One of my favourite things about SVU is the amazing dialogue the charcters have. Here is a selection from season 1.

Narrator: In the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of a elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

(Cragen chews out Olivia for not arresting a woman who then committed suicide.)
Don Cragen: tu just used your Get Out of Jail Free card, Olivia. There’s only one in the pack.

Olivia Benson: Question. Who'd want...

This is my alltime favourite SVU episode. I watched the mostrar before this, but this was the episode that got me hooked on it!

Here are some great frases from the episode - my heartstrings were plucked mercilessly...

John Munch: I hear tu had a date.
Olivia Benson: Yeah. Even had theater tickets.
John Munch: To what?
Olivia Benson: Spamalot.
John Munch: I hear it's funny.

Olivia Benson: (on the phone) Maria, wake up, Maria ... Maria?
Richard Dwyer: Who is this?
Olivia Benson: This is the police. We know exactly where tu are.
Richard Dwyer: No, tu don't.

Don Cragen: What are we going to believe, the...