- Peter Stone: [to SA Jefferies] You know, when I was a kid, my grandfather had a cottage in the Dunes in Rhode Island. We would get up early and we'd walk the beaches together. One morning, there was thousands of sea turtle hatchlings crawling towards the surf. And we could see that the tide was going out, and most of them weren't going to make it. And I said, "Grandpa, these baby turtles are going to die." And he picked up a hatchling and he walked it to the water. "This one won't, and this one won't, and this one won't."
- Dominick Carisi: That's why anybody wants to come to this country to work for the American Dream, they should be allowed to do that.
- Odafin Tutuola: Really? I mean, political asylum, that's okay, but just because Maria's neighbor got shot by a gang? That doesn't qualify.
- Amanda Rollins: I don't know, Fin. What that woman had to go through to get to the border, she must have been terrorized.
- Odafin Tutuola: And who takes care of them once they get here? I mean, separating kids from their parents, that's barbaric, but there's still a problem.
- Dominick Carisi: I think immigrants can take care of themselves. My great grandfather came to this country from Torino when he was 12 years old.
- Odafin Tutuola: And I bet you he didn't have public housing, food stamps and Medicaid.
- Amanda Rollins: Most of these people, they get jobs and they're jobs that Americans don't want.
- Dominick Carisi: Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.
- Odafin Tutuola: Yeah, and that's a great poem, but it's all garbage. My people came here 300 years ago in chains and I still can't breathe free.
- Odafin Tutuola: How'd the babysitting go?
- Dominick Carisi: Eh, played nineteen games of checkers and I, uh... I learned to read "Green Eggs and Ham" in Spanish.
- Odafin Tutuola: No me gusto los hueuvos verde.
- Dominick Carisi: Ni el jamón, my friend.
- Dominick Carisi: [to Olivia] Let me ask you something, Lieu. What's... what... what's going on with Rollins?
- Olivia Benson: If you have a question about Rollins, why don't you try asking her?
- Dominick Carisi: She's pregnant, isn't she?
- Olivia Benson: Really, Carisi?
- Dominick Carisi: Are you telling me she's not pregnant?
- Olivia Benson: [about Gabriela] Look, guys, we have an obligation to notify the Office of Refugee Resettlement and let them know that we have her here.
- Odafin Tutuola: They'll send her to one of their tender age centers.
- Amanda Rollins: I'll take her.
- Olivia Benson: Rollins, you can't take her.
- Amanda Rollins: You took Noah.
- Olivia Benson: I did. And this is very different.
- Amanda Rollins: Not much. Could you remember you remember Esther, the last girl we let walk out of here?
- Olivia Benson: Rollins, you can't take her.
- Peter Stone: [to Olivia] You arrested a federal agent?
- Olivia Benson: That's right.
- Peter Stone: Who was just doing his job.
- Olivia Benson: And I was just doing my job.
- Peter Stone: And what's your next move now, Olivia? Do you actually think this is gonna stick?
- Olivia Benson: Come on, Peter. I'm not that naive.
- Peter Stone: Well, then what are you doing? I have every media outlet in the city putting this story out there.
- Olivia Benson: I was doing it to make a point.
- Peter Stone: I don't prosecute cases to make points.
- Olivia Benson: Well, then I will find someone who will. Weren't you the one that told me that the only wars worth fighting for are the ones you can't win?
- Gabriella Sosa: [to Rollins] Do you have a baby?
- Amanda Rollins: Yeah, her name is Jesse. She's three years old.
- Gabriella Sosa: [referring to Rollins' pregnant stomach] A baby in there?
- Amanda Rollins: Yeah, I do.
- Gabriella Sosa: Can I feel?
- Amanda Rollins: Well, um, yeah, okay.
- [Gabriela feels Rollins' stomach]
- Gabriella Sosa: Do you want the baby to be a girl or a boy?
- Amanda Rollins: I'm not sure.
- Gabriella Sosa: When I see my mother, I tell her that I want to have a little brother.
- Olivia Benson: [reuniting Gabriela with her mother] How in the world did you and Stone pull this off?
- SA Mark Jefferies: The supervising judge in the 5th circuit grew up in Chicago. We trained at the same gym. Peter threw together the asylum petition and Judge Connors pushed it through.
- Maria Sosa: Thank you.
- Olivia Benson: Welcome to America.
- Olivia Benson: [to Officer Phelps] You're being charged with kidnapping in the second degree.
- Jeff Phelps: For doing my job?
- Olivia Benson: You abducted a minor and transported her against her will to New York City. That's a class-B felony in this state.
- Jeff Phelps: You're gonna be sorry about this, Lieutenant. Very sorry.
- Olivia Benson: Give him his phone call and a bologna sandwich.
- Olivia Benson: [When Gabriela has to go with Agent Phelps and she is reluctant to leave] Gabriela, listen to me. Listen to me. Now's the time when you need to be strong.
- SA Mark Jefferies: Listen, son. I didn't hunt through the mountains of Quang Tri for three years to have a babyfaced MP tell me what's authorized.
- Chinua Iwobi: I didn't know that man was crazy when I picked him up.
- Amanda Rollins: You didn't think it was weird he had a naked girl wrapped up in a sheet?
- Chinua Iwobi: He said it was his daughter. He was taking her to the hospital.
- Odafin Tutuola: Why didn't you call the police?
- Chinua Iwobi: I wanted to, man. I really did. But...
- Odafin Tutuola: You're illegal.
- Chinua Iwobi: I'm here for ten years now. I have a wife and kids. Please don't send me back.
- Odafin Tutuola: Oh, we don't deal with any of that.
- Chinua Iwobi: Last week, I got robbed with a gun to my head. $600. And I was too scared to report it.
- Odafin Tutuola: [handing him a business card] Listen, man. If that happens to you again, call me. Right now, we're only concerned with your fare in that car last night.
- Odafin Tutuola: So I can pick one and do whatever?
- Luke Francis: Within reason. But you mess up my investment, that would not be cool. You look like a guy with impeccable taste. Have you made a decision?
- Odafin Tutuola: I have.
- [showing his badge]
- Odafin Tutuola: You're under arrest.
- Peter Stone: They're so young.
- Olivia Benson: Yeah. And two of them escaped violent homes. Uh, another one was living with her demented grandmother and ran out of food. We're trying to get the details on the rest of the kids. You know, we're just trying to keep them comfortable until we can place them somewhere.
- Peter Stone: Where'd your perp find them?
- Olivia Benson: Uh, on the street. In a park. One was actually plucked from a playground. He has a talent for spotting, uh, vulnerability.
- Peter Stone: Why do they stay with him?
- Olivia Benson: They think they're contributing to the household. He has utterly manipulated them. Except for one.
- Amanda Rollins: [talking to Gabriela] Are you thirsty?
- Olivia Benson: She's afraid of the guy that we collared. And even more afraid of us. You need to meet Uncle Luke.
- Odafin Tutuola: Gabriela, why'd you run away?
- Amanda Rollins: [seeing her reluctance to say] Were the Wellbecks nice people?
- Gabriella Sosa: Yes. Very nice. But I miss my mommy. It make me sad.
- Odafin Tutuola: Well, you know your mother's very far away, right?
- Gabriella Sosa: Yes. Why la migra take her, Miss Amanda?
- Amanda Rollins: Because when your mother crossed the border, she broke the laws of our country.
- Gabriella Sosa: But what did I do?
- Amanda Rollins: You didn't do anything wrong, sweetie.
- Dr. Darby Wilder: Teenage girl dumped from a car at the drop-off zone. Groggy and naked, wrapped in a bedsheet.
- Dominick Carisi: There's a security camera, though, right?
- Dr. Darby Wilder: I'll have the footage sent to you.
- Olivia Benson: Had you run a rape kit?
- Dr. Darby Wilder: She wouldn't let me. But there were obvious signs of sexual trauma, bruising, and tearing. She had a rough night. At least she was here. Even if she was tossed away like a piece of trash.
- Amanda Rollins: Who you calling?
- Odafin Tutuola: Carisi. He can help me pick up this lead.
- Amanda Rollins: Are you kidding?
- Odafin Tutuola: This guy's violent. You know that, right?
- Amanda Rollins: Yeah, and I can run and gun same as you, Fin. Pregnant or not.
- Odafin Tutuola: And what if something happens?
- Amanda Rollins: Then it's not your problem. Stop treating me like a ride-along.
- Olivia Benson: Let's put Gabriela through NCMEC.
- Amanda Rollins: Uh, it's Gabriela Sosa.
- Dominick Carisi: [running the search] All right, I got a name match. It's a, uh, missing persons alert from Elizabeth, New Jersey. That's a bus ride away.
- Amanda Rollins: Her parents reported her missing?
- Dominick Carisi: No, it's the New Jersey Department of Children and Families.
- Olivia Benson: She was in foster care.
- Amanda Rollins: [seeing Al with a boquet of flowers] No, thanks.
- Dr. Al Pollack: I just need to explain.
- Amanda Rollins: Yeah, you always just need to explain.
- Dr. Al Pollack: This is not like last time.
- Amanda Rollins: No? So instead of an escort's number, you got a waitress' phone number.
- Dr. Al Pollack: No, a waitress' mother's number.
- Amanda Rollins: [moving to shut the door] Please, Al.
- Dr. Al Pollack: They know that I'm a cardiologist there. She said her mom is having a stent put in in a few days and asked if I would call her to tell her that it was routine. Just for peace of mind. That's it. Scout's honor.
- Amanda Rollins: So what's with the apology flowers?
- Dr. Al Pollack: Well, you didn't call me back about going to the Van Gogh exhibit, so I thought I'd bring Van Gogh to you.
- Odafin Tutuola: So Uncle Luke is all she gave you.
- Dominick Carisi: Yeah, this girl was groomed to keep her mouth shut.
- Odafin Tutuola: That name didn't pop on the registry. Anything on the john that assaulted her?
- Dominick Carisi: She was fuzzy, you know? I think Luke gave her some kind of tranquilizer.
- Amanda Rollins: So, the hospital sent their camera footage over. This is the entrance to the hospital.
- Dominick Carisi: Car pulls up. And the door opens. Yeah, we got a driver, guy in the back seat. No clear shot of the faces.
- Odafin Tutuola: I can't make out the numbers, but that's a T-plate. That could be an Uber.
- Amanda Rollins: Or a car service.
- Odafin Tutuola: Okay, get it to TARU to enhance the image. We find the driver, we find the perp.
- Peter Stone: Mr. Francis, I'm ADA Stone.
- Luke Francis: Ah, brought in the big guns with some big guns. Is he gonna smack me around?
- Dominick Carisi: No, but I might, after what you did to those girls.