Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Outsider (2007)
Ice-T: Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
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Quotes
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Chester Lake : [incredulous] I should take career advice from you?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [turns, angry] What's that supposed to mean?
Chester Lake : I did my homework before I showed up. Yeah, Stabler and Benson get gold stars in Cragen's class; where does that leave you?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I'd like to answer that question outside.
Chester Lake : I'm sure you would, friend. But that would be even dumber than ignoring me. You don't like me, fine. But you know there's a connection between my bodies and your victims.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [pause] We don't find a link in 48 hours, you solve your cases and I'll solve mine.
Chester Lake : [nods] Done.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Try to keep up.
[Chester smiles and follows him]
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Oliver Mitsakos : [Oliver backs into interrogation grate as Fin menacingly comes after him] I would never rape anyone; you gotta believe me.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Why? You lied about knowing Ming.
Oliver Mitsakos : She was in my class 3 years ago; she barely spoke; I barely remember her!
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : She remembers you. "Come to my office for a little one on one tutoring."
Oliver Mitsakos : I never said that!
Chester Lake : Well, what did you say?
Oliver Mitsakos : I - I told her that she needed extra help because her papers were poorly written.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [puts him in the chair] You're still lyin', kid; you flirted with her every day!
Chester Lake : [behind Oliver] You were aggressive.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : And desperate.
Oliver Mitsakos : That was a long time ago.
Chester Lake : [leans in front of Oliver on his hands] Old wounds still burn. So you went back and raped all the women who've rejected you.
Oliver Mitsakos : [frustrated] No!
Chester Lake : Anna.
[slams picture on table]
Chester Lake : She dump you? Maya.
[slams her picture on the table]
Chester Lake : Break your heart? Rose.
[slams picture on table]
Chester Lake : Blow you off? Is that why you raped and murdered them?
Oliver Mitsakos : I don't know those people!
Chester Lake : [sits and cocks head] Let me tell you about them. You thought they were all Brooklyn trash. Nothin' but warm-ups for your ultimate target. Kara Bawson, your ex-fiance.
Oliver Mitsakos : [laughs and smiles with mirth] You're crazy.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Naw; you lost your meal ticket and your chance of getting rich quick.
Chester Lake : You wanted revenge.
Oliver Mitsakos : [leans forward] I didn't do anything. I swear.
Detective Elliot Stabler : [knock on door; Elliot enters] Fin. Moment?
[turns and exits so Fin can follow him]
Detective Elliot Stabler : You just got an emergency call, urgent.
[Chester comes out]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You can talk. That's Chet Lake, Brooklyn SVU.
Chester Lake : Chester.
[shakes Elliot's hand]
Detective Elliot Stabler : Elliot.
[sighs]
Detective Elliot Stabler : You got the wrong guy. Your perp just hit again. Victim's in the E.R. at Mercy. Name's Edie Rimpo.
[Chester and Fin look at each other shocked and walk away to go to Mercy and talk to Edie]
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Chester Lake : Been to Brooklyn lately?
Kara Bawson : No. I've been too busy setting up the new exhibit to go anywhere but the gallery.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : How about Hudson University? You spend any time on campus?
Kara Bawson : No, but I used to date a guy who got his MBA there.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Y'recognize her?
[holds picture of raped college student]
Kara Bawson : No. Why?
Chester Lake : She was attacked by the same guy who raped you.
Tom Bawson : [enters] Sweetie, you ready to go?
Kara Bawson : Not yet, Dad. These are police officers.
Tom Bawson : Honey, you wanna go upstairs and finish packing?
[He gently leads her into a hug and she stoically leaves the scene as he looks back at her]
Chester Lake : She's taking a trip?
Tom Bawson : After what she's been through, Kara needs to get away and rest.
Chester Lake : Your daughter's a victim of a rape. We need her here until we finish our investigation.
Tom Bawson : Our numbers in Italy. Call if you have something.
[turns to leave]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [Fin and Chester follow him] You're not helping by yanking her out of the country.
Tom Bawson : The press is all over this case.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : They can't print her name.
Tom Bawson : Everyone knows she works in that gallery! We're trying to protect her from rumors.
Chester Lake : We will call your daughter. I think she's connected to some of my cases in Brooklyn.
Tom Bawson : This bastard has raped other women?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : An Asian-American college student was attacked a couple of days ago.
Tom Bawson : Asian-American? Start with Oliver Mitsakos.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Who's that?
Tom Bawson : Kara's ex-fiance. My squash partner runs the hedge fund where Oliver works. He told me this little jerk has a thing for young Asian hookers.
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Ming Hao : [off-screen] When I got off the subway, the platform was empty.
[a shot of Fin, then showing Ken by her, listening to her story; Ming sniffs]
Ming Hao : I was headed for the stairs, and all of a sudden a man grabbed me.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [quietly] Take your time.
Ming Hao : He dragged me behind a pillar.
[shudderingly gasps]
Ming Hao : He bent me down. He put his hand over my mouth.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Did you get a look at him.
Ming Hao : Only for a second. He had a bandana around his face. I closed my eyes.
Ken Randall : What did he do?
Ming Hao : He made me tell him I liked it while he did it to me.
[shudderingly gasps]
Ming Hao : Then he started choking me.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : What happened next?
Ming Hao : I heard shouting. People yelling "stop." He got up and ran away.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Did you see who was shouting?
Ming Hao : No; when I opened my eyes, everyone was gone.
[Ken looks back at his father, slightly shaking his head]
Ken Randall : They must've chased him.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [sincerely] You're doin' good, okay? This is gonna help us catch the guy that hurt you.
Ming Hao : I don't wanna go to court; my parents will find out.
Ken Randall : It's okay, Ming. You're not the first girl at Hudson to get raped.
[quietly sobs in gasps and then gets up]
Ming Hao : [to Fin] I knew I shouldn't have come here. I can't do this.
[turns and retreats as Ken looks at her go and looks back desperately at his father]
Ken Randall : I blew it.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [without emotion] Fix it.
[Ken gets up quickly and exits after Ming; Fin sits, somewhat affected]
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Olivia Benson : [Fin walks in hallway; Olivia comes from another hallway and meets with him and they walk quickly together] I saw Ken downstairs.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : He tell you how he screwed up?
Olivia Benson : Aw, he seemed pretty upset.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Well, he should be.
Olivia Benson : Look, he was trying to help. You can talk to her.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : The girl's a stone; we don't have time to squeeze blood.
Olivia Benson : So you're not gonna do anything?
[stops and Fin turns around to talk]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Ming's the one throwing up the roadblocks.
Olivia Benson : So, go around her. Look, take a crack at this. For your son.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [quietly, nods slightly] I'll check the overnights to see if anybody who saw Ming being attacked called 911.
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Chester Lake : Hey, you Oliver Mitsakos?
Oliver Mitsakos : Who wants t'know?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [walks over on the other side of Mitsakos] Southeast Asian Sex Tourism Board. Congratulations; you won a free cruise to Thailand!
[Oliver gets up and chortles; looks at the two men, grinning]
Oliver Mitsakos : Am I getting punk'd? Did Andy and Amber put you up to this?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I'm not Andy and that's not Amber.
[shows badge]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You're about to be hating life.
[Oliver begins walking away, smiling, and Fin and Lake follow to a discreet area of the office]
Chester Lake : What the hell? You getting your massages with a happy ending? Huh? We hear you like 'em Asian and underage.
Oliver Mitsakos : You meet a girl, you ask for her birth certificate?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Where were you last night?
Oliver Mitsakos : Home watching the Knicks lose.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You know her?
[shows Ming's photo]
Oliver Mitsakos : [serious] Never seen her before in my life. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta handle more money in ten minutes than you'll see in a lifetime.
[puts head slightly down and walks away]
Chester Lake : My gut says he's lying.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Your gut's a genius.
[the men stop; Lake turns to Fin]
Chester Lake : All we need is Ming to ID him.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : That's gonna be a problem.
[elevator doors open and the men turn and walk to the doors]
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Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [Title card: Hudson University; Alexander Hall; Thursday, December 7] We can't call her house and her cell phone's disconnected.
[walking with Lake and Ken]
Chester Lake : And the only time we can see her is when she's at school.
Ken Randall : That'll be tough; her father's always with her, watching her like a hawk.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Well, if he sees us, we're facing a lawsuit.
Chester Lake : Look, can't you get us somewhere we can talk to her in private?
Ken Randall : She's in class right now. I'll go in, say the dean wants to see her.
[walks away to Ming's class; cut to him exiting behind a deer caught in headlights Ming]
Ming Hao : I can't talk to them.
[walks away]
Ken Randall : Please; they have a lead.
Ming Hao : [still walking quickly] My father's waiting for me. Leave me alone.
Ken Randall : Another girl was attacked.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Just look at the picture.
Ming Hao : [turns and looks] I know him. That's Oliver Mitsakos. He was a T.A. for Intro to Econ my freshman year.
Chester Lake : [Fin and Lake exchange multiple glances] You have any contact with him outside the classroom?
Ming Hao : He tried to make me come to his office hours, but I wouldn't.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Why not?
Ming Hao : He always flirted, but he was aggressive about it.
Chester Lake : Was he ever physical or violent?
Ming Hao : It wasn't like that. Just... really desperate.
[shakes head slightly]
Ming Hao : It creeped me out.
[face shows realization; slightly raises her voice]
Ming Hao : Do you think he did this to me?
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Ken Randall : [walks into S.V.U] Dad. I couldn't convince Ming to come back.
[comes to desk and puts hands on the desk to support his weight]
Ken Randall : What do we do now?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : There's not much else we can do.
Ken Randall : So, what, you just forget about her?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I can't force her to make a report if she doesn't want to.
Ken Randall : She's in shock!
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Look, Ken.
[sighs quietly]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Going through a rape kit, testimony, cross-examination can be hard. Some women just wanna move on.
Ken Randall : Please, Dad. I-I said the wrong thing and scared her off; I gotta make this right!
[Fin looks away]
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Officer : [on the street with Fin, getting a cup of coffee] Yeah, they called it in alright.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Why didn't you file a 61?
Officer : I didn't believe those two crazies. No victim; no evidence of a crime.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : What, you moonlighting as a crime scene tech now?
Officer : You wouldn't've filed a report, either. The perp they described looked like the Unabomber. And I haven't heard anything on the news that he escaped.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Okay; I need the names of the witnesses.
Officer : I didn't write 'em down.
[sits on car]
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Well, I'm definitely gonna write yours down.
Officer : Look, their eyes were bloodshot; they were stoned out of their gourds.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [mad] That doesn't mean they couldn't help.
Officer : The way they were dressed, they were the ones who needed help.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : What do you mean?
Officer : His face was painted; she had black feathers all over her, like they came straight out of the nuthouse. Claimed they got off work at some restaurant.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Do ya remember the name of the joint?
Officer : Uh, Joe's? Moe's? Poe's? Somethin' like that.
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Chester Lake : My gut says he's lying.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Your gut's a genius.
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Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I can drive a city bus through the holes in that girl's story.
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Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [to Lake] I don't bat cleanup for Brooklyn.
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Henry : [after being shot] I'm bleeding. Am I going to die?
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : It's just a flesh wound. You'll live.
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Chester Lake : My gut tells me that's not our guy.
Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Your gut's got indigestion.