Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Choice (2003)
Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson
Quotes
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Olivia Benson : Elliot, did Cathy drink when she was pregnant?
Elliot Stabler : A glass of wine every now and then. Why?
Olivia Benson : I've been reading up on this FAS literature. Do you know that even one night's drinking can cause fetal alcohol syndrome?
Elliot Stabler : I didn't know that. I guess I just got lucky.
Olivia Benson : Knowing that now, if she got pregnant again, would you let her?
Elliot Stabler : If Cathy got pregnant again, I'd shoot myself.
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Olivia Benson : Jennifer, are you drinking?
Jennifer Fulton : No.
[Olivia takes the drink from her]
Jennifer Fulton : Give it back.
Olivia Benson : [looks at the drink] What is this, rum? Do you have any idea what you're doing to yourself?
Jennifer Fulton : Yeah, and I have every right to do it.
Olivia Benson : And what about your baby? You promised me that you'd stop and I believed you. I went to bat for you.
Jennifer Fulton : I didn't ask you to.
Olivia Benson : Yes, you did.
Jennifer Fulton : This is none of your damn business!
Olivia Benson : It is my business. I'm a cop and you're violating a court order.
Jennifer Fulton : Oh, get over yourself. I'd like to see you handle being pregnant!
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Elliot Stabler : [to Casey about Craig Fulton] You made a deal with that idiot?
Casey Novak : I take him to trial, I'm not sure I'd win.
Olivia Benson : What'll it take to convince you? Broken bones or maybe a dead body?
Casey Novak : Jennifer Fulton didn't exactly help her case by fingering the wrong guy.
Olivia Benson : So now rape victims have to be perfect before you'll bother to prosecute their rapists?
Casey Novak : I prosecute cases I have a chance at winning.
Elliot Stabler : Well, hang around 'cause you'll be prosecuting him for murder. The number one cause of death among pregnant women is homicide, usually by their partners.
Casey Novak : Okay, Craig Fulton goes within 200 yards of Jennifer, he's in jail.
Olivia Benson : Oh, great. That'll stop him. Let's go give her the good news.
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Casey Novak : If Jennifer pleads guilty, I'll ask for a suspended sentence, pending successful completion of her pregnancy in an alcohol treatment facility.
Lorna Scarry : She's not going to court, but you're gonna lock her up anyway.
Olivia Benson : It's a residential facility. It's not a prison.
Lorna Scarry : You're depriving her of her liberty and sending a message to every troubled pregnant woman that she should avoid doctors, hospitals, health workers and above all, the police or she too might end up in jail.
Casey Novak : That's a ludicrous exaggeration.
Lorna Scarry : Not from where my client is sitting.
Olivia Benson : Jennifer, we're trying to do what's best for you and your baby. You're gonna have to trust us.
Jennifer Fulton : I did trust you, Olivia.