Lifetime’s You Can’t Take My Daughter: The 5 best scenes

Lyndsy Fonseca stars in Lifetime’s You Can’t Take My Daughter, a heartwrenching film about a rapist trying to get custodial rights based on a real story.

Lifetime’s final Ripped from the Headlines feature is You Can’t Take My Daughter,  based on the true story of Analyn Megison. Megison was raped and impregnated by a man who then sought custodial rights over their daughter years after she was born. Oxygen has more details about the real harrowing case and the medieval laws in Georgia that previously allowed assailants to gain custody, even if they assaulted the mother of said child.

The film stars former Agent Carter actress Lyndsy Fonseca, in the leading role of Amy Thompson. Kirstie Alley also stars as Amy’s mother. The following list details the best scenes from Lifetime’s latest film.

1. Letty and Amy’s relationship

This list entry isn’t necessarily about just one scene, but the bond between Amy and her best friend Letty was quite touching. It’s always nice when the best friend character doesn’t wind up dead, as often happens in Lifetime films.

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Amy didn’t have anyone else in her life that was as genuine and supportive of her in the early days as Letty was, not even her mother. It made sense that Letty would ultimately become “Aunt Letty” to Maddy, and it was sweet they kept in touch for all those years. It’s not clear if she was based on a real person or not.

2. Amy decides to represent herself in court

After Amy has given birth to Maddy and raised her for several years, Demetri reenters the picture to get custodial rights over his daughter. Horrified, Amy is intent on stopping him by any means necessary. She is appalled to discover that her new state of Georgia doesn’t have any legislation to prevent an assailant from getting custody of their kids.

She meets with a law firm in Georgia and quickly realizes that they don’t have her best interests at heart, or understand the severity of the situation. The female attorney even mentions that they might concede and allow Demetri to see his daughter one day a month. Amy chooses to leave them and represent herself in court, as a fully certified lawyer herself; she made the smart move.