Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

In Loco Parentis (2018)

Ryann Shane: Mia Morino

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• Mia Morino : Uncle Sonny, I don't want Ethan going to prison or a restraining order or anything like that.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mia, he threatened you.

  Mia Morino : Yeah, but he was upset.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mia, what's going on?

  Mia Morino : What Ethan did... he moved too fast and I wasn't ready. I didn't want to. I said yes. And then Renata was asking me about him. And I didn't want her to be mad, so I told her he raped me and then she went to the RA. And then the school got involved. And then I couldn't take it back. I'm sorry.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hold on. Hold on. What are you saying? Are you are you telling me that you lied? To the school? To the police? Do you know how serious this is?

  Mia Morino : I'm sorry!

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mia! It's not me you should be apologizing to. It's Ethan.

  Mia Morino : I didn't I never thought things would go this far. I never thought he'd get kicked out of school. I'm sorry. I ruined his life. I don't know what to do.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : What you do? You make this right. That's that's what you do. Do you understand me? Okay. Okay, listen. Listen. You made a mistake. I get it, but you can fix this. All right? You can make this right. It's gonna be okay.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Mia, what happened?

  Mia Morino : I tried to make it right. I... I asked Ethan to come over. I apologized, but he said it was too late. He pushed me on the bed and he raped me.

  [crying] 

  Mia Morino : When it was over, he said, "Now you know what rape really feels like." I tried to do what you said, Uncle Sonny. I... I tried, I really did.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I know, I know. I know you did. I know.

  Mia Morino : And now nobody will believe me.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yes, they will. Yes, they will because because we are not gonna say anything about what really happened the first time. Do you understand? We're not gonna say anything, okay?

  Mia Morino : I'm sorry.

• Mia Morino : [to Carisi about Ethan]  So what's gonna happen to him?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I figure the judge will give him seven years.

  Mia Morino : In prison?

  [sighs] 

  Mia Morino : This is all my fault.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hey, listen. Mia, don't you ever think that. Whatever you did, you didn't deserve what he did to you, do you understand that? Come on. So what'd your mom say about you leaving school?

  Mia Morino : She's thrilled.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : You didn't tell her.

  Mia Morino : When I was 14, she made me go to class with pneumonia.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, you deserve some time off. She'll understand.

  Mia Morino : Right. After she kills me.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I'll help you break it to her.

  Mia Morino : Then she'll hate you too.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : She's my big sister. She's supposed to hate me. Hey, come here, Mia. You're gonna be good. You'll be good.

• Mia Morino : They arrested Ethan?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : He's being arraigned. And if he doesn't make a deal, then we're gonna go to trial.

  Mia Morino : And I'd have to testify.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah.

  Mia Morino : What if they ask me about the first accusation? I lied, Uncle Sonny.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Look... I'm not telling you to perjure yourself on the stand. But if nobody asks, you don't volunteer. Do you understand?

• Mia Morino : [to Carisi]  Am I a bad person?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No. No, of course not. Hey. The first time I met you, you were three months old, and, uh you wouldn't smile for me, no no matter what I did. You just stared at me. You're very serious, but you were so cute that I started smiling. And then all of a sudden, like like somebody flipped a light switch. Your face lit up and and you smiled at me. That was all you needed. You just wanted me to be happy. You've always been like that, Mia and I promise you, I'm not gonna let anything bad happen.