| "Pareto Principle" | ||
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| ← | OC, Episode 3.20 | → |
| Production number: 03020 First aired (US): 4 May 2023 First aired (UK): 3 October 2023 First aired (CAN): 4 May 2023 First aired (AUS): 1 July 2023 | ||
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| Written By David Graziano & Brendan Feeney Directed By Gonzalo Amat | ||
Summary[]
The Feds call in Bell and Stabler when they suspect a gruesome murder could be connected to a string of bank robberies. When a DNA match is tied to a suspect with the perfect alibi, the team struggles to make a case against him.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell
- Ainsley Seiger as Detective Jet Slootmaekers
- Brent Antonello as Detective Jamie Whelan
- Rick Gonzalez as Detective Bobby Reyes
Recurring cast[]
- Ellen Burstyn as Bernadette Stabler
- Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
- Francois Battiste as FBI Agent Curtis McCrary
- Marc Reign as Junior Suarez
- Dale Place as Julius Schwartzman
- Liz Priestley as Antonia
Guest cast[]
- Mac Brandt as Lloyd Bloom
- James Andrew O'Connor as Officer Mike Pendergast
- Marvin St-Jean as Dwayne Jefferson
- Diomargy Nuńez as Tiffany Suarez
- Omar Evans as Pup Peters
- Justin Mortelliti as Phil McBride
- Hannah Jane McMurray as Emily McBride
- Liz Pearce as Camille Pendergast
- Abigail Lumalcuri as Katie McBride
- Gordon Henry as Patrick McBride
- Stu Chirichella as Mancuso
- Sarah McLean as Uni
- C. Boyd Motley as Desk Guard
References[]
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- Kathy Stabler makes an appearance in this episode as either a ghost or a hallucination.
- The murders in this case are later tied to a case Manhattan Special Victims Unit investigates in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Bad Things". That episode begins a crossover event that continues in the OC episode "Shadowërk", and will continue in the SVU episode "All Pain Is One Malady" and conclude with the OC episode "With Many Names."
- SVU showrunner David Graziano served as show runner of OC from this episode until the end of the season, writing this crossover.
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"Pareto Principle" Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 3 |
Next episode: "Shadowërk" |