| "Brothel" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 20.15 | → |
| Production number: 20015 First aired: 14 February 2019 | ||
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| Written By Julie Martin & Ryan Causey Directed By Michael Pressman | ||
Summary[]
The Special Victims Unit investigates the death of a prostitute at a brothel to see if there was foul play or if she committed suicide after relapsing.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Lieutenant Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Philip Winchester as A.D.A. Peter Stone (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- Jenna Stern as Judge Elana Barth
- John Rothman as Judge Edward Kofax
- Joanne Baron as Defense Attorney Diane Schwartz
- William Oliver Watkins as ESU Officer Mido Hamid
- Jennifer Esposito as Sergeant Phoebe Baker
- Paul Bomba as Officer Bobby Nardone
Guest cast[]
- Baylen Thomas as Collum O'Connor
- Rebecca Forsythe as Anne Kuzmin
- Suzette Gunn as Officer Felicia Targett
- Adrian Alvarado as Detective Carlos Ramirez
- Dwelvan David as Officer Devon Jones
- Giuseppe Ardizzone as Desk Sergeant Shaan Gujjar
- Robert LuPone as Mr. Paretto
- Patrick Halley as Case Manager Morris
- Dave Bachman as Leon LaRue
- Sophie Lee Morris as Torie Meeks
- Misha Whalen as A.D.A. Alice Schultz
- Michael Quattrone as Jimmy Perillo
- Dave Adams as Point CSU
- Michael Bernardi as Host
References[]
Quotes[]
- Rollins: At least we know what our vic was running from.
- Officer Bobby Nardone: What do you mean?
- Benson: First time at a brothel, fellas?
- Jimmy Perillo: Look at this craftsmanship, the stitching, the leather. Of course it's mine.
- Tutuola: So you can tell us who bought 'em?
- Jimmy Perillo: Not on your life.
- Carisi: People pay thousands for these; you're telling me you don't keep records?
- Jimmy Perillo: Of course I keep records. They pay thousands because they expect privacy.
- Tutuola: The person that bought that shoe may have killed a woman. I don't know anything about cobbler/client confidentiality.
- Collum O'Connor: Fine, that's my shoe. What do you want?
- Carisi: Well, we just got a couple of questions for you, Mr. O'Connor.
- Collum O'Connor: I can explain.
- Tutuola: [showing him a picture of Torie dead on his phone] Explain this.
- Collum O'Connor: Torie. She's dead? Oh, my god, they killed her.
- Tutuola: Time to take a ride, Cinderella.
- Benson: You're telling me that Torie tied you up, she gagged you, and then she knocked out her own security to steal his gun?
- Collum O'Connor: I thought it was a game at first. Kinky. I know it sounds crazy.
- Benson: Yeah, it does.
- Collum O'Connor: She kept saying "I'll do it, I'll go to jail. It's better than this."
- Rollins: So then what happened?
- Collum O'Connor: She ran out of the room. I heard yelling; they were pissed.
- Benson: Who's "they"?
- Collum O'Connor: I didn't get names. A Hispanic guy, he had a beard; a Black guy, the bouncer, and a woman. One of them must have thrown her off that roof.
- Benson: Okay, and you're telling me that you had nothing to do with it?
- Collum O'Connor: I was tied up. Next thing I know, it's full panic. One of the girls untied me. Everybody was rushing out, I left quick as I could. I have never paid for a prostitute before in my life.
- Rollins: So this is the story you're going with?
Background Information and Notes[]
- This marks the final appearance of Edward Kofax.
- This marks the first appearance of Phoebe Baker, who would become the fiancé of Odafin Tutuola.
- Jennifer Esposito, who plays Baker, had previously played Sarah Logan, someone who gets close to Fin's old partner, John Munch, in the episode "Remorse".
Episode scene cards[]
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Manhattan Treatment Court |
Paretto's Customs Shoes |
Manhattan South Vice |
Chambers of |
| Previous episode: "Part 33" |
"Brothel" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 20 |
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