Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Gone Baby Gone (2018)

Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson

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• Rafael Barba : Hey. How you doing?

  Olivia Benson : You know, I honestly don't know how to answer that. I stay up all night watching him. If I hear a sound, I'm up. We went to the, uh, corner fruit stand and this woman said that Noah was cute, and I practically bit her head off. But you didn't come over to, uh, listen to me talk about that.

  Rafael Barba : I came here to talk to my friend about whatever she wants to talk about. She gonna ask me in?

  Olivia Benson : [stepping aside]  Of course.

• Olivia Benson : I should have seen this coming. As a cop, as a mother, should have seen this coming.

  Rafael Barba : Well, you...

  Olivia Benson : What?

  Rafael Barba : Nothing.

  Olivia Benson : You can't punch me harder than I've already punched myself, believe me.

  Rafael Barba : Maybe you wanted this Sheila thing to work out too much. Look, maybe all you just wanted was a family.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah. What was I thinking?

  Rafael Barba : That's... why I shouldn't have said anything.

• Olivia Benson : [her phone rings]  Hey, Sheila. What? When? Don't move.

  [hanging up] 

  Olivia Benson : The closest precinct to the Mall of Manhattan. I need an answer.

  Amanda Rollins : Midtown South.

  Olivia Benson : [running to her office]  Okay, I need all available, ASAP. Missing kid!

  Odafin Tutuola : [she grabs her coat and runs out]  You okay, Liv?

  Olivia Benson : No, I'm not. It's Noah.

  Odafin Tutuola : I'll drive.

• Olivia Benson : Where's Noah, Sheila?

  Sheila Porter : What do you think? He's sleeping.

  Olivia Benson : I just want to see him.

  Sheila Porter : No. No.

  Olivia Benson : I'm his mother, Sheila.

  Sheila Porter : Why? 'Cause a judge signed a piece of paper? That doesn't make you his mother.

  Olivia Benson : Actually... actually, Sheila, it does.

• Olivia Benson : Well, I am about ready to go home. How about you?

  Noah : You and Grandma Sheila were fighting.

  Olivia Benson : Yes, Noah, we were fighting.

  Noah : Is she bad?

  Olivia Benson : Noah, Grandma Sheila is a good person who... who did a really bad thing. Can you understand that?

  Noah : Will she be okay?

  Olivia Benson : I hope so. But you know what?

  Noah : What?

  Olivia Benson : Aunt Amanda and Uncle Sonny are gonna drive us home, and I'll bet that we can go get pancakes if you like.

  [kissing him] 

  Olivia Benson : I love you, so much. So much.

• Matt Wyatt : She notified security at 10:15 a.m.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, that's thirty minutes ago, so you have this entire place on lockdown?

  Matt Wyatt : We have the main exits.

  Olivia Benson : No, sir, that's not good enough. I need a guard at every single access point, now.

  Matt Wyatt : I know, he's probably hiding under a clothes rack or sneaked off to a toy store.

  Olivia Benson : No, sir, that's not my son.

  Matt Wyatt : We've got six floors here.

  Olivia Benson : And I don't care if you have sixty. You lock it down, all of it, now.

• Amanda Rollins : I've checked two toy shops and a candy store.

  Olivia Benson : Amanda, he wouldn't wander off. Somebody took him.

• Rafael Barba : Liv.

  Olivia Benson : [passing by]  Please don't tell me that it's gonna be okay.

  Rafael Barba : Could this have anything to do with the job?

  Amanda Rollins : The question's not if there are threats. It's... it's which ones to take seriously, and her time on this job... it's a lot of grudges.

  Rafael Barba : Jesus.

• Olivia Benson : Do you know how many times I've told parents to stay calm? You don't know how ridiculous that is until it happens to you.

  Rafael Barba : I don't know what to do. Um... do you want some coffee? Do you...

  Olivia Benson : [breaking down sobbing]  I just want my son!

  Rafael Barba : [holding her to comfort her]  Okay. Hey, hey, hey.

  Olivia Benson : All I can think of is tonight is spaghetti night. Noah loves spaghetti night.

  Rafael Barba : [handing her a handkerchief]  Come here. Here.

  Olivia Benson : They tossed his jacket, and they put a different sweatshirt on him, one that fit. They planned this, Rafa. It wasn't some random freak. Somebody specifically targeted my son.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Sheila's gone dark. The last call she made was this morning. TARU's tracking her cell phone, but it looks like she turned it off.

  Olivia Benson : Credit cards?

  Amanda Rollins : Nothing since yesterday. A Chinese restaurant around the corner from her house at about 1:12 p.m.

  Odafin Tutuola : [hanging up his phone]  Okay, she emptied her bank account. Couple hundred thousand in the last two weeks.

  Amanda Rollins : Derry, New Hampshire police checked out her house. It's empty. Doesn't look like it's been lived in for a while, and utilities were shut off three months ago.

  Olivia Benson : That's when she showed up here.

  Amanda Rollins : Local cops are sitting on the house in case she shows up.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, what about a car?

  Amanda Rollins : The only one registered to her name is sitting in her garage in Derry.

  Olivia Benson : Check rentals, all three airports.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We notified state police.

  Olivia Benson : [sarcastic]  Yeah, great. Which state?

• Sheila Porter : He is my blood. He is my family. He will never be a part of you the way he is a part of me.

  Olivia Benson : Blood isn't the only thing that makes families, Sheila. Legally... Noah is my son.

  Sheila Porter : The law says that I would have received notice. If you followed the law, we wouldn't even be here.

  Olivia Benson : Sheila... Sheila... I am the only mother that he knows. Sheila, listen to me. Have you... have you thought about... do you realize what this would do to him?

  Sheila Porter : He... he is a smart boy. He'll adapt, and this is a much better place for him. There's fresh air. He can play in the woods. This is how you raise a boy. Better than that filthy, dirty city. And you? You're at work all the time. I will be here for him.

  Olivia Benson : I am here for him. Come on, Sheila. You know me. I won't let that happen.

• Amanda Rollins : Yeah, Liv? It's me. Listen, are you sure Noah wasn't wearing a blue shirt?

  Olivia Benson : Yes, yes. Why? What is it?

  Amanda Rollins : Because security cams have him in a blue hoodie.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on.

  [to Sheila] 

  Sheila Porter : Sheila, are you sure that he was wearing a black shirt under the green jacket?

  Sheila Porter : Positive

  Olivia Benson : You're sure that it wasn't a blue hoodie?

  Sheila Porter : No, he was in a black long-sleeved shirt.

  Olivia Benson : [to Rollins]  Okay, no, it was black.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, I... I heard. So the guy must have brought it with him. Liv, this wasn't spontaneous.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, what... but what guy?

  Amanda Rollins : I'll... I'll send you a screenshot.

• Amanda Rollins : Yeah, yeah, we got the car. It's... it's abandoned.

  Olivia Benson : Are you canvassing?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, we're running the VIN, and we've got local cops...

  Olivia Benson : No, no, no. I want you to do it.

  Amanda Rollins : The thing is, Liv, it's... the car is parked at a bus station.

  Olivia Benson : I want to know everything as soon as you know it. Do you understand me?

• Sheila Porter : What if he hurts Noah?

  Olivia Benson : You can't... you can't think like that.

  Sheila Porter : I know, but...

  Olivia Benson : Sheila, we're gonna get him back.

  Sheila Porter : Oh, he could be anywhere right now. I've been through this. I know the odds of finding a child.

  Olivia Benson : This is different, Sheila.

  Sheila Porter : No, it's not.

  Olivia Benson : Ellie didn't want to be found, Sheila.

  [realizing she's overstepped] 

  Olivia Benson : I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. I'm scared out of my mind. That's all.

  Sheila Porter : You don't have to be sorry for anything. You cry and you scream. You're... as a mother, you're entitled.

• Olivia Benson : How stupid am I?

  Odafin Tutuola : There's still clothes in the closet and stuff in the bathroom.

  Olivia Benson : I gave her my kid.

  Odafin Tutuola : She may be coming back, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : She's not coming back.

  Odafin Tutuola : Glass hall full, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : That has nothing to do with it. She took the only thing that mattered to her. She took the photo of Ellie. She's never coming back.

• Rafael Barba : Okay, did Sheila mention anybody? Friends, family, in New York?

  Olivia Benson : Don't you think that I've already racked my brain? She knew me and she knew Noah. That's it.

  [a thought strikes her] 

  Olivia Benson : Except for her... her lawyer. Her lawyer. What was her name? Uh... uh, Janet. Susan Janet.

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, Susan Janet. Yeah, I doubt that Sheila told her attorney that she was gonna kidnap your son.

  Olivia Benson : But, I mean, she's from New Hampshire. I doubt she knew any New York lawyers. She testified that... that a private investigator found Noah. Maybe he recommended Janet.

  Rafael Barba : Wait, are you thinking that the PI's the guy in the hoodie?

  Olivia Benson : What else have we got?

  Rafael Barba : [standing to leave]  You stay here.

• Odafin Tutuola : Juan Ortoli, 50 years old, from Derry, New Hampshire. He owns a gardening company.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And he made a $10,00 deposit two weeks ago.

  Amanda Rollins : Does that seem cheap for a kidnapping?

  Olivia Benson : Hold on. Two weeks ago? Noah had his first sleepover at Sheila's two weeks ago. Juan must have been there. That's why... that's why Noah didn't fight back.

  Odafin Tutuola : Tried to trace his phone. No dice. Must be off.

  Olivia Benson : I'll have the Derry PD sit on the house until you guys get there. It's about... it's about a four hour drive.

  Amanda Rollins : It's three if you got a badge.

• Sheila Porter : I'm not a bad person, Olivia. I'm trying to let you go.

  Olivia Benson : I can't do that.

  Sheila Porter : Why? You can just get another little baby. You... you can sign another piece of paper. You can adopt another little boy; a little boy who needs a family. You don't know what this means. You... you can never know.

  Olivia Benson : You're not his mother, Sheila.

  Noah : [entering from his bedroom]  Mommy!

• Olivia Benson : I screwed up, Rafael.

  Rafael Barba : No. This was coordinated, planned, well-executed. Look, there's no way you could have seen this coming, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : You know what the problem is with this job? What good do we really do? I mean, we come in after the fact with a broom and a mop and we clean up the mess. What would really matter, or would... really be special is if, just one time, we could prevent it from hitting the floor.

  Rafael Barba : We prevent the next mess.

• Sheila Porter : I am so sorry, Olivia. I just turned away and he was gone.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, where... where were you?

  Sheila Porter : It was in the store. We were, um, trying on coats, and, uh... and I turned away to get a different one with a hood. It wasn't even ten seconds.

  Olivia Benson : Was he... was he mad?

  Sheila Porter : No, no.

  Olivia Benson : Was he upset?

  Sheila Porter : Of course not.

  Olivia Benson : Well, I'm just trying to figure out what happened, because he doesn't walk away when I'm with him, so what happened? What were you talking about?

  Sheila Porter : I don't know. Something about the... the hood. The hood.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, and you checked the entire store?

  Sheila Porter : Yes, with the manager. He wasn't anywhere. That's when I called you.

• Odafin Tutuola : That was Dodds. All available police resources are open to us.

  Amanda Rollins : [sarcastic, as she leaves]  Oh, that's comforting.

  Odafin Tutuola : And there's more. You're off the case, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : That's not happening.

  Odafin Tutuola : He says you're a victim in this one.

  Olivia Benson : You're damn right I am.

  Odafin Tutuola : He says if you stay involved, you could screw the whole thing up; that's his opinion, not mine. And your job.

  Olivia Benson : You think I give a damn?

  Odafin Tutuola : Mine, too.

  Olivia Benson : Stop, Fin. I'm not leaving. Stop.

• Odafin Tutuola : We got something, Liv. The car seat box had a sticker on it with a barcode. We traced the code to a store called Awesome Baby in Chelsea.

  Olivia Benson : Go. Get somebody there now.

  Odafin Tutuola : Carisi's already moving.

• Olivia Benson : Where is she? Sheila!

  Odafin Tutuola : Said she was going home. She didn't want to bother you.

  Olivia Benson : That's... come on.

  Odafin Tutuola : What happened?

  Olivia Benson : I'll tell you on the way.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Lieutenant, are you okay?

  Olivia Benson : Ah, just a little shaken up.

  Amanda Rollins : Noah?

  Olivia Benson : He's hopefully better than I am. Give me a minute.

• Sheila Porter : What?

  Olivia Benson : They found the car at a bus station.

  Sheila Porter : Oh, god. They could be anywhere.