| "Promising Young Gentlemen" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 23.15 | → |
| Production number: 23015 First aired (US): 10 March 2022 First aired (UK): 22 August 2022 First aired (CAN): 10 March 2022 First aired (AUS): 9 June 2022 | ||
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| Teleplay By Kathy Dobie Candice Sanchez McFarlane & Brianna Yellen Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By David Grossman | ||
Summary[]
Carisi's niece helps a friend report a sexual assault. Benson investigates a college's secret society that preys on female students.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Octavio Pisano as Detective Joe Velasco (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- Jason Biggs as Detective Andy Parlato-Goldstein
- Ryann Shane as Mia Morino
- Jenna Stern as Attorney Elana Barth
- Terry Serpico as Chief Tommy McGrath
- Stephen Bradbury as Judge Colin McNamara
- Mary Hodges as Judge Anita Wright
- Tony Campisi as Attorney Steve Roth
- Kaili Vernoff as Attorney Pamela Albert
- Rachel Deacon as Jen Burrows
- Ashley Taylor Greaves as Officer Gabrielle Taylor
Guest cast[]
- Beverly D'Angelo as Serafina Carisi
- Arthur Langlie as Whitaker Yates
- LaChanze as President Rosa Freeman
- Robert J. Morgalo as Oscar Jimenez
- Avery Cole as Annabel Nelson
- Eric Wiegand as Jacob Hoffman
- Colin Trudell as Brad Calloway
- Trey Fitts as Austin Drake
- Iliana Garcia as Sarah Franklin
- Todd Faulkner as Lloyd Severio
- Darius Wallace as Ray James
- Misha Bouvion as Precinct Sergeant
- Ethan Herschenfeld as Daniel Hoffman
- Yvonne Perry as Alice Drake
- Doug Darwin as Michael Calloway
- Jesse Derron Gold as Bishop Club Member #1
- Timothy Wright as Bishop Club Member #2
- Christopher Stathopoulos as Bishop Club Member #3
- Matthew Brandt as Bishop Club Member #4
References[]
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- The title appears to be spoofed from two sources:
- The infamous statement in the People v. Turner verdict by presiding judge Aaron Persky regarding the acquitted defendant.
- The subsequent 2020 film Promising Young Woman, which is reportedly in response to the propaganda caused by the trial.
- This episode marks the 500th appearance of Olivia Benson on SVU (not counting crossover appearances on other shows).
- This marks the first appearance of Carisi's mother, Serafania Carisi, as she is meeting Amanda Rollins for the first time. He had stated that he did not want her to meet Rollins until they had made their relationship public. They discuss this and make the relationship public two episodes ago in "If I Knew Then What I Know Now".
- Carisi mentioned that his boss, Lorraine Maxwell, was intrigued by the idea of charging rape as a hate crime, though she had to remind him about the lack of precedent. Like the victim in this episode, Maxwell had been assaulted by a member of a Harvard University final club, which was mentioned also in the episode "If I Knew Then What I Know Now".
- A previous SVU ADA, Kim Greylek, had mentioned she wanted to be the first ADA to charge rape as a hate crime in the season 10 episode "Trials", though she never got the chance.
- Carisi's mentor, Rafael Barba, attempted to charge Jeremy Jones with hate crimes against homosexual men despite him being one in the season 14 episode "Criminal Hatred." Judge Delilah Hawkins, however, tells him to drop that charge after a successful challenge by Jones' attorney, Minonna Efron.
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