| "Outcry" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 5.30 | → |
| Production number: E5202 First aired: 4 July 2004 | ||
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| Written By Patrick Harbinson Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Plot
Tandi McCain is found beaten and duct-taped under a bench in a newly constructed dormitory. She claims that she was raped by three students. Eventually Stabler comes to believe that her step-father raped her, but after he punches him for it, Ronald McCain gives Stabler a nose bleed Stabler starts to believe he's innocent as he would've reacted the same way if he'd been accused of raping his own daughter. Tandi withdraws her accusations and claims she made it all up so Cragen has her arrested as she's been lying all along about something, whether it was being raped or not. Benson believes that her step-dad put her up to recanting her rape allegations and Stabler is able to convince her father to let Benson talk to her alone. Tandi reveals she lied as she's afraid for her step-dad not of him and when she describes the threats against him, he realizes that it's his boss Mike Tucker. His actions fit as the possible rapist and he's arrested. At the trial, the defense successfully makes it look like Tandi's lying again and Tucker is found not guilty. Despite losing, Tandi feels good at having confronted her rapist. Tandi's courage to face Tucker and try to bring him to justice causes another girl named Allison to approach Stabler and Benson after the trial and report her own rape by Tucker six months before, giving the police another shot at bringing him to justice.
Summary
Episode summary
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
- Ned Eisenberg as Attorney Roger Kressler
- John Schuck as Chief of Detectives Muldrew
- Peter Hermann as Attorney Trevor Langan
- Caren Browning as CSU Captain Judith Siper
- Philip Bosco as Judge Joseph P. Terhune
- Blair Brown as Attorney Lynne Riff
Guest cast
- Michael O'Keefe as Ronald McCain
- Amanda Seyfried as Tandi McCain
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as Jamie Barrigan
- John Bedford Lloyd as Mike Tucker
- Cady McClain as Alice McCain
- Jim R. Coleman as Rico
- Stewart J. Zully as Jeff
- Sewell Whitney as Dean Lyne
- Triney Sandoval as TARU Technician Echevarria
- Gordon Joseph Weiss as Fred
- Neal Lerner as Lawrence Ulman
- Jake Mosser as Luke Delvecchio
- Emma Bell as Alison Luhan
- Christopher Moccia as Larry O'Connor
- Keith Jamal Downing as Joseph Eglee
- Jarrett Willis as Tony Storr
- Marsha Stephanie Blake as Maria
- Jane Fergus as TV Interviewer
- Greg Vaccarello as Uniform Officer
- Tyler Alexander as Paramedic
- Eric Evangelista as News Anchor
- Anne Dupont as Jury Forewoman
- April Armstrong as Journalist #1
- Bill Kocis as Journalist #2
- Nick Basta as Journalist #3
- Teresa Woods as Journalist #4
- Wallis Herst as Journalist #5
- Chris O'Neill as Journalist #6
References
References
Quotes
Quotes
Background information and notes
Background information and notes
Episode scene cards
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Hudson University |
McCain Residence |
McCain Residence |
Channel 3 News |
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Technical Assistance |
Tucker Construction |
Trial Part 27 |
| Previous episode: "Scavenger" |
"Outcry" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 6 |
Next episode: "Conscience" |