Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Outsider (2007)

Tiffany Pao: Ming Hao

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Quotes 

• Ming Hao : [off-screen]  When I got off the subway, the platform was empty.

  [a shot of Fin, then showing Ken by her, listening to her story; Ming sniffs] 

  Ming Hao : I was headed for the stairs, and all of a sudden a man grabbed me.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [quietly]  Take your time.

  Ming Hao : He dragged me behind a pillar.

  [shudderingly gasps] 

  Ming Hao : He bent me down. He put his hand over my mouth.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Did you get a look at him.

  Ming Hao : Only for a second. He had a bandana around his face. I closed my eyes.

  Ken Randall : What did he do?

  Ming Hao : He made me tell him I liked it while he did it to me.

  [shudderingly gasps] 

  Ming Hao : Then he started choking me.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : What happened next?

  Ming Hao : I heard shouting. People yelling "stop." He got up and ran away.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Did you see who was shouting?

  Ming Hao : No; when I opened my eyes, everyone was gone.

  [Ken looks back at his father, slightly shaking his head] 

  Ken Randall : They must've chased him.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [sincerely]  You're doin' good, okay? This is gonna help us catch the guy that hurt you.

  Ming Hao : I don't wanna go to court; my parents will find out.

  Ken Randall : It's okay, Ming. You're not the first girl at Hudson to get raped.

  [quietly sobs in gasps and then gets up] 

  Ming Hao : [to Fin]  I knew I shouldn't have come here. I can't do this.

  [turns and retreats as Ken looks at her go and looks back desperately at his father] 

  Ken Randall : I blew it.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [without emotion]  Fix it.

  [Ken gets up quickly and exits after Ming; Fin sits, somewhat affected] 

• Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : [Title card: Hudson University; Alexander Hall; Thursday, December 7]  We can't call her house and her cell phone's disconnected.

  [walking with Lake and Ken] 

  Chester Lake : And the only time we can see her is when she's at school.

  Ken Randall : That'll be tough; her father's always with her, watching her like a hawk.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Well, if he sees us, we're facing a lawsuit.

  Chester Lake : Look, can't you get us somewhere we can talk to her in private?

  Ken Randall : She's in class right now. I'll go in, say the dean wants to see her.

  [walks away to Ming's class; cut to him exiting behind a deer caught in headlights Ming] 

  Ming Hao : I can't talk to them.

  [walks away] 

  Ken Randall : Please; they have a lead.

  Ming Hao : [still walking quickly]  My father's waiting for me. Leave me alone.

  Ken Randall : Another girl was attacked.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Just look at the picture.

  Ming Hao : [turns and looks]  I know him. That's Oliver Mitsakos. He was a T.A. for Intro to Econ my freshman year.

  Chester Lake : [Fin and Lake exchange multiple glances]  You have any contact with him outside the classroom?

  Ming Hao : He tried to make me come to his office hours, but I wouldn't.

  Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : Why not?

  Ming Hao : He always flirted, but he was aggressive about it.

  Chester Lake : Was he ever physical or violent?

  Ming Hao : It wasn't like that. Just... really desperate.

  [shakes head slightly] 

  Ming Hao : It creeped me out.

  [face shows realization; slightly raises her voice] 

  Ming Hao : Do you think he did this to me?

• Roommate : [opens the door with Ken behind her; turns to Ken]  Ming locked the bathroom door and won't come out.

  Ken Randall : [unaffected]  What's wrong?

  [walks toward bathroom] 

  Roommate : I think she was raped.

  [both stand still and look at each other for a few seconds and Ken continues to the door, listening for a bit] 

  Ken Randall : Ming. It's Ken Randall. Are you okay?

  [shot to Ming sitting on the bathtub ledge, quietly sobbing, slightly bent down] 

  Ken Randall : Anything you tell me stays private.

  Ming Hao : [voice trembling slightly]  This isn't a school problem; I don't need an R.A.

  Ken Randall : My dad's a cop.

  Ming Hao : [silent for a bit]  I'm not going anywhere.

  Ken Randall : I'll ask him to come here.

  Ming Hao : [slightly more hysterical]  No, I don't want anyone to see a policeman at our dorm.

  Ken Randall : Ming, I promise. If you talk to my father, he will help you.

  [she continues sobbing and Ken continues to look at the direction of the door concernedly] 

  Ken Randall : Ming.

  [the door unlocks and Ming, quietly sobbing opens the door, a few inches, blood running down her nose and her right side of her lower lip either bloody or bruised, and slowly opens the door more, not holding back her sobs]