Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Pathological (2018)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Olivia Benson : There you are.

  Rafael Barba : What are you doing here?

  Olivia Benson : I was in the building, checking in with Dodds. You know I got to come back to work eventually. You okay? I heard Judge Barth read you the riot act.

  Rafael Barba : I deserved it.

  Olivia Benson : Well, whether you deserved it or not, I have absolute faith in your humanity.

• Rafael Barba : [seeing one of Noah's toys in a "prison"]  What's he in for?

  Olivia Benson : Stealing all the ice cream.

  Rafael Barba : I never trusted that elephant.

• Rafael Barba : How long was she online?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : A few hours. And the defense claims that's part of her emotional disturbance?

  Rafael Barba : All it takes is one juror. What else?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, that's it for her Google searches, but she did watch "The Little Mermaid" seven times in three days.

  Rafael Barba : What does that mean?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, her classmate, Cody. The nineteen year old with autism.

  Rafael Barba : We didn't charge him.

  Amanda Rollins : Well, Mariel thought that she was the Little Mermaid, and that Cody was her Prince Eric.

• Odafin Tutuola : We got enough for a case, Barba?

  Rafael Barba : Based on the files you gave me, probably. I need a full medical and psych workup on Mariel. And I need a court order for a full psych eval on Dawn.

  Olivia Benson : How about a confession?

  Rafael Barba : She's been getting away with this for fifteen years. She's good at covering her tracks.

  Olivia Benson : So she knows what she's doing is wrong?

• Olivia Benson : So, what's happening with Dawn McLaughlin?

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, she was arraigned today. Charged with reckless endangerment. The judge RORed her, which was completely against my recommendation.

  Olivia Benson : Rafael. Do you really think this woman belongs behind bars? She's mentally ill, like...

  Rafael Barba : Like Sheila Porter?

  Olivia Benson : Noah keeps asking me to see her. I don't know what to tell him. Just avoid the subject altogether.

  Rafael Barba : Liv, you're going to get throught this. You've gotten through a lot worse.

• Olivia Benson : You did your job, Rafael.

  Rafael Barba : I also might have sent a horrifically abused teenager to prison.

  Olivia Benson : They could acquit. Or you could drop the charges.

  Rafael Barba : I drop the charges, that's tantamount to saying there's no rule of law. That the judicial system changes its mind. Makes exceptions on a whim. Or for sympathetic defendants. Yeah, that's the jury's determination, not mine.

  Olivia Benson : Well, the law says she's guilty. But your heart says she's not. So... so what are you gonna do?

  Rafael Barba : I don't know.

• Rafael Barba : The family court judge gave Mariel a three year sentence. Suspended to probation, community service. With the stipulation of regular mental health evaluations.

  Olivia Benson : So... justice was served.

  Rafael Barba : Hope so.

• Rafael Barba : Aren't you supposed to be on leave?

  Olivia Benson : I am, but I need to be here.

• Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : She fits all the diagnostic criteria for Factitious Disorder, or Munchausen by proxy. There's a cognitive distortion in her thinking. She knows what she's doing is wrong, but she doesn't know why she's doing it. And she certainly can't stop herself.

  Rafael Barba : Is she competent to stand trial?

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : In my opinion, yes. But she's going to need a lot of treatment.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So is Mariel.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : "I was abused, so I'm an abuser"? If her lawyer goes with a psych defense, she could get off.

  Rafael Barba : Just as long as she never gets custody of her daughter again.