Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Dependent (2007)
Robert John Burke: IAB Sergeant Ed Tucker
Quotes
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Ed Tucker : [to Stabler] You know you can have your union delegate or attorney present.
Elliot Stabler : I don't need them. I didn't do anything wrong.
Ed Tucker : Then why is a 19-year-old boy dead?
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Ed Tucker : [to Stabler] Ten people saw you beat Ryan. I think you chased him. I think your adrenaline was pumping. He started throwing punches at you and you lost control.
Elliot Stabler : You're wrong.
Ed Tucker : You really should control your temper, Detective.
Elliot Stabler : What I did, I did in self-defense. I chased a perp. He attacked me. I knocked him down. I cuffed him.
Ed Tucker : Save it, Detective. I can't risk having a cop with your anger issues out on the street. As of right now, you're on suspension.
Elliot Stabler : I'm not a killer.
Ed Tucker : We'll let the medical examiner be the judge of that.
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Ed Tucker : [to Olivia] How long have you worked with Detective Stabler?
Olivia Benson : Eight years.
Ed Tucker : During your relationship, you've seen Detective Stabler in dangerous and stressful situations.
Olivia Benson : Yes.
Ed Tucker : How would you characterize his behavior?
Olivia Benson : Always professional.
Ed Tucker : So you support his actions and you defend his decisions?
Olivia Benson : Yes.
Ed Tucker : Even when he shot an unarmed suspect during a chase?
Olivia Benson : The suspect waved an unloaded weapon. That was suicide by cop.
Ed Tucker : Well, how about when he tricked Dr. Huang into administering Haldol to a suspect?
Olivia Benson : It was the only way to find a kidnapped child.
Ed Tucker : Detective Stabler once held a man underwater and nearly drowned him, didn't he?
Olivia Benson : He was trying to save a little girl from a pedophile.
Ed Tucker : And so that justifies attempted murder?
Olivia Benson : We work special victims. Molested kids, rape victims, the elderly. We do what we have to do to nail the perp.
Ed Tucker : Like impersonating a pedophile, kidnapping a girl, then almost killing the suspect?
Olivia Benson : He's saved countless girls by getting a violent predator off the streets.
Ed Tucker : Well, who was he saving when he almost beat his ex-partner to death in a bathroom?
Olivia Benson : He saved that cop's son from committing suicide and Elliot went into counseling after that.
Ed Tucker : Detective Stabler has a long history of violent behavior. You sure you want to keep defending his actions?
Olivia Benson : My partner is not a killer.