- For the similarly named Law & Order: Organized Crime episode, see "Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown".
"Counselor, It's Chinatown" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 21.07 | → |
Production number: 21007 First aired (US): 7 November 2019 First aired (UK): 14 January 2020 First aired (CAN): 7 November 2019 First aired (AUS): 25 June 2020 | ||
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Teleplay By Kathy Dobie & Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Leslie Hope |
Summary[]
The Special Victims Unit joins an undercover task force in busting a human trafficking ring.
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.
Recurring cast[]
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona Tamin
- Zuleikha Robinson as Bureau Chief Vanessa Hadid
- Sonia Manzano as Judge Gloria Pepitone
- Jeffrey Schecter as Defense Attorney Art Blumfeld
- Michael Tow as Defense Attorney Josh Wang
Guest cast[]
- Margaret Cho as Evelyn Lee
- Lawrence Kao as Charlie Hu
- Nelson Lee as Sergeant Joe Chin
- Lee Wilkof as Vic Olin
- Christine Chang as Lily Song
- Shuya Chang as Mei Mei Li
- Karen Tsen Lee as Christine Chang
- Henry Yuk as Arthur Chang
- Asher Grodman as Rick Olin
- Jack Berenholtz as Theo Pappas
- Rob Chen as Henry Wu
- Jim O'Hare as AUSA Mark Sullivan
- Rod Knoll as Bob
- Lothair Eaton as Ken
- Pearl Matteson as Masseuse
References[]
- Chinatown (1974 film)
- Days of Our Lives
- Friends
- University of California, Davis
- Guangdong
- Cultural Revolution
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- The title is a variation on a line from the film Chinatown. Carisi recites the line during the episode.
- Another SVU episode, "Debt" from season 6, also deals with Chinese sex traffickers.
- Actress Karen Tsen Lee appears in both episodes.
- While not the main focus, the booking and perp walk of Chinese sex traffickers is also shown in the opening of "Poisoned Motive" from season 14.
Episode Scene Cards[]
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Sweet Joy Relax Spa |
Corlears Hook Park |
Merciful Heart Shelter |
4 | 5 | 6 |
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Straus Square |
Lucky Mahjong Society |
Chinatown Benevolent |
Previous episode: "Murdered at a Bad Address" |
"Counselor, It's Chinatown" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 21 |
Next episode: "We Dream Of Machine Elves" |