You called me detective back there, because that's what I am. I didn't just fall into your life. I was driven into it because I'm investigating the person who killed my wife and took your son away from me. That is my duty and I will not allow anything to derail me from my mission, especially these emotions that I don't even understand.

Stabler

Benson:His name was Simon.
Quan: I don't know him.
Benson: I did. He was my brother. He's dead. He overdosed on heroin and fentanyl that your sister gave him. Don't look away. That's right. You know what I hope? I pray that the the thought of him haunts you for the rest of your pathetic life.

Stabler: I've never heard of fast food saving someone's life.
Quan: Is Giana okay?
Bell: How do you take your six-year-old to an apartment full of drugs and guns and tell her to wait in the bathroom?

Wheatley: You're trouble. I'm scared of you.
Gina: I can be. But if you think you're gonna sleep with me...
Wheatley: Not happening in this rat's nest.
Gina: Not happening anywhere. I really like Richie.
Wheatley: Congratulations. You passed the final test.

Angela: Seems this is becoming a regular thing.
Stabler: Yeah. I was just, um...
Angela: Hmm?
Stabler: That's a lie.

Benson: You let them think that you could have saved that man's life and I stopped you?
Stabler: I don't know what they told you in there, but I made it clear that if I had gotten out of that car I would have been a dead man, and you saved my ass. By the way you're welcome.

Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 1 Episode 5 Quotes

Angela: Seems this is becoming a regular thing.
Stabler: Yeah. I was just, um...
Angela: Hmm?
Stabler: That's a lie.

Benson: You let them think that you could have saved that man's life and I stopped you?
Stabler: I don't know what they told you in there, but I made it clear that if I had gotten out of that car I would have been a dead man, and you saved my ass. By the way you're welcome.