Confrontation

"Confrontation"
←	SVU, Episode 8.05	→
Production number: 08006 First aired: 17 October 2006
	th of 502 produced in SVU
←	th of 502 released in SVU	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Judith McCreary Directed By David Platt

Plot

A rape victim loses her life while confronting her attacker, who assaulted her two separate times. The case leads Stabler and Dani to discover more victims of the same rapist, whom Huang pegs as an "alpha male".

Cast

Main cast

• Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
• Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson (credit only)
• Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
• Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak
• Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
• B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
• Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen

Recurring cast

• Connie Nielsen as Detective Dani Beck
• Patricia Kalember as Judge Karen Taten
• Caren Browning as C.S.U. Captain Judith Siper
• Mariette Hartley as Defense Attorney Lorna Scarry
• J. Paul Nicholas as Defense Attorney Linden Delroy

Guest cast

• Michael Kelly as Luke Dixon
• Kerry O'Malley as Megan Carlisle
• Matthew Arkin as Barry Carlisle
• Marin Ireland as Gina Maylor
• John Michael Bolger as Detective Geiger
• Eleanor Hutchins as Elizabeth Hassenback
• Tug Coker as Ted Wilmington
• Jon Budinoff as Tracy Monroe
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Steven Felder
• Jessi Campbell as Officer Randa Lewis
• Steve Greenstein as Maintenance Man

References

• Rape Crisis Center
• Urolagnia
• ViCAP
• 27th Precinct

Quotes

Beck: Having a baby by your rapist isn't something you hide from your husband. That’s just twisted.

Stabler: My old partner's a child of rape.

Beck: That was a different era.There were no abortions, no options.

Stabler: You saying it was easy for Olivia's mom?

Beck: I'm saying decisions are simple when you have no choice.

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Stabler: If you make your wife give up that child, she'll resent you for it for the rest of her life.

Barry Carlisle: Could you raise a rapist's child? Could you?

Stabler: Go home. Talk with your wife.

Barry Carlisle: What is there to say?

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Apartment of Elizabeth Hassenback 48 Broome Street Tuesday, September 19	Apartment of Gina Maylor Brooklyn, New York Tuesday, September 19	Apartment of Barry and Megan Carlisle 218 East 28th Street Wednesday, September 20	Ensor Property Management 90 East 4th Street Wednesday, September 20

5	6	7	8
Apartment of Gina Maylor Brooklyn, New York Thursday, September 21	Chambers of Judge Taten Monday, September 25	Mercy General Hospital 365 West 32nd Street Monday, September 25	Attica Correctional Facility Attica, New York Tuesday, September 26

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