| "Intent" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 19.08 | → |
| Production number: 19008 First aired: 6 December 2017 | ||
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| Written By Lawrence Kaplow & Robert Brooks Cohen Directed By Adam Bernstein | ||
Summary
The cops get tangled in an elaborate online hoax that leads to the rape of a popular social media star. Meanwhile, Benson sets firm ground rules with Sheila.
Plot
plot
Cast
Main cast
- Mariska Hargitay as Lieutenant Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba
Recurring cast
- Brooke Shields as Sheila Porter
- Ryan Buggle as Noah Porter-Benson
- Anthoula Katsimatides as Meryl Smith
Guest cast
- Steve Howey as Andy McPherson
- Gage Golightly as Katy Miller
- James Monroe Iglehart as Shawn Tompkins
- Tenea Intriago as Heather Parcell
- Nick Sullivan as Deputy Sheriff Chuck Howley
- Glenn Fleshler as Counselor Phillip Atshuler
- Ben Roberts as Buck
- Barbara Kingsley as June Parcell
- Gillian Glasco as Officer Stevens
- Valerie Kingston as Judge Martha Whitman
- Ava DeMary as Debbie
- Violet Knobel as Amy
- Melody Bates as Waitress
- Erik Martin as Marv
- Jenny Hickman as Missy
- Christopher Tighe as Man
- Lailee Clemons as Foreperson
- Phoebe Amirault as Shopper (uncredited)
References
Quotes
- Rollins: [to Carisi] You know I'm human, right? And human people have sex. Sometimes with people they love and sometimes with people they don't even know.
- Barba: The Internet has made the world a smaller place, but some people still get lost in it.
- Carisi: Well, if it's the same Katy Miller, then she's a social media celebrity; Instagram, YouTube, Snap. She's got a couple of hundred thousand followers.
- Fin: Thank you, Kim Kardashian.
- Carisi: Yeah, sure, make mock, but these influencers are the voice of Gen Z.
- Fin: And they're getting rich doing it. Don't people know porn's free these days?
- Olivia: [about Heather] She instigated a rape, Rafael.
- Barba: Out of boredom. She had no motive.
- Olivia: How is stupidity a defense?
- Heather Parcell: [about Katy Miller] It's not fair! She gets paid to take a shower and I have to change Mama's poop bag? She deserves what she got! It's not fair.
Background Information and Notes
- Romantic tension is seen between Carisi and Rollins.
- The ending of this episode leads directly into the next episode, "Gone Baby Gone".
Episode scene cards
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Welland Pharmacy |
Mercy Hospital |
Apartment of |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Office of |
Gym Insanity |
Stuyvesant Park |
Office of |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Home of |
The Barrel |
Supreme Court |
Caifano's Department Store |
| Previous episode: "Something Happened" |
"Intent" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 19 |
Next episode: "Gone Baby Gone" |
