Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Assumptions (2019)

Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson

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• Nahla Nasar : Everybody in New York despises me or thinks I'm a liar. My family is gonna be in that courtroom. I could lose them, my job... I don't know if this is worth it.

  Olivia Benson : You were raped, Nahla, and you deserve justice, no matter how many mistakes you made along the way.

  Nahla Nasar : But people have lost faith in me.

  Olivia Benson : Because they don't know you. And this is your chance to tell them who you are, to tell them your truth. You can do this and I'm gonna be right behind you.

• William Dodds : She was set up by Jews?

  Olivia Benson : That's what she told my detectives.

  William Dodds : Jesus.

  Olivia Benson : And an eyewitness saw two boys fleeing the scene, one wearing a MAGA hat.

  William Dodds : [dryly]  It gets better and better.

• William Dodds : Fasten your seat belts. We haven't even discussed Rob Miller yet. You heard?

  Olivia Benson : That he's out on bail? Yes, and I... I would've appreciated a heads-up.

  William Dodds : I only saw it on the news myself.

• Olivia Benson : So what are we looking at?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, we have motive. We have opportunity. Their social media pages are filled with anti-Nahla Nasar posts.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : None advocating violence. They're straight-A students. They got no records.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, is there any other evidence?

  Amanda Rollins : Nothing on security cams. No DNA recovered from Nahla's kit.

  Olivia Benson : [seeing Fin in the doorway]  Where are you in all this?

  Odafin Tutuola : I see racism all around.

• Olivia Benson : So Ari and Michael were protesting outside of Nahla's office that afternoon and neglected to mention it?

  Odafin Tutuola : They said they thought it'd make them look guilty.

  Olivia Benson : It does.

• Noah Porter-Benson : I want spaghetti.

  Olivia Benson : You always want spaghetti.

  Noah Porter-Benson : I like spaghetti.

  [Benson sighs] 

  Noah Porter-Benson : Should I order something else?

  Olivia Benson : No, honey, you have whatever makes you happy.

• Olivia Benson : Rob Miller's attorney served me with a subpoena last night. At home.

  William Dodds : He's trying to intimidate you.

  Olivia Benson : Trying? He's already had a state trooper pull me over with Noah in the car. Nikki Staines is terrified. She won't testify. He raped her and he's gonna get away with it.

  William Dodds : Let me worry about Rob Miller. Right now, the mayor needs to know we're making progress with Nahla Nasar.

  Olivia Benson : We're working on it.

  William Dodds : Work faster.

• Amanda Rollins : [about Nahla]  So she's gay and an observant Muslim.

  Olivia Benson : Why can't she be both?

  Amanda Rollins : Fine. Just don't run for office and lie about who you are.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, this is not just political. Growing up unconventional in a devout family, that's gonna be tough in any religion.

  Odafin Tutuola : If we were in Iraq, they'd throw her off a roof.

• Olivia Benson : [to Nahla]  Okay, you told my detectives that you were set up. Why were you in the synagogue?

  Nahla Nasar : I was lured there.

  Olivia Benson : By who?

  Nahla Nasar : By a man pretending to want peace. I was lied to by a Zionist.

• Nahla Nasar : I think I see where this is going. Are you suggesting that I am lying about my sexual assault?

  Olivia Benson : Absolutely not.

  Peter Stone : You couldn't describe your attacker. Your rape kit was inconclusive.

  Nahla Nasar : This is an outrageous accusation. I'm wondering if my headscarf has something to do with it.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, let's... let's not go there, because that's just not true. Now, what would help clear this up is if you would give our techs access to your phone records.

  Nahla Nasar : I will do no such thing. I thought the days of police calling rape victims liars were over. I guess I was mistaken.

• Olivia Benson : How is Ms. Nasar?

  Amanda Rollins : She's being treated for a concussion, and they're doing a rape kit.

  William Dodds : Do we have any idea why she was in that synagogue?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, not yet, but her chief of staff just got here. Her name is Aida Galanis.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so find out what she knows.

  William Dodds : And ask her not to make any statements to the press. We don't need this to blow up any more than it already has.