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Production number: 13008 First aired (US): 16 November 2011 First aired (UK): 29 April 2012 First aired (CAN): 16 November 2011 First aired (AUS): 8 March 2012 | ||
Written By Judith McCreary Directed By Arthur W. Forney |
When an emotionally disturbed man claims he witnessed a rape, the SVU must discover what is real and what is imaginary when the alleged victim turns out to be a patient in a psychiatric hospital.
Summary[]
A man in custody at a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. Despite the witness' shaky credibility the SVU begins an investigation, but the alleged victim, Gia Eskas, denies being assaulted. Detectives Benson and Rollins struggle to piece together what really happened to this young woman, especially when her aunt and mother say Gia has been repeatedly institutionalized, and has cried rape in the past.
Plot[]
While trying to catch a groper in Central Park, Rollins and Fin stumble upon a naked man streaking through the park in a drug-induced haze, beset by hallucinations of a woman who was supposedly enticing him to follow. He is taken to La Guardia Psychiatric Hospital, where, after being assessed for any drugs he may have taken and then left alone due to trouble on the ward, he witnesses a female patient being raped.
The SVU detectives are asked to investigate his claims and their interviews lead them to a frequent patient named Gia, but Gia denies that she was attacked even though her rape kit indicates a history of sodomy.
Olivia and Rollins talk to Gia's mother who claims that Gia has been making false rape accusations since she was 14 years old. Eventually, the detectives are able to get Gia to admit that her uncle has been raping her for 10 years. Once the detectives verify that Gia's uncle George disguised himself as a doctor to get access to Gia, he is arrested.
In interrogation, George admits to disguising himself and claims that his relationship with Gia is consensual and they didn't have sex until she was 17 years old. The detectives inform Diane and Bella of this, with them being aghast to hear this but allow them to search the Zane house.
Upon searching the house, Olivia and Rollins find nude pictures of Gia when she was 14 years old, which is enough evidence to convict him on rape. A shocked Diane believes Bella always knew and covered for George, as Bella calls the photos fake and tries to defend her husband, but Diane isn't buying it and states George was always a monster and scorns her for letting this happen to her own niece. Hearing this, a guilty Bella runs out crying while Diane breaks down at doubting her daughter.
Rollins and Benson visit Gia and tell her of the events that George will be convicted for each picture. Gia notes while she is happy her uncle will be convicted that her road to recovery is still bumpy, because she is still unwilling to see her mother, who was guilty of not believing her. The detectives tell her that she will get through this eventually.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen (credit only)
Recurring Cast[]
- Karen Young as Dr. Meg Whitmere
- David Pittu as Attorney Linus Tate
Guest Cast[]
- Tim Guinee as George Zane
- J. Smith-Cameron as Diane Eskas
- Gavin-Keith Umeh as Captain Charles Lee
- David Gelles as Darren Bickford
- Michael Chernus as Jay Delaney
- Carrie Preston as Bella Zane
- Natasha Lyonne as Gia Eskas
- Jennifer McCabe as Doc Guard Stevens
- Brit Whittle as ER Doctor Lindstrom
- Kristin Rohde as Judge Angela Corcoran
- Joanna Howard as Amber
- Jon Freda as Lawyer
- Bill Cohen as Union Representative
- Kelly Spitko as Darcy
- David Winning as Angry Dad
- Alison Campbell as Jamaican Nanny
- Gayle Turner as Court Clerk
- Kent Cassella as Detective
References[]
Quotes[]
- Amaro: (to Olivia): You think I want to talk to him? I want to tear his head off.
- Benson: My old partner, he, uh... There were a few times he came pretty close.
- Gia Eskas: In the real world, he's sane and I'm not.
- Gia Eskas: Some girls travel or go to college to get away. Me, I vacation at La Guardia Psychiatric Hospital.
Background information and notes[]
- Rollins mentions to Benson briefly that a sexual assault happened to her in Atlanta, which led to her moving to New York. The full story of the incident is revealed in the season 16 episode "Forgiving Rollins".
Episode scene cards[]
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Laguardia |
Zane/Eskas Duplex |
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