- Detective Elliot Stabler: Hey.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Hey.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: [as Stabler gets into Benson car, he hands her a cup of coffee] I already drank mine, so this one's for you.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Thank you. Thank you and thank you for meeting me.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Well, it seems like this is the only way we're ever going to talk.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Yeah.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: You drive Noah to school everyday?
- Captain Olivia Benson: You know, whenever I can--every chance I get.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: You're a good mom.
- Captain Olivia Benson: So..
- Detective Elliot Stabler: So..
- Captain Olivia Benson: You gonna tell me what happened the other night?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: What happened where?
- Captain Olivia Benson: Um, the other night when you walked past me in the lobby of your building. And you practically jumped out of your skin. I thought you were gonna unload your weapon on me.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: No, you startled me, that's all.
- Captain Olivia Benson: You never startled before. Elliot, I don't want to push you and I'll back off if you want me to..
- Detective Elliot Stabler: I do. Back off.
- Captain Olivia Benson: You have PTSD.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: [laughs] Uh, I've been on the job 35 years.
- Captain Olivia Benson: And your wife was murdered right in front of your eyes.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Yeah, I think I remember that.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Elliot, I'm a captain now, and my job is to take care of my people and to make sure they're good, and they're solid, and they're together enough to do the work.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Okay.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Okay what?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Okay, I'll take care of it.
- Captain Olivia Benson: Fine. Have you told Sergeant Bell?
- Detective Elliot Stabler: About the PTSD?
- Captain Olivia Benson: About where you were the night Manfredi Sinatra was murdered. I don't know where you were. I only know that you were jumpy, you looked exhausted, you have circles under your eyes, and I am worried about you, Elliot.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Thanks for that.
- Captain Olivia Benson: I didn't mean to be patronizing.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: No, I know. Uh... it felt good to hear that. Liv, you mean the world to me. I just think I needed to hear you say that. Back off.
- [Stabler gets out of the car]