Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Holden's Manifesto (2014)

Kelli Giddish: Detective Amanda Rollins

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• Holden March : [to Rollins about Amaro]  Look at him. Helpless, useless. You think he's better than me.

  Amanda Rollins : I don't. He's not.

  Holden March : Yes, you do.

  Amanda Rollins : I'm not a kid. These young girls, they don't get it. They don't see. They don't understand how special you are.

  Holden March : Are you tricking me?

  Amanda Rollins : No. Thoughtful guys, polite, the kind that will hold the door open for you. You don't have to be macho. These girls think you do. Women don't. There are things I want to tell you. Adult things. Not in front of other people. Private things, you know, just... just for you. Okay? I see the potential in you, Holden. I see how powerful you are.

• Amanda Rollins : [to Holden]  I'll tell you the truth. Nick is the kind of boy that I used to like. Yeah, I fell for the quarterback, the guys with the big shoulders and the big smiles. They told me that I was special, but they just wanted to use me. You know what, Holden, and I'll tell you something. I went back my high school for a reunion, and everything is different. The star athletes, they're just fat and sweaty now. They're with big, ugly women that they don't care about. It's the intelligent guys, the smart guys they have... they have everything. I mean, they're rich, they've got beautiful wives. They're... they're guys like you. They were intelligent, sensitive, considerate.

  Holden March : I try to be.

  Amanda Rollins : I know. I know that. I can see that in you now. Now that I'm a woman. And I wish we weren't here right now. Yeah, I wish we'd met someplace else. I just don't want this to sound wrong, Holden, but I think you're superb. I really do.