Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Pathological (2018)

Peter Scanavino: Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

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• Rafael Barba : How long was she online?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : A few hours. And the defense claims that's part of her emotional disturbance?

  Rafael Barba : All it takes is one juror. What else?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, that's it for her Google searches, but she did watch "The Little Mermaid" seven times in three days.

  Rafael Barba : What does that mean?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, her classmate, Cody. The nineteen year old with autism.

  Rafael Barba : We didn't charge him.

  Amanda Rollins : Well, Mariel thought that she was the Little Mermaid, and that Cody was her Prince Eric.

• Odafin Tutuola : So he's nineteen?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And autistic.

  Odafin Tutuola : And she's fifteen and says he raped her?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Rollins doesn't think she understood what the word meant. I get a sense this is a "Romeo & Juliet" scenario here. Should we call Liv?

  Odafin Tutuola : No, we don't call Liv. She's still on leave.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So what do we do?

  Odafin Tutuola : We take his statement, then we wait on the rape kit. Take it Barba, figure out if we've got a crime.

• Odafin Tutuola : So what are looking at?

  Amanda Rollins : Munchausen by proxy. A mental illness where a parent makes up fake symptoms or causes symptoms.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Medical child abuse.

• Odafin Tutuola : Mariel's fifteen. That's a long time to go along with being sick.

  Amanda Rollins : I'm positive that this is what we're looking at, Fin. Multiple diagnoses from a dozen doctors, that we know of, from six different states. Fifty different medications, at least ten surgeries.

  Odafin Tutuola : Well, aren't these doctors to blame?

  Amanda Rollins : No, because the mother is... she's a very smart liar. Master manipulator. From one doctor to the next, she says that they've lost the records, so she fills in the blanks herself.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And these doctors have no reason not to believe what she's been telling them.

  Amanda Rollins : So Dawn has been medicating Mariel. She's been making her own daughter sick. And she knows how to do it. She's... she's been getting drugs from online or off the streets.

  Odafin Tutuola : All right. Now it's time to call Liv, Barba, and Child Services.

• Amanda Rollins : Dawn made bail. She's out again.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : What? How is that possible?

  Amanda Rollins : One of her supporters raised the cash through GoFundMe. I mean, she's not allowed within a hundred feet of the hospital or Mariel.

• Amanda Rollins : You know, what Dawn did to her daughter, she took away her childhood. It's unforgivable. But... she's sick. I mean, I just... I can't wrap my head around that we want her punished.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Listen, Rollins, why don't you go home and be with Jesse? I haven't forgotten that you have a kid, too, you know?

  Amanda Rollins : After what Liv went through, I'm fine.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Look, you're a single mom. You're a full-time cop. Your life is not easy. And it's okay to say that out loud every once in a while.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : So what now, we ask Barba for a warrant?

  Amanda Rollins : Or we get a parent's okay to look at Mariel's medical history.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, Dawn's not gonna agree to that.

  Amanda Rollins : But Mariel's father might.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Okay, should we check in with Fin first?

  Amanda Rollins : Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

• Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : She fits all the diagnostic criteria for Factitious Disorder, or Munchausen by proxy. There's a cognitive distortion in her thinking. She knows what she's doing is wrong, but she doesn't know why she's doing it. And she certainly can't stop herself.

  Rafael Barba : Is she competent to stand trial?

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : In my opinion, yes. But she's going to need a lot of treatment.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So is Mariel.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Dawn, we know you love your daughter. And you're doing the best that you can. And doctors, they don't always know the answers.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : "I was abused, so I'm an abuser"? If her lawyer goes with a psych defense, she could get off.

  Rafael Barba : Just as long as she never gets custody of her daughter again.