Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Ghost (2005)

Stephanie March: ADA Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot

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• Alex Cabot : Sometimes when I get homesick I hum the Mr. Softie song.

• A.D.A. Casey Novak : [Upset that Benson and Stabler lied about Cabot being alive]  We work together, you should have trusted me.

  Olivia Benson : We made a promise.

  A.D.A. Casey Novak : You hung me out to dry in court.

  Elliot Stabler : Well... We gonna need lawyers?

  A.D.A. Casey Novak : Hope not.

  [Benson and Stabler turn around to see Cabot walking into the room] 

  Olivia Benson : Alex!

  Elliot Stabler : You didn't have to come back.

  Alex Cabot : I know. But who else is going to get you out of trouble?

• Alex Cabot : I would like nothing more than for Liam Connors to pay for what he did to me. But it goes against every principle I had as a lawyer to try a man for a crime he didn't commit.

  Captain Donald Cragen : You understand, I didn't have a choice.

  Alex Cabot : I know you can't commit perjury. You're going to have to tell the court I'm still alive.

  Captain Donald Cragen : I'm only sorry that the bastard won't have to answer for what he did to you.

  Alex Cabot : Oh, he will. I want him charged with my attempted murder.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Now, you'd have to go back to testify. That's stepping right into their crosshairs

  Alex Cabot : For years, I convinced victims to face their attackers. Now, it's time for *me* to step up.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Your testimony won't help the case. You can't ID Connors as your shooter

  Alex Cabot : If I don't go back, the defense will issue a missing witness charge, and then you will lose your case.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : No, we've still got Connors on four counts of murder.

  Alex Cabot : Because an eight year old boy has the guts to testify. After being shot twice.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Alex. If you go back, they will try and kill you again.

  Alex Cabot : I have lost my home, my job, my friends... My mother died and I couldn't go to the funeral. Liam Connors isn't going to take my conscience too.

• A.D.A. Casey Novak : Finally, Ms. Cabot, would you describe what happened to the jury what happened after you were shot?

  Alex Cabot : I woke up in the hospital. The Marshall's were there. They told me that I was dead, officially. And that the only way they could keep me alive was in Witness Protection.

  A.D.A. Casey Novak : Thank you.

  [to Kressler] 

  A.D.A. Casey Novak : Your Witness.

  Roger Kressler : [to Cabot]  That sounds like quite an ordeal. I think we're all very moved by your experience.

  Alex Cabot : Do you have a question?

  Roger Kressler : Only one. Did you see my client shoot you?

  Alex Cabot : I saw his gun aimed at my heart.

  Roger Kressler : Please, Miss Cabot, just answer the question. On the night that you were shot, did you see Liam Connors anywhere in the vicinity?

  Alex Cabot : No, but he's a coward. He likes to run away, did you leave a family behind in Ireland, Mr. Connors?

  Roger Kressler : [to Preston]  Your Honor?

  Judge Lois Preston : Miss Cabot, please.

  Roger Kressler : [to Cabot]  You have absolutely no idea who shot you, do you?

  Alex Cabot : Oh, I have an idea. It's the kind of man that likes to rape a woman to make her talk.

  Roger Kressler : Let me rephrase the question. Did you see Liam Connors shoot you?

  Alex Cabot : No. But I know it was him.

  Roger Kressler : Objection, You Honor.

  Alex Cabot : [to Connors]  It takes a lot of balls to shoot an unarmed woman and her sleeping child.

  Roger Kressler : Your Honor, objection!

  Alex Cabot : [continues]  It's too bad your aim wasn't a little better

  Roger Kressler : Objection, Your Honor!

  Liam Connors : You think you're safe? They know where you are you should've stayed dead!

  Judge Lois Preston : Enough! We're in recess until Mr. Kressler can control his client. You may step down Ms. Cabot.