| "Snatched" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 10.13 | → |
| Production number: 100 First aired (US): 3 February 2009 First aired (AUS): 29 April 2009 | ||
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| Written By Mick Betancourt Directed By David Platt | ||
Summary[]
Episode summary
Plot[]
When a young girl named Rosie Rinaldi is kidnapped, the evidence immediately points to the mother's ex-husband, a recently paroled convict named Geno Parnell. However, after Parnell is found to be innocent, the detectives unravel a family of con-artists and master thieves. It is revealed that her own mother and step-father are responsible for what happened; the mother, whose father is demented, was hired to fence the diamonds from a heist. The mother and her husband found it and used it to pay off the gambling debts that the step-father had incurred, but as not enough money was paid towards the debts, they set up a ransom. The mother, as she escapes, refuses to give up as if she goes to prison, then she will not see Rosie for a long time. The police surmise that the jewel thieves tried to retrieve the jewels, but that, failing, they kidnapped Rosie instead.
With the help of a man named Eddie Mack through a code, Geno and Stabler track down a professor named Roy Batters, the best safe-cracker in the country, whose opinion they obtain on who could have committed the robbery, as it was a very difficult safe to crack. At first reluctant, he reveals that there are probably only three people in the world who could have cracked the safe; those three are him, his mentor and the son of his mentor. As he had not done the deed, and as his mentor is now dead, Stabler and the police burst into the son's apartment and arrest him for the crime. In the closet, Stabler finds Rosie unharmed. Stabler gives her to Geno to take care of and gives him money for a few nights at a hotel. Parnell's parole officer decides to let his parole violation go, giving Geno a chance at a new start with his daughter. Frank, meanwhile, is sent to an adult care facility for his dementia
But Geno tries to rob the hotel and goes back to prison, to the shock and anger of Stabler, who believed that Geno had really changed and would use his second chance. He and Benson are confused, however, because the gun Parnell had used was unloaded. Rosie is sent to a nice foster home while her mother and father are arrested in Connecticut. Eddie Mack shows up with almost two hundred thousand dollars for Rosie, not telling the police where it came from, just that he had owed Geno and that it has a note from him, gifting it to Rosie. Stabler finally understands why Parnell has done what he has done--believing Rosie would be better off without him, he had purposely gotten himself sent back to prison. Mack believes Geno realized that, as bad as he might have wanted a normal life with his daughter, sometimes it is simply better to let it go. Mack offers his services in the future, but he suggests jokingly that Benson be the one to talk to him.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch (credit only)
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Michaela McManus as A.D.A. Kim Greylek (credit only)
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner (credit only)
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Joe Lisi as Parole Officer Craig Lennon
- Edelen McWilliams as CSU Tech Martin
Guest cast[]
- Dabney Coleman as Frank Hagar
- Ron Eldard as Geno Parnell
- Michelle Ray Smith as Liz Rinaldi
- Michael C. Williams as Pete Rinaldi
- Daisy Tahan as Rosie Rinaldi
- Wallace Shawn as Professor Roy Batters
- Burt Young as Eddy Mack
- Anthony J. Gallo as Louie Buratta
- Chadwick Brown as Jake
- Bruno Iannone as Pork Clerk
- Alyssa May Gold as Amy Sarkis
- Luke Kleintank as Greg
- Will Blagrove as Manager
- Tricia Parks as Homeless Woman
- Joseph A. Halsey as Uniform Officer
- Cristie Kirk as Dancer #1
- Moe Bertran as Man
- David Boston as Mobster (uncredited)
References[]
Quotes[]
- [Finn helps Stabler subdue a suspect]
- Stabler: I had him!
- Tutuola: Yeah like Custer had the Indians.
- [Cragen reveals he arrested a suspect when he was a patrolman]
- Tutuola: He's that old huh?
- Geno: (about a jewlery heist) My whole life I never made a haul half this rich.
- Stabler: I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.
- Stabler: Go take care of your daughter. You'll figure it out. (he hands Geno a wad of cash)
- Geno: You sure you're a cop?
Background information and notes[]
Episode scene cards[]
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Nut Hut Theater |
Residence of |
Galactica Bar |
Hudson University |
Hotel Lobby |
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