The show turned a sensational reallife case into a story about the. The episode aired seven years before rosas law, which has replaced terms such as mental retardation and its derivatives from educational and medicalbased use with personfirst terms. A twisted new svu, wednesday in two weeks october 10th, 98c on nbc. The day the episode aired, timothy mcveigh detonated a truck bomb in oklahoma city, killing 168 and wounding more than 800 people. Heres how you can watch season 18, episode 12 live, on tv and online. Its often difficult to get the clues necessary in order to resolve a standard rape case it is far more difficult when the man youre accusing is a billionaire wall street titan with the. Svu episode was ripped from the headlines and fringe medical journals the nbc crime drama focused on legitimate rape.
The guest stars discuss coming aboard this nbc hit series in its th season. When the daughter of one of detective amaros friends is found working as. Law and order svu season 14 episode 8 lessons learned promo. Svu aired an episode, authority, in 2008 featuring the same storyline with robin. Special victims unit or get episode details on nbc. Decades of abuse uncovered at a prestigious private school. When the law betrays the victims, theres one who wont give up. Pauline gerzon plays the young girl who is a female version of dustin hoffman in rain man. Svu investigates the death of 26yearold caitlin, who was found bleeding after having her head bashed in at a party. When a college student claims rape and her professor claims it was consensual sex, stabler and benson find themselves in the middle of a he said, she said battle, trying to decide whether to believe the alleged victim, or the alleged perpetrator who claimed she liked it rough. It originally aired on october 4, 2005 in the united states.
Tvs longest running primetime drama stars mariska hargitay as lt. A chance encounter with the son of the perpetrator arrested with baby noah and her gives almost more than she can handle. Christopher meloni to slip back into law and order. Special victims unit tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Unless they change the schedule again, this is technically the 399th episode in airing sequence. Svu prides itself on hardcore drama and controversial subject matter ripped from the headlines. And, thanks to that popular media, this episode represents how the general public will see you. With mariska hargitay, kelli giddish, icet, peter scanavino. The svu detectives race against the clock to stop a clinically psychopathic boy with homicidal tendencies. Svu celebrates its 400th episode, directed by mariska hargitay. Naturally the feds are all over this one and wont let svu do what it normally does. Svu entitled net worth, the show made it abundantly clear that this was going to be a challenging case for olivia benson and her team. The svu struggles to find a serial predator who uses a date rape drug that leaves no evidence. In the episode, the nowoutdated term mental retardation is used twice, once by scott lucas and once by detective munch.
The episode showed how these heinous crimes can be hidden in plain sightand how victims of sex trafficking are often prosecuted as criminals. Special victims unit debuted with a twopart premiere episode on september 26, 2012, at 9pm8c 11pm10c on nbc, which was the shows weekly time slot the fourteenth season picked up storylinewise where the last season left off, with captain cragen dann florek awaking to a dead sex worker in his bed with her throat slit. This is the 400th svu episode and is directed by mariska hargitay. Special victims unit is still going strong, and cast members mariska hargitay, icet, kelli giddish, raul esparza and. Special victims unit, now in its 21st season, makes television history as the longestrunning primetime liveaction series of all time. The detectives finally get a lead when they realize one of the victims knows the rapist, but shes not willing to talk. Svu went for the jugular with the antivaccine debate on wednesday night during an episode that gueststarred missi pyle bearing a suspicious resemblance to actresstv host. Tags svu born psychopath kid child crazy psychotic scary creepy season 14 drama. Paley television festival at the paley center for media on monday, oct. But the one it chronicled in the procedurals milestone 400th. When the svu investigates a case involving two students in a special needs school, rollins discovers that one childs medical issues stem from a surprising source. The episode, which was inspired by rape kit backlogs, follows detective olivia benson mariska hargitay helping a repeat rape victim jennifer love hewitt stand up to her attacker.
Svu season 15 episode 14 wednesdays child tom moore guest star john benjamin hickey arrives home from a business trip to find his young son, nicky. The episode focuses on the search for a nineyearold girl who claims to be locked in a room and calls the police for help. After a young woman is found raped and murdered near a nightclub with five hundred dollars stuffed into her mouth, benson and stabler follow the fingerprint trail on the money to attorney jason whitaker, whose sole responsibility seems to be handling the trust for the wealthy duvall family. Svu season 19 episode 11 is airing on nbc wednesday night, and were here with yet another piece of evidence that flight risk is going to. And she helps them get justice by sending their rapists and. They show humanity, truth, and the writers are not affair to go the extra mile to make the show relate to the audience in a way every other show fails too. Benson sides with myra, the victim, whereas stabler finds himself. Instead of the credits ending with a shot of the cast walking towards the camera, they instead are shown sitting around a desk. Now that olivia benson is both in charge of svu and a single foster mother shes got a lot on her plate. Svu captured its best nielsen tv ratings since september, though nbc settled for second place.
The story focused on the uncovering of a human trafficking ring that forced american children into hard labor and sex slavery. Special victims unit shadow tv episode 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to cragen with a special request close the case of the man who raped three women nearly five years ago before the statute of limitations expires. Svus olivia benson was actually the worst detective ever.
Special victims unit episodes from season 8,view pictures, get episode information and more. However, despite being one of the most popular shows. The story is based on the judge rotenberg educational center in canton, massachusetts, one of the few autism management centers that uses electroshock as aversion therapy. Svu celebrated a major tv milestone with their 400th episode. The svu struggles to find a serial predator who uses a date rape drug that leaves no evidence behind. At 400episode milestone, svu creator reveals his favorite. While the victim is often murdered, this is not always the case, and victims often play prominent roles in episodes.