EEsperanza
I'm not gonna talk about my father. I'm a fighter. I'm not weak.
Telling your story is not weak. And whatever happened, it doesn't define you.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
His nickname's Two-Bits. His M.O. is drop a quarter, bend for it, and rub his face in the woman's privates.
Colorful.
[Rollins and Khaldun are undercover as a green card couple]
Okay, what color is my toothbrush?
Blue. And you sleep on the left side of the bed.
Where you always spoon me. And what about my siblings?
One sister, but you're not in touch.
She's trouble, you can say that.
[grins] But hot.
[laughing] Hey!
BBuchanan
Mr. Varick, you made a deal with the prosecution...
Your Honor, the jury already heard about this...
BBuchanan
...You were charged with forcible touching and unlawful surveillance. That's upskirting, isn't it? Good thing I wore pants today.
You tell stories, Eddie. Well, I'm here to tell you one, a sad love story about a woman who loved a man so much she did a terrible thing to be with him.
EEddie
[emotionally] Does this story also have to do with Rory O'Toole?
OTO'Toole
I was serving my country. I've been on the front lines of a foreign invasion for 20 years.
Serving your country? By dipping your wick?
OTO'Toole
It was a test. It's the only way to know if they really love their husbands.
Okay, okay. You told me before that if they really loved their husbands, they wouldn't sleep with you.
OTO'Toole
That's right.
But when they refused you, you threw them in jail, and when they did sleep with you, you gave them their green card. Now, you can lie to yourself all you want, but you raped these women.
OTO'Toole
No, absolutely not! I was just doing what I had to do to protect our borders.
BBuchanan
[nervous] Rory, he understands...
OTO'Toole
No, he doesn't understand it. I'm holding the line against more mouths to feed, more people on Medicaid, our public schools and our hospitals, taking our jobs! These people bleed the system dry, and I stop that from happening!
Not one more word from you! What you did to these women... How many of them have had to live with your violation in secret, in fear? You took advantage of them when they were at their most helpless, their most vulnerable, and you used the power of your government position to force them to demean themselves. They came here hoping for the American Dream, and you made their lives a nightmare!
[holding a sex toy] That's pretty.
Says here that goes up your...
[makes a face and puts it down] Eeew!
LLuna
You can do your investigation, but I'm not gonna press charges.
That's your decision. But the good news is that if you change your mind, we got the rape kit done.
LLuna
I don't think you realize this, but my whole brand depends on women wanting to be me, and rape does not fit into that picture!
[of Frost's criminal record] College DUIs, a divorce with mutual DV allegations... basically, nothing worse than your typical Congressman.
[after witnessing Luna's meltdown] Is she trying for a psych defense?
I think she's trying to figure out what the hell's going on here. She's spent her entire career empowering women, and now she just... falls apart? Either she's got a split personality...
Not likely.
Or her employees are framing her, and she's having a breakdown because she's being gaslighted.
[Melanie confesses to setting Luna up to be raped]
How could you do that to another woman?
Laurie? "Luna"? She spent her whole life doing that to other women. Growing up, we didn't have a lot, and one Christmas my father got me a gold heart necklace. I knew I shouldn't do it, but I wore it to summer camp. The one day it disappeared. I was wrecked. I lied to my parents, I said I didn't like it anymore. Then, who shows up the next summer wearing my necklace? Laurie. I asked her if it was mine. She denied, but said I could borrow it sometimes. She spent her whole life doing this - stealing what is mine, then acting gracious and letting me have just a little back. It's a crazy kind of gaslighting.
So you gaslighted her right back.
WeBeWell was my idea. I made the business plan. But Luna... she's gorgeous, charming, radiant. I just wanted her to tell me she was sorry. I just wanted her to give me my necklace back.
LLuna
I've burned a lot of bridges in my time. Hell, I burned my whole house down.
You know what happens when your house burns down? You get a clear view of the sky.
Amanda, how's Mason? Did you find out where he is?
He's at Child Services right now.
Don't look at me like that! I feel bad enough as it is.
Yeah, well, you should. You left him with a stranger so that you could do drugs.
Well, I ran the sink so someone would come in if I OD'd.
That's your idea of a great plan?
Mmm-hmm.
Sorry. Yelling at you isn't gonna do anything right now, is it?
It's okay. I deserve it.
It's just... I haven't seen you for two years...
It was three, actually. I was trying not to bother you.
And I was worried sick about you! One minute we're living together, you've got your bipolar under control... You turned a corner, Kim. You turned a corner.
Yes, it was under control. But the thing is, I was feeling so good, I didn't have to take all those meds.
Oh, Kim...!
I quit cold turkey. I started partying a little, but I knew you didn't want that around Jessie, so...
So you disappeared.
[smiles] At least I didn't sell all your stuff this time.
[chuckles] Well, we have that, don't we?
So, which one's your bad knee?
Oh, we don't say "bad" anymore. We say "involved".
TTiffany
When I interviewed, Dr. Rudolphe told me I was already a PHD... "Poor, Hungry, and Desperate".
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