Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Gridiron Soldier (2014)

Kelli Giddish: Detective Amanda Rollins

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• Amanda Rollins : [during her Gamblers Anonymous meeting]  I was eight years old, growing up in Georgia. It was Christmas Eve and my daddy was, um, looking for the big win that was going to make everything all right. He was so desperate, he drove us across the Florida state line. Dog track. He took me and my little sister with him. And he actually tried to sneak us in, but there's no kids allowed, right? And we went back and waited in the car. It was freezing at Christmas. I remember our breath fogging up the windows. My, um, my little sister was still asleep. When daddy came back, he woke me up. You know, this big smile on his face, a big wad of cash in his hand. He was, like, "Merry Christmas, Mandy. All your dreams are gonna come true."

• Amanda Rollins : [after learning that Cedric was sexually assaulted]  What about the football team? I mean, when are we charging them?

  Odafin Tutuola : How about never? He was a consenting adult.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, with the two female hostesses, not the male cheerleader.

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, but he was a consenting adult until they took the blindfold off.

  Amanda Rollins : Come on, Fin. It was rape by deception.

  Olivia Benson : That's not something that we can charge in New York.

  Amanda Rollins : Well, how about Rape Three?

  Odafin Tutuola : You want us to arrest Ty, the gay cheerleader?

  Amanda Rollins : Yes, that's a start. Because maybe he's gonna turn on the guys that put him up to it.

  Odafin Tutuola : And there's football players there that were Cedric didn't file charges. Come on, man, I know you're close to the family, but you've done all you can do.

  Olivia Benson : Fin's right. Barba told me just last week to pick my battles and this one is, just not a good one.

• Amanda Rollins : Every time I try and help somebody out, I just end up making it a lot worse.

• Olivia Benson : Barba told me last week to pick my battles, and this one is not a good one.

  Amanda Rollins : Cedric's a victim of sexual assault. Aren't those the battles we're supposed to be fighting?