Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 8 Episode 11

Elliot Stabler: You said he was escalating, you were right.
Olivia Benson: You think that's what I want to hear? He set her on fire, Elliot. Who could have anticipated that?
Elliot Stabler: If I had listened to you, we could have prevented this.
Olivia Benson: How?
Elliot Stabler: Have Novak push for remand, get a blue and white on him. Anything but make excuses for the guy.
Olivia Benson: Miles Sennet chose gasoline and a match, not you. He didn't just want her to kill her, he wanted her to suffer.
Elliot Stabler: He said he wanted her dead. I just wasn't listening.
Olivia Benson: Well, you weren't the only one in that room. I was there, too.

Olivia Benson: You hungry?
Elliot Stabler: I could go for a bite. Who's buying?
Olivia Benson: Well you are going through a divorce, and you do have four children, so I guess … you are.
Elliot Stabler: That's what I thought.

Kathy Stabler: (to Benson about Stabler) You're his partner. You give him stability. Elliot can't move on until he feels like he's on solid ground.

Elliot Stabler: ... I'm the longest relationship you've ever had with a man. You've no idea how bad things can get when a couple goes south.
Olivia Benson: And eight years in this unit tells me that I don't need to be married to know when an abusive man is escalating.

Miles Sennet: (as Benson arrests him) I swear I didn't touch her ...
Olivia Benson: Swear on what? The Bible? God? Your daughter? You have the right to keep your mouth shut.

Olivia Benson: So, are we okay?
Elliot Stabler: I just need space to disagree with you so that I don't feel like it's going to cost me our partnership.
Olivia Benson: You never been gun-shy before.
Elliot Stabler: Yeah, well, you know, things change.
Olivia Benson: Well, like you said, you're the longest relationship that I've ever had with a man. Who else would put up with me?

Casey Novak: Valerie Sennet says she was raped, her husband admits to assaulting her, and there's evidence of intercourse.
Elliot Stabler: Maybe she had sex with someone else. This is a hostile divorce ... crying rape is a pretty efficient way to get rid of an unwanted husband.
Casey Novak: When did you start working for the defense?
Elliot Stabler: The moment you were more interested in an easy close than the truth.
Casey Novak: My only interest is in being an advocate for rape victims. Now I thought that's what we do here.
Donald Cragen: We all do.

Elliot Stabler: It's our job to believe the victim, your honor.
Judge Harrison: I work in family court, and it's my job to believe whoever's lying the least.

Olivia Benson: Valerie Sennet has no reason to lie!
Judge Harrison: Sure, she does, for the spoils of war. Accuse the husband of abuse and tip the balance in your favor ...

Olivia Benson: Miles! (gunshots are heard)
Miles Sennet: Ah! Oh ...
Olivia Benson: Your ribs will probably hurt. Plastic bullets will do that to you.

Olivia Benson: Kathy. What's this about?
Kathy Stabler: I just want to know how everything is going?
Olivia Benson: With Elliot?
Kathy Stabler: He's what we have in common.

(Talking to Cragen about Benson and Stabler.)
Casey Novak: I thought you said they were working it out?

(While arresting Miles Sennet.)
Olivia Benson: You have a problem?
Elliot Stabler: Just nice to see someone else with an anger issue.
Olivia Benson: You want to read him his rights?
Elliot Stabler: No. He's all yours.