| "Runaway" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 2.16 | → |
| Production number: E1405 First aired: 2 March 2001 | ||
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| Written By David J. Burke & Nick Kendrick Directed By Richard Dobbs | ||
The Detectives have to track down a runaway daughter of a police officer, which leads them to New York City's rave life.
Plot
The search for a police officer's runaway daughter, which leads the detectives through an underground rave culture that caters to wayward teens, is seen through the eyes of the squad room personnel and their interviews with the Internal Affairs division.
Cast
Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Guest cast
- Sean Nelson as Tito Frank
- Kelly Karbacz as Jill Foster
- Reg Flowers as Lance Kanick
- Anna Kathryn Holbrook as Lorna Frankel
- Kristin Griffith as Mrs. Foster
- Dan Ziskie as Sergeant Frank Foster
- Lance Reddick as M.E. Taylor
- Scott Sowers as IAB Detective Waldman
- Darrell Hammond as Ted Bolger
- Kent Cassella as Edmond Love
- Jared Ryan as Will
- Baird Wallace as Jill's brother
- David Anzuelo as ESU Lieutenant
- Chet Carlin as Doorman
- Al Roffe as Vendor
- Kevin Eldon as Policeman
- Joey Franquinha as Teen #1
- Louis Martinez as Ronnie
- Louis Cantarini as Gary
- Martha Thimmesch as IAB Detective #2
References
References
Quotes
| “ | Where do you live? If you can't tell us where you live, we can provide you with an address. | ” |
–Olivia Benson | ||
- Ted Bolger: Who is he?!
- Odafin Tutuola: That's my Jew.
- John Munch: Shalom.
- John Munch: Your Jew? Your Jew? What if I called you 'my boy'?!
- Odafin Tutuola: I'll be your boy, John.
- Lorna Frankel: Hey, you can't arrest them. This is a free country!
- Odafin Tutuola: No, it's a democracy, and the majority of us don't like what's going on here.
- Ted Bolger: I'm callin' the police.
- Odafin Tutuola: What, so you can show 'em all your cocaine?
(on "tuning up" suspects)
| “ | I don't do that anymore. I'm old and it's tiring. | ” |
–John Munch | ||
- Donald Cragen: The girl O.D.'d and died alone. Her father, a decorated cop, 30-year career, over, no pension, his family in shambles. But you know what really, really scares me? That all you people are concerned about is some lying, murdering sack of crap.
- IAB Officer: That sack of crap has rights, too.
- Elliot Stabler: Tito, this is Detective Benson. Heard you wanted to help.
- Tito Frank: Nobody's talking to you and a mall queen. What about the black chick?
- Olivia Benson: The black chick has other duties.
- Tito Frank: Nobody knows I have a camera.
- Elliot Stabler: Well, I can keep a secret if the mall queen can.
Background information and notes
- This is actress Michelle Hurd's last appearance as Detective Monique Jeffries. Her character transferred to the Vice Squad. This is also one of three episodes in the second season in which Hurd appears in the opening theme. The other two are "Wrong Is Right" and "Asunder".
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