Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Grief (2003)
Christopher Meloni: Detective Elliot Stabler
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Quotes
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[after a father shoots his daughter's rapist/murderer]
Elliot Stabler : I could've stopped him. I should've known what Ray was gonna do.
Olivia Benson : How?
Elliot Stabler : I would have done the same thing.
Olivia Benson : No, you wouldn't.
Elliot Stabler : Well, wait 'til you're a parent.
Olivia Benson : Don't throw that crap at me, Elliot. You made a mistake.
Elliot Stabler : What?
Olivia Benson : You let Ray in.
Elliot Stabler : You're right, I did. He got to me. And now I'm responsible.
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Elliot Stabler : [to Ray Bevins] Look, I have three daughters myself. When I'm angry, I say things I don't mean.
Ray Bevins : You can take it back. I can't.
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Olivia Benson : [to Elliot] Go home.
Elliot Stabler : You sound like me talking to Ray.
Olivia Benson : Elliot, there's nothing we can do tonight. We'll start fresh in the morning.
Elliot Stabler : I need to get that bastard.
Olivia Benson : Plenty of other bastards out there, Elliot, why this one?
Elliot Stabler : You know why.
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Dr. Melinda Warner : [to Stabler] Ray Bevins came by to see me. Asked questions about why we ruled Vanessa's death a suicide.
Elliot Stabler : He accept it?
Dr. Melinda Warner : I walked him through the evidence as gently as I could, but I screwed up. I mentioned the oral sodomy. I thought you told him.
Elliot Stabler : No. I didn't want to put that image in his head. His daughter on her knees in some filthy alley.
Dr. Melinda Warner : I'm sorry, but it's in there now. He really lost it. He left mumbling something about a club.
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Elliot Stabler : [When Elliot finds Ray Bevins at a park with a gun to his head threatening to commit suicide] Ray. Put the gun down. Don't do this, Ray.
Ray Bevins : I have nothing left.
Elliot Stabler : Let's just talk. Let's just sit here and talk.
Ray Bevins : Vanessa's gone, I mean... there's no other way to end the pain.
Elliot Stabler : Vanessa loves you. She wouldn't want you to do this.
Ray Bevins : My daughter needed help and she couldn't come to me. I can't live with that.
Elliot Stabler : Why here?
Ray Bevins : This was Vanessa's favorite place when she was a... when she was a little girl.
Elliot Stabler : Those memories are alive in you, Ray. You keep her alive. Everything that you and Vanessa had together, that's what you want.
Ray Bevins : I want her to know how much I love her. I want her to know how sorry I am. I couldn't be there for her.
Elliot Stabler : She's here, Ray, in your heart. She's alive, here. She can only die when you die, Ray.
[Ray drops the gun and sobs into Elliot's arms]
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Alex Cabot : [to Elliot] Did you actually lawyer up for Ray Bevins?
Elliot Stabler : He needed an attorney.
Alex Cabot : So you called one of the best defense attorneys in town? Usually, you get a confession instead of throwing up roadblocks to protect the perps.
Elliot Stabler : Ray Bevins is not a perp.
Alex Cabot : He killed a man in cold blood.
Elliot Stabler : He killed a sexual predator that you said we couldn't convict.
Alex Cabot : I will not condone vigilantism. I am not going to let my compassion for Ray prevent me from doing my job.
Elliot Stabler : Well, I did my job. I arrested him. He's all yours.
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Dr. George Huang : Ray's emotional pain is genuine and the cause for his mental trauma is legitimate, but I don't buy his affirmative defense.
Elliot Stabler : Why the hell not? This is a man who's lost his daughter.
Dr. George Huang : Well, despite his emotional distress, he had the presence of mind to carefully plan this murder. He knew right from wrong.
Elliot Stabler : He knew nothing! This is a guy drowning in grief.
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Elliot Stabler : [to Cabot] You're calling me to the stand?
Alex Cabot : No. The Defense is. You've just become their star witness.
Elliot Stabler : Excuse me?
Alex Cabot : Elliot, did you tell Ray that you knew Perry Williams had raped Vanessa?
Elliot Stabler : No.
Alex Cabot : He says you did.
Elliot Stabler : I told him Perry was a suspect.
Alex Cabot : Now they're going to use you to justify Ray murdering Perry.
Elliot Stabler : Yeah? Well, the hell with him. He got what he deserved.
Alex Cabot : Well, now it's your turn. You gave premature information to an unstable man. You sure as hell better be ready when I cross-examine you.
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Perry Williams : Vanessa and I had a little fun, and then I went back inside.
Elliot Stabler : So she fought with her boyfriend, had sex with you, and then, a third guy came along and he killed her. Is that what you're telling me?
Perry Williams : Truth is stranger than fiction.
Elliot Stabler : But you're the only one with a history of abusing Vanessa.
Perry Williams : Oh, more gossip?
Olivia Benson : No, we have witnesses. Vanessa told people about your repeated sexual assault.
Perry Williams : I don't recall anyone watching us having sex. So unless you guys communicate with ghosts, you've got nothing.
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Elliot Stabler : Ray, you've gotta stop coming here.
Ray Bevins : I got nothing else to do.
Elliot Stabler : What about your job?
Ray Bevins : I don't give a damn about my work anymore. You're never going to make an arrest.
Elliot Stabler : It's been three days, Ray. You gotta give me time.
Ray Bevins : That filth killed my daughter and you're just gonna let him walk out the door.
Elliot Stabler : We don't have enough evidence to arrest him for murder yet.
Ray Bevins : You could at least arrest him for rape.
Elliot Stabler : He's claiming their relationship was consensual.
Ray Bevins : That's crazy.
Elliot Stabler : We need the proof.
Ray Bevins : What do you think?
Elliot Stabler : It doesn't matter what I think, Ray.
Ray Bevins : In your heart, what do you think?
Elliot Stabler : We may never know.
Ray Bevins : Please, just tell me. Did he rape her?
Elliot Stabler : We're looking at him for it.
Ray Bevins : Did he do it?
Elliot Stabler : We're gonna get the guy.