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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Selfish (2009)
Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler
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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 Elliot Stabler : [to O'Halloran] You're thinking Sierra was buried somewhere near a gas station?
CSU Tech Dale Stuckey : Yeah, can you imagine? Going to a gas station to fill up, buy some smokes, you know, not that I smoke because that's nasty, but like, there's a mom there burying her kid? I go, "Holy crap!"
Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran : Hey, Dale. Be a real help and bring these files next door.
CSU Tech Dale Stuckey : I'm on it. Hey, bing, bang, bong.
[leaves]
Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran : [to Stabler] Now you know what I have to deal with.
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Ralph Walker : [to Stabler] I don't know if I'm allowed to say anything. Ms. Devere says I shouldn't even speak to you.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Do you know what Ms. Devere's job is? To win court cases. My job is to find Sierra no matter where she might be. Now, which one of us do you want to help?
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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.
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Ashlee Walker : I would never hurt my daughter. I'm a good mom.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Good mom?
Ashlee Walker : Yes.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Your FaceSpace tells a different story.
[goes through the pictures on Ashlee's FaceSpace]
Detective Elliot Stabler : Here you are, drunk and partying it up in Cabo. Gonna crown you mother of the year?
Ashlee Walker : You have no right to judge me.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Here you are down at the shore, grabbing some guy's crotch while Sierra stays at home. And that's you in a nightclub in A.C. You know when that was taken? Right after you killed your daughter.
Ashlee Walker : I didn't kill her! She means everything to me!
Detective Elliot Stabler : Then why didn't I find one single photo online of this child that you love so much?
Ashlee Walker : Since when does having a kid make it illegal to party? I'm young. I'm allowed to have fun.