Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Genes (2017)

Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson

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• Amanda Rollins : You obviously didn't tell Carisi about your father.

  Olivia Benson : Neither did you.

  Amanda Rollins : It's not my place. But are you... are you okay with all this talk about genetics?

  Olivia Benson : Yeah. Yeah, thanks.

• Dr. Peter Lindstrom : So Noah and a little girl had a... a disagreement. She had the toy he wanted or the cupcake.

  Olivia Benson : Yes, and I say what if it's something else? What if it's something more?

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : What do you mean?

  Olivia Benson : Well, sometimes I worry that...

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : That Noah may turn into his father?

  Olivia Benson : Yes.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : Did you turn into your father?

  Olivia Benson : Well, I didn't turn into a rapist, if that's what you mean. But I think about him all the time, and I think about what he did and the choices that he made. I think about it a lot. And I've been dealing with this for quite a long time, even before I met you. And no matter... what I do, I still worry that...

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : About what, Olivia?

  Olivia Benson : That somehow his... darkness will overpower my life and my choices, because... I've been there before. I've been angry. I've been... violent.

  Dr. Peter Lindstrom : I know. And I know how much that frightened you, but I don't believe that's who you really are. My opinion? Your strength, your moral compass, your belief systems... more powerful than your father's DNA.

• Rafael Barba : So Nick was telling the truth. He really was part of a rape therapy group. Too bad we didn't get a full confession.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, we tried like hell. But they pushed Sam Dalton too far, things went sideways, and we had to break it up.

  Rafael Barba : [as Sam is led past]  You have something to hold him on?

  Olivia Benson : No.

  Rafael Barba : Invent something.

• Olivia Benson : All three victims IDed Dalton. They remembered his face, his voice, and the stench of cheap cigars.

  Rafael Barba : And they're all willing to testify?

  Olivia Benson : Oh, more like excited. They can't wait to put this guy away.

  [her phone chimes] 

  Olivia Benson : More good news. The crime lab just confirmed that Dalton's DNA is a match to all three vics.

  Rafael Barba : You're too kind.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : I ran the perp's story by the lead detective on the River Rapist case.

  Olivia Benson : And?

  Amanda Rollins : It checks out. The socks, the cheap cigars. It looks like he's telling the truth.

  Olivia Benson : Great. I'll call Barb and see what kind of deal he's willing to make.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Make sure you tell him this guy claims he was born with the rape gene. The excuses these guys come up with never ceases to amaze me.

• Rafael Barba : Motion to suppress.

  Olivia Benson : Suppress what?

  Rafael Barba : Dalton's confession to the therapy group. Defense claims it's inadmissible.

  [showing her the motion] 

  Rafael Barba : Clergymen/congregant privilege.

  Olivia Benson : Clergymen/congregant? That's a bit of a stretch.

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, it is. But the law is evolving.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so worst case scenario, we lose the motion. What does that mean?

  Rafael Barba : That means we're screwed. We lose that confession, we lose everything else. The fruit of the poisonous tree.