Pursuit

"Pursuit"
←	SVU, Episode 12.17	→
Production number: 12017 First aired: 16 February 2011
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Written By Judith McCreary Directed By Jonathan Kaplan

Plot

After a TV host who catches pedophiles receives a threatening warning, Olivia gets thrown into an investigation that pushes her limits.

Cast

Main cast

• Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
• Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
• Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch (credit only)
• Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
• B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang (credit only)
• Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen

Recurring cast

• Christine Lahti as A.D.A. Sonya Paxton
• Joe Grifasi as Defense Attorney Hashi Horowitz
• Caren Browning as C.S.U. Captain Judith Siper

Guest cast

• Debra Messing as Alicia Harding
• Christian Hoff as Adam Grafton
• Ashlie Atkinson as Rachel Gray
• Scott Parkinson as Scott Laskey
• Jonathan Fried as Eric Carlton
• Stephen Graybill as Donny Spencer
• Lauren Ashley Carter as Lisa Banks
• Stevie Steel as Girl
• Carla Brandberg as Woman
• Hank Chen as P.A.

References

• Serena Benson
• Joseph Hollister
• Lorton, Virginia
• Maryland
• BTK
• Ted Bundy
• John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo
• Zodiac Killer
• To Catch a Predator
• Vanessa Harding (victim)

Quotes

Stabler: Do you want me to cut my visit short?

Benson: No, no, I'm covered, I'm good.

Stabler: Well, Fin may have your six, but he's definitely not me.

Tutuola: No, I'm better. I actually watch her back and not her backside. See ya.

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Warner: [in reference to Paxton] A sharp blade transected the exterior jugular. Blood loss was steady and fatal without a pressure bandage and a field surgeon.

Benson: Was there anything under her fingernails?

Warner: Not that I can see

Benson: [agitated] Well check the other hand!

Warner: I will. When I get her on my table.

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Benson: I'm really glad you're back.

Stabler: I should have come back sooner.

Benson: I'm fine...

Stabler: Like hell you are.

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Benson: I thought you had a mission?

Alisha harding: [sighs] You know I don't have the stomach for it anymore. 25 years of looking for this piece of garbage and he gets a gym membership and cable, while his victims rot in the ground or bleed out on a bathroom floor.

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Background information and notes

• This marks the final appearance of Sonya Paxton.
• Alicia Harding and her show are clearly based on Chris Hansen and his TV series To Catch a Predator, which aired on NBC from 2004-2007.

Episode scene cards

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Apartment of Alicia Harding 754 West End Avenue Monday, February 7	Office of Neighborhood Predator 1596 Broadway Tuesday, February 8	Apartment of Donny Spencer 322 Christopher Street Tuesday, February 8	Saint Avila Church 88 East 23rd Street Wednesday, February 9	Rikers Island Interview Room Friday, February 11

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