Olivia Benson:  We 're hiring another detective ?
Donald Cragen: Well , we 're short - staffed . He 's a good guy , out of warrants . He starts tomorrow . You have a problem with that ?
Olivia Benson: Well , it 's hard enough showing one rookie the ropes and now we have _ two _ . I mean , what is this , a day care center ?
Donald Cragen: Elliot 's not coming back , Liv .
Olivia Benson: It takes me twice as long to explain the job to somebody else as it does to do it myself .
Donald Cragen: It 's not your call . Now you want to be here , you 're gon na have to start working with other detectives . All right ? Let him go . And you can start by packing up his desk . We ca n't keep it as a shrine .