Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Pure (2005)
Mary Mara: Carlene Ballentine
Quotes
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Carlene Ballentine : I don't understand.
Olivia Benson : Well, it's simple math, Carlene. Your 10th wedding anniversary is coming up next month, but your husband has only been out of prison for eight years. You had a jailhouse wedding, so you had to know what he was in for. Didn't that bother you?
Carlene Ballentine : You don't know him. Henry's the smartest, sweetest, most charming man I've ever met.
Olivia Benson : He was doing time for sexual assault. How did you two meet?
Carlene Ballentine : Through a pen pal program.
Olivia Benson : With inmates?
Carlene Ballentine : Can you imagine anyone more in need of a friend? Poor things are completely cut off from society.
Olivia Benson : Yes, that's the point of putting them behind bars.
Carlene Ballentine : You think that will make them better?
Olivia Benson : Sweetie, did you think that you could?