Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 15

Benson:
[to Lewis] My partner, my squad, the entire department will hunt you down. You think that you've put people through hell. It will rain back down on you.

Lewis:
You know what? Let it rain.

Benson:
My old partner, he'd know what to do. He wouldn't question himself after what you've done. He would kick your teeth in, break your legs, break your arms, break your back, break your face.

Captain Cragen:
Munch put in his papers.

Benson:
What?! No, he didn't.

Captain Cragen:
Yeah. The Mehcad Carter case hit him pretty hard. Liv. It's okay, Liv. Nothing changes, except what has to.

[Benson gets called into a case during Munch's retirement party]

Munch:
Ladies and gentlemen, Olivia Benson, the Mother Teresa of SVU. Was it something I said?

Benson:
[laughing] No, John, it was everything you said.

[last line; Munch gets one last phone call]

Munch:
[picks up] Homicide. [pause] I mean, SVU. Hold on. I'll get you a detective.

[he puts the phone on hold, grabs his box, and leaves the office]

Admiral Albers:
[after Amelia's rapists are convicted] Amelia, I'm proud of you. Coming forward, you had more guts than any of them.

Dr. Warner:
After sex, most men feel the urge to urinate, which clears the urethra. He didn't get the chance. And the amount of fluid is consistent with his having ejaculated very recently.

Fin:
Melinda, English?

Dr. Warner:
He came, and then he went.

[the squad trades work horror stories over dinner]

Dr. Warner:
So, it turns out she is lesbian. He is transgender. And we found the murder weapon lodged in his anal canal

Benson:
Hey, try the hot soppressata.

Fin:
My favorite is still the sherling we found humping that passed out vic. [the others laugh] And he tells me, "I though she was dead." Turns out he just a little co-fetish.

Benson:
Hey guys, uhm, maybe we don't talk shop?

Captain Cragen:
I didn't want to announce this until Nick's situation got resolved, but it's done, and so am I. I'm leavin'.

Rollins:
What? Now?!

Amaro:
Hey, is this part of the deal? Was this their pound of flesh? Because if it is...

Captain Cragen:
No, no, no. No. This is my call.

Fin:
Where you gonna go, Cap'n?

Captain Cragen:
Around the world, actually. Eileen has 2 tickets for a 6-month cruise, and I have enough accrued leave to take me through my mandatory retirement date. If I stay, I make less than if I leave.

Rollins:
Cap, cruise. Okay. If anyone's earned it.

Captain Cragen:
I'm proud of my time here. And I'm honored and grateful to have worked with the finest unit of detectives I've ever known. Nick, you're gonna get through all this. You're too good a cop and too good a man not to. Amanda, I was never sorry that I brought you up from Atlanta. I would do it again. And, Fin, what can I say? For a guy who never should've been an SVU detective, you're okay.

Fin:
Right back at you, Captain. Nobody could ever take your place.

Captain Cragen:
Well, for the meantime, Detective Benson will. She's ready. Now, it's not easy going from player to coach, so don't bust her chops. [to Benson] But if they do, you bust 'em right back.

[everyone else in the squad room applauds]

[Cragen clears out his office; Benson enters]

Benson:
We should throw you a party.

Cragen:
I don't like parties. This is good. Um, word of advice?

Benson:
Oh, please! [laughs]

Cragen:
I gave my whole life to NYPD, and I forgot to live my own. Me and Eileen, it's a Hail Mary. It's a shot at happiness. You know, people used to say this to me all the time, and I never understood what they meant. But take care of yourself. You deserve it.

[he and Benson share an embrace]

Cragen:
Oh, and, Olivia,... Do somethin' with the place, will ya?

Jimmy:
I'll give you my source's name. You might want to write it down, though, because it's a funny name: it's spelled G-O-F-U...

Benson:
Okay, I got it.

Jimmy:
I'm 55 years old, my profession is dying, my credit cards are maxed out from putting two kids through college, and I've never felt better in my life.

Strauss:
Lt. Murphy, what is the important thing you want the grand jury to hear?

Lt. Murphy:
I know for a fact that Sergeant Benson's televised confession was not true. I know, because I ordered her to make the so-called confession. She did not commit police brutality, nor did she perjure herself. It was a gambit. A police tactic to lure the weasel out just enough so we could get him.

Strauss:
Thank you, Lt. Murphy.

Lt. Murphy:
I don't even know why we're here! Sergeant Benson performed an act of extraordinary bravery. She singlehandedly confronted a career sociopath who raped and tortured elderly women, little girls. He killed cops and innocent civilians. You've heard days of testimony regarding the sergeant's actions, but has the prosecutor discussed Lewis' conduct at all?

Strauss:
Lt. Murphy!

Lt. Murphy:
His history of barbarism? Lewis spent his entire life sadistically inflicting his power over people! Thanks to Sergeant Benson, he's where he should be! William Lewis will never hurt anyone ever again, unless you allow him to exert his power over you.

[Benson has been cleared]

Lt. Murphy:
It was the truth that will set you free.

Benson:
That's not what I heard.

Lt. Murphy:
Well, there are little truths, and there is the larger truth. I told the larger one.