| "Rage" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 6.17 | → |
| Production number: E5219 First aired (US): 1 March 2005 First aired (UK): 1 August 2005 First aired (CAN): 1 March 2005 First aired (AUS): 30 June 2005 | ||
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| Written By Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas Directed By Juan J. Campanella | ||
Plot[]
Stabler struggles to keep his emotions in check as he interrogates a man suspected in the murder of a teenage girl -- a man he once let get away on similar charges.
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 (credit only)
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang (credit only)
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Matthew Modine as Gordon Rickett
- Anne Pitoniak as Mrs. Larson
- Michele Santopietro as Linda Cusick
- Anthony Inneo as Antoine
- Barbara Rosenblat as Nurse
- Ashley Lopez as Emily Barrington
References[]
- Doctors Without Borders
- 1991
- Aphrodite Salon
- California
- Carson City, Nevada
- Illinois
- India
- Staten Island
- Sandra Brophy
- Chloe Lynch
- Dana McNamara
- Kerry Lynn Palmer
- Vanessa Serafino
Quotes[]
- Gordon Rickett: Every cop has a weakness, you just got to know how to exploit it. They think they're so smart. They treat you like you're an imbecile, if you're not careful, you start to believe them. It's a game for them, they get off on it. They got these huge egos; that's their biggest problem. All you gotta do is let them know who's in charge. Not them, you. They used to call FBI agents gangsters with badges; one step away from being the worst criminals in society. Stabler's like that, big time.
- Tutuola: Who's Stabler?
- Gordon Rickett: Jarhead detective.
- Tutuola: You know Stabler?
- Gordon Rickett: I do, and he knows me too. He's been thinking about me for a long time. He tries to hang you with your own words. Catch you in a lie. You're dead when that happens.
- Tutuola: So what do you tell him?
- Gordon Rickett: The truth will set you free.
- Munch: I was never much into sports. My high school basketball coach said I looked like a retarded gazelle with a spastic disorder. Mr. Daley. Real loving guy.
- Tutuola: She says to say hello, and to rip off your nuts and feed them to you.
- Stabler: Making friends all over the country, aren't you, Gordon?
- Gordon Rickett: I'm a psycho killer! What are you gonna do about it, huh?!
- Stabler: Gordon, you're kidding yourself if you think you're controlling it. It's controlling you. Every lie you tell to cover your inadequacies... every perceived insult you think you're getting... just feeds it.
- Gordon Rickett: You're lecturing me about rage? Are you kidding?
- Stabler: I'm not.
- Gordon Rickett: What do you know about controlling anything?
- Stabler: I don't murder people.
- Gordon Rickett: Give it time. You say you see something in me. Well, I see something in you, too. You think you control? You can't. You're controlled by your boss, by your job, by your wife... your kids… What would you be if all those controls went away?
- Stabler: I'd be you.
- Cragen: (Door opens) Mr. Rickett you're free to go.
- Stabler: Did you think I froze? Is that why you fired first?
- Benson: I fired first 'cause you would've killed him.
- Stabler: He deserves to die.
- Benson: Maybe he does, but he wanted you to kill him. He wanted you to always remember that you took his life. Not 'cause you had to, but because you were angry.
Background information and notes[]
- Goof: In one scene where Benson and Stabler are interrogating Rickett, it is meant to be midnight yet the interrogation room window shows daylight outside.
- Goof: After questioning Rickett for 24 hours straight Stabler has stubble on his face, yet Rickett still looks clean shaven.
- Goof: When Benson begins questioning Rickett, she mentions that Dana MacNamara was reported missing in January 1991 and found dead a week later. However, the evidence box right in front of her says "DOD 12/4/91".
Episode scene cards[]
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Apartment of |
367 Old Town Road |
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