Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Trials (2008)
Ice-T: Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
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Quotes
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Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : That's the problem with the boy who cried wolf: no one pays attention when the real one shows up.
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Captain Donald Cragen : Liv, you stay with the kid. Fin, grab Elliot and go check out the Lydia.
[Fin doesn't move]
Captain Donald Cragen : There a problem?
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You know my beef with Stabler. He's a total head case. I'd rather have any other partner.
Captain Donald Cragen : It's not ladies' choice today, Detective. Suck it up. Do your job.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You got my request for transfer three months ago. Any idea what's holding that up?
Captain Donald Cragen : No.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You signed off on the 57?
Captain Donald Cragen : And gave you a glowing recommendation. If you like, I'll call the Chief of D's office, see where it's at.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : That's great. Thanks.
Captain Donald Cragen : No problem. In the meantime, you've got an assignment.
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Captain Donald Cragen : [to Fin] I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : What now?
Captain Donald Cragen : I heard back from the Chief of D's office. You know a Greg Burkle?
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Oh, no.
Sergeant John Munch : Who's that?
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Guy I used to work with back in Narcotics. After his wife divorced him, she started calling me.
Sergeant John Munch : Damn.
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Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [to Stabler] You consider African art wacky?
Elliot Stabler : It's wacky when I'm the one paying for it.
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Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [to Greylek about Stabler] Don't worry about cranky balls. He's only nice to the victims.
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Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Foster parents are on their way up. Gwen and Noah Sibert.
Captain Donald Cragen : Well, you know the drill. Split them up. See if one will roll on the other. Either one have a record?
Sergeant John Munch : Just one. "Public Vagary."
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : I think Mumbles here means "vagrancy."
Sergeant John Munch : No, but thanks for playing. "Public Vagary" was a neo-punk song Noah recorded about 10 years ago.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Never heard it.
Sergeant John Munch : No one did, but after his one no-hit wonder, he joined a commune upstate.
Captain Donald Cragen : Neo-punk to neo-hippy. What is he now?
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Capitalist.
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Gwen Sibert : [about Christopher] We have to give him back. I can't take it anymore.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Gwen, motherhood's not for everybody. There ought to be a test.