| "A Final Call at Forlini's Bar" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 23.22 | → |
| Production number: 23022 First aired (US): 19 May 2022 First aired (UK): 17 October 2022 First aired (CAN): 19 May 2022 First aired (AUS): 25 August 2022 | ||
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| Written By Warren Leight & Julie Martin Directed By Juan J. Campanella | ||
Summary[]
The Special Victims Unit provides help and protection for a longtime domestic violence victim, but when she winds up at the defendant's table in court, Rollins surprises Carisi with a formidable opponent at trial.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Octavio Pisano as Detective Joe Velasco
Recurring cast[]
- Raúl Esparza as Attorney Rafael Barba
- Betty Buckley as Trial Division Chief Lorraine Maxwell
- Bill Irwin as Dr. Peter Lindstrom
- Linda Emond as Dr. Emily Sopher
- Ami Brabson as Judge Karyn Blake
- Jason Bowen as Detective Marcus Perry
- Stephen C. Bradbury as Judge Colin McNamara
- Frank Wood as M.E. Abel Truman
- Erica Camarano as Officer Rachel Ortiz
- Thamer Jendoubi as Officer Kivlahan
- Quentin Nguyen-Duy as Officer Eric Tran
- Eric Kirchberger as Attorney Stephen Cryer
Guest cast[]
- Jordana Spiro as Delia Hackman
- Derek Phillips as Ty Hackman
- Ashanti Brown as Nona Franklin
- Deanna Drennen as Attorney Josie Malone
- Daisy Hobbs as Precinct Commander
References[]
- Phoebe Baker
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Noah Porter-Benson
- Elliot Stabler
- Jesse Rollins
- Richard Wheatley
- Beth Anne Rollins
- Bayard Ellis
- Elana Barth
- Rita Calhoun
- Serafina Carisi
- Beth Anne Rollins
- Joseph Hollister
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- Forlini's was an Italian restaurant in Manhattan located on 93 Baxter Street, which served as an occasional filming location for SVU and various other shows.[1] It closed on April 1, 2022 after 79 years.[2] Barba and Benson mention the closing of the restaurant as they reunite in this episode.
- Episodes where Forlini's was used as a shooting location (according to scene cards) include this episode and the following: "Padre Sandunguero", "Know It All", and "In Loco Parentis".
- This is the final episode to air with Warren Leight as showrunner. Leight previously departed as showrunner after the conclusion of the seventeenth season before returning for the twenty-first season.
- Linda Emond returns after a long absence, her last appearance being in the sixteenth season.
- Jason Bowen returns after a long absence, his last appearance being in the eighteenth season.
- Velasco asks Carisi when he knew Rollins was "the one" and Carisi says it was watching her deal with the complications of giving birth to her first daughter, Jesse Rollins, which happened in the season 17 episode "Depravity Standard".
- Lindstrom mentions his first session with Benson which occurred at the end of the episode "Surrender Benson".
- Rollins mentions that Benson and Stabler worked on a case together recently which happened in the Law & Order: Organized Crime episode "Lost One".
- Goof: Bayard Ellis' name is spelled Baird in the captions of this episode.
- CTE is also a plot point in the episodes "Closet" and "Spiraling Down". Dr. Emily Sopher also appeared as a CTE expert in "Spiraling Down" in that episode as well.
Footnotes[]
| Previous episode: "Confess Your Sins to Be Free" |
"A Final Call at Forlini's Bar" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 23 |
Next episode: "Gimme Shelter" |