Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
A Final Call at Forlini's Bar (2022)
Mariska Hargitay: Captain Olivia Benson
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Quotes
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Rafael Barba : Hello, Liv.
Olivia Benson : Hello.
Rafael Barba : You and I spent a lot of time in this place. It's a shame they're closing, huh?
Olivia Benson : Everything comes to an end. Um... I wanted to thank you, for representing Delia.
Rafael Barba : Rollins asked for the favor. How many lawyers you call first?
Olivia Benson : Three. You think you can get an acquittal?
Rafael Barba : I'll do my best. Cabernet?
Olivia Benson : I can't stay.
Rafael Barba : It's possible, to sit with someone, and have a drink, and not say a single word to each other. I miss you, Liv.
Olivia Benson : I gotta go.
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Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Most of your coworkers are in stable relationships.
Olivia Benson : Yeah, they are. And I am, really happy for them.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : You're not wondering when your turn will come?
Olivia Benson : Not really. You know, between Noah and work...
[Lindstrom shoots her a glance]
Olivia Benson : Okay, so, you think that I have intimacy issues.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Is that what you're hearing me say?
Olivia Benson : Can we just stop the shrink talk and you just tell me what you think?
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : What I actually think?
Olivia Benson : Yeah.
Dr. Peter Lindstrom : I think, that you and Elliot either need to see whether there's more there, or, move on. This idealized relationship is hanging over you. Prevents you from true intimacy, Olivia, either with him, or with anyone else. That's what I think.
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Rafael Barba : [to Benson as she walks into Forlini's] You showed up.
Olivia Benson : Last call at Forlini's. Thank you, for what you did for Delia.
Rafael Barba : How is she?
Olivia Benson : Her social worker is putting a team together: PT, therapy, cognitive rehab. And, turns out that Ty had a settlement from a construction site accident which is now hers, so all things considered, she's in a better place.
Rafael Barba : Unlike the two of us.
[Benson nods]
Rafael Barba : You're still holding onto this?
Olivia Benson : I asked you not to defend Wheatley.
Rafael Barba : And now he's dead. We've been over this. I was trying to protect you...
Olivia Benson : I didn't ask you to.
Rafael Barba : No. I guess you didn't. I hear you.
Olivia Benson : Thank you.
Rafael Barba : What I don't get... Why you feel more anger at me, than you ever let yourself feel toward Stabler.
Olivia Benson : You don't know anything about my feelings for Elliot, and, you don't know him.
Rafael Barba : I got a glimpse.
Olivia Benson : I've known him for 23 years, and, he's always had my back.
Rafael Barba : And you grew up without a father to protect you, I know how much that means.
Olivia Benson : Please don't. Please don't.
Rafael Barba : I grew up in a home, in a neighborhood where I got bullied. We're gonna see him through different prisms.
Olivia Benson : This isn't about him. This is about you and me, and how you betrayed me. I asked you not to defend Wheatley and you did anyway.
Rafael Barba : We're going around in circles. You're denying, you're deflecting. You defend him. It's all right. I get it. That's what you do when you love somebody, unconditionally.
Olivia Benson : Please don't tell me how I feel.
Rafael Barba : In this case I can, because I do know what it means to love someone unconditionally. When you're ready to stop feeling betrayed by me, I'll be here.
[Barba gets up to leave]
Olivia Benson : Rafa.
Rafael Barba : What?
Olivia Benson : I miss you too.
[Barba lingers for a moment and nods silently, then exits the bar and leaves Benson alone]