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|wsDirectedBy = [[Alex Chapple]]}}Captain Cragen goes undercover when a murder in Brighton Beach reveals a thriving but deadly foreign bride business. |
|wsDirectedBy = [[Alex Chapple]]}}Captain Cragen goes undercover when a murder in Brighton Beach reveals a thriving but deadly foreign bride business. |
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When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride. Upon questioning her distraught fiancé, they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer. |
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride. Upon questioning her distraught fiancé, they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer. |
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| + | The SVU detectives are called to investigate the rape & murder of a young woman, but they have a hard time identifying her body because her face, fingertips, and teeth are removed. Eventually, they use the victim's tattoos to track down her fiance, Daniel. Daniel admits that he met her on a Russian bride website & that she was kidnapped after their engagement party. He paid the ransom that was demanded, but he now believes that she's dead. |
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| + | Later on in the investigation, the detectives and Daniel discover the entire situation is an elaborate scam by a Russian mobster named Liev, who uses the same woman, Lena, to extort money out of men and then murders one of his prostitutes to make it look like that Lena was killed. |
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| + | The detectives set up an undercover operation to track Lena and Liev using Cragen as the mark. They get Lena in custody, & Lena claims that Liev is holding her daughter hostage. They try to capture Liev, but he's killed by Amanda. Then, they find one of his safe-houses where Lena's daughter is supposedly held, but the child is nowhere to be seen. During a failed escape attempt, Lena kills an officer, but she is captured by the NYPD. |
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| + | In the end, it is revealed that Lena really did have a daughter, but she was killed in St. Petersburg; Lena and Liev tracked down the killers, but since then, she was in his debt, becoming his partner-in-crime as a result. |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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* [[Danny Pino]] as [[Detective]] [[Nick Amaro]] |
* [[Danny Pino]] as [[Detective]] [[Nick Amaro]] |
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* [[Kelli Giddish]] as [[Detective]] [[Amanda Rollins]] |
* [[Kelli Giddish]] as [[Detective]] [[Amanda Rollins]] |
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| − | * [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Sergeant]] [[John Munch]] (credit only) |
+ | * [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Sergeant]] [[John Munch]] ''(credit only)'' |
* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]] |
* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]] |
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* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]] |
* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]] |
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* [[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant district attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]] |
* [[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant district attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]] |
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* [[Tamara Tunie]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Melinda Warner]] |
* [[Tamara Tunie]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Melinda Warner]] |
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=== Guest Cast === |
=== Guest Cast === |
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* [[Timothy Busfield]] as [[Daniel Carter]] |
* [[Timothy Busfield]] as [[Daniel Carter]] |
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| − | * [[Izabella Miko]] as Lena |
+ | * [[Izabella Miko]] as [[Lena (Russian Brides)|Lena]] / [[Irene]] |
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+ | * [[Ramon Camín]] as [[Luis]] |
* [[Ean Sheehy]] as Travel Agent |
* [[Ean Sheehy]] as Travel Agent |
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* [[Griffin Newman]] as QuickSecure Tech |
* [[Griffin Newman]] as QuickSecure Tech |
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* [[Heidi Schreck]] as Restaurant Manager |
* [[Heidi Schreck]] as Restaurant Manager |
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| − | * [[Anna Orlova]] as Karina |
+ | * [[Anna Orlova]] as [[Karina]] |
* [[Gary Hope]] as [[Liev Bodrov]] |
* [[Gary Hope]] as [[Liev Bodrov]] |
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* [[Addison LeMay]] as Driver |
* [[Addison LeMay]] as Driver |
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| − | * [[Ananias J. Dixon]] as Joe |
+ | * [[Ananias J. Dixon]] as [[Joe (Russian Brides)|Joe]] |
| − | * [[Kevin Prowse]] as Jesus |
+ | * [[Kevin Prowse]] as [[Jesus]] |
| − | * [[Jerome Preston Bates]] as FBI Agent |
+ | * [[Jerome Preston Bates]] as [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[Agent]] |
* [[Barry D. Godin]] as Bartender |
* [[Barry D. Godin]] as Bartender |
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== Background information and notes == |
== Background information and notes == |
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* It is revealed that Cragen's wife, Marge Cragen, had a miscarriage. |
* It is revealed that Cragen's wife, Marge Cragen, had a miscarriage. |
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+ | * Benson said there was a murder a few months back on the carousel. It is most likely from "[[Pop]]" |
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|Previous = [[True Believers]] |
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|Title = Russian Brides |
|Title = Russian Brides |
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Revision as of 17:49, 20 May 2020
| "Russian Brides" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 13.07 | → |
| Production number: 13007 First aired: 9 November 2011 | ||
| File:LAW-ORDER-SVU-Russian-Brides-Season-13-Episode-7-3-550x366.jpg | ||
| Written By Bryan Goluboff Directed By Alex Chapple | ||
Captain Cragen goes undercover when a murder in Brighton Beach reveals a thriving but deadly foreign bride business.
Summary
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride. Upon questioning her distraught fiancé, they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer.
Plot
The SVU detectives are called to investigate the rape & murder of a young woman, but they have a hard time identifying her body because her face, fingertips, and teeth are removed. Eventually, they use the victim's tattoos to track down her fiance, Daniel. Daniel admits that he met her on a Russian bride website & that she was kidnapped after their engagement party. He paid the ransom that was demanded, but he now believes that she's dead.
Later on in the investigation, the detectives and Daniel discover the entire situation is an elaborate scam by a Russian mobster named Liev, who uses the same woman, Lena, to extort money out of men and then murders one of his prostitutes to make it look like that Lena was killed.
The detectives set up an undercover operation to track Lena and Liev using Cragen as the mark. They get Lena in custody, & Lena claims that Liev is holding her daughter hostage. They try to capture Liev, but he's killed by Amanda. Then, they find one of his safe-houses where Lena's daughter is supposedly held, but the child is nowhere to be seen. During a failed escape attempt, Lena kills an officer, but she is captured by the NYPD.
In the end, it is revealed that Lena really did have a daughter, but she was killed in St. Petersburg; Lena and Liev tracked down the killers, but since then, she was in his debt, becoming his partner-in-crime as a result.
Cast
Main Cast
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch (credit only)
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring Cast
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Michael Kostroff as Defense Attorney Evan Braun
Guest Cast
- Timothy Busfield as Daniel Carter
- Izabella Miko as Lena / Irene
- Ramon Camín as Luis
- Ean Sheehy as Travel Agent
- Griffin Newman as QuickSecure Tech
- Heidi Schreck as Restaurant Manager
- Anna Orlova as Karina
- Gary Hope as Liev Bodrov
- Addison LeMay as Driver
- Ananias J. Dixon as Joe
- Kevin Prowse as Jesus
- Jerome Preston Bates as FBI Agent
- Barry D. Godin as Bartender
References
Episode references
Quotes
- ADA Alexandra Cabot: No offense, Captain, but when was the last time you went undercover?
- Captain Donald Cragen: Probably before either of you were born.
| “ | Spit that lollipop out; you ain't a 5-year old. Listen: you're going to go to jail. Hear me; jail. Where you'll be sucking on something else if you don't help us. | ” |
–Odafin Tutuola | ||
Background information and notes
- It is revealed that Cragen's wife, Marge Cragen, had a miscarriage.
- Benson said there was a murder a few months back on the carousel. It is most likely from "Pop"
Episode scene cards
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Frying Pan Restaurant |
| Previous episode: "True Believers" |
"Russian Brides" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 13 |
Next episode: "Educated Guess" |