Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Savior (2010)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : Gladys wants to use heroic measures to save her baby.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : I don't blame her. Whatever happened to "First, do no harm"?

  Olivia Benson : What if keeping her alive does more harm than good?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : If you had kids, you wouldn't be asking that question.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, so just because I'm not a mother, I don't care about this baby?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : That's not what I meant.

  Olivia Benson : Elliot, what if little Eli was going to die? Or he was so disabled that he would have to have round-the-clock care for the rest of his life?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : I wouldn't play God.

  Olivia Benson : Then don't play doctor, either.

• Alexandra Cabot : Listen, I need Gladys to testify.

  Olivia Benson : Alex, her baby is barely alive. I doubt she's going to leave the hospital.

  Alexandra Cabot : I'm not putting that psychopath back on the streets and neither are you.

  Olivia Benson : What do you expect me to do?

  Alexandra Cabot : Arrest her for prostitution.

  Olivia Benson : You're serious.

  Alexandra Cabot : Cuff her to the crib. Do whatever it takes to keep her from running. I'll cut her loose after the hearing.

  Olivia Benson : What if her little girl gets even sicker while she's in court? What if Gladys has to make a decision and she can't get back to the hospital?

  Alexandra Cabot : What if Gladys doesn't testify and Billy Skags murders another young girl?

• Marmalade : [to Gladys]  Cops don't give a damn about you, Sunshine. So shut your mouth!

  Olivia Benson : You need to shut yours before I put my fist through it.

  Marmalade : I like a feisty bitch.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, then you're going to like being one when I throw you in the slammer.

• John Buchanan : [to Gladys]  Don't worry, young lady. I don't think they'll arrest you.

  Gladys Dalton : Why would they arrest me?

  John Buchanan : Well, you are a prostitute.

  Gladys Dalton : Is he telling the truth? Are you going to arrest me?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : No.

  Olivia Benson : No, Gladys, we just need you to identify the man that tried to kill you.

  John Buchanan : The police lie, Gladys, all the time.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : One more word, I'll collar you for intimidating a witness. One more word.

• Olivia Benson : Gladys, I need your help. I need you to testify against Billy Skags.

  Gladys Dalton : What? I'm not leaving my baby.

  Olivia Benson : Gladys, if you don't, I have to arrest you for prostitution.

  Gladys Dalton : I'm not going anywhere.

  Olivia Benson : Gladys, please don't make me do this.

  Gladys Dalton : Go to hell.

• Gladys Dalton : [to Olivia]  Back there in court, everything that lawyer said about me is true.

  Olivia Benson : You've turned a page on that. That's behind you now.

  Gladys Dalton : It will never be behind me. What am I supposed to tell my baby when she grows up?

  Olivia Benson : Gladys, you love your little girl and that's all that matters. And if you make the right decision for her now, she'll understand.

• Olivia Benson : [to Gladys]  There are recovery houses, and I could take you to one. You'll have a safe place to live, get counseling, get a GED. You could have a better life.

  Gladys Dalton : That's what he said.

  Olivia Benson : Marmalade? What, did he follow you home from school?

• Marmalade : [When Marmalade is questioned by the detectives for having an underaged prostitute]  I don't know her and if you ask her, she's going to say she don't know me.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, one of them is going to talk and your sweet jelly is going to spread all over prison.

• Olivia Benson : [to Shawna about Gladys]  Did you kick a pregnant girl out on the street?

  Shawna Grant : I gave her every chance at a normal life.

  Olivia Benson : You gave her a lousy sofa to sleep on as long as she could pay your rent.

  Shawna Grant : Look, I got two kids of my own, all right? And disability doesn't make ends meet. How am I supposed to pay for her and a baby?

  Olivia Benson : Not by abandoning her.

  Shawna Grant : Look, that girl makes her own decisions, all right? And she started when she got in that pimp's car.

  Olivia Benson : She was only 12 years old. Once she met him, that's the last decision she ever made on her own. Have you ever heard of breaking a bitch? That's what pimps do to young girls. Make them so dependent that they never have a chance. Shawna, Gladys has one now. Here with you, but only if you help her.

• Olivia Benson : [to Dr. Frantz]  How is Gladys?

  Dr. Frantz : She had a grand mal seizure. Most likely brought on by pre-eclampsia with brain edema.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : In English, Doc?

  Dr. Frantz : Her blood pressure was dangerously high, so I had to do a crash C-section, but Gladys is going to be okay.

  Olivia Benson : What about the baby?

  Dr. Frantz : Four months early, barely weighs a pound. She has respiratory problems, necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhaging. Bottom line, at the very least, she's going to need multiple surgeries and months of care in the NlCU.

  Olivia Benson : So what are her chances? Seriously.

  Dr. Frantz : Babies born any earlier, we usually place in the hospice. This one, I'd say anywhere between 17 and 40%.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Still worth it.

  Dr. Frantz : I don't know if l'd necessarily agree with you.

  Olivia Benson : You think heroic measures shouldn't be taken.

  Dr. Frantz : I think withholding treatment is an option.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : It's not an option. It's murder.

  Dr. Frantz : And pouring thousands, if not millions, of dollars into saving a baby who will be blind with cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation, you think that's what's best for her?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : You cannot say for sure that this baby will not live a normal life.

  Dr. Frantz : No one can, but the odds are very small.

• Olivia Benson : Gladys, you can't ignore the fact that you're pregnant.

  Gladys Dalton : I'm not ignoring it anymore. I have an appointment at the clinic tomorrow and I'm taking my vitamins. You know, I don't think I've ever been this excited about anything.

  Olivia Benson : But you understand that if you decide to keep the baby, you're going to have to make some big changes in your life.

  Gladys Dalton : What are you talking about? Of course, I'm keeping my baby.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, if you change your mind, there are organizations that can help with adoption.

  Gladys Dalton : I won't change my mind. Look, I want a new life and this is my way to get it.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Gladys, you're giving life to the baby. It's not the other way around.