Passerby: I don't know, like, the night before last. How come you guys don't know that?
Fin: We too busy eatin'.

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[Discussing a speculation that a robber who broke into an apartment found kiddie porn and forwarded it anonymously to the police]
Fin: Just because a guy makes a living breaking into other people's apartment, doesn't mean he likes kiddie porn.

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[When Munch arrives late to a briefing and chimes in with information.]
Fin: Oh. You're late 'cuz you were doing something useful.

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[When a suspect in interrogation starts using Q-tips on his ears.]
Fin: You gotta do that in front of us?
Suspect: I got a Cerumen problem.
Fin: You gonna have a face problem if you don't stop, and what the hell is cerumen?
Munch: Earwax.
Suspect: See, he knows.

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Fin: On the fifth floor you heard somebody bust into an apartment through five slabs of concrete with a cerumen problem.
Suspect: I must've been having a good ear day.

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Cragen: Where did you find this Looney Tune?

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Fin: Look, we don't speak your dialect of crazy, okay?

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Benson: I don't need to go to the hospital Captain.
Fin: Captain HAZMAT is ready to move in.
Cragen: Take her. Restrain her if you have to.

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[Regarding Munch]
Fin: Leave it to the prince of paranoia to take it up a notch.

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Warner: No. This time, Munch isn't crazy.

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Novak: You are thinking like a victim, 'Liv. if you were thinking like a cop, you'd realize that it's not that simple.

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[Stabler wanders into the squad room late at night and finds Benson there.]
Stabler: I thought the joint would be empty.
Benson: I thought the doctors said you had to be on house arrest for two weeks.
Stabler: I can't stay away.
Benson: It's almost midnight.
Stabler: I didn't want Cragen to see me.
Benson: Yeah. I know the feeling.

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Benson: It's easy to be passionate when you're one of the victims.

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Stabler: What do you tell victims? Get help. The problem is you're not following your own advice right now.

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Stabler: It means sometimes the only way to beat someone at a dirty fight, is to get right down into the gutter with them.

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[The tech is attempting to hack into a corporate wireless network; he and Benson dodge security, looking for a signal. They enter the men's bathroom.]
Tech: I'm in.
Benson: It had to be in the men's room.
Tech: Well, I have a signal and nobody can see us.

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[On hearing that Cragen is being reassigned to the Chief of Detective's office due to his squad's poor performance]
Benson: That's insane.
Stabler: You want insane? Guess who they put in charge.
Munch: I had nothing to do with that. If drafted, I will not run, if elected, I will not serve.
Fin: You are lying like a pile of tissues. You took the Sergeants' exam right behind our back. What's up with that?
Munch: I took it last year on a bar bet.
Cragen: Enjoy your new office, Sgt. Munch. Don't let the power get to your head.
Lake: It was an honor serving under you, sir.
Cragen: I'm not dead yet, Detective Lake.

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Munch: I knew there was something hinky about her. It was so obvious.
Fin: Did superpowers come with that promotion?

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Lake: [To Fin] I'm not saying I didn't see crazies in Brooklyn, but you guys are cuckoo magnets.

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Fin: [Looking at an internet photo of Lake in a boxing ring.] Get outta here. That's not you.
Lake: Bet your ass it is.
Cragen: [reads] "Naptime Wins in A.C."
Fin: What, they call you Naptime because your boring stories put everybody to sleep?

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Fin: Kona woulda beat yo' ass.
Lake: I would've held my own ... for a couple of rounds.
Fin: I would've liked to see that. Don't expect me to cry at your funeral.

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Fin: [studying a Confederate flag on a frat house's wall.] 'sup with that flag?
Frat boy: KDA was founded by a direct descendant of Jefferson Davis. We're very proud of our heritage.
Fin: You know you lost the war.

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Lake: Why would a young black kid want to pledge this fraternity?
Fin: A certain special interest group made waves.
Lake: You mean Al Sharpton picketed yo' ass.

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School Administrator: Ah, Jadon. Yes, he and his brother Ezra exemplify Hudson's commitment to diversity.
Fin: That's rich white guy speak for "I'm gonna let a couple of poor ghetto kids get a taste of the high life."

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[Fin locks Janelle, the suspects' hooker mother, into a holding cell.]
Janelle: The teacher said they were geniuses.
Fin: They must've gotten it from their father's side.
Janelle: Hey, Uncle Tom! What's it like in the House?
Fin: Least I ain't selling it! [To Lake] --Damn. White, black ... I'm getting it from all sides today.
Lake: Hey, man. Her pimp called me a Mexican.
Fin: Is that good or bad?

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[Fin and Cragen and Lake watch Janelle and her son through the observation window.]
Cragen: All she's put him through, and he still loves her.
Fin: When you don't have anything, you take what you can get.

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[Lake stares at photos of the suspects in custody. Cragen approaches Fin.]
Cragen: That's great work, guys.
Fin: Thanks, Cap'n.
Cragen: Get your 5s typed and over to Novak so she can start prepping for trial.
Lake: I don't think those boys had anything to do with Julie Donovan's murder.
Fin: [to Cragen] I swear I didn't see him smoking crack.

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