Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Forgiving Rollins (2014)

Kelli Giddish: Detective Amanda Rollins

Quotes 

• Odafin Tutuola : [to Amanda]  You're a hard woman to track down. I had to check half the bars in Long Island City.

  Amanda Rollins : I don't want to talk about this.

  Odafin Tutuola : I'm not leaving. I want you to tell me what went on between you and Patton.

  Amanda Rollins : I was Patton's shiny blonde protege, right? I was smart. I was a good girl.

  Odafin Tutuola : Just his type.

  Amanda Rollins : And it wasn't it wasn't like that at first.

  Odafin Tutuola : And then?

  Amanda Rollins : And then my sister got arrested. Check fraud, wire fraud, possession. So Patton calls me into his office.It was late. Nobody was around and he said that we could make it go away.

  Odafin Tutuola : Amanda...

  Amanda Rollins : It was my sister, Fin.

  Odafin Tutuola : Did he force you?

  Amanda Rollins : He didn't put a gun to my head.

  Odafin Tutuola : So Reese is telling the truth?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah.

  Odafin Tutuola : We have to tell Barba.

  Amanda Rollins : No. I won't say I was raped because I wasn't.

  Odafin Tutuola : You have to let him know this guy is a predator, that he's capable.

  Amanda Rollins : But if I do, Patton fights dirty, Fin.

  Odafin Tutuola : What about this girl?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, she'll get over it. I mean, she might have been sleeping with him anyhow. You know? She'll go back to Atlanta and she'll pretend like nothing ever happened.

  Odafin Tutuola : Just like you did.

• Captain Sam Reynolds : [When Sam Reynolds approaches Rollins as she's walking her dog]  Hey, Amanda.

  Amanda Rollins : You have a GPS signal on my ass?

  Captain Sam Reynolds : I'm a police officer.

  Amanda Rollins : So you got APD track my cell.

  Captain Sam Reynolds : Just trying to look after you, darling.

  Amanda Rollins : What the hell do you want?

  Captain Sam Reynolds : I want you to think about what you're doing. We know you got to Reese.

  Amanda Rollins : Got to her? I took her statement.

  Captain Sam Reynolds : You elicited a story. She was looking for payback just like you, but I'm not gonna pass any judgment here, Amanda. You slept with the chief to get ahead and it backfired. That's on you.

  Amanda Rollins : Patton's a liar.

  Captain Sam Reynolds : He's a man I know and trust. Look, I know how ambitious a girl you are. Reese too, but take my advice and let sleeping dogs lie.

  Amanda Rollins : Get the hell off my street.

  Captain Sam Reynolds : You know, all these years, you've been giving me the good girl act, but you were just keeping yourself wide-eyed and wet for the big boss, weren't you? No piece for your old friend Sam?

  [Rollins knees him in the groin] 

  Captain Sam Reynolds : Ah! You bitch, I will report you!

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, you do that and make sure you tell your wife I said hello.

• Amanda Rollins : [while Barba is prepping Rollins for her testimony]  My sister was facing felony charges and Deputy Chief Patton called me into his office, said we could fix the problem.

  Rafael Barba : What did you infer he meant by that?

  Amanda Rollins : That if I had sex with him, my sister would not be prosecuted. I mean, is this necessary? It's not like I've never testified before.

  Rafael Barba : I know you've testified before, not about your own assault. If the judge allows this, we need to be ready, okay?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah. All right.

  Rafael Barba : Detective Rollins, did you consent to sex with Deputy Chief Patton?

  Amanda Rollins : At first, yes. We met at a motel and I lay down on the bed. And he was drunk, grabbing at me and pulling off my clothes. And I asked him to slow down and he got rough with me. He bit me, slapped me, banged my head against the headboard. I was bleeding and I tried to get up, but he said, "Amanda, you know I don't take no for an answer."

  Rafael Barba : Then what happened, Detective Rollins?

  Amanda Rollins : Deputy Chief Patton pinned my wrists above my head and he told me I wasn't going anywhere and that no one would believe me anyway. I gave up. He raped me.

• Detective Reese Taymor : [to Rollins]  If the chief sent you to shut me up, it's a wasted trip. I'm zipping my mouth and I'm going home.

  Amanda Rollins : That's not why I'm here. Patton raped you and you're gonna need to cooperate with us. If this goes to trial, you need to testify.

  Detective Reese Taymor : Yeah, because you want justice for little old me?

  Amanda Rollins : Yes.

  Detective Reese Taymor : So everyone at home can know what happened to me, my humiliation, and know what I've been through and call me a slut just like you? I am nothing like you.

  Amanda Rollins : Because you're a good girl.

  Detective Reese Taymor : Yes. I worked hard to get where I am.

  Amanda Rollins : I know that. I know that's why this is so hard, because you feel like if you do your job well, if you work twice as hard as the men, then you will be seen as a good detective, right? But Chief Patton, he's king. The way he figures it, he's entitled to...

  Detective Reese Taymor : I knew his reputation, to not be the last person in the office. Watch out for the accidental touches. He'd make his jokes, I'd smile, tell him I was flattered, but that nothing was happening.

  Amanda Rollins : Wait, you weren't having an affair?

  Detective Reese Taymor : No. Is that what he is saying? And Captain Reynolds is backing him up on that?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, you know guys are gonna talk whether we sleep with them or not. You think Sam Reynolds wanted everybody to know that I turned him down? You think you're Chief Patton's first good girl?

  Detective Reese Taymor : So everything they said about you and why you left, none of that is true?

  Amanda Rollins : No.

• Olivia Benson : Amanda, what Patton did to you, you've been pushing down for years and if you don't deal with this now, it's gonna keep you trapped or stuck more than it already has.

  Amanda Rollins : Okay.

  Olivia Benson : You have an opportunity here.

  Amanda Rollins : I've gone through it. You're only as sick as your secrets, and... and I'm going to meetings.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, for gambling. I know you don't like feeling sorry for yourself. I get it, but can you go back to that detective that you were five years ago and feel compassion for her?

  Amanda Rollins : I walked into it. You know, I put myself into that position.

  Olivia Benson : You've got to stop blaming yourself. Amanda, you can move past this.

  Amanda Rollins : I'm okay.

  Olivia Benson : Look, I know that you think that therapy is paying someone to talk about your problems...

  Amanda Rollins : I shouldn't have said that to you.

  Olivia Benson : Then make it up to me. I want you to see my therapist.

  Amanda Rollins : I'm not seeing your therapist.

  Olivia Benson : It's just for a referral. I know he has time later today. I'm gonna tell him that you're gonna call. It's important, Amanda.

• Amanda Rollins : Deputy Chief Patton was my superior officer for six years. He's smart, political. You know the type.

  Deputy Chief William Dodds : And personally? You know, any rumors of harassment or skirt-chasing?

  Amanda Rollins : He's been married 20 years.

  Odafin Tutuola : I didn't see his wife at the convention.

  Olivia Benson : Detective Taymor wouldn't disclose until you left the room. Now, have you heard any whispers about their relationship?

  Amanda Rollins : As far as I know, they just work together.

  Deputy Chief William Dodds : In adjoining rooms?

  Amanda Rollins : I'm not privy to his personal life.

  Deputy Chief William Dodds : We're all grown-ups here. We know there's a difference between infidelity and assault. I'm asking if Patton is capable of something like this.

  Amanda Rollins : You can never tell who's capable of what.