| "Dance, Lies and Video Tape" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 21.17 | → |
| Production number: 21018 First aired: 26 March 2020 First aired (US): 26 March 2020 First aired (UK): 14 April 2020 First aired (CAN): 26 March 2020 First aired (AUS): 19 November 2020 | ||
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| Teleplay By Micharne Cloughley & Brendan Feeney Story By Brendan Feeney, Julie Martin, & Warren Leight Directed By Leslie Hope | ||
Summary[]
An ingénue ballerina discovers she has been secretly videotaped for a pornographic website.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola (credit only)
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona Tamin
Recurring cast[]
- Ari'el Stachel as Sergeant Hasim Khaldun
- John Waters as Floyd Cougat (credited as Pornmonger Man)
Guest cast[]
- Patrick Page as Alistar Woodford
- John Hans Tester as Sascha Thomas
- Caroline Pluta as Ashley Fallon
- Annabel O'Hagan as Dehlia Kelly
- Kaili Vernoff as Attorney Turner
- Tory Trowbridge as Tina Bishop
- Ben Biggers as Brad
- Victoria Pollack as Rose Sullivan
- Schyler Conaway as Jason Harris
- Donovan Mitchell as Hudson Curtis
- Ann Osmond as Samantha Dryer
- Gabriella Enriquez as Beck Silva
- Amber Barbee Pickens as Grace Pressley
- Ally Taylor Sacks as Charlotte Bell
- Justin Genna as Edward Jenkins
- Erik Gullberg as Physical Therapist
References[]
Quotes[]
- Samantha Dryer: Dehlia, do you have a second?
- Deliah Kelly: I know since I got into the National, my schedule's been a little tricky, I just...
- Samantha Dryer: Yeah. The thing is, we won't be able to do this again.
- Deliah: What? Why?
- Samantha Dryer: I like you, Dehlia. But what you do on your own time is your business. But I can't have that around the kids.
- Dehlia: What are you talking about?
- Samantha Dryer: One of the moms showed me the video. Apparently, the dads have all found it already. So, I'm sorry.
- Dehlia: What video?
- Floyd Cougat: Ballerina getting nailed in a tutu. That's a whole genre. But what isn't? Rule 34, am I right? You gotta be more specific.
- Rollins: Okay, well, this was posted two days ago.
- Carisi: And there's been an official complaint. You need to take this down.
- Cougat: So, it's revenge porn. You still can't just waltz in here, flash a badge, and expect me to fold like a cheap tent.
- Rollins: And why is that?
- Cougat: Well, in case they didn't teach you this in cop school, there is a little thing known as the First Amendment.
- Carisi: Well, I actually went to lawyer school, where they taught us about subpoenas. So how about I go get one for every hard drive in this dump?
- Rollins: We start kicking the tires, you don't think we're gonna find dozens of minors in your little video cache?
- Cougat: Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. Let's start again. I can scrub this from our site, but it's not gonna mean anything. Nothing disappears from the Internet. No, it gets pirated, goes airborne, and then mutates like the plague.
- Carisi: Well, for now, let's eliminate Patient Zero. How did you get this?
- Dehlia: They were both in on it? Jason was always hitting on me, but Brad, he... he's a gentleman. Are you sure?
- Benson: I'm sorry, Dehlia.
- Rollins: From the looks of the video, he knew exactly what he was doing, where the camera was.
- Dehlia: In ballet, the boys move the girls; that's how it works. Brad placed me on the barre, in front of the camera. How could I be so stupid?
- Benson: You couldn't have known. And you weren't the only dancer.
- Rollins: Brad, Jason, Edward Jenkins...
- Dehlia: He's in the corps.
- Benson: They shared your video in a group text, and there were videos with other women.
- Dehlia: [taking a tablet and scrolling through pictures] That's Beck Silva. She's in the corps, too. That's Grace Pressley. Ashley Fallon.
[giving the tablet back]
I feel sick.
- Tamin: She said it wasn't rape, so that's that?
- Rollins: From what I've heard, rape culture is such a part of this company, they don't even recognize it anymore.
Background Information and Notes[]
- The episode title is derived from the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
- The episode title was erroneously announced as "Dance Lies and Video Tape" by Warren Leight on Twitter.
- This is the first episode to air during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Another episode in the Law & Order franchise that centers on ballet is the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Delicate".
Episode Scene Cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Momentum Fitness |
Pornmonger Offices |
Office of |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Pro Athletes Physical Therapy |
Bronxville Eating Disorder |
Taveron on the Green |
| Previous episode: "Eternal Relief From Pain" |
"Dance Lies and Video Tape" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 21 |
Next episode: "Garland's Baptism By Fire" |