Law and Order
"Beautiful Disaster"
OC, Episode 5.07
Production number: 05007
First aired (US): 22 May 2025
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th of 16 released in OC
  th of 1271 released in all  
Written By
Amy Berg & Katrina Cabrera Ortega

Directed By
Yangzom Brauen

Summary[]

A new wave of art activism puts the city on high alert and Vargas in the hot seat. Stabler is brought into a new unit to clear his old team from being their prime suspect and stop the next attack.

Plot[]

plot

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

  • Ayumi Patterson as Skye Johnson
  • Erin Davie as Gemma Powell
  • Christiana Blain as Dr. Ponce
  • Sebastian Beacon as Tyler Pearson
  • Chloe Kaitlyn Brown as Robot Tech
  • Pedar Garred as Zipp Chow CEO
  • Ashley Nadine Lopez as Assistant
  • Justin Newell as Friend
  • Carolyn Bacon as Teacher
  • Sujaya Sunkara as Admirer
  • Rachel Alejandro as News Anchor
  • Nnamdi Nwosa as Reporter

References[]

Quotes[]

quotes

Background Information and Notes[]

  • This is the first time in the Law & Order franchise that only one main character has appeared in a single episode. This episode subsequently set the record for the least number of main characters appearing in an episode, which was previously held by the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes "Reparations" and "Carousel".
    • Bell and Randall Stabler's voices are heard on Elliot's answering machine. Randall also calls Vargas later in the episode, with Elliot finding out about their search for Joseph Stabler, Jr.
    • Bell and Reyes are said to be in Italy dealing with the aftermath of the previous case.


Previous episode:
"Red, White, Black and Blue"
"Beautiful Disaster"
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Season 5
Next episode:
"Fail Safe"
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