Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Dependent (2007)

BD Wong: Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.

Quotes 

• Dr. George Huang : [to Novak]  Charlotte and her mother had a combative relationship that turned physically violent well before the murder. Charlotte's frustration and anger combined with the drugs were a lethal combination.

  Casey Novak : So is she culpable for the killing?

  Dr. George Huang : Yes. Well, the drugs may have lowered her inhibition, but the latent rage was all ready present.

  Casey Novak : So Sidney doesn't have a case.

  Dr. George Huang : Well, his best shot is to argue that she's a drug addict who wasn't responsible for her actions.

  Casey Novak : She could look pretty sympathetic to a jury. She's young and attractive. Her parents ignored her and her boyfriend got her hooked on drugs.

  Dr. George Huang : But she learned how to use violence to solve her problems. She hit her mother, she got what she wanted. Murder is the logical extension of that learned behavior.