Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

End Game (2019)

Philip Winchester: ADA Peter Stone

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• Olivia Benson : [to Stone]  Whose side are you on?

  Peter Stone : Not Rob Miller's.

  Olivia Benson : Doesn't look that way.

  Peter Stone : You're accusing me of something.

  Olivia Benson : I'm just asking. I know that Rob Miller is guilty.

  Peter Stone : How?

  Olivia Benson : How? Because he had unis pick up my son from his school. He was clearly threatening me. He looked me in the eye and he told me to drop the case.

  Peter Stone : When were you gonna tell me this?

  Olivia Benson : That's irrelevant to the investigation.

  Peter Stone : Olivia, it is completely relevant to the investigation. He's threatening Noah. Anything you find out, his lawyer will claim you have a personal vendetta against him.

  Olivia Benson : Peter, I'm worried that he's going to hurt my son. Rob Miller is a criminal, Peter. He's a rapist, he's a murderer and we got nothing. And he's gonna get away with all of this.

• Olivia Benson : So you're just gonna keep me in the dark?

  Peter Stone : Well, the fisherman shouldn't worry about what the chef is gonna do with his catch.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, I love metaphors, Peter, but not so much when it involves a rapist/murderer's day in court. And even less when the State's case is...

  Peter Stone : Circumstatial?

  Olivia Benson : Only circumstantial. For all I know, all we have is a bunch of arrows on a corkboard signifying a whole lot of nothing.

  Peter Stone : Do you think Rob Miller raped Nikki Staines?

  Olivia Benson : Of course.

  Peter Stone : Do you think he murdered Lindsay Parker?

  Olivia Benson : You know that I do.

  Peter Stone : Good. You caught the fish, now let me cook it.

• Peter Stone : Wish I had better news.

  Olivia Benson : Please don't tell me it's worse than Rob Miller making bail.

  Peter Stone : Feds dropped the charges.

  Odafin Tutuola : Damn.

  Olivia Benson : He blackmailed the judge, he threatened witnesses, he threatened Nikki Staines. We have him on tape saying, "No Nikki, no case."

  Peter Stone : A federal judge ruled that statement didn't rise to the legal standard.

  Odafin Tutuola : What now?

  Olivia Benson : What about Nikki's rape?

  Peter Stone : There's nothing there. Nikki's scared. She's claiming it was consensual.

  Olivia Benson : I'll talk to her.

• Olivia Benson : I know that there are definitely a lot of dots to connect.

  Peter Stone : I'd say that's an understatement, Lieutenant.

  Olivia Benson : He's a man, not a supervillain. He had to have made a mistake.

  Peter Stone : If he did, I don't see it.

• Olivia Benson : You got a judge to sign off on an arrest warrant.

  Peter Stone : I did.

  Olivia Benson : With what evidence?

  Peter Stone : Just trust me.

  Olivia Benson : Do I have a choice?

• Olivia Benson : [to Stone]  I don't even know what to say. Congratulations? I mean, you won the case without a single piece of evidence.

  Peter Stone : I proved Miller was a bad guy, and the jury put him away for that alone. For once, the arrow on the wheel of justice stopped at the right place.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, with a little help.

  Peter Stone : Everybody needs a little help, Liv. Even me. Actually, you're the one person who could probably make it on her own.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, well, let's take it easy. We both know that's not true.

  Peter Stone : Yeah, I do, but that's not what most people wanna hear, is it?

  Olivia Benson : Peter. Thank you.

  Peter Stone : Why? Because I put my integrity and my career and everything I believe in in jeopardy for a good friend?

  Olivia Benson : Yes, yes. And I didn't ask for this.

  Peter Stone : I know you didn't ask for it. I did it anyway. I was always gonna do it. I hope you find someone like that again.

  Olivia Benson : What does that mean?

  Peter Stone : Look at what I just did in there. Now, I don't regret any of it for a minute, none of it. I simply lost perspective. This is on me. It's a... it's a weakness and it's a crack in my character, but the fact is, you became more important to me than the case I was trying and that is not me, Liv. You can look at a case with an open heart. I can't do that.

  Olivia Benson : I have...

  Peter Stone : No, stop. I have to look at a case through clear eyes.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on, hold on. I will risk...

  Peter Stone : Stop, just listen. I have to move on. I have to go or risk getting blinded again.

  Olivia Benson : Wait.

  Peter Stone : You take care of yourself, Liv.

  [walks away, leaving Olivia standing by herself, staring ahead before walking away]