- Detective Elliot Stabler: So either Vargas was renting out his pants, or somebody else is setting him up.
- John Munch: [Birds chirp in a cage] If only they could talk.
- Dr. Melinda Warner: Well I'm no Dr. Dolittle, but a swab of the dog's mouth might tell us if he bit the perp while trying to protect her.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Need a vet?
- Dr. Melinda Warner: No, I can do it, come here, boy.
- [swabs dog's mouth, pauses]
- John Munch: You alright?
- Dr. Melinda Warner: Yeah. He's just a dead ringer for my dog, Petey.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: I didn't know you had a dog.
- Dr. Melinda Warner: Yeah, with my job, it's great to come home to something breathing.
- John Munch: Yeah, we had a dog once. My father tripped over her one night and brought her back to the pound the next day.
- Detective Elliot Stabler: Lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Lie down with men... .
- [shakes head and looks at victim murdered in her bed]
- John Munch: DNA sweat stains, so now you have to watch where you sweat.
- Dr. Melinda Warner: Wonders of science, baby.