Special Guest Stars

Charles Grodin As Brett Forrester

Guest Stars

Anthony Rapp As Nathan Recurring	Elizabeth Marvel As Miss Calhoun Recurring
Jayce Bartok As Eli Fromson Recurring	Jeremy Bobb As Vincent Moran Recurring
Karen Shallo As Rose Matthews Recurring	Marissa Matrone As Judge Maria Ana Defecco Recurring
Mason Pettit As Curt Recurring	Raul Esparza As Assistant D.A. Rafael Barba Recurring
Tijuana Ricks As Principal Recurring	Alvin Epstein As Harold Lassiter
Apriel Starkweather As Young Woman	Brian Faherty As Frank
Brooke Hoover As Toni	Buck Henry As Morton
Elliott Gould As Walter Tompkins	Frank Wood As Andrew Lennox
Mark Webster As Damon	Robert Sella As Tompkins Former Student

Main Cast

Mariska Hargitay As Detective Olivia Benson	Danny Pino As Detective Nick Amaro
Kelli Giddish As Detective Amanda Rollins	Richard Belzer As Sergeant John Munch
Ice-T As Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola	Dann Florek As Captain Donald Cragen
Steven Zirnkilton As Opening Narration (uncredited)

Recap

The episode begins with a really old man walking into the precinct and waiting to talk to someone. Nick comes by and the old man says “I need to talk to a detective”. “It’s about this letter I received” he says and shows Nick a letter. Nick is too preoccupied and says he will attend him in a few minutes. While he sits waiting, the old man is disturbed by all the various kinds of people that are being brought in by the cops and by the general chaos all around. In the end he can take it no more and leaves. Once back home, he sits reading the letter while having a drink, with some classical music playing in the background. He looks visibly disturbed by the contents of the letter. ..

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• Creator	Dick Wolf
• Executive Producer	Julie Martin (1)  |  Warren Leight  |  Peter Jankowski  |  Dick Wolf
• Co-Executive Producer	Michael Smith (7)  |  Ed Zuckerman  |  Arthur W. Forney
• Supervising Producer	Peter Blauner  |  Kevin Fox
• Producer	Jonathan Starch  |  Kenneth G. Brown (1)
• Co-Producer	Michael Ciliento  |  Mark Dragin  |  Jonathan Strauss
• Consulting Producer	Gwendolyn Parker
• Production Designer	Dean Taucher
• Editor	Leon Ortiz-Gil
• Music	Mike Post
• Director of Photography	Michael Green (5)