"Can't Be Held Accountable" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 21.09 | → |
Production number: 21009 First aired (US): 21 November 2019 First aired (UK): 28 January 2020 First aired (CAN): 21 November 2019 First aired (AUS): 9 July 2020 | ||
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Teleplay By Brianna Yellen Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Norberto Barba |
Summary[]
A fellow detective asks the Special Victims Unit for help when he suspects his two daughters are being groomed by a serial predator. During the case, Katriona disobeys Benson's orders.
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.
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona Tamin
Recurring cast[]
- Zuleikha Robinson as Bureau Chief Vanessa Hadid
- Aida Turturro as Judge Felicia Catano
- Amy Hargreaves as Dr. Alexis Hanover
- Nicholas Turturro as Detective Frank Bucci
- Vincent Kartheiser as Steve Getz
- Grace Narducci as Ivy Bucci
- Bree Turner as Granya Marcil
- Fina Strazza as Milly Bucci
- Rocco Sisto as Judge Joe Ellery
- Paul Ben-Victor as Attorney Peter Abrams
- Rosie De Sanctis as Donna Bucci
Guest cast[]
- Todd Licea as Tomas Ramirez
- Law Mason as Court Officer
- Amelia Windom as Nurse
- Stephen Urban as Photographer (uncredited)
References[]
Quotes[]
- Milly Bucci: This place. It's like a palace.
- Steve Getz: More fun. Ivy's little sister. We've been waiting. How old are you, sweetheart?
- Milly Bucci: Almost 13.
- Steve Getz: Almost. Isn't that wonderful?
Background Information and Notes[]
- This episode's plot seems to be based on Jeffrey Epstein case.
- This episode is the first of a two-parter, concluding in the next episode "Must Be Held Accountable".
- Actors Nicholas Turturro (Frank Bucci) and Aida Turturro (Judge Felicia Catano) are cousins in real life.
- This episode holds the longest sequence before the theme song for any episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, at over nine minutes.
- The song that plays in the opening is "Tomorrow" by Madi Diaz.
- Rollins mentions that Frank Bucci hit on her in a courthouse waiting room, referring to the episode "Part 33" (the scene was cut short in the regular episode, but the deleted scene shows him more directly asking out Rollins).
- Judge Joe Ellery's remark about a 15 year old girl getting an abortion without her parents consent is a remark about the Evangeline Miller (who was 13 when she appeared) case from the episode "The Burden Of Our Choices".
Episode Scene Cards[]
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Astoria Park Pool |
Residence of |
PJ Todd's Steakhouse |
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Queens General Hospital |
Arraignment of |
Apartment of |
Pier 65 |
Previous episode: "We Dream Of Machine Elves" |
"Can't Be Held Accountable" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 21 |
Next episode: "Must Be Held Accountable" |