| "Noncompliance" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 2.06 | → |
| Production number: E1417 First aired: 24 November 2000 | ||
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| Written By Judith McCreary Directed By Elodie Keene | ||
Plot[]
A schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication becomes the main suspect in a killing and an assault.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Tom O'Rourke as Judge Mark Seligman
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Michelle Daimer as Defense Attorney Dawn DeNoon
- Welly Yang as C.S.U. Technician Georgie
Guest cast[]
- Kevin Breznahan as Mark Nash
- Kathleen Chalfant as Mrs. Nash
- Danny Mastrogiorgio as Earl Miller / Earl Gilmore
- William Youmans as Ben Moreland
- Laura Esterman as Mrs. Sandomir
- Maryann Urbano as Dr. Klein
- Byron Jennings as Defense Attorney Matt Wooding
- Helen Hanft as Mrs. Billings
- Tony Campisi as Gary Wheeler
- Chris Ceraso as Sanitation Manager
- Lou Bonacki as Alvin Maddox
- Michael Pemberton as Assistant Warden
- Jamie Gustis as Gourmet Shop Clerk
- Perri Gaffney as Receptionist
- Philip Hoffman as Doctor #1
- Frank Lombardi as Policeman #1
- John Plumpis as Doctor #3
- David Titus as Clerk
- Kennley Noble as Homeless Man
- Ajay Mehta as Doctor #2
References[]
- New Hampshire
- Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
- Maggie Sandomir (victim)
- Virginia
Quotes[]
- [about Mark Nash]
- Cabot: Defense is going to ask for a 730. State Examiner will keep him until he's fit for trial.
- Benson: Maybe we'll get his story instead of Dostoyevsky's "Crime And Punishment."
- Mrs. Nash: [about the stigma of mental illness] Mark doesn't scare me, detective. Pathetic, narrow-minded people do.
- Stabler: You're uncomfortable with the mentally ill.
- Benson: No, I am uncomfortable with dangerous unpredictability.
- Dr. Emil Skoda: Do you refuse medication because you prefer the world you live in to reality?
- Mark Nash: I'd be crazy if I didn't.
- Mark Nash: I dream of angels, but I live with demons.
- Benson: When I said I'd have dinner with you I thought we might be sitting.
- Stabler: You can sit in the car.
- Benson: You're a classy guy, you know that?
Background information and notes[]
- Actress Tamara Tunie appears for the first time as M.E. Melinda Warner. Tunie continued to make guest appearances until season seven, where she became a main cast member. She previously appeared as Defense Attorney Caroline Bennett in the Law & Order seventh season episode "Deadbeat".
- The character played by actress Michelle Daimer, Defense Attorney Dawn DeNoon, seems to have been named for the producer and writer with the same name, Dawn DeNoon.
- Noncompliance is a clinical and medical term used when a patient refuses necessary treatment, particularly psychiatric, even when doctors decide it can contribute to the patient's health and safety, as well as those of other people in their vicinity.
- Goof: In the opening when Alvin Maddox discovers Maggie's body, Maggie's panties are around her right ankle. However, when Det. Stabler approaches the body, the panties are around Maggie's left ankle.
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 |
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Sandomir Residence |
Nash Residence |
| 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Arraignment Court |
Sing Sing |
Fast Stop Market |
| Previous episode: "Baby Killer" |
"Noncompliance" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 2 |
Next episode: "Asunder" |