| "Haunted" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 6.10 | → |
| Production number: E5212 First aired (US): 7 December 2004 First aired (UK): 13 June 2005 First aired (CAN): 7 December 2004 First aired (AUS): 27 April 2005 | ||
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| Written By Amanda Green Directed By Juan J. Campanella | ||
After nearly losing his life to save a young boy from a pair of gangbangers, Fin is declared a hero... until a woman surfaces from his days in Narcotics.
Summary[]
In the aftermath of a bodega robbery, Detective Tutuola's past as a narcotics officer catches up with him when a grief-stricken mother blames him for her estranged daughter's spiralling drug abuse. Fin teams up with a young narcotics detective and sets out to make things right.
Plot[]
Fin is badly injured in a bodega shooting, which results in the death of the two young shooters responsible. As Fin is considered a hero for saving a young boy in the bodega, his old past as a Narcotics cop catches up with him when he investigates the disappearance of a young girl who was involved in drugs at the request of her mother. Eventually, it is revealed that she had been murdered and her body was in a city grave the whole time. The girl's, Trisha, body is exhumed and returned to her mother for proper burial, but Fin learns that she had a c-section at one point and investigates to find out what happened with the baby. He learns that after coming into the hospital heavily pregnant and high, Trisha got told off by the doctor and turned her life around for the baby, Austin, before her murder. He finds out that her friend Lizzie has Austin and tracks her down with the help of SVU after she robs a drug store for meth ingredients and gets her to give up Austin's location. Fin and Mike, the rookie cop he's working with, rescue Austin from Lizzie's drug dealer boyfriend T.D. and finally unite him with his grandmother.
Fin learns that Trisha had a c-section at one point and investigates to find out what happened with the baby. He learns that after coming into the hospital heavily pregnant and high, Trisha got told off by the doctor and turned her life around for the baby, a healthy boy named Austin, before her murder. He finds out from her old boss that she had a friend named Lizzie who might have Austin.
The detectives visit Trisha's mother Sandra and inquire on Lizzie, as Sandra tells them that she was childhood friends with Lizzie and is the reason why she turned to drugs. Sandra bitterly reveals that her trying to separate them, it led to them running away. Sandra soon deduces Lizzie is why her daughter was killed, as they state they don't know, and she asks why they're searching for her and Fin tells her of the existence of her grandson Austin. They informed the shocked woman they think he's with Lizzie and Sandra begs them to find him, something Fin promises to do for her.
He and Mike track Lizzie down with the help of SVU after she robs a drug store for meth ingredients. Mike arrests her after he gets her to give up Austin's location, which is the house of her boyfriend T.D.'s sister. After finding the house, they note the meth was cooking, before spotting T.D.'s sister leaving with kids with all looking sick and realize they need help.
Fin is determined to keep his word and rushes in the house, despite the chemical exposure. Mike rescues the remaining kids who were exposed to the chemicals while Fin finds Austin with T.D. who holds him captive. The two enter a standoff, but with help from Mike, Fin successfully rescues the infant and take down Lizzie's drug dealer boyfriend T.D. at his lab.
A protesting T.D. is arrested while the detectives and Austin are decontaminated. Fin thanks Mike for his help, something the latter accepts. Soon Sandra Knowles comes down after previously being called by Fin, she begs the police on the scene to let her in because of her grandson being inside before she spots Cragen and requests that he leads her to Austin. Cragen does so and calls out to Fin, who finally unites Austin with his grandmother, who forgives him and thanks him for finding the boy.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- 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 (credit only)
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Nicholas Gonzalez as Detective Miguel "Mike" Sandoval
- John Schuck as Chief of Detectives Muldrew
- Mike Doyle as C.S.U. Technician Ryan O'Halloran
- Caren Browning as C.S.U. Technician Judith Siper
- Joel de la Fuente as T.A.R.U. Technician Ruben Morales
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Ernest Waddell as Ken Randall
- Albert Insinnia as Lieutenant Pizzelli
- Francis Jue as Dr. Fong
- Tijuana Ricks as Dr. Marnie Aiken
- Joseph E. Murray as Paramedic Olson
Guest cast[]
- Jeannetta Arnette as Sandra Knowles
- Jeffery V. Thompson as Fat Tony
- Gene Silvers as T.D. Beeman
- Kevin Pinassi as Vance Dennis
- Emma Myles as Lizzie Jones
- Kevin Nagle as Joey Bosco
- Ralph Lucarelli as Gus
- Daryl Wein as Clerk
- Jim Chiros as Junkie #1
- Jaime Rodriguez as Crazy Jim
- Andrea Barnes as Jesse
- Rosalind Brown as Junkie #2
- Georgienne Millen as Paula Beeman
- Chuck Ardezzone as Corrections Officer
- Bryse Gregory as Gravedigger
- Glenn Cruz as Counterman
- Ephraim Benton as Punk #1
- Jayvon Smith as Punk #2
- Ethan Stein as Boy
- Kent Cassella as ND Detective
- Katie McGee as Reporter
- Tom Bruno as Firefighter
- Booker T. Washington as Basketball Player #1
- Kerie W. Edmead as Basketball Player #2
- Greg Sims as Uniform Officer #1
- Frank C. Williams as Uniform Officer #2
References[]
- Narcotics Division
- Terry Brown
- Austin Knowles
- Tricia Knowles
- Murphy Twins
- Matthew 27:7
- Hart Island
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Quotes[]
- Tutuola: Who's the best at undercover in your squad?
- Sandoval: I'm your guy.
- Tutuola: No offense, but my grandmother wouldn't sell an aspirin to you.
- [The detectives search a stash house after the explosion]
- Tutuola: Cold pills?
- Sandoval: Yep, and matchbooks.
- Tutuola: Thousands of them.
- Sandoval: You need both to cook crystal meth.
- Tutuola: Well, that explains the pole-cams and the booby-traps. Meth makes you paranoid.
- Sandoval: Beyond paranoid. I once collared a heavy tweaker who shot his dog because he was afraid he was gonna rat him out to the cops.
- Tutuola: You did good.
- Sandoval: Thanks.
- Tutuola: Look there's Grandma.
Background information and notes[]
- When Detective Munch calls Stabler from the hospital to tell him where to find the gun at the bodega, he asks for him by name. This is odd, given he would have called Stabler's personal cell phone. Additionally, the scene is edited so that Stabler isn't given the information.
- This episode is the first appearance of recurring character Ken Randall, Fin Tutuola's son, played by Ernest Waddell.
- When Fin first tells Cragen about Vance Dennis and shows him Dennis' license, his sex is clearly listed as female.
- An early plot point in this episode revolves around Fin being accused of shooting an unarmed robber at the bodega. Security camera footage showed that the boy tossed the gun in the air when shot and it landed on top a freezer unit. This is very similar to a plot point in a 1967 episode of Dragnet, "The Shooting Board," where Sgt. Friday shoots and kills an armed robber at a laundromat, but the gun is never found and Friday is accused of shooting an unarmed man. The gun is later found at the laundromat and Friday, of course, is vindicated.
- At the beginning, Olivia is at Ken Randall's apartment, asking for Kwasi Tutuola. It is here we learn that he uses his Mom's Maiden name Randall, and goes by the name Ken Randall.
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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543 West 122nd Street |
Special Victims Unit |
190 West 134th Street |
Manhattan North |
| 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Mercy General Hospital |
Knowles Residence |
Roly's Mini-Market |
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