Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Pathological (2018)
Kelli Giddish: Detective Amanda Rollins
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Quotes
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Mariel McLaughlin : Can I ask you a question? Is it bad that I miss my mom?
Amanda Rollins : [pause] No.
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Rafael Barba : How long was she online?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : A few hours. And the defense claims that's part of her emotional disturbance?
Rafael Barba : All it takes is one juror. What else?
Amanda Rollins : Well, that's it for her Google searches, but she did watch "The Little Mermaid" seven times in three days.
Rafael Barba : What does that mean?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, her classmate, Cody. The nineteen year old with autism.
Rafael Barba : We didn't charge him.
Amanda Rollins : Well, Mariel thought that she was the Little Mermaid, and that Cody was her Prince Eric.
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Olivia Benson : So, you guys managing without me?
Amanda Rollins : Yeah, and Fin loves being in charge, I can tell you that.
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Dr. Melinda Warner : You made the right call, Amanda.
Amanda Rollins : So Mariel was drugged?
Dr. Melinda Warner : You could say that. She had half a pharmacy in her system.
Odafin Tutuola : But she is sick.
Dr. Melinda Warner : And a lot of these drugs make sense. Like the Valproate, for seizures.
Amanda Rollins : But?
Dr. Melinda Warner : She also had a cocktail of others. Paxil, St. John's Wort, Ginko. And some of these have severe adverse interactions with the anti-seizure medication.
Odafin Tutuola : Could that just be an oversight?
Dr. Melinda Warner : Not by any reputable professional. It this was purposeful, I'd say you're looking at medical malpractice. And possibly a case of child abuse.
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Odafin Tutuola : So what are looking at?
Amanda Rollins : Munchausen by proxy. A mental illness where a parent makes up fake symptoms or causes symptoms.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Medical child abuse.
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Odafin Tutuola : Mariel's fifteen. That's a long time to go along with being sick.
Amanda Rollins : I'm positive that this is what we're looking at, Fin. Multiple diagnoses from a dozen doctors, that we know of, from six different states. Fifty different medications, at least ten surgeries.
Odafin Tutuola : Well, aren't these doctors to blame?
Amanda Rollins : No, because the mother is... she's a very smart liar. Master manipulator. From one doctor to the next, she says that they've lost the records, so she fills in the blanks herself.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And these doctors have no reason not to believe what she's been telling them.
Amanda Rollins : So Dawn has been medicating Mariel. She's been making her own daughter sick. And she knows how to do it. She's... she's been getting drugs from online or off the streets.
Odafin Tutuola : All right. Now it's time to call Liv, Barba, and Child Services.
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Amanda Rollins : Dawn made bail. She's out again.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : What? How is that possible?
Amanda Rollins : One of her supporters raised the cash through GoFundMe. I mean, she's not allowed within a hundred feet of the hospital or Mariel.
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Amanda Rollins : You know, what Dawn did to her daughter, she took away her childhood. It's unforgivable. But... she's sick. I mean, I just... I can't wrap my head around that we want her punished.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Listen, Rollins, why don't you go home and be with Jesse? I haven't forgotten that you have a kid, too, you know?
Amanda Rollins : After what Liv went through, I'm fine.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Look, you're a single mom. You're a full-time cop. Your life is not easy. And it's okay to say that out loud every once in a while.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : So what now, we ask Barba for a warrant?
Amanda Rollins : Or we get a parent's okay to look at Mariel's medical history.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, Dawn's not gonna agree to that.
Amanda Rollins : But Mariel's father might.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Okay, should we check in with Fin first?
Amanda Rollins : Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.