Spring Awakening

"Spring Awakening"
←	SVU, Episode 15.24	→
Production number: 15024 First aired: 21 May 2014
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Teleplay By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight & Kevin Fox Directed By Norberto Barba

Amaro's career is on the line and Benson is faced with a life-changing decision.

Plot

Amaro's beating of an acquitted suspect once again makes him the target of Internal Affairs, and he has no choice but to face the consequences. With his professional and personal life at risk, he looks to his friend John Munch for advice. Meanwhile, an online ad for escorts leads to the rape and robbery of several male tourists, and one of the suspects is the mother of Baby Doe, an abandoned infant Sergeant Benson has been looking after. When the girl is later found burned to death, Baby Doe is thus now an orphan... until the judge in charge of the Baby Doe question makes a startling recommendation to Olivia.

Summary

Episode summary 

Cast:

Main cast

• Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson
• Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
• Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
• Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
• Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba (credit only)

Recurring cast

• Richard Belzer as DA Investigator John Munch
• Emma Greenwell as Ellie Porter
• Peter Hermann as Defense Attorney Trevor Langan
• Jessica Phillips as Assistant Corporation Counsel Pippa Cox
• Michael Potts as I.A.B. Sergeant Cole Draper
• Jason Cerbone as Defense Attorney Lorenzo Desappio
• Gavin-Keith Umeh as Augustino Aguilar a.k.a. Little Tino
• Kate Blumberg as Mrs. Wilkes
• Jayne Houdyshell as Judge Ruth Linden
• Michael Mastro as Judge D. Serani
• Edwin Lee Gibson as Defense Attorney Orton Freeman
• Donal Logue as Lieutenant Declan Murphy
• Joshua Malina as Simon Wilkes
• Sonia Manzano as Judge Gloria Pepitone
• Sara Contreras as Alminia Aguilar
• Thedra Porter as Chantal Jackson
• Karen Christie-Ward as Sister Ida

Guest cast

• Raza Jaffrey as A.D.A. #1
• Raushanah Simmons as A.D.A. #2
• Karl Miller as Hans Erhard
• Diomargy Nuñez as Officer Sanchez
• Geeta Pereira as Hooker #1
• Shana Solomon as Hooker #2
• Rob Morgan as Homeless Guy
• Ashley North as Prisoner (uncredited)

References

• Germany
• Ireland

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