Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Selfish (2009)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
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Quotes
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[first lines; Stabler is at his desk]
Detective Elliot Stabler : That's it. I'm done.
Detective Olivia Benson : What do you mean, done?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Paperwork. It's like the first time in, like, five years.
Detective Olivia Benson : So we're actually gonna get out of here early?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Yeah. Move slowly so nobody notices.
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Detective Olivia Benson : I think Monica has a point. Ashlee was a bad mother who did everything wrong while Monica was trying to do everything right.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Monica exposed innocent children to a dangerous disease.
Detective Olivia Benson : She didn't know that her kid was sick. He didn't have any symptoms when she took him to the park.
Detective Elliot Stabler : But that's the problem with measles. That you're infectious before you even get the spots. Now, Monica wants to take her kid and live in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, fine, but the minute she walks out that door, she's got to play by society's rules.
Alexandra Cabot : Or somebody truly innocent ends up paying the price.
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Alexandra Cabot : I've got to say. This one hurt.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Look, it wasn't even your case. It was a personality contest. The jury liked the defendant more than they liked the victim.
Alexandra Cabot : Tell me about it. I talked to them after the verdict. They all thought Monica should have vaccinated her child, but they did not think Sierra's death was her fault.
Detective Elliot Stabler : They passed the buck.
Detective Olivia Benson : It's a tragedy all around. Both mothers' lives are ruined.
Alexandra Cabot : Thanks to Ruth. She screwed up Ashlee and now she's filed a civil suit against Monica.
Detective Olivia Benson : She's doing everything but support her daughter.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Yeah, Ruth will get around to bonding with Ashlee over a case of beer.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [about Monica Stewart] That lady is a lunatic. What she's doing is a danger to society.
John Munch : Yeah, but not illegal.
Detective Elliot Stabler : You're defending her?
Detective Olivia Benson : Maybe he's right, El. I mean, sometimes parents know what's best for their kids.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Right, and we decided to vaccinate our kids so they'd be safe.
John Munch : Well, that was your choice. Telling parents how to raise their kids? That's a quick slide down the slippery slope of government tyranny.
Detective Olivia Benson : Monica Stewart's son got the measles and nothing happened to him. I mean, it's not so black and white.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Wait a minute, wait a minute. Sierra got the measles from Monica's son and died. Now, all of a sudden, my little boy's at risk because of some nutcase mom?
John Munch : Well, she's not the only nutcase mom. Ashlee takes that prize.
Detective Elliot Stabler : But her kid was too young to be immunized. Every child under a year old is at risk. It's just stupid not to vaccinate your children.