| "Dutch Tears" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 24.14 | → |
| Production number: 24014 First aired (US): 16 February 2023 First aired (UK): 21 August 2023 First aired (CAN): 16 February 2023 First aired (AUS): 12 April 2023 | ||
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| Written By Monet Hurst-Mendoza & Kathy Dobie & Gabriel Vallejo Directed By Bethany Rooney | ||
Summary[]
A recently released convict goes looking for his arresting officer, who turns out to be Tutuola. Meanwhile, Carisi tries to get an arrest warrant without a positive suspect ID.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Octavio Pisano as Detective Joe Velasco (credit only)
- Molly Burnett as Detective Grace Muncy (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- Kevin Kane as Detective Terry Bruno
- Lou Martini, Jr. as Attorney Ron Freddo
Guest cast[]
- Richard Cabral as Ivan Hernandez
- Mark Borkowski as Captain Pete Ryan
- Cady McClain as Patty Ryan
- Nathan Hinton as Fire Marshall Ethan Barnes
- Sophie Hoyt as Tara James
- Aidan TK Baker as Edgar Leon
- Marc Basil as Virgil Hatton
- Roy Shuler as Jasper Neely
- Nick Kohn as Old Vice Cop
References[]
- Phoebe Baker
- Amanda Rollins
- John Munch
- Green Haven Correctional Facility
- Ken Randall
- Dutch tears
- Greenwich Village
- Kingsborough Community College
- Dub Nichols
- Narcotics Division
- Amazon
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- "Dutch tears" are the tear-like shapes of molten glass dropped into cold water. Ivan Hernandez talks about them in this episode.
- This is the second occasion that someone from Tutuola's past has sought him out looking for justice for themselves or someone they cared about. The first was Sandra Knowles in the sixth season episode "Haunted", for her daughter Tricia.
- Benson mentions the murder of Fin's mother, which he had told her about first in the episode "Diss".
- Tutuola reveals Munch has gotten married for the fifth time to a divorced female rabbi and reclaimed his bar in Baltimore, though without naming him explicitly. Bruno, though, eventually names Munch later in the episode.
- Three days after this episode first aired, actor Richard Belzer, who portrayed Munch from 1993 to 2016, passed away at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, at the age of 78.
- Despite Dutch having been raped over 20 years ago, the statutes of limitations for second- and third-degree rape were only five years prior to 2019, which were extended to 20 and 10 years, respectively. The statute of limitations for first-degree rape was only five years, per N.Y. Crim. Pro. Law § 30.10. As a result, neither Ryan nor his friend Virgil, who actually committed the crime, could actually be legally arrested and prosecuted for the crime, as this episode aired in 2023.
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