"Rape Interrupted" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 18.05 | → |
Production number: 18006 First aired (US): 26 October 2016 First aired (UK): 13 October 2016 First aired (CAN): 26 October 2016 First aired (AUS): 17 November 2016 | ||
Written By Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen Directed By Michael Pressman |
Summary[]
When a sergeant's son is accused of rape, Benson is forced to choose between loyalty and duty.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Lieutenant Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Anthony Edwards as Sergeant Patrick Griffin
- Corey Cott as Ellis Griffin
- Anna Osceola as Janie Spears
- Kelly McAndrew as Diane Griffin
- Jillian Mueller as Leah Simes
- Cindy Cheung as Hospital Doctor
- RJ Brown as Party Organizer
- Liam Lane as Brian Dancy
- Rachel Womble as Maya
- Katie McCarty as Kira
- Gabriel Ellis as Diego Perez
- Cathryn Basile as Uni #1
- Jessica Noboa as Protester
References[]
Quotes[]
- Tutuola: Why didn't the kid tell us his father was on the job? First thing I taught my son was never talk to the cops.
- Benson: Look, I'm just trying to be thorough and make sure that we give you all of the evidence.
- Barba: Liv, I get that you and the father were partners. I'm sure there was a bond.
- Benson: There was. Before all of this. [sighs] My first bust, Patrick was upstairs securing two dealers. I was downstairs, arresting the third, by myself in another room. There was a pile of cash, a pile of drugs. The perp accuses me of stealing it. Obviously, I didn't, but IAB came after me hard until Patrick testified that he was with me the whole time.
- Barba: He lied to save your ass. In my world, that gets you disbarred.
- Benson: Yeah, in my world, it gets you a promotion.
- [after Ellis decides to plead not guilty]
- Benson: [to Patrick] Hey, I thought we agreed to a deal. Did you tell him to back out?
- Patrick Griffin: I told him to think about it. That if he raped that girl, he should admit it, take the punishment. He doesn't think he did, so I stand behind his decision.
- Benson: It doesn't matter if he thinks that he's guilty, Patrick. The law is the law. The evidence is strong.
- Patrick Griffin: That's why his mother and I are gonna sit here in this courtroom, every day and look every juror in the eye and make sure that they know that we believe in our son, and refuse to let him be railroaded by you or anyone else.
- Janie Spears: I was passed out. No matter what I said or didn't say, that means he raped me.
- Mickey D'Angelo: That means he raped you? Or is that what the SVU detectives and the DA told you? Or is that what the internet said? Or is that what your liberal, feminist, social justice warrior girlfriends who hate my client said?
- Patrick Griffin: [to Olivia] He's my son. He's 22 years old. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth, he has a six-figure job and you wanna destroy his life because he had sex with some drunk girl?
- Benson: Patrick, what were you thinking?
- Patrick Griffin: That I have to protect my son, no matter what, no matter how.
- Patrick Griffin: I went to bat for you!
- Benson: And the truth is, I wish you hadn't. I wish you'd just told the truth.
Background Information and Notes[]
- This case shares similarities with the real-life Stanford rape case.
- Actors Mariska Hargitay and Anthony Edwards had previously worked together on the show ER. Hargitay had a recurring role as Cynthia Hooper, a love interest of Edwards' character of Dr. Mark Greene.
- Goof: When Benson and Carisi enter the interrogation room to interview Ellis Griffin along with his attorney and his father, Benson is wearing her sergeant's shield on her right hip instead of her lieutenant's shield.
- Actors Anthony Edwards and Anna Osceola would go on to play recurring characters on Law & Order True Crime the following year.
- Actor Corey Cott's brother, Casey Cott, appears later this season as Lucas Hull in the episode "Conversion".
Episode scene cards[]
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Supreme Court |
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