| "Starved" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 7.08 | → |
| Production number: 07009 First aired: 15 November 2005 | ||
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| Written By Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By David Platt | ||
Summary[]
After a dating service called Speed Encounters is linked to three rapes, Benson goes undercover at the dating service to ferret out the rapist, and she meets Dr. Mike Jergens, a surgeon who enjoys controlling the women in his life. The detectives talk to his girlfriend, Cora Kennison, who turns out to be alcoholic and bulimic. Jergens is represented by Minerva Grahame-Bishop. Judge Elizabeth Donnelly throws out the evidence against Jergens, ruling a search of his apartment unconstitutional, and Novak has to find another way to go after him.
Shortly after testifying in the grand jury hearing, Cora opts to marry Jergens in the hope that spousal privilege will keep her from having to take the stand during the trial, but since the rapes occurred before they got married, she still has to testify. Distraught, Cora drinks to excess, leaving her in a vegetative state with irreversible brain damage. Jergens fights her mother, Virginia, to unplug her feeding tube.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Julie White as Dr. Anne Morella
- Stephen Gregory as Dr. Kyle Beresford
- Judith Light as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
- Joselin Reyes as Paramedic Martinez
- Nathanael Albright as Paramedic Jones
Guest cast[]
- Dean Cain as Mike Jergens
- Tina Holmes as Cora Kennison
- Kelly Miller as Janice Clay
- Teri Garr as Defense Attorney Minerva Grahame-Bishop
- Veronica Cartwright as Virginia Kennison
- Matt Walton as Jack
- Ivy Omera as Darla
- Virginia Leung as Trish
- Baylen Thomas as A.D.A. Harbin
- Erik Martin as Corrections Officer
- Joseph A. Halsey as Uniform Officer
- Clayton Dean Smith as Man #1
- Shannon Noecker as Woman #1
- Michael Dean Morgan as Man #2
- Katori Hall as Woman #2
References[]
Quotes[]
- Munch: Invented by a rabbi to match his students with Jewish mates. One of my people's many contributions to the world.
- Tutuola: Second only to bagels.
- Stabler: You seem to know an awful lot about it.
- Munch: Well, I went through a little dating slump.
- Tutuola: Called adulthood.
- Novak: Cora's mom went to the papers. How's that my fault?
- Branch: You gave her the baloney and she made the sandwich!
Background information and notes[]
- Goof: During her jailhouse wedding to Mike, Cora is seen with a bouquet of flowers. In the state of New York, bouquets are not allowed in prison weddings due to the fact that contraband could potentially be smuggled in through the flowers.
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Speed Encounters |
Nick's Martini |
Chambers of |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Trial Part 29 |
Chambers of |
Trial Part 29 |
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"Starved" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 7 |
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