Some of our favorite Law & Order: SVU moments of the past several seasons have involved the captivating combination of Det. Amanda Rollins and Assistant District Attorney Dominick “Sonny” Carisi. Isn’t it about time these two crazy, perp-nabbing kids get their own spinoff? Come along while we make our case. (DUN DUN!)
Carisi and Rollins met when both were cops in the Special Victims Unit, and though their friendship took a serious hit when Carisi finished law school and left police work to join the D.
A.’s office, they rebounded… and then some.
“Rollisi” really got going in Season 22, when Rollins kissed Carisi during a close moment at Fin and Phoebe’s un-wedding. They carried on in secret for a while, eventually made things official by telling Olivia, then got married in an impromptu courthouse ceremony. The sweetness of the nuptials, however, was tamped down by the fact that Kelli Giddish, who plays Rollins, left the squad — and the show — at the end of the hour when Amanda took a teaching job that would keep her out of danger.
(Getting shot multiple times in the course of duty will make a person seriously reconsider their line of work.)
But Rollins’ return in last season’s SVU/Law & Order: Organized Crime crossover event gave us some very important insight into her state of mind since leaving the precinct.
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