| "She Paints For Vengeance" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 21.11 | → |
| Production number: 21011 First aired (US): 16 January 2020 First aired (UK): 11 February 2020 First aired (CAN): 16 January 2020 First aired (AUS): 30 July 2020 | ||
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| Teleplay By Kathy Dobie Story By Kathy Dobie & Julie Martin Directed By Mariska Hargitay | ||
Summary[]
After a sexual assault investigation is stalled for months, a woman puts her accusations against a popular athlete on a billboard.
Plot[]
Monica is arrested with SVU providing a lawyer for her, Defense attorney Dara Miglani, who notes Monica might be interesting. With that Miglani represents her and had Monica speak to the public about her rape, so as to draw out other victims. This worked in their favor, as more victims of Markeevious came after Monica gave a speech.
After Markeevious was arrested and taken to trial, his attorney Elana Barth was rough with Monica, often trying to trigger her anger.
At trial, Monica details her rape but Markeevious' lawyer rebukes some of her statements, as Carisi objects but is unable to say much.
That night, Carisi begins to worry that he might not be able to get a conviction before Benson approaches him and tells him not to give up because he worked hard to be an A.D.A. and tells him to keep going.
The next day, Carisi appears in court with a renewed attitude and has Monica take the stand. He has her go over the rape and what has happened so far. Monica then makes a scorning remark at Markeevius and manages to get Markeevious to take the stand, where he is questioned by Carisi.
Markeevius plays off his encounter with Monica, saying its just another fling that he's used to as a celebrity. Carisi then probes further and gets him to talk about his lawsuits, as his lawyer tries to stop him but the judge overrules and allows Carisi to ask the question because Markeevius opened the door. Carisi goes on by asking about the lawsuits and Markeevius shrugs it off and Carisi asks what happens if a woman says no, Markeevius says that if they refuse then he gives more money. However, Carisi asks him what happens if they actually refuse him and his money, Markeevius then snapped and confessed to raping Monica by saying nobody says no to him. As a result, the court begin to consider Markeevious' personality while a satisfied Carisi says nothing further. The verdict is given and Markeevius is found guilty, something that delights Monica.
At the end, Monica thanks Benson and Carisi for helping her, by making a mural to them. Monica explains the keys symbolize Markeevius' sentence and Carisi deserves wings for delivering justice.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona Tamin
Recurring cast[]
- Jenna Stern as Attorney Elana Barth
- Mouzam Makkar as Attorney Dara Miglani
- Ryan Buggle as Noah Porter-Benson
- Stephen C. Bradbury as Judge Colin McNamara
- Tom Coiner as Sergeant Chuck Inslow
- Andrew Baldwin as A.D.A. John Crosby
Guest cast[]
- Tonya Glanz as Monica Russo
- Veracity Butcher as Isadora "Izzy" Correa
- Wolé Parks as Markeevious Ryan
- Lori Laing as Chiara Kiel
- Megan Elyse Fulmer as Ariana Lopez
- James Andrew O'Connor as Jared Desanto
- Pooya Mohseni as Judge Roshan Namazi
- Scott Aiello as Officer Donald Donahue
- Tiffany Rachelle Stewart as Jan Erickson
- Manny Ureña as El Niño
- Ava Lange as Ashley B.
- Orfeh as Toni Sparks
- Maryam Basir as Moet
- Regina Ohashi as Jury Forewoman
References[]
Quotes[]
- Officer Donald Donahue: Look, I know you SVU guys have big hearts, but this wasn't a real rape.
- Benson: A real rape? Is that because they knew each other or is that because she dances in a strip club? Do me a favor. Have your captain call me. [leaving with Fin] When are these dinosaurs gonna die out?
- Tutuola: No time soon. They have no natural predators.
- Benson: We're looking for a blonde with a bird tattoo on her hand. Somebody at Topaz has to know who she is.
- Carisi: [at a strip club] Why am I here again?
- Tutuola: Well, in case you haven't noticed, uh, since you left, we're short on male detectives.
- Elana Barth: Just to be clear, Ms. Russo, and forgive me, I'm still getting the ins and outs of the stripper business, but you were initially paid $800 that night?
- Monica Russo: The club gets more than half of that.
- Elana Barth: But you accepted my client's $200 tip?
- Monica Russo: Okay, I was on autopilot.
- Elana Barth: Just answer yes or no.
- Monica Russo: Yes.
- Elana Barth: So you're saying that my client raped you, and then afterwards, you and the club collected $1,000.
- Carisi: Asked and answered, Your Honor.
- Judge Roshan Namazi: Ms. Barth, move on.
- Elana Barth: Did you get a rape kit?
- Monica Russo: The officer I reported it to told me there was no point.
- Carisi: Objection, Your Honor. The officer verified that he took her report.
- Judge Namazi: Sustained.
- Elana Barth: And then he threw that report out when he decided that her complaint was unfounded.
- Monica Russo: He wasn't even listening to me!
- Elana Barth: You sound angry, Ms. Russo. Are you?
- Carisi: Objection! I-It's badgering.
- Judge Namazi: I'll allow the question.
- Monica Russo: Yeah, I'm angry.
- Elana Barth: Angry enough to defame my client by painting a billboard?
- Monica Russo: Yeah, because he raped me!
- Elana Barth: So you claim, but isn't what you're really angry about is that you have to dance at a strip club for a living instead of working as an artist?
- Carisi: Objection!
- Elana Barth: Withdrawn.
- Monica Russo: [after an outburst in court] I know, you told me where the line was, and I crossed it. I screwed up.
- Carisi: No, you didn't.
- Dara Miglani: You're fine.
- Elana Barth: Excuse me. What the hell was that? Amateur hour? Keep it up, you're gunning for contempt.
- Dara Miglani: Oh, go back to your rapist client.
- Rollins: [Barth storms off] She's pissed. You got to her.
- Carisi: Not me. Monica. My guess is it worked.
- Carisi: Now, it was your idea to go into the champagne room that night, wasn't it?
- Markeevious Ryan: Yes. But she wanted to.
- Carisi: How'd you know that?
- Markeevious Ryan: Come on. She's a stripper. I mean, I'm a celebrity. They all want a piece of me.
- Carisi: I get it, I get it. It just... it's actually why I'm kind of surprised that-that you had to pay for sex.
- Markeevious Ryan: I didn't have to. Just trying to keep it simple. Avoid the drama. These free-range women, they just...
- Carisi: You mean the women who-who you don't pay for? Who are free to say no?
- Markeevious Ryan: You know how it is. One way or another, you always end up paying for it.
- Carisi: And these women, they... let's face it, they always want something.
- Markeevious Ryan: Yeah, they're all smiles and eyelashes, all "Markeevious this, Markeevious that." They just want to rub up on me. You know, get some of that glow, some of that money.
- Carisi: So you've had other women come after your money before?
- Markeevious Ryan: All the time. Ask my ex-wife. She'll tell you all the lawsuits I've had to fight.
- Carisi: The lawsuits? For what, raping women?
- Elana Barth: Objection.
- Judge Namazi: Your client opened the door.
- Markeevious Ryan: I didn't rape these women, but they see me as their golden ticket. The guy who pays the bills.
- Carisi: Oh.
- Markeevious Ryan: Smiles for their dumbass selfies.
- Carisi: So you do all the work, and these women, they just take and they take.
- Elana Barth: Objection.
- Judge Namazi: Overruled.
- Markeevious Ryan: What am I? Am I every bitch's charity?
- Carisi: Right, they take and they take, and what do they give you?
- Markeevious Ryan: The only thing they got.
- Carisi: Sex.
- Markeevious Ryan: What else do they have that I want?
- Carisi: Yeah, but what if they don't give you that?
- Markeevious Ryan: Doesn't happen. Nobody says no to Markeevious.
- Carisi: Yeah, but what if they do? What if they get the nerve to say no to you?
- Markeevious Ryan: That just means they want more money.
- Carisi: Because you're Markeevious Ryan, and every woman wants a piece!
- Markeevious Ryan: You're damn right!
- Elana Barth: Objection, Your Honor.
- Judge Namazi: Overruled.
- Carisi: No further questions.
- [showing a new mural she painted]
- Monica Russo: What do you think?
- Tutuola: What are those keys?
- Monica Russo: Seven. One for each year of his sentence.
- Carisi: Do I have to have wings?
- Benson: Yeah, you do.
- Monica Russo: You both do.
Background Information and Notes[]
- This is Dominick Carisi, Jr.'s first case in court as A.D.A..
- The song that plays in the beginning is "All the Way" by Poppy Wilde.
Episode Scene Cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Hook, Line & Stripper |
11th Precinct |
The Bastille |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Markeevious Rare Steakhouse |
21st Precinct |
Arraignment Court |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Molineux Hearing |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
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