Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Choice (2003)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : Elliot, did Cathy drink when she was pregnant?

  Elliot Stabler : A glass of wine every now and then. Why?

  Olivia Benson : I've been reading up on this FAS literature. Do you know that even one night's drinking can cause fetal alcohol syndrome?

  Elliot Stabler : I didn't know that. I guess I just got lucky.

  Olivia Benson : Knowing that now, if she got pregnant again, would you let her?

  Elliot Stabler : If Cathy got pregnant again, I'd shoot myself.

• Olivia Benson : Jennifer, are you drinking?

  Jennifer Fulton : No.

  [Olivia takes the drink from her] 

  Jennifer Fulton : Give it back.

  Olivia Benson : [looks at the drink]  What is this, rum? Do you have any idea what you're doing to yourself?

  Jennifer Fulton : Yeah, and I have every right to do it.

  Olivia Benson : And what about your baby? You promised me that you'd stop and I believed you. I went to bat for you.

  Jennifer Fulton : I didn't ask you to.

  Olivia Benson : Yes, you did.

  Jennifer Fulton : This is none of your damn business!

  Olivia Benson : It is my business. I'm a cop and you're violating a court order.

  Jennifer Fulton : Oh, get over yourself. I'd like to see you handle being pregnant!

• Elliot Stabler : [to Casey about Craig Fulton]  You made a deal with that idiot?

  Casey Novak : I take him to trial, I'm not sure I'd win.

  Olivia Benson : What'll it take to convince you? Broken bones or maybe a dead body?

  Casey Novak : Jennifer Fulton didn't exactly help her case by fingering the wrong guy.

  Olivia Benson : So now rape victims have to be perfect before you'll bother to prosecute their rapists?

  Casey Novak : I prosecute cases I have a chance at winning.

  Elliot Stabler : Well, hang around 'cause you'll be prosecuting him for murder. The number one cause of death among pregnant women is homicide, usually by their partners.

  Casey Novak : Okay, Craig Fulton goes within 200 yards of Jennifer, he's in jail.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, great. That'll stop him. Let's go give her the good news.

• Casey Novak : If Jennifer pleads guilty, I'll ask for a suspended sentence, pending successful completion of her pregnancy in an alcohol treatment facility.

  Lorna Scarry : She's not going to court, but you're gonna lock her up anyway.

  Olivia Benson : It's a residential facility. It's not a prison.

  Lorna Scarry : You're depriving her of her liberty and sending a message to every troubled pregnant woman that she should avoid doctors, hospitals, health workers and above all, the police or she too might end up in jail.

  Casey Novak : That's a ludicrous exaggeration.

  Lorna Scarry : Not from where my client is sitting.

  Olivia Benson : Jennifer, we're trying to do what's best for you and your baby. You're gonna have to trust us.

  Jennifer Fulton : I did trust you, Olivia.