Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 3

Stabler:
[about Hawkins' style] I just don't like grand-standers.

Hawk:
I thought you were going to say grandfathers. That was a tough one to lose.

Stabler:
[angrily] That jury sent him home to rape that kid all over again.

Hawk:
Did you make your case?

Stabler:
I had him nailed.

Hawk:
Then you did your job.

Stabler:
[snorts] That's not good enough anymore.

Hawk:
Well it has to be, 'cause that's all there is.

Stabler:
I told that little girl that everything was going to be okay.

Hawk:
And I told the parents of Roger's victims that he'd rot in prison.

Stabler:
Well at least you put him away for 18.

Hawk:
Yeah, well, at least you gave that little girl a few days' peace. We never win this war, Elliot.

Stabler [sighs] Just so tired of losing.