| "Baggage" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 10.18 | → |
| Production number: 100 First aired: 7 April 2009 | ||
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| Written By Judith McCreary Directed By Chris Zalla | ||
Summary[]
When Detectives Fin and Stabler catch a murder case involving a young artist, they team up with another officer who suspects that the killing is the latest act by a serial killer who he has been chasing.
Plot[]
Stabler is forced to work on a serial killer case with Victor Moran, an abrasive detective who has been on the case for months and prefers to work alone. However, Stabler discovers that Moran's motivation is not glory and recognition, but instead justice for his own daughter, whom he blames the killer for as he was busy with the case when she had an accident. Eventually Stabler and Moran identify Mark Ocurro as the killer, but he has an alibi for the death of one of the victims. It's eventually figured out that Ocurro used the victim's kiln to make the time of death seem different and created the alibi, having read forensic textbooks.
Moran and Stabler notice he is going by a pattern and his latest victim will be a red head. They go after him again but he is on delivery though they get a list. Having Fin pull up ID on each woman, they discover one woman is a red head and go to her home.
The Detectives catch Occuro in the act of starting to rape yet another victim before arresting him. However, Moran nearly beats Occuro to death for his crimes but is stopped by Stabler.
At the precinct, Ocurro confesses to the murders and two more in the Dominican Republic. Moran decides to have his daughter's organs harvested for donation rather than have her continue to linger on in her current state.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson (credit only)
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Michaela McManus as A.D.A. Kim Greylek (credit only)
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang (credit only)
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Joanna Merlin as Judge Lena Petrovsky
- Caren Browning as C.S.U. Captain Judith Siper
- Jeri Ryan as Defense Attorney Patrice LaRue
- Andrea Weston as Nurse
Guest cast[]
- Delroy Lindo as Detective Victor Moran
- Nelson Vasquez as Mark Ocurro
- Judith Delgado as Elena Ocurro
- John Ashton as Chief of Detectives Alan Fewkes
- Victor Anthony as Stefan Henriques
- Lisa London as Deborah Huggins
- Joe Passaro as Supervisor
- Jasmin M. Tavarez as Angela Ocurro
- Dawn Yanek as Evie
- Keith Baker as Oswald
- Rick Younger as David Paige
- Isiah Stokes as Tyrone Beckwith
- Timothy Mitchum as Peanut
- Deirdre Lorenz as Detective Nina Gardner
- Nicole Mangi as Vickie Hannigan
- Sara DeRosa as April Silva (uncredited)
References[]
- Sentinel Airlines
- Dominican Republic
- Casey Chapman
- Luke Ocurro
- John Ocurro
- James Ocurro
- Craig Paige
- Jane Simpson
Quotes[]
- (on Mark Ocurro)
- Stabler: He scare you?
- Angela Ocurro: Yes. He once tied a cat to a bus. He dropped another one off a sixth-story walk-up. He's a mistake, I don't know whose: mine or God's.
Background information and notes[]
- Mariska Hargitay was not able to appear in this episode due to her recent lung problems early in 2009 which were caused by a serious injury while filming the episode "Wildlife". However, she does appear in the remaining episodes of the season that succeed this one.
- When Elliot tells Fin that he's going to tell Victor about how the case is going, Fin reminds him to tell him that Stefan had confessed. But Fin wasn't in the room when Stefan confessed, so he shouldn't know that.
Episode scene cards[]
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Mercy General Hospital |
Kinsella Party Rentals |
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Supreme Court |
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Mercy General Hospital |
| Previous episode: "Hell" |
"Baggage" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 10 |
Next episode: "Selfish" |