Law & Order: SVU
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Cassidy: I can't believe you kept these sweats.
Benson: I use them for cleaning my toilet.
Cop: Housekeeper found him, he was DOA.
Carisi: So why did you call SVU?
Cop: Say hello again to Dr. West.
Cassidy: You come here to read me the riot act, huh Liv?
Benson: I'll leave that to Stone.
Cassidy: I screwed up, okay, but next time -
Benson: If there is a next time.
Cassidy: What?
Benson: Because of you, West might walk. There's going to have to be a whole new trial and these families aren't up for testifying again.
Cassidy: But you're going to talk to them, right? You're gonna do your think, cause you're the Olivia Benson, you're God!
Mother: Hector will have to testify all over again?
Father: West's lawyer made Hector look like a liar. He wet the bed, cried himself to sleep for days.
Carisi: I'm sorry. But this is the only way we can lock West up for good.
Father: Should have got it right the first time.
Rollins: You and Cassidy... have you...
Benson: Not ever since the DA's office cleared me of child abuse charges.
Rollins: That's understandable.
[Cassidy comes over.]
Cassidy: Hey, Amanda. Hey, Liv. How's my new boss doing?
Rollins: Great, considering he only got the case from Barba two weeks ago.
Cassidy: Great. Let's go put the final nail in this bastard's coffin.
Cassidy: He was resisting arrest.
Defense attorney: So you smashed his head into a desk and called him a monkey?
Cassidy: That's a lie!
Benson: I feel so guilty.
Barba: You? What did you do?
Benson: I called you about this case.
Barba: Don't. How long have we known each other? Five years?
Benson: Six.
Barba: The world was different then. It was all black and white, good guys and bad guys. It was High Noon, I was Gary Cooper. Then you weaseled your way into my world and all of a sudden there were shades of gray. There were blues and greens. You opened my heart and now I'm you. And I thank you for that. But I have to move on.
Stone: Do you feel guilty for what you've done?
Barba: Do you feel guilty for what you're doing now?
Stone: Answer the question.
Barba: I did what I thought was right.
Stone: Do you feel guilty, sir?
Barba: Yes. I do.
Stone: How did you know I'd say yes?
McCoy: Because you have more of your father in you than you realize.
Benson: I don't want coffee! You killed the baby?
Barba: I expedited his passing.
Benson: That's gonna be a tough hair to split in court.
Barba: Sometimes you have to do what's right without concern for the consequences.
McCoy: The law is what the statute says it is.
Barba: It's a shame. No matter how hard we try, we can't legislate morality.
McCoy: You know, I always wish the law was like chemistry. Add water, add heat, the damn thing boils.
Barba: Sans bias, sans judgment.
