Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Great Expectations (2017)

Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson

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• Olivia Benson : [watching the video of Jim Turner beating up his son]  Well, this should make Kyle flip.

• Olivia Benson : Hey. What do we got?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The victim's name is Jack Wilson. He's thirteen, he plays for the New York City Whitecaps.

  Olivia Benson : Which is...?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The best youth hockey program in the state. Now, Jack's teammates had a game this morning, but they lost after he missed a last-second shot. Now, his mother noticed he was bleeding in the parking lot afterwards, drove him over here.

  Olivia Benson : You talk to the doctor?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah. He said there was tearing in his rectum caused by a blunt instrument. Like a... hockey stick. Sounds like a hazing.

  Olivia Benson : No, that sounds like sexual assault.

• Olivia Benson : Let's all just settle down here, 'cause I'm... I'm sure we want the same thing.

  Linda Wilson : No, fundamentally, we do not. I didn't want him to join this team in the first place.

  Frank Wilson : That's not fair. I played on the Whitecaps when I was his age, and I...

  Olivia Benson : I think arguing isn't... isn't gonna help your son.

  Frank Wilson : Neither are two police officers hovering over him.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mr. Wilson, your son's injuries indicate he's a victim of a sexual assault.

  Frank Wilson : Sexual assault? I saw the doctor on the way in. He said Jack will be fine. It was a... prank that went too far.

  Olivia Benson : Mr. Wilson, that's... that's not how we saw it.

• Olivia Benson : Hey, where are we with these Bang Brothers?

  Odafin Tutuola : The Bash Brothers. Like McGwire and Canseco.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, like Reed and Portman.

  [seeing Fin and Benson's blank looks] 

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : "Mighty Ducks 2"? Never mind. Anyway, these guys have never been in trouble with the law. They've got no juvenile records.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. You checked the, uh... their contracts?

  Odafin Tutuola : All signed and notarized. A lot of rules for an eighth grader.

• Amanda Rollins : So, I've been taking a look at the security footage from the rink. Look. Here are players leaving the locker room, right? Most exit at the same time. But this is the last kid before... look; these two. Numbers 26 and 9. And they're hauling ass, too. It's ten seconds before our victim, Jack, comes out.

  Odafin Tutuola : How can you tell that's him? You can't make out his face.

  Amanda Rollins : Look. Look there, the sleeve. You see that? Number 14. That's Jack's number.

  Olivia Benson : Who are these two kids that came out before him?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : [looking at the team roster]  Number 9, William Harris. Number 26, Timothy Brown. The Bash Brothers.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Bring 'em in. This wasn't a couple of kids playing grab-ass. We need answers.

• Jim Turner : What is this? What now?

  Kyle Turner : He... he didn't tell me to do anything.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. If you say so.

  [turning to leave with Carisi] 

  Olivia Benson : The prosecutor will be charging Kyle with sexual assault and manslaughter. As an adult.

• Helen Turner : Sexual assault? My son? That's not... that doesn't sound right. He'd never hurt Jack. They're best friends.

  Olivia Benson : Well, we have two eyewitnesses who say that they saw him do it. They claim that it was your idea and that... that you were the main aggressor.

  Helen Turner : No. That isn't possible. And I don't want him answering any more questions about this. Not until my husband gets here.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : That... that's fine. That's fine. We can wait, right?

  Olivia Benson : Sure.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : [sitting down]  Your number's 99? You gotta be a big Gretzky fan, right?

  Kyle Turner : He's the greatest there ever was.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, he sure is. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, right?

  Kyle Turner : Right.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : You really love hockey, don't you, Kyle?

  Kyle Turner : It's the best sport there is.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : What if, um... what if it all went away?

  Kyle Turner : [as his face falls, he turns to look at his mother]  What?

  Olivia Benson : Well, we read your player contract. The one that you signed. It explicitly forbids violence against other players.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Which is exactly what we're dealing with here.

  Kyle Turner : No. That's not fair.

  Helen Turner : You can't kick him off the Whitecaps.

  Olivia Benson : You're right. We could do a lot worse. Like... like arrest him, for example.

  Kyle Turner : Please, I... I don't know who told you what, but... but it's not true.

  Olivia Benson : Well, then tell us what is true, Kyle.

• Olivia Benson : Excuse me. Hi, can you tell us where Jack Wilson's been moved to? He's not in his same room.

  Nurse Sofia Perez : [checking her computer]  Are you with the Special Victims Unit?

  Olivia Benson : Yes.

  Nurse Sofia Perez : Didn't someone call you?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Call us about what?

  Nurse Sofia Perez : Jack. He died twenty minutes ago.

• Olivia Benson : All those players in that locker room? Someone had to have seen something.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah. It's a team full of young boys. Nobody wants to get out in front of this. Even the victim won't talk.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so call Rollins, uh... have her head over to the rink with Fin. Talk to refs, talk to coaches, and I want the name of every single player on either team.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Got it.

  Olivia Benson : And have CSU head over to that locker room.

• Olivia Benson : Mr. Turner? Can I help you?

  Jim Turner : I don't know what my wife agreed to, but Kyle is done talking. I cannot risk him accidentally saying something that's gonna ruin his career. He's got too much to lose.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, I agree with you. But we have two witnesses who say that they saw him assaulting Jack.

  Jim Turner : I don't care if you have two hundred witnesses. You have the wrong kid.

• Olivia Benson : The lab ran the hockey sticks. They're all clean. There's no blood, there's no DNA. So Kyle must have gotten rid of the one he used after he saw us at the hospital.

  Amanda Rollins : So we don't have enough to hold him.

  Olivia Benson : No, but we have Jack. You and Fin go to the hospital first thing in the morning and get him to tell you who attacked him.

• Olivia Benson : Excuse me, Doctor, I'm Lieutenant Benson. This is Detective Carisi. We saw you in there with Kyle Turner. How is he?

  Dr. Stephen Hale : Spiral fracture. He'll be okay. Uh, was he assaulted?

  Olivia Benson : Uh, actually, he's a person of interest in a case that we're investigating.

  Dr. Stephen Hale : I... I see.

  Olivia Benson : And you asked if he was assaulted, why?

  Dr. Stephen Hale : His injury suggests someone twisted his wrist, violently.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Which is hard to do playing hockey.

  Dr. Stephen Hale : Hard, not impossible.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Can we take a look at the kid's medical records?

  Dr. Stephen Hale : Not without a subpoena. There are laws...

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We're SVU. We know the laws.

  Olivia Benson : We also know that as a mandatory reporter, you're required to call us if you have any suspicions, so... do you?

  Dr. Stephen Hale : [glancing back at Kyle]  I found a few other spiral fractures on his x-ray. It appears as if they went untreated.

  Olivia Benson : So you're saying that it is possible that Kyle has been physically abused.

• Jim Turner : What is this? What are you doing here?

  Olivia Benson : We have a warrant for your son's arrest.

  Jim Turner : You're joking, right?

  Helen Turner : Jim, what's going on?

  Jim Turner : I got this, Helen. Kyle's still with the doctor. I know it doesn't matter to you, but he might have broken his wrist.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : How did that happen?

  Jim Turner : Hockey practice. You know, we got enough going on right now without you harassing us, okay?

  Olivia Benson : You don't want to talk to us, that's your prerogative, but we are gonna wait here until your son is released. And then we're going to arrest him.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hey, Kyle. How you doing?

  Olivia Benson : Your wrist must still be hurting, but Kyle, we need to take you down to the police station.

  Kyle Turner : Because of what happened to Jack?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mm-hmm.

  Olivia Benson : Yes.

  Kyle Turner : Do we have to go now? Where's my dad? I... I need to talk to him.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Don't worry, he's... he's gonna come with us, too. Okay? So how'd that happen?

  Kyle Turner : I got tripped up at practice. Landed on my wrist sort of funny.

  Olivia Benson : At practice? Okay, so somebody else can verify that?

  Kyle Turner : Well, it was only me and my dad. He... he didn't see it, though, when I fell.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Okay, well here's the thing, Kyle. We don't think you're telling us the truth. And the doctor's pretty sure that's not the way it happened.

  Olivia Benson : And your medical records show that... that this isn't the first time that you've been injured this way.

  Kyle Turner : I... I don't know what you mean.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Kyle, has anybody been getting physical with you? At home? Grabbing at you?

  Olivia Benson : N... no! I... I fell.

  Olivia Benson : Kyle, listen to me. We wanna help you. And there's a real chance that you could go to prison for what you did to Jack.

  Kyle Turner : But... I thought only adults could go to prison.

  Olivia Benson : Nope. Sometimes kids go, too. So you need to talk to us and tell us if somebody put you up to this or if somebody threatened you. You need to tell us that, okay?

• Jim Turner : What the hell are you... how many times do I have to tell you you do not have my permission...

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hold on. Look, we have more questions.

  Jim Turner : Not without our consent.

  Olivia Benson : Actually, we don't need your consent in this situation.

  Helen Turner : What are you talking about?

  Olivia Benson : We have evidence that your son has been abused. Physically.

  Jim Turner : [derisive laugh]  Abused? That's ridiculous.

  Kyle Turner : I... I already told them that I fell.

  Olivia Benson : So we have two choices. I can arrest Kyle right here, right now. Or we can all go down to the precinct and talk this through.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Your other sons, too.

  Jim Turner : Fine. Let's talk it through. Get to the bottom of this. 'Cause we got nothing to hide.

• Jim Turner : This is just a misunderstanding. That's all. How do we make it go away?

  Amanda Rollins : We don't. We can't. But we might be able to find a way to make his punishment less severe.

  Jim Turner : How?

  Amanda Rollins : You admit to abusing Kyle.

  Jim Turner : Excuse me?

  [seeing her stoic expression, he scoffs] 

  Jim Turner : Look, my parenting style might be old school, but I'm never physical. Kyle wants to be a great player. I know how to get him there. Came close to playing pro myself.

  Amanda Rollins : How do you explain the spiral fractures, all those untreated injuries?

  Jim Turner : He's a hockey player. Sometimes he gets hurt. But he plays through the pain. He doesn't complain like most of his pansy friends. That's just who he is.

  Olivia Benson : [watching in the observation room]  Well, we tried. I mean, clearly this family is not gonna budge.

  Odafin Tutuola : So what do you want to do?

• Linda Wilson : He had a fever. Um... they said all he needed was fluids, some antibiotics. We didn't think anything of it.

  Frank Wilson : Then his blood pressure started dropping. They rushed him to intensive care, but... they said it was an infection.

  Olivia Benson : We are so sorry for your loss.

  Frank Wilson : Someone needs to pay for this.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We'll be charging Kyle Turner with manslaughter.

  Frank Wilson : Go ahead, charge Kyle. But it's his sick son of a bitch father you should really be after.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : How do you mean?

  Frank Wilson : Jim got into Kyle's head, turned him into a bully. I've seen what he did to the older one, too. Who knows how long Mark has before that lunatic starts in on him?

  Olivia Benson : You've witnessed abuse?

  Frank Wilson : He's always berating, pushing, grabbing.

  Olivia Benson : Have you ever seen him hit Kyle?

  Frank Wilson : I didn't have to. With guys like him, you can tell. I didn't think it was my business, but all that pressure and rage... it was only a matter of time. If you ask me, his father is just as responsible as Kyle is for my son's death.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : We've got TARU, our tech experts, retrieving the audio from this video. Pretty soon, we're gonna know exactly what your dad said to you.

  Olivia Benson : If he told you to hurt Jack...

  Kyle Turner : He didn't.

  Attorney Ryan Egan : You're sure about that?

  Kyle Turner : Yes.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Listen, Kyle, Jack is dead. And somebody's gotta be held responsible for that.

  Attorney Ryan Egan : He answered the question, Detective.

  Adam Turner : Just tell them the truth, for god's sake!

  Helen Turner : Adam, stop!

  Adam Turner : But, mom! I... I mean...

  Helen Turner : Kyle will be fine. Everything is going to be okay.

  Olivia Benson : Mrs. Turner, everything will not be okay. That ship sailed once Jack stopped breathing. If you wanna help your son, have him tell the truth.

• Adam Turner : This is crap. My brother's going to jail. Right? Look, why aren't you guys trying to help him?

  Olivia Benson : With Jack dead, the only thing that's gonna move the needle on this is Kyle testifying that your father told him to assault Jack.

  Adam Turner : Listen, he won't do it. Okay? My... my dad, has just got him all twisted up.

  Olivia Benson : Then help us. Help us change his mind.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : You know something, Kyle? When I first saw Jack laid up in that hospital, I was pretty upset. I was angry at who did it. Because right away, Jack reminded me of... of me. You see, I was the scrawny kid way back when. Guys in the neighborhood, they used to pick on me every day. The worst was this... this kid, Bobby Bianchi. One day when we were at school, he grabbed me by the hair and he... he shoved my face through a plate glass window.

  Kyle Turner : Must have hurt.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I was bleeding, I was all cut up. The principal asked what happened. Now, I could have put an end to it. Right there. All I had do was say Bobby's name. But I didn't. Because I didn't want Bobby to get into trouble.

  Kyle Turner : He got away with it?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : That's right. Nobody ever knew what happened. You know where Bobby is now? He's in Sing Sing for stabbing some poor sap to death during a bar fight. And I always think "What if I would have said something? What if I just would have said something? Maybe... that guy would still be alive." I missed my shot, Kyle. Not a day goes by that I don't regret it. But this is your shot. Right now.

  Olivia Benson : And if not for you, Kyle, do it for your little brother. Because what happens when he gets older and you're not around to look after him? Hmm? You ever think about that? Look, if you're willing to talk to the judge, we can get this case sent back to family court, and you will get a reduced charge. Which means do less time.

  Kyle Turner : Okay. I'll do it.

• [last lines] 

  Amanda Rollins : A few years in juvie is a lot better than ten in state prison.

  Olivia Benson : Small victories, I guess.

  Amanda Rollins : And Liv... we got that father out of the house.

  Olivia Benson : Thirteen years too late.