Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Down Low in Hell's Kitchen (2019)

Zuleikha Robinson: Vanessa Hadid

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• Deputy Chief Christian Garland : [about Mathis]  What the hell is this kid thinking?

  Amanda Rollins : He was gonna be outed. He was getting in front of it.

  Odafin Tutuola : He figured he could get more sympathy as a victim.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Not from me. I want him in cuffs.

  Olivia Benson : But Chief, our other actual victims are afraid. So we go after Mathis, then nobody comes forward.

  Vanessa Hadid : It's too late for that. If your other victims had been willing to testify in the first place, we wouldn't be here.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, Ms. Hadid, you're new to SVU. We don't blame victims here. Human sexuality and criminal behavior are a hell of a lot different than securities fraud.

  Vanessa Hadid : Thank you, Captain. What I do know, the longer this stays in the news cycle, the longer we're standing here with our junk in our hands.

  Olivia Benson : Excuse me?

  Vanessa Hadid : Oh, I'm sorry. Egg on our faces?

  Olivia Benson : Ms. Hadid, you're the one who pushed Carisi in the first place.

  Dominick Carisi : Listen, all due respect, but this feels like a circular firing squad. All Captain Benson is saying is that we have an obligation to make this case, and Ms. Hadid is just reminding us that the clock is ticking, quickly and loudly.

  Vanessa Hadid : The clock isn't ticking, Counselor. It's blown up.

• Vanessa Hadid : What do we have?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, four victims, all assaulted after leaving bars in Hell's Kitchen. The perp knows the neighborhood. He surprises all his vics in isolated, scaffolded areas.

  Odafin Tutuola : All tased and assaulted with a bottle.

  Vanessa Hadid : And this hasn't gone to the grand jury why?

  Olivia Benson : Because these victims won't testify.

  Vanessa Hadid : They'll testify if we subpoena them.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Uh, counselor, these men lead double lives that we ought not force them to reveal. They are helping us to find the pattern.

• Olivia Benson : So, Mathis is the only one who saw his assailants come forward. The other three only remember a tense interaction with a big, red-haired man at their bars.

  Amanda Rollins : And this is who they saw. That's Mathis' sketch.

  Vanessa Hadid : You've noticed the sketches diverge?

  Odafin Tutuola : The M.O. is different, too. Mathis saw the guy. He also heard him say gay and racist slurs.

  Amanda Rollins : Which could be our perp escalating or devolving...

  Olivia Benson : Or both.

  Amanda Rollins : Right.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Yeah, we can't have another assault. Today's Tuesday. We flood the zone tonight.

  Olivia Benson : Chief, I don't have the manpower.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Well, you will now. I'll borrow UCs from from Street Crimes for every bar on the list.

  Dominick Carisi : Black UCs that read as upper middle class, late 30s, sophisticated?

  Olivia Benson : Not a lot of these in Street Crime.

  Odafin Tutuola : You know what, Chief? Don't take this the wrong way, but you're his type.

• Dominick Carisi : The detective told me that she'd never had a victim ask that before.

  Vanessa Hadid : Okay, he was nervous. Cross-racial IDs are always difficult. We caught Moran with a stun gun.

  Dominick Carisi : But none of the other victims have agreed to testify. That puts Mathis front and center. Moran's got an alibi for Friday night. He said he was at a Mets game with his ex-girlfriend.

  Vanessa Hadid : An ex-con's ex-girlfriend. I think you'll find a way to deal with that.

  Dominick Carisi : Ms. Hadid, you warned me that D'Angelo finds holes.

  Vanessa Hadid : So fill them up after the arraignment. The press knows we have a suspect. This train's left the station.

• Odafin Tutuola : He really believes it now.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : You mean he's doubling down.

  Dominick Carisi : Yeah, you gotta give him credit for that copycat theory.

  Olivia Benson : I think it's more likely that he's the one who copied the crime. He's heard about these other assaults. He piggybacked.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : So we grill him until he admits it.

  Odafin Tutuola : That's not gonna happen.

  Vanessa Hadid : Can we at least agree that he didn't tase himself?

  Olivia Benson : That's a good point. So let's talk to Aygon. He bought the stun gun. Ask him why.

• Dominick Carisi : Moran was released from Greenhaven four months ago after a three-year bid on assault. He's got a rap sheet going back to his childhood.

  Vanessa Hadid : Sexual assaults or hate crimes?

  Olivia Benson : Neither, but he fits the profile.

  Dominick Carisi : And he obviously has a problem with gays and blacks. We caught him following Garland with a stun gun in his hand and a bottle in his pocket.

  Vanessa Hadid : I know the attorney. He'll find the holes. Call the victims and do a lineup.

  Olivia Benson : Well, the first three can only put him at the bar. They didn't see their assailant.

  Vanessa Hadid : But Mathis did? Bring him in.