Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

I'm Going To Make You a Star (2019)

Peter Gallagher: Deputy Chief William Dodds

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• Olivia Benson : So, Dodds told me to check the paperwork, but, no, it is not a mistake. As of midnight tonight, our Sonny Carisi...

  Odafin Tutuola : Is passing over to the dark side.

  Olivia Benson : [laughter]  Will be bringing his charm and his expertise to the D.A.'s Special Victims Unit under Bureau Chief Hadid. Cheers.

  William Dodds : He's your problem now.

  Vanessa Hadid : Thank you, Chief Dodds and Lieutenant Benson. I'm sure the NYPD's loss will be the D.A.'s gain. And if it isn't... I understand there's a 90-day return policy.

• Olivia Benson : So, the new bureau chief, Hadid, she seem a little... reluctant to you?

  William Dodds : More like astute. This case blows up, it won't touch her.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah. Well, at least she put Carisi on the case. He's one of us.

  William Dodds : Was. He works here now.

• Vanessa Hadid : Sir Tobias Moore? Mr. Carisi's first day, my first month. You couldn't bring us a subway groper?

  William Dodds : Welcome to the big top, counselors.

  Vanessa Hadid : This story hasn't leaked yet?

  William Dodds : The longer we wait...

  Vanessa Hadid : The girl, she's credible?

  Olivia Benson : Very. Her name is Pilar Reyes. She's 20, naïve. She came up from Venezuela. She disclosed immediately after she was assaulted.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No witnesses?

  Olivia Benson : No, he made sure that the office was empty.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So not his first audition?

  Olivia Benson : Unlikely, but we're doing due diligence.

  William Dodds : We need warrants for the screen tests, his couch, his whole office.

  Vanessa Hadid : Hang on. We do that and he's gonna lawyer up faster than you can say DSK. Work the case a little more. Vet Pilar.

  Olivia Benson : She's not making this up, counselor.

  Vanessa Hadid : I didn't say she was, but he will. Mr. Carisi will be the riding ADA on this. Keep him involved every step of the way.

• William Dodds : I see you spared no expense.

  Olivia Benson : It's not like we throw a lot of parties.

• Amanda Rollins : This is the dress you wore the night he attacked you?

  Gemma Brooks : I know it's crazy, but I saved it.

  William Dodds : [watching with Benson]  Does Sir Toby know she's here?

  Olivia Benson : No, but he's been ahead of us so far. So, call Carisi in?

  William Dodds : Hold off. Keep this under wraps until we can get Sir Toby's DNA.

  Olivia Benson : I already have it. I took his glass from our drink at the bar.

  William Dodds : Test the dress. When it's a match, pick him up.

  Olivia Benson : Then we're good to go?

  William Dodds : We're NYPD. We arrest people all the time without the D.A. signing off.

• Olivia Benson : You okay?

  William Dodds : The powers that be have decided that I can't be trusted to work with the D.A.'s office going forward.

  Olivia Benson : What does that mean?

  William Dodds : I'm being sent to Coventry. As of Monday morning, I'll be riding point for the Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Task Force... on Staten Island.

  Olivia Benson : No, no, no, they can't do that.

  William Dodds : Feathers were ruffled, so a head has to roll.

  Olivia Benson : I-I will call the press. I will call 1PP. I will call whoever I have to. This is ridiculous.

  William Dodds : Liv, let it go. I've had a good run. And it's not time for you to stick your neck out.

  Olivia Benson : I'll be the judge of that.

  William Dodds : No! You've still got work to do, and gas in the tank. It'd be a wasted sacrifice... Captain.

  [Liv is surprised] 

  William Dodds : I made it a condition of my exile. Don't worry about me. I'll be back.

  Olivia Benson : You're a good man, William Dodds.

  William Dodds : You are a class act, Olivia Benson. Long may you run.

• Odafin Tutuola : So, no arrest warrant.

  Olivia Benson : She wants to take it step by step.

  William Dodds : She's covering her ass.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, maybe not a bad idea, 'cause I've been tracking Sir Toby. MeToo lists, blind items, blogs, all over the Internet.

  Olivia Benson : Any arrests?

  Amanda Rollins : No, that's the thing. The charges don't get dropped. They never even get filed. Or the victims suddenly recant.

  Odafin Tutuola : He rapes them, then he pays them off.

  Olivia Benson : Probably, which means that he's gonna go right for Pilar. Listen, you two keep digging. Call Carisi in.

  William Dodds : Where are you going?

  Olivia Benson : Hadid told us she wants us to work the case. It won't hurt to go right at the target.

• William Dodds : You believe her story?

  Olivia Benson : I do. We have taken turns interviewing her for the last four hours. She has specific details, consistent, has never worked with him since. Now, Gemma did sign a non-disclosure agreement, but she's willing to swear that it was coerced.

  William Dodds : And she just walked in?

  Olivia Benson : Well, she heard that we were investigating Sir Toby from another actress.

• Odafin Tutuola : Gemma played us.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, not just Gemma. Sir Toby. That tape that Barth handed us was his Trojan horse.

  William Dodds : You told me you vetted her.

  Olivia Benson : I took the disclosure myself. She's not making this up. We even confirmed her outcry to friends. She's telling the truth.

  Amanda Rollins : Part of it.

  William Dodds : So what's she doing now?

  Amanda Rollins : She wouldn't be the first vic to start a consensual relationship with her rapist in order to gain some sense of control.

  William Dodds : Try explaining that to a jury.

• Vanessa Hadid : ADA Carisi and I want to thank the NYPD for helping our office send a message that it doesn't matter how rich or powerful you are, sexual assault will not be tolerated in New York City.

  Olivia Benson : [watching on TV, to the bartender]  Joe, please. Can you turn this down?

  William Dodds : She can turn on a dime. Give her that.

  Olivia Benson : Well, she's back on our side for now, and at least Carisi's safe. It's all good.

• Olivia Benson : We want an arrest warrant.

  Vanessa Hadid : Have you developed new information?

  Olivia Benson : Aside from the controlled-meet tape? You heard his tone on that.

  Vanessa Hadid : What I heard was Sir Toby accusing her of extortion. If Mr. Carisi and I had had the chance to prep your victim...

  William Dodds : Oh, here we go. So this is about turf.

  Vanessa Hadid : She might have been able to elicit more specific admissions.

  Olivia Benson : She did fine.

  Vanessa Hadid : She sounded emotional.

  Olivia Benson : Excuse me? After what she'd been through? Who she was up against?

  Vanessa Hadid : The point is, can she stand up to him, his legal team?

  William Dodds : You want a stronger case, then get us search warrants for his office.

  Vanessa Hadid : How about we subpoena her audition tape? I can sell that upstairs.

• Odafin Tutuola : What's up, Carisi? She fired you already?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I'm hanging on by a thread.

  William Dodds : [his phone buzzes]  Oh, we all are. And that's the commissioner. Excuse me.