Without a Trace (TV Series)

Victory for Humanity (2003)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste: Vivian Johnson

Quotes 

• Vivian : Hey, don't take your coat off, you're going to meet parents back at Josh's apartment in twenty minutes.

  Samantha : [groans]  Ugh, it's five flights of stairs.

  Vivian : Better than a Stairmaster.

• [Teri has run off to meet up with Josh] 

  Samantha : What about her?

  Vivian : Well, if I'm right, she went voluntarily.

  Samantha : She's 16, Viv. It's statutory rape, it is kidnapping, and he is a fugitive.

  Vivian : She's 17 in three weeks, and if she consented to go...

  Samantha : ...without her father's permission.

  Vivian : It's a hard case to make, Sam, and you know it.

  Samantha : I don't think it's that hard.

• [about Teri and Josh] 

  Vivian : Sounds like she had everyone wrapped around her little finger.

  Samantha : Come on, Viv. You've seen the family. She's just trying to survive.

  Vivian : Yeah, well, she got her meal ticket now.

  Samantha : Yeah, and he got his "Victory for Humanity".