| "Silent Night, Hateful Night" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 23.10 | → |
| Production number: 23010 First aired (US): 6 January 2022 First aired (UK): 18 July 2022 First aired (CAN): 6 January 2022 First aired (AUS): 3 February 2022 | ||
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| Teleplay By Julie Martin Kathy Dobie Warren Leight Story By Warren Leight Directed By Norberto Barba | ||
Summary[]
The Special Victims Unit is called in to help investigate a wave of hate crimes on Christmas Eve. Rollins catches up with an old flame.
Plot[]
plot
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. (credit only)
- Octavio Pisano as Detective Joe Velasco (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- Donal Logue as Captain Declan Murphy
- Terry Serpico as Chief Tommy McGrath
- Ari'el Stachel as Sergeant Hasim Khaldun
- Cyndee Rivera as Detective Mia Ruz
- Anthony E. Williams as FBI Agent Strick
- Ryan Buggle as Noah Porter-Benson
- Jason Biggs as Detective Andy Parlato-Goldstein
Guest cast[]
- Keith Nobbs as Darko Pavic
- Michael Laurence as Robert Paul Byers
- David Rosenberg as Aaron Getz
- John Patrick Jordan as Tom Nolan
- Yael Shavitt as Deborah Getz
- Bronte England-Nelsen as Susan Nolan
- Addie Morales as Marina Alves
- Mia Pinero as Angelica
- Raekwon Haynes as Jahrique Galloway
- Matthew Laureano as Antonio Juarez
- Luka Van Herksen as Dalen
- Nave Murray as Julius Lee
- Ratnesh Dubey as Hardeep Singh
- Brendan D. Hickey as Logan Smith
- Dawn Yanek as 1NYC Reporter
- Tom Ukah as Father Fatoye
- Rozie Bacchi as Concierge
- Renee Ternier as Monika
- Mahmoud Mahmoud as Restaurant Owner
- Amy Sheehan as Bodega Owner
- Coco Jourdana as FBI Agent Lisa Holt
- Rishi Mukherjee as Clerk
References[]
Quotes[]
quotes
Background Information and Notes[]
- Starting with this episode, Ryan Buggle is credited after the intro, rather than during the end credits.
- Declan Murphy returned after a seven-year absence, his last appearance being in the seventeenth season. It is revealed Declan has been promoted to Captain.
- Ruz has been promoted to Detective. She also mentions how she met the SVU squad in The Bronx, which happened in the episode "Hunt, Trap, Rape, and Release".
- Robert Paul Byers' full name is never mentioned in the episode.
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"Silent Night, Hateful Night" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 23 |
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