Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 10 - Forgiving Rollins - full transcript

NARRATOR: In the
criminal justice system,

sexually-based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives who
investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

It's a brave new world.

Now since criminals are bound less
and less by geographical jurisdiction,

law enforcement
must follow suit.

We all need to share
information quickly and efficiently.

Case in point, the recent Pattern
Seventeen rape case in New York.



Now for us at APD, the most
gratifying part of closing out that case

was collaborating with our esteemed
and charming colleagues at NYPD.

One of Sergeant
Benson's detectives,

formerly one of my own, recalled
a few cold cases in Atlanta that

matched the profile
that they had established.

Now given the similarities
in the MO, we felt certain

the DNA on file in our
precinct would prove

that this was the
work of one man.

DNA they were unable to obtain
from the New York crime scene.

FIN: He sits on the rape kits
for six years, we catch the guy,

then he takes the victory lap?

Accept the things
you cannot change.

Just don't ask me to go out to
dinner with him. (BENSON SCOFFS)

Sergeant, beautiful
city you have here.



Even when it isn't.

Yeah, that's true. Well,
speaking of beautiful,

Amanda, it's nice to see you.

Oh, broke my heart
to let this one go.

Y'all have a winner
with her. We know that.

Oh, forgive me, darlin'. Folks,
this is Detective Reese Taymor.

This is her first conference.

Oh. Well, welcome to New York.

Oh. Just like the song.

I loved your presentation on
aggregating and hot-plating social media

to really zero in on the
crime scene or pattern.

We should look into some of
the programs she mentioned.

Snaptrends, Gramfeed?

Yeah, well, anything you
want, darlin'. (CHUCKLES)

Gosh, you know,
so many friends here.

We'll catch you later?

It's nice to meet y'all.
BENSON: You, too.

Yeah. In Atlanta,
they're so polite.

Sam Reynolds, Rollins' old captain,
wants us to join APD at Moran's.

I'm out of here.

I gotta go home to
Noah, guys. Goodnight.

Oh, well, it's just you and me.

I'm not good at hangin' out
with the good old boys, so...

Oh, he said Reese was coming.

Um, you know, I... I
gotta walk Frannie.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHATTING)

Hit me.

Those Atlanta
boys can put it away.

When I left, they
were still getting after it.

I don't know how they made it
back to their hotel. You went?

Yeah.

Rollins stuck you with them?

Yeah. Hey... (LAUGHS)

Uh, what's her deal
with these guys?

You know what? Ask her.

(TELEPHONE RINGING) SVU.

Is Liv already in? Yeah.

Uh, I told her you
were running late.

Thanks.

Okay, bad news.

What? Hotel rape last night.

And the vic is that young
detective from Atlanta.

DR. WILDER: She presented
with a serious head wound.

Said she fell in the bathroom.

So she was found in
her own hotel room?

By the maid.

Security called 911.

She disclosed the rape to
the ER nurse, so we ran a kit.

Any drugs or alcohol
in her system?

Uh, no drugs.

Alcohol levels were
high though, 0.12.

Still intoxicated this morning.

Okay. Any other injuries?

Bite marks, some bruising
on the thighs and hips.

Did she say who
her assailant was?

That's outside my
purview, Detective.

Thanks.

BENSON: Detective
Taymor, we're so sorry.

So, can you walk us
through the details?

Oh, I, um... I guess I had
too much to drink at dinner. I...

I, uh, I...

I got up in the
middle of the night,

went to go get a
glass of water and fell

and must have hit
my head on the sink.

What about the assault?

I don't... I don't
know what you mean.

Okay. The ER nurse said
that you... That you disclosed.

I don't... I was, um... I was...
I was in an emotional place.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

Uh, I'm... I'm very
sorry. Fin needs me to...

BENSON: Go ahead.

I feel so stupid
bringing y'all in here.

Okay, how about we... How
about we start at the beginning?

We had drinks.

He escorted me to my door.

He used a false
pretense to get in.

And when I told him
that I needed to sleep, it...

It became something else.

I can't... Please... I can't believe
that I'm saying these words out loud.

Okay. Did you
struggle? Did you say no?

I understand that you
have some bruising.

Listen to me. This isn't
just gonna go away.

Yeah, it will.

We're gonna pull the
security footage and find out

who went in and
out of that hotel room.

It was my... It was my boss.

Captain Reynolds?

(SCOFFS)

No. No, it was...

It was his boss.

Deputy Chief Patton.

So, you see, I'm not
pressing any charges.

And I won't testify.

I can't.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

A detective assaulted
is bad enough.

But she's accusing her Chief.

Oh, I miss homicide.
A lot less loaded.

(SIGHS) I assumed that
you'd want a heads up.

So the rape kit shows
bruising, and bite marks, semen.

Her blood alcohol was high.

Always is. We did due
diligence at the hotel?

Yeah, Patton was staying
in an adjoining suite.

Security footage showed
them entering her room

from the hallway at 1:00 a.m.

And then a male voice orders
room service 10 minutes later.

Security footage caught Patton
leaving his room, 6:00 a.m.

Then housekeeping finds Reese
unconscious on her bathroom floor.

She said she slipped and fell.

That was at 8:00 a.m.

She admits to inviting him in.

Not so much
inviting as allowing.

I mean, he's her superior
officer. It's pretty tough to say no.

Or a man and a woman,
out of town, have a few drinks,

they do something they
might not do at home.

Bruising, bite marks, not
inconsistent with drunk sex...

Or rape.

Rollins worked for this guy?

Hey, you know Patton.
Is he good for this?

Detective Taymor,
did she seem credible?

I actually wasn't there
for her disclosure.

Rollins, Dodds wants you inside.

Deputy Chief Patton was my
superior officer for six years.

He's smart. Political.

You know the type.

And personally?

You know, any rumors of
harassment or skirt chasing?

He's been married 20 years.

I didn't see his wife
at the convention.

BENSON: Detective
Taymor wouldn't disclose

until you left the room, though.

Have you heard any whispers
about their relationship?

As far as I know,
they just work together.

In adjoining rooms.

I'm not privy to
his personal life.

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.

You can never tell
who's capable of what.

Thank you, Rollins. Fin.

She's in an awkward
position here.

I'm sure she still
feels loyal to him.

As should we.

He is a fellow officer.
So is Detective Taymor.

He outranks her, but...

We haven't heard his side yet.

Okay. Would you like
to watch the interview?

No. I'll take it.

Chief Dodds, I hear good things.

Likewise. Thank
you for coming in.

So, here we are in the box.

No disrespect. It's
just, uh, the optics.

So, uh, we are in a situation.

PATTON: So, let
me get right to it. Uh...

I am not proud of
this and I love my wife,

but that girl and I are,
well, were involved.

And you were in
her room last night?

Yeah, and we had sex, so...

Consensual, obviously.

Yeah, she'd had
a few drinks. Sure.

Well, here's our issue. She's
saying it wasn't consensual.

Oh. (CHUCKLES) Well,
now, I kind of deduced that.

You know how these things
go, the he-said, she-said.

I just need a reason.

Why'd she accuse you like that?

Dodds with the
"good ol' boy" routine.

PATTON: Uh, I really don't
know... He's pretty good.

So is Patton.

She started spewing all this
nonsense about me leaving my wife.

Ah, okay.

Now, Reese is a smart girl,
and she's a damn fine detective.

But you know how it
is. Hell hath no fury.

DODDS: So this is her not hearing
what she wanted and getting payback?

PATTON: That's exactly right.

Ah, I bet this whole
thing goes away now.

Oh. You know I
can't speak to that.

Well, how about I talk to her?

You and I both know
that's against protocol.

Is this a setup, Chief Dodds?

You invite me in here,
all smiles and goodwill.

You know, that fellow
officer courtesy bull-crap.

Is that what you think?

Well, you know what I think?

I think Amanda Rollins put
her and you all up to this.

DODDS: Excuse me?
PATTON: Well, now...

Now... Now, I'd like to
be the gentleman here,

but that one has an ax to grind.

I mean, there's reasons
why she left Atlanta.

DODDS: I'm new to SVU. Tell me.

(SCOFFS) Well, she got around.

You ask her about the
time she threw herself at me

to save her sister.

Offered me things that
made my eyes water.

Oh, she never did
let go of that one.

Well, thank you
for the hospitality.

But I am a deputy chief
with the Atlanta PD,

and I have some business
to attend to back home.

I hear you. As far
as, uh, leaving town,

I think the New York press
might catch wind of that.

They'd make mincemeat out of
you, your career, your marriage.

I'd hate to see that happen.

Yeah, well, we both know the
next time we have a conversation,

my attorney will be present.

You have yourself
a nice day, all right?

(SIGHS) Son of a bitch.

Yeah, no one's gonna
buy a word he says.

Actually, back home,
pretty much everyone does.

Amanda...

Just leave me be.
Need to get out of here.

FIN: You're a hard
woman to track down.

I had to check half the
bars in Long Island City.

I don't wanna talk about this.

I'm not leaving.

I want you to tell me what
went on between you and Patton.

I was Patton's shiny
blonde protege, right?

I was smart, I was a
good girl. Just his type.

And it wasn't...

It wasn't like that
at first. And then?

And then my sister got arrested,

in check fraud, wire
fraud, possession.

And so Patton calls
me into his office.

It was late, nobody was around,

and he said that we
could make it go away.

Amanda... It was my sister, Fin.

Did he force you?

Uh, he didn't put
a gun to my head.

So Reese is telling the truth?

Yeah. Well, you
have to tell Barba.

No. I... I won't say I was
raped, because I wasn't.

You have to let him
know this guy is a predator.

That he's capable.

But if I do, Patton
fights dirty, Fin.

What about this girl?

Well, she'll get over it.

I mean, she might've been
sleeping with him anyhow.

You know?

She'll go back to Atlanta

and she'll pretend like
nothing ever happened.

Just like you did.

(SIGHS)

Um, pretend long enough,

after a while it's like
nothing did happen.

Just let it go, okay?

I put myself in a bad position,
and Patton took advantage of it.

Are you saying he raped you?

I'm saying, off the record, that
based on my personal experience,

I believe Detective
Taymor is telling the truth.

Now what, Counselor?

We arrest him.

A rape kit with bruising
and, uh, a split lip.

A rape nurse as an
outcry witness, me.

She said she's
not willing to testify.

I can't arrest a deputy
chief without a complainant.

If she won't come
forward, we can't move.

BENSON: I will
talk to Reese again.

You know what?

It's my turn.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey. Thanks for seeing me.

(SCOFFS) If the chief sent you
to shut me up, it's a wasted trip.

I'm zipping my mouth
and I'm going home.

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.

Oh. Because you want justice
for little 'ol me? ROLLINS: Yes.

(SCOFFS) 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'm nothing like you.

Because you're a good girl.

Yes. I worked hard
to get where I am.

I know that. I know
that's why this is so hard.

Because you feel like if
you... If you do your job well,

if you work twice
as hard as the men,

then you'll be seen as
a good detective. Right?

But Chief Patton, he's king.

The way he figures
it, he's entitled.

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 and tell him I was flattered,
but that nothing was happening.

So you weren't having an affair?

No. Is that what he is saying?

And Captain Reynolds
is backing him up on that?

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?

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

No.

One thing I can
say about this city is,

I have not had a
bad meal. Not once.

Well, there's one
good thing then.

Afternoon, gentlemen.

Ah, Chief Dodds
and Detective, um...

Tutuola.

Nick. What can we do for you?

Why don't we take this outside?

Well, whatever you
have to say to me,

you can say in front of my men.

Chief Patton, we have a warrant for
your arrest on the charge of rape one.

What? That is bull...
It's all right, Sam.

It's all right.

Here.

Well, then... We're
not gonna cuff you.

We're gonna quietly
walk out of here.

Then you'll be
processed and arraigned.

Sam, you know that
lawyer we met, the big guy?

ROLLINS: Yeah, I heard he
was out on his own recognizance.

I know. I know, you're
there if I need you, Nick.

I just want a quiet night
tonight. Okay? Thanks.

Okay, Frannie May. Come on.
It's just me and you tonight, huh?

Hey, come here. Come
here. Come here. Good girl.

Hey, Amanda.

Do I have a GPS
signal on my ass?

I'm a police officer.

So you had APD track my cell?

I'm just trying to
look after you, darlin.'

What the hell do you want?

I want you to think
about what you're doing.

We know you got to Reese.

Got to her? I took
her statement.

You elicited a story. She
was looking for payback.

Just like you.

Look, I'm not gonna pass
any judgment here, Amanda.

But you slept with the Chief
to get ahead, and it backfired.

That's on you. Patton's a liar.

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.

You get the hell off my street.

You know, all these years you've
been giving me the good girl act.

Well, you were just keeping
yourself wide-eyed and wet

for the big boss, weren't ya?

No piece for your
old friend, Sam?

(GROANS) (DOG BARKING)

You bitch. I will report you.

Yeah, you do that. And make
sure you tell your wife I said hello.

Good girl!

(DOG WHINING)

Rollins! Rollins.

Rollins, come on. Don't
make me hurt myself.

You're stalking me now?

Okay. You weren't
returning my calls.

Yeah, I'm not testifying.

Don't make me subpoena you.

No! I'm not talking
about me and Patton.

Prior acts are inadmissible. And
nothing really happened, anyway.

Look, if I don't call
you, defense will.

You heard Patton. They're
gonna claim you're out for revenge.

We gotta get in front of this. They're
not gonna call me up to the stand.

Listen, I... I've gotta go.
Liv hates it when I'm late.

COUNSELOR BUCHANAN: I
appreciate you meeting us, gentlemen.

Before this turns into a circus,
I thought we could step back,

and talk about a graceful
exit strategy for all of us.

So talk.

Deputy Chief Patton has a
long and distinguished career.

A year from now, he
reaches mandatory retirement.

So in exchange for
dropping a rape charge,

the Deputy Chief will retire once
he hits mandatory retirement?

I'm here as a
courtesy to Atlanta PD,

but NYPD won't bend over just
because you're a brother officer.

Bend over? Is that NYPD's
idea of professional decorum?

Fellas. This is why
you have lawyers.

And, lawyer to
lawyer, we both know

this case is at least
Fifty Shades Of Gray.

I know Detective
Taymor was raped. Bah.

Neither of us was there.

The only video we
have is in the hallway,

where an ambitious and tipsy young
lady invites my client into her hotel room.

The rest is speculation.

What do you want?

I don't see an upside
for anyone here.

My client has suffered an
embarrassing public arrest.

No cuffs, low
key. We did it right.

Yeah, tell that to
my wife and family.

I imagine you have some
difficult conversations ahead of you

without my talking to them.

We're not dismissing.

What this feels like, more than
anything, is disorderly conduct.

Disciplinary action will be
handled by APD administratively.

Rape is a felony charge. We'll
accept sex abuse three, minimum.

You all might want to
think about what'll happen

the next time a New York
detective gets in trouble in Atlanta.

DODDS: What you ought
to think about is how quickly

the shine goes off your shield
once you go on the registry.

(SCOFFS) Registry?
Well, I don't know about you,

or your little
Spanish dandy here,

but I'm straight as an ax.

That girl got what she
wanted, just like Rollins did.

Well, this was fruitful.

Assault three for the bloody
lip. No time, no registry.

That won't work
for me, Counselor.

Me neither.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

As the jury has heard,
Detective Taymor's rape kit

showed a bite mark and
bruising on her wrists and thighs.

In your experience, are these
injuries consistent with forcible rape?

Yes. They're also consistent
with the details of her outcry.

Is it true that Detective
Taymor was initially reluctant

to cooperate with
the investigation?

That's not uncommon
for rape victims,

especially when the
rapist is known to them.

They fear professional
or personal repercussions.

Nothing further.

Nothing for this
witness, Your Honor.

You may step down,
Sergeant Benson.

Amanda, you came?
How's it looking?

(SIGHS) Patton's
smug. I hate this guy.

He's working the jury
with long looks to his wife.

Vivienne? She's here?

Amanda Rollins.

Give me a minute?

Vivienne. Look at
you. It's been so long.

Five years. Mmm.

How is your mother, darling?

What, with your sister's
situation, you up here,

it must be hard on her
all by her lonesome.

Oh, how sweet of you to ask
with all the drama you got going on.

Me? No, I'm blessed.

Everyone at home knows
what a good man Charlie is.

He has a world of support.

Oh! There's my man
now. Excuse me, darling.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

I've been an officer with
APD for three-and-a-half years.

Since Chief Patton promoted
me to detective last year,

he's been head of my division.

Could you describe
your relationship?

I viewed him as a mentor.

RAFAEL: And, uh, you
socialized occasionally?

REESE: Professional
functions, holiday parties.

Always with other detectives.

Were you with other detectives
on the night in question?

Yes, until we got off the
elevator on our hotel floor.

We had adjoining rooms.

Chief Patton said it would
be easier that way, for work.

RAFAEL: Okay. And
what happened next?

We reached our doors.
We said good night.

He told me his cell phone
had demagnetized his key card,

and he didn't wanna go down to
the front desk, and he asked if he

could enter through my room.

And once he got inside?

REESE: He
suggested room service.

I said food sounded good.
But, um, he ordered champagne.

Were you okay with that?

I didn't wanna be
rude. I had one glass.

He kissed me. I pulled away.

I said he was a married man,

and I thought it would be best

if we just called it a night.

But he said...

His exact words were,
"Don't you know by now

"that I don't take
no for an answer?"

He shoved me down on the bed,
pinned my wrists above my head,

and he bit my lip, too.

RAFAEL: Did you say no?

Of course. "No, don't do this."

Then he slapped me. Hard.

I... I was stunned.

He unzipped, shoved his knee between
my legs and forced himself inside me.

And then?

Then he finished, and
he went into his room.

Told me to clean myself up
for the conference tomorrow.

(SIGHS) Detective Taymor, did
you call 911 or, uh, hotel security?

No. I was... I was
embarrassed and ashamed.

I finished the
champagne. I passed out.

A few hours later, I
fell in the bathroom.

When I was in the hospital, I
told the nurse that I've been raped,

and I told Sergeant
Benson, from SVU.

You also told her, at first, that
you did not want to cooperate.

Why was that?

I was afraid that my
career would be over.

That no one would believe me.

RAFAEL: But you're
here now. REESE: Yes.

What Chief Patton
did to me was a crime,

and I realized that
if I didn't testify,

it might happen to someone else,

and I couldn't have
that on my conscience.

Thank you, Detective.

You claim that you and Chief Patton
have never been romantically involved?

We haven't.

Despite being closely mentored by
him, you'd never crossed the line?

I wasn't having
an affair with him.

I wouldn't do that.

Then your relationship with Chief
Patton has been strictly professional.

Until you travel to New York,
when he attacks you in a hotel

filled with hundreds of
visiting police officers.

That's what happened.

You flew here together,
spent the day at the conference.

And then had dinner together
that night, with all the drinks.

It was a social
business gathering.

Later, when the two of you
got off the elevator at the hotel,

all very friendly.

On the video, you were smiling

as you ushered him into
your hotel room at 1:00 a.m.

He ordered champagne,
which you drank.

I was trying to be polite.

Apparently.

During this supposed assault,

did you scream, or cry for help?

I asked him to stop.

But not loud enough for anybody,
any of your fellow officers to hear.

You are trained in
self-defense. Did you fight back?

I struggled.

Is that so? You... You didn't
leave any marks on Chief Patton.

No scratches, no bites.

None of his DNA was
under your fingernails.

I kind of, um, froze.

You froze?

He leaves, now you're alone.

Who'd you call? Hotel security?

Did you call one of the SVU detectives
that you had spent the day with?

No. Like I said,
I was humiliated.

You also said that you had
finished all the champagne.

On top of all the drinks
that you had at dinner.

In fact, you were so
drunk, you took a nasty fall.

You were found passed
out on your bathroom floor.

Yes.

They had to call an
ambulance for you.

For an ambitious detective like yourself,
that must have been very embarrassing.

Objection. Defense has crossed
over from badgering to harassment.

Agreed. Mr. Buchanan.

You are a sex crimes detective.

What would you make of a victim
who let her boss into her room,

didn't report a rape till the
next day, and then recanted?

I would try to understand
the pressure on her...

Would you also consider the possibility
that there was more to the story than

she was telling you? Or less?

I would investigate,
but in my case...

I'll mark that down as a yes,

which may be exactly what
Chief Patton did that night.

Objection.

Withdrawn. Nothing further.

Reese?

You okay? I know
this wasn't easy.

You know what I know?

You convinced me to testify, but
I don't see you taking the stand.

(DOOR CLOSING)

My sister was
facing felony charges,

and Deputy Chief Patton
called me into his office.

He said we could
fix the problem.

What did you infer
he meant by that?

That if I had sex with him, then
my sister would not be prosecuted.

I mean, is... Is this necessary?

It's not like I've
never testified before.

I know you've testified before.
Not about your own assault.

If the judge allows this,
we need to be ready.

Okay? Yeah.

All right. Detective Rollins, did you
consent to sex with Deputy Chief Patton?

At first, yes.

And 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... I was bleeding.

And I tried to get up.

But he said,

"Amanda, you know I
don't take no for an answer."

Then what happened,
Detective 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.

Well, you gotta be
kidding me. That little bitch.

Five years after the fact...

Yeah, take it easy, Chief.

Counselors, approach.

Again, we object
to this witness.

She wasn't on the
prosecution's list,

she's been sitting
in on testimony.

There hasn't even
been a Molineux hearing.

Prior bad acts are admissible
when they speak clearly to pattern.

COUNSELOR BUCHANAN:
You can't be serious.

She'll be testifying to an unsubstantiated
allegation which was never reported.

No charges were ever
filed. I hear you, Counselors.

Now, stop talking.

Having read the summary text of
this witness' testimony, it is my ruling

that it would be more
prejudicial than probative.

I will not allow this
witness to testify.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Barba, any other
last-minute salvos?

Prosecution rests.

Then we'll reconvene after lunch
with your first witness, Mr. Buchanan.

After all that, she
won't let me testify?

It was always a long shot.
So what happens next?

My bet, Patton takes the
stand. It's a he-said, she-said.

He has gotta say
something. And I'll get him.

The real victim in all of
this is my wife, Vivienne.

I should've known better.
An old man like myself.

I was flattered by a young
woman's apparent interest in me.

But I apologize to my wife and to the
Atlanta PD for the embarrassment that

my foolishness in
this farce has caused.

So you did not rape
Detective Taymor?

No, sir.

As God as my witness, our
brief affair was consensual.

I would never harm a woman.

COUNSELOR
BUCHANAN: Nothing further.

It's your testimony that,
despite being her mentor,

you and your subordinate, Detective Taymor,
were also having a consensual affair?

Well, I... I'm not
proud of that.

And everything was going
fine until you came to New York?

For no reason, she cried
rape? Oh, there was a reason.

She was angry that I
wasn't leaving my wife.

You said that you would
never harm a woman.

Does that include any other young,
blonde subordinates you've mentored?

Objection! JUDGE BARTH:
Sustained, Mr. Barba.

Are you talking about
Amanda Rollins?

I didn't rape her, or that
other girl, or any of 'em.

That's what they say when
they don't get what they want.

Your Honor...

I'm going to instruct the jury
to disregard that last question

and the defendant's answer.

It will be stricken
from the record.

RAFAEL: Let's get
back to the conference.

You didn't invite your wife?

(SCOFFS) New York in January?

Well, these things are all business
anyway, so I knew I wouldn't have the time

to give her the attention
that she deserves.

All business? Hmm.

Was it business at 1:00 a.m.
when you stepped off the elevator,

clearly drunk, with
Detective Taymor?

Well, part of the convention is networking
with other members of law enforcement.

Networking.

Your key card didn't work
when you returned to your floor?

Uh, yeah. Um... You
know, my phone...

My phone must've,
uh, deactivated it.

If you were having an affair,
then why the key card ruse?

Isn't that the point
of adjoining rooms?

You enter separately, meet in the
middle, do what you're going to do?

Well, I didn't want to assume.

Naturally. Let me ask, who
booked the rooms for this trip?

Um, well, that would... Would've
been someone in my office.

Let's say that your key
card really didn't work,

and you had to go through
Detective Taymor's room.

(STRAINED BREATHING)

How did you know that your
adjoining door would be open?

You son of a bitch.

Did you leave that door
deliberately open, or was that just a...

(COUGHING) COUNSELOR
BUCHANAN: Objection!

Chief Patton, do you need
a minute? (COUGHING)

Would you like a glass of
water, Deputy Chief Patton?

(COUGHING)

COUNSELOR BUCHANAN:
May I consult with my client?

Please. Bailiff!

Someone call an ambulance!
He's having a heart attack!

(AUDIENCE GASPS)

(GRUNTING IN PAIN)

Okay. Well, thanks
for the update.

Patton didn't have a heart
attack. They say it was anxiety.

So the trial will continue?

Oh, I don't know about that!

Will you close
the door for a sec?

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. Okay.

You have an opportunity here.

I've gone through it.

You're only as sick
as your secrets and...

And I'm going to meetings.

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?

I walked into it.

You know, I put
myself into that position.

BENSON: You got to
stop blaming yourself.

Amanda, you can move past this.

I'm okay.

(SIGHS)

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

I shouldn't have
said that to you.

Then make it up to me.

I want you to see my therapist.

I'm not seeing your therapist.

It's just for a referral.

Now, I know he
has time later today.

I'm gonna tell him
that you're gonna call.

It's important, Amanda.

Okay, Sergeant.

(SOBBING)

Hey, sugar, how
about a smile, huh?

Hey, girl, it can't be that bad.

(SOBBING)

Deputy Chief Patton's health
precludes him from continuing this trial.

He had an anxiety attack.

In the interest of getting
him home for further tests,

we'll plead guilty to sexual
abuse in the third degree.

He'll go on the registry. Probation,
community service. No jail time.

Fine.

He'll resign his position
as deputy chief first.

Protecting his pension.

For his wife and family's sake.

And he will not seek any further
employment in law enforcement?

(SIGHS)

I will need you to allocute to
the sexual assault. In open court.

COUNSELOR BUCHANAN: Fine.

Deputy Chief Patton, your lawyer
tells me you would like to plead guilty

to sexual abuse in the
third degree. Is that correct?

Yes, Your Honor.

JUDGE BARTH: Do you make
this plea knowingly and voluntarily?

I do.

Has anyone induced you or in any
way coerced you into pleading guilty?

No.

JUDGE BARTH: You engaged in sexual
intercourse with Detective Reese Taymor,

as named in the
indictment against you,

and Detective Taymor did not
consent to that sexual contact.

Is that correct?

Yes.

JUDGE BARTH: I accept
your plea, Deputy Chief.

Before I impose sentence,

is there anything
you'd like to say?

No, Your Honor.

So, no jail time?

At least he's on the
registry. And it's over.

Liv said you might be
taking some time off after all?

Yeah. Probably not a bad idea.

It's good for you.
Don't take too much.

I'll go pull the car around.

You guys go ahead. I'm
gonna get some fresh air.

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