Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Episode Info

Prev: 13x23 -- Rhodium Nights (May/23/2012)

An underage escort is found dead at a wild bachelor party, and Captain Cragen cautions his team to investigate with discretion, as there were several high-profile people at the scene. In their efforts to question a well-known leader in the New York escort world, Benson and Amaro encounter former SVU detective Brian Cassidy, who's been working undercover. With his help, the detectives dig deeper into a vicious power struggle between the two top escort businesses, but before the case is cracked, a shocking event threatens to destroy the life of one SVU squad member.

Cast

Mariska Hargitay As Detective Olivia Benson (S01-)	Danny Pino As Detective Nick Amaro (S13-)
Kelli Giddish As Detective Amanda Rollins (S13-)	Richard Belzer As Sergeant John Munch (Detective S01-S08; Sergeant S09-)
Ice-T As Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (S02E02- ; recurring previously)	Dann Florek As Captain Donald Cragen (S01-)
Stephanie March As Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cabot (S02E02-S05E04; S11E05-S11E16; recurring otherwise)	Diane Neal As Assistant D.A. Casey Novak (S05E05-S09; recurring otherwise)
Tamara Tunie As Dr. Melinda Warner, M.E. (S07-S12; recurring otherwise)	Christopher Meloni As Detective Elliot Stabler (S01-S12)
[Select Character Guide]A.D.A. Gillian HardwickeAssistant D.A. Alexandra CabotAssistant D.A. Casey NovakBureau Chief Michael CutterCaptain Donald CragenDetective Amanda RollinsDetective Elliot StablerDetective Nick AmaroDetective Odafin 'Fin' TutuolaDetective Olivia BensonDistrict Attorney Arthur BranchDr. Elizabeth Rodgers, M.E.Dr. George HuangDr. Melinda Warner, M.E.Sergeant John Munch • view full cast list, character guides

Reviews

free_to_finn Reviews: 4

Charisma-The Best SVU Episode Ever Done!Rating: 5 likes, 0 dislikes "Charisma" is the hallmark episode of Law And Order-SVU. It just doesn't get any better than this. The plot of this episode is gritty,gut-wrentching and heartbreaking. A con artist and pedophile,Abraham Ofinian/Eugene(played to perfection by Jeff Kober) squares off against Detective Olivia Benson and the rest of the SVU team in a battle of wits that has a twelve year old girl(pregnant with Ofinian/Hoff's child) as the prize. Mariska Hargitay(Detective Olivia Benson) won the first major acting award(Gloden Globe-for Best Actress in a television drama series) for any Law And Order series for this episode. Ms. Hargitay's scenes with Jeff Kober were simply astounding. The emotional level set by the two during their confrontations set a new standard for the series that will be hard to duplicate. Ms. Hargitay and Mr. Kober should have been standing on the podium at Emmy time for this kind of dedication to their craft. It is amost unimaginable that SVU could ever again reach this kind of perfection. Read more Review posted on Saturday, March 10th 2007 at 5:18 pm

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13x23: Rhodium Nights recap: The episode begins at a party with drugs and women. Three guys in the party sit and chat about the current economy, while girls give them lap dance. One of the guys is informed about there being some issue. It turns out the cops have arrived at the party. Two of the guys go to have a talk with the cops. They tell the guys that a neighbor called in with a noise complaint. The guys promise to keep it down and the cops leave. One of the girls then takes a guy into the bedroom to share a few private moments. Then just as they begin making out on the bed, they discover a girl’s dead body buried underneath the coats, and jackets lying on the bed. Later, Olivia is informed about the whole case, and also that the party was being hosted by cable news host Clayton Hannigan... read more.

13x22: Strange Beauty recap: The episode begins with a girl on the phone telling someone that she is scared and wants to go home. She then enters a car rental service with a man sitting at a counter; the whole thing is then seen through security camera footage. The girl is told to go out by the man and as she stands outside the shop, a cab comes and stops near her and a hooded man comes out, the girl sees this and makes a run for it with the hooded man giving chase. It is then seen through the camera that the girl is being dragged by the hooded man into the cab. The cab then drives away, with the man in the rental service not noticing any of this. Meanwhile, Rollins introduces her previous captain Sam Reynolds to Fin and Nick who are playing pool... read more.

13x20: Father Dearest recap: The episode begins with a 3 ½ year old boy Sam calling 911 and saying that his mom is asleep. His house is located on the system, while he is on the phone. Nick and Olivia arrive at Sam’s doorstep and ask him to open the door. He opens the door and lets them in. Inside they see his mother on the floor with blood on the floor. Olivia asks him what happened, he tells her about his mom and sister fighting about a bad man taking his sister away. Later at the precinct Sam is tucked in by Olivia, the boy’s father has been informed, and his mother has been taken for an MRI, there is a gash in the back of her head. Meanwhile, the boy’s father Jeff Avery comes in. He tells them about his daughter who is 16 and how they can’t get in touch with her because he took her cell phone away, because she was texting at the dinner table... read more.

13x19: Street Revenge recap: The episode begins with a victim telling Benson that someone raped her. The perpetrator was white and was wearing a hoddie. The press makes a field day of it. Later at the precinct, Munch carrying a sketch of the rapist wearing a hoodie comes in, saying “you can’t sketch what you don’t see. The whole gang is doing all it can to find the rapist. The Captain wants the streets crawling with cops, to catch a hold of the rapist. The captain then tells Benson to come along with him to help him handle a community meeting as she managed well with a reported earlier. At the meeting the captain is given a tough time, regarding the rapist. Benson intervenes and handles the queries the common man has about the measures being taken by the police... read more.

13x21: Learning Curve recap: The episode begins with Fin’s son introducing his partner Alejandro to John. Alejandro and Fin’s son want to get married, and they want John to help them with how they should spring this news on Fin. John tells them to just be honest and tell him everything upfront. Alejandro then walks down the pavement in fairly pleased mood, after having parted ways with John and Fin’s son. Just then a few guys jump out of a van, put a bag on his head, throw him into a van and drive away. They then throw him into a room, and tell one of the guys to beat him with a baseball bat. Later at the precinct, Fin’s son comes and falls into his father’s arms crying. Fin is baffled by this behavior of his. Meanwhile, Alejandro gives his statement while lying on a hospital bed, badly beaten up... read more.

Crew

Creator: Dick Wolf
Executive Producer: Warren Leight, David J. Burke, Ted Kotcheff, Robert Palm, Neal Baer, Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf
Co-Executive Producer: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Lisa Marie Petersen

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Recurring Guests