Special Guest Stars

Andre Braugher As Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis Recurring

Guest Stars

Alok Tewari As Attorney Amiri Recurring	Carmen Roman As Judge Nancy Rosario Recurring
Enid Graham As Cleveland A.D.A. Marnie Lathrop Recurring	Marissa Matrone As Judge Maria Ana Defecco Recurring
Rick Zahn As Hal Harper Recurring	Suzanne Shepherd As Olga Dudek Recurring
Andrew Harvey As Ryan	Andrew M. Chamberlain As Eddie
Chris Sullivan (1) As Mr. Galtin	Daria Hardeman As Kassandra Smith
Dawn Yanek As Reporter	Edward Asner As Martin Schultz
Elaine Hyman As Olga Dubcek	Eve Plumb As Angela Brooks
Helen Anker As Vera	Jack Dimich As Alexei Belyakov
Michael J. O'Hara As C.O. Foster	Mike Tyson As Reggie Rhodes
Peter Scanavino As Johnny Dudek	Tyler Dean Flores As Pablo

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 young boy practicing gymnastics and his coach monitoring him. The boy’s leg cramps up and the coach attends to it. A janitor comes in to do some cleaning just then. But the coach sends him away, asking him to come back later. Later, the coach is stabbed by someone in the parking lot and collapses to the ground in agony. Nick informs Olivia that the coach’s name is Alexi Beliakov and he was stabbed multiple times with an ice pick. Turns out, he was stabbed in his privates. At the hospital, Nick and Olivia talk to Alexi. Olivia suggests that an attack like this could have been prompted out of revenge. He says he is happily married and has good relations with all the three of his ex-wives. ..

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