The Crowded Room (TV Mini Series)

Family (2023)

Amanda Seyfried: Rya Goodwin

Quotes 

• Rya Goodwin : Why are you here?

  Candy : 'Cause I know how this ends. I know who you'll blame. But that's bullshit. You're the ones who let him down.

  Rya Goodwin : [chuckles, sighs]  Candy, I-I gave your son everything that I have. My heart is broken. But my conscience is clear.

  Candy : So is mine.

  Rya Goodwin : If that were true, you wouldn't have followed me in here. And you're wrong. I would never have blamed you. Never.

  Candy : Bullshit.

  Rya Goodwin : [sighs]  I had this patient, Anna, when I was a first-year resident. And Anna had been raped six times, by six different men, over the course of eight years. And, Candy, she was 19. How do you explain that? There's a phenomenon, an awful phenomenon. Victims of abuse survive. They-they get away, only to be abused again by somebody else. And I think, hearing these stories, "My God, these-these poor people. The unluckiest human beings on the planet." Only it's not luck. It is a fucked up twist of nature. Because as children, they are forced to relate sexually. They are trained to be abused. Predators are very adept at finding their prey. They're picking up on cues that nobody else can see. These cues can be chemical, psychological, behavioral, nonverbal. To the predator, neon signs. And here's the thing that I cannot emphasize enough. None of it is under the victim's control. None of it is the victim's fault. You and Danny were prey, and I suspect Marlin isn't the first predator in your life. And it's not your fault. And my heart breaks for you, it does. Because you did nothing to deserve it. So, no, I-I wouldn't blame you. For anything. But my hope would be that if you take the stand, you might finally be able to stop blaming yourself.

  Candy : Marlin.

  [sighs] 

  Candy : [sniffles]  Do you understand what you're asking?

  Rya Goodwin : Guilt or grief... which one can you bear?