Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

American Tragedy (2013)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

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• Dr. Melinda Warner : [during Mehcad Carter's autopsy]  Kids can survive incredible trauma, but when they crump, they crump quick.

  Rafael Barba : Crump?

  Amanda Rollins : All the vitals go south all at once.

  Odafin Tutuola : So we're looking at a homicide?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : If getting shot what killed him? Yeah.

  Olivia Benson : Jolene said that she fired in self-defense.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : I can't speak to that, but there was no fouling or stippling on his body. He wasn't that close to her.

  Rafael Barba : Is it possible the stippling disappeared during surgery?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : It can't. Stippling burns into skin.

  Amanda Rollins : What about on the clothing?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : You mean after EMS, the evidence mangling service cut his clothes off through the bullet hole? I will hunt them down and kill them.

  Odafin Tutuola : Melinda.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Sorry.

• Olivia Benson : [while in her therapy session]  Guys says stuff like that to me all the time and I just I went off on him? I'm a New York City cop. I can't go around beating people up.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Remember what we talked about last session?

  Olivia Benson : Yes, how I was upset that Lewis got the drop on me, how I should've reached for my gun, but this is different. This wasn't Lewis.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : No, I hear you beating yourself up: first for under-reacting to Lewis, now for overreacting to this guy.

  Olivia Benson : I can't get anything right. I'm all over the place.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : All over the place. If a crime victim said that to detective Olivia Benson, less than three months after an assault, what would you say to her?

  Olivia Benson : I'd say that survivors can experience a wide range of reactions, from stress to fear to numbness.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Depression, anger, flashbacks?

  Olivia Benson : All of the above.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Have you ever known someone to take a self-defense course or to obtain a gun or resolve never to be a victim again?

  Olivia Benson : Of course.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : So you might see this kind of overreaction to be emotionally triggered and you might tell her that over time, she'll recognize those triggers and temper her responses.

  Olivia Benson : [after having flashbacks of William Lewis]  And what if she doesn't believe me?

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Well, then you might ask her to forgive herself and remember she's going through a process and that healing takes time.

• Jolene Castille : [to Olivia]  I was afraid for my life.

  Olivia Benson : He was 16.

  Jolene Castille : He was 6-foot tall and he was coming after me. You're a cop. You've known what it's like to be a woman, alone, vulnerable.

  Olivia Benson : He wasn't a rapist. He was just a boy.

  Jolene Castille : I know, I know. I don't have any children. My restaurants are my babies. God, the look in his parents' eyes... That boy is dead and there's not anything I can do about it. I'm sorry.

• Nick Amaro : [holds a bagged gun up to Willie's head]  What do we got here, Willie? You use this gun to rape anyone else?

  Willie : I didn't rape nobody. They wanted it.

  [turns to Olivia] 

  Willie : Yeah. You do too.

  [chuckles] 

  Willie : Don't you, bitch?

  Olivia Benson : Shut up.

  [knees Willie in the groin] 

  Willie : Oh!

  [groans] 

  Olivia Benson : Let's go.