Law & Order: SVU
Thursdays 9:00 PM on NBCLaw & Order: SVU Season 19 Episode 20: "Guardian" Quotes
Benson: Fin. It doesn't excuse what he did to Tiana, but Malik was brutalized too.
Fin: You and I both know it's not what happens to you that matters, it's how you deal with it.
Benson: Go home, Fin.
Fin: And what, talk to my parakeet?
Listen to me. You can be whatever you want to be. I know Malik is your family. But just because he is your family doesn't mean he wants what's best for you.
Benson
When I was 13, all I wanted was a puppy. But then we never had enough money. No movies, no going out, Malik said we couldn't afford it. I couldn't sleep at night, worrying about what might happen if we couldn't make our rent. I just wanted the bad stuff to go away for a little while.
Tiana
Benson: So Malik trafficked his mother too?
Fin: And they're both blaming it on Tiana.
Benson: Man, that family's had it rough.
Fin: No different than any other family growing up in the Projects. Some make it out, some don't. But we all make our own choices.
Benson: Actually, you do have a choice, Tiana. Either you go back to child services or we can arrest you right now.
Tiana: You too? So all that nice lady, trying to be my friend was BS? You don't care about me! You don't want to help me. I know my brother loves me!
Benson: You really want to get Malik.
Fin: This guy is the worst kind of predator. He betrays his own. His sister loves him and he's throwing her away.
What if I say I wasn't raped? No crime, no police, right?
Tiana
Daddy left when I was ten. Mama went to prison when I was 14. Malik was the one who made me waffles. Told me no TV if I didn't finish my homework. He took care of me.So of course I'm gonna do whatever I can to help him out.
Tiana
It's not like he's gonna confess to trafficking his own sister.
Fin
How can it be rape when I paid for it?
D'shawn
FourStroke: I didn't rape that bitch!
Fin: Who says we're here about a rape? Let's talk about this down at the station.
[Fin cuffs FourStroke]
GIrlfriend: How could you?
Fourstroke: Put my chicken in the microwave.
Fin: His name is FourStroke. He's on parole for aggravated assault. But he's a lover as well as a fighter. He's got four babies from four different baby mamas.
Carisi: So what do we do?
Fin: Sit on all four houses and wait for Daddy to come home.