- Rafael Barba: This girl didn't realize she was raped until she saw it on live TV?
- Olivia Benson: I know, I know.
- Rafael Barba: I get the "she said". What's the "he said"?
- Rafael Barba: Hey. What'd I miss?
- Odafin Tutuola: Melanie's a liar and NYPD screwed up.
- Olivia Benson: [sarcastic] Yeah, I can't wait to see who the heroes are.
- Jeffrey Prince: [Barba plays an incriminating video file] She filmed this? Is that even legal?
- Rafael Barba: You put cameras in Melanie's hotel room without her knowledge and then aired it on national TV. That's a felony.
- Olivia Benson: Not to mention your little cover-up. That's another felony. Aiding and abetting a rape? That puts you on the registry.
- Regina Prince: Oh, come on. You... you can't be serious.
- Rafael Barba: We are. What's that other show? "Let's Make a Deal"?
- Olivia Benson: [glancing at "Heart's Desire" on TV] I'm sorry, can you turn this off?
- Ed Tucker: Or just throw the TV out.
- Olivia Benson: Who actually watches this show?
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: [watching "Heart's Desire" with Rollins] Did you see what I just saw?
- Amanda Rollins: And she wasn't acting. Did they just air a rape?
- Odafin Tutuola: Maybe you guys were distracted, but, uh, reality shows are all fake. You know that, right?
- Amanda Rollins: Not last night. They want drama. They want fairy tales. They don't want rape, and you saw they cut away as soon as Melanie started to freak out.
- Olivia Benson: Did she report it?
- Amanda Rollins: Who knows if the producers let her make a call? They don't allow access to the outside world.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Yeah, it's like Stockholm syndrome. I mean, with all these headlines, plus the amount of calls we're getting from concerned viewers, including the Chief of D's wife...
- Amanda Rollins: We should at least just go and ask a few questions.
- Olivia Benson: Okay, so go talk to Melanie, but I'm interested in our reality, not theirs.
- Melanie Connor: I don't know what I'm gonna do when I get home. I feel lost.
- Olivia Benson: That's normal. It takes time, Melanie. But you will get through this, I promise.
- Lizzie Bauer: Do you have any idea what reality TV is like? Non-union crew working nineteen-hour days with a cast of rum-drunk 20-somethings who've all been locked in together for weeks.
- Lizzie Bauer: [to Jeffrey and Regina] You lied to the police. You made Melanie think that she was crazy.
- Jeffrey Prince: You did the exact same thing. You want to be an exec? Get used to this. What, did you think we'd go on TV and say you came to us about a rape and we told you how to make it go away?
- Lizzie Bauer: That's what happened.
- Regina Prince: Lizzie, how long have you been working on this show? It doesn't matter what happened, just what the audience thinks happened.
- Lizzie Bauer: [to Rollins and Carisi] Hi, there. Lizzie Bauer, co-producer. How can I help the NYPD?
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Well, we're following up on the accusation Melanie made on the air last night.
- Lizzie Bauer: Of course. We've been getting calls about it too, but you know nothing happened, right? Our show is heavily scripted.
- Amanda Rollins: Okay, well, we still need to speak to Melanie.
- Lizzie Bauer: Um, our executive producers are talking to the network. Can I ask you to wait until they get here?
- Amanda Rollins: No.
- Lizzie Bauer: Melanie's close to the final round. I... I talked to her last night. If she'd wanted the police involved, we definitely would have made that happen.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: We need to hear that from her.
- Melanie Connor: All I know is, I don't remember having sex. I would never have agreed to that.
- Amanda Rollins: But you think you did have sex?
- Melanie Connor: Well, after seeing the video, it kind of made sense. Morning after my date, I was sore down there. My panties were on the floor. I felt different.
- Amanda Rollins: Did you tell anybody?
- Melanie Connor: I didn't remember it, so I didn't say anything.
- Amanda Rollins: Okay, well, Melanie, um, if you were... if you were unable to consent, yeah, that could be rape.
- Melanie Connor: Well, they said that it wasn't.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Who's they?
- Melanie Connor: Lizzie. And the Princes, Jeffrey and Regina Prince, the executive producers. They said that since I told Ryan that I wanted to lose my virginity to him eventually, that I must have wanted it.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: No. No. They were wrong, all right? It doesn't matter what you did or what you said before.
- Melanie Connor: Then I don't... I don't understand. I thought that Ryan and I were in love with each other. Why... why would he rape me?
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: We can investigate. We can talk to Ryan and collect evidence. Do you have any clothing from that night?
- Melanie Connor: They take care of our laundry here. They take care of everything.
- [to Rollins]
- Melanie Connor: Could I borrow your cell? We're not allowed phones and I want to call my mom.
- Amanda Rollins: Of course.
- Lizzie Bauer: So sorry you had to waste a trip.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: No, not really. Detective Rollins is going to take Melanie to the hospital to get a rape kit done.
- Lizzie Bauer: No, wait, Melanie can't go. She has a shoot. The ladies dine and dish.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Does she? That mean that the guys aren't working then, right? That's good, because I need to talk to Ryan.
- Lizzie Bauer: Hang on. This is a closed set.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: No, not anymore, it's not.
- John Valentine: Let me give you lesson number one from the John Valentine school of reality hosting: you stand on your mark, you say the words, you get paid, that's it.
- Lizzie Bauer: Thank you, John. The detectives are here on official police business.
- John Valentine: Come on, Lizzie. About Melanie crying rape? Please, she signed a waiver. Lesson number two: if it's a reality show, there is no reality.
- Olivia Benson: So Melanie agreed to a rape kit, but she has no memory of consenting to or even having sex?
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: No, no, but Ryan does.
- Odafin Tutuola: He claims it was consensual.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: And magical.
- Olivia Benson: Okay, are you sure that this isn't part of the show?
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Yeah, look, something happened to this girl that she did not want to have happen.
- Graham Turco: [about Melanie] She didn't say no. She didn't tell me to stop. Tell them, Lizzie. I told you about it the next day.
- Lizzie Bauer: Graham, it's over.
- Graham Turco: You interviewed me the next morning.
- Lizzie Bauer: You said that you went to Melanie as a friend and then it turned into something more.
- Graham Turco: And you said everything would be fine.
- Lizzie Bauer: Because I didn't know that you had raped her!
- Jeffrey Prince: Lizzie, let it go. You can take him out of here, officers.
- Olivia Benson: Hold on, are you filming this?
- Odafin Tutuola: [as he puts his hand up, covering up the camera lens] Get this camera out of here.
- Jeffrey Prince: Legally, we're within our rights to film the police.
- Olivia Benson: [nods] Okay, Detective Tutuola, not our concern.
- Rafael Barba: [about Graham] If the producers told him to kill his friend for the storyline, would he?
- Olivia Benson: Hold on. For what it's worth, Graham tested positive for Chlamydia, same bacterial strain as Melanie.
- Rafael Barba: It's moot. Got him now. How's Melanie doing?
- Odafin Tutuola: The producers gave him up 'cause we were about to find out he was the rapist.
- Olivia Benson: She hasn't wavered since she disclosed.
- Rafael Barba: Good. I want to get her in front of a grand jury tomorrow. Just keep her away from those producers. They have been one step ahead of us the whole time. I don't want any surprises.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: The Princes will plead guilty to one count of tampering with physical evidence. It's a felony.
- Lizzie Bauer: They won't do time.
- Amanda Rollins: Probably not, they're rich.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: But they'll never work in TV again.
- Lizzie Bauer: And yet, I can guarantee you, "Heart's Desire" will go on.
- Amanda Rollins: In a way, though, you're lucky that they threw you under the bus. Got you to cooperate. You hadn't done that, you'd still be on the hook.
- Lizzie Bauer: Great, so I avoid a felony charge. I can't wait to put it on my resume. Sorry. The show brought out the worst in me and I learned to bring out the worst in those girls. Just so you know, I really was asleep when she was raped. I swear.
- Amanda Rollins: We believe you.
- Lizzie Bauer: Melanie won't. How does she get over this?
- Regina Prince: Our show is about love, romance. This accusation is deeply disturbing.
- Jeffrey Prince: We tell the bachelors to treat every young lady as if she's our daughter.
- Odafin Tutuola: You have a daughter?
- Jeffrey Prince: No, we don't have children. The point is, these girls need to be respected and protected.
- Dominick Carisi, Jr.: Okay, well, Melanie doesn't feel like she was.