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== Summary ==
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Two gay men are murdered, and happen to be infected with AIDS. Benson and Tutuola investigate the gay circuit parties to find suspects.
  
Two gay men are murdered, and happen to be infected with AIDS. Benson and Tutuola investigate the gay circuit parties to find suspects.
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== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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The discovery of the bodies of two young gay men who were both meth addicts as well as victims of a new strain of AIDS that can kill its victims in less than a year leads to an investigation. Tutuola learns that his son, Ken, is gay, and has difficulty accepting it, even though he and Benson end up going to Ken for help with infiltrating an anti-meth group. The group's leader, Gabriel, soon becomes their top suspect when the squad realises that the two men died because they passed the disease on.
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The discovery of the bodies of two young gay men who were both meth addicts as well as victims of a new strain of AIDS that can kill its victims in less than a year leads to an investigation. Tutuola learns that his son, Ken, is gay, and has difficulty accepting it, even though he and Benson end up going to Ken for help with infiltrating an anti-meth group.  
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The group's leader, Gabriel, soon becomes their top suspect when the squad realizes that the two men died because they passed the disease on. The two man had been having indiscriminate sex while high on meth, and spreading the killer disease to others who would do the same. Gabriel believed that since the two wouldn't stop themselves that killing them was the only way to control the spread.  
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In the end, to the shock of Tutuola and Novak, Robin's father gives a testimony asking him to be lenient on Gabriel, as while he does not approve of the man killing his son he knows that he did it with the intention of of saving lives from the killer strain. Afterwards Fin shares words with Robin's father and reveals that Gabriel got the minimum for murder which is 15 years. Robin's father regrets how he treated his son and wishes he could have redeem himself before Fin gives comforting words. After he leaves, Tutuola is seen at the end calling a number on a phone, presumably his son's. 
   
 
== Cast ==
  
== Cast ==
 
=== Main cast ===
  
=== Main cast ===
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* [[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]] (credit only)
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* [[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]] ''(credit only)''
 
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]
  
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]
 
* [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Detective]] [[John Munch]]
  
* [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Detective]] [[John Munch]]
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* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]]
  
* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]]
 
* [[B.D. Wong]] as Dr. [[George Huang]]
  
* [[B.D. Wong]] as Dr. [[George Huang]]
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* [[Tamara Tunie]] as Dr. [[Melinda Warner]]
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* [[Tamara Tunie]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Melinda Warner]]
 
* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
  
* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
   
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=== Guest cast ===
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=== Recurring cast ===
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* [[Brian Bloom]] as [[Gabriel Thomason]]
  
 
* [[Ernest Waddell]] as [[Ken Randall]]
  
* [[Ernest Waddell]] as [[Ken Randall]]
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* [[Paula Garcés]] as [[CSU]] Technician [[Millie Vizcarrondo]]
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* [[Paula Garcés]] as [[Crime Scene Unit|C.S.U.]] Technician [[Millie Vizcarrondo]]
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* [[Mike Doyle]] as [[Forensics]] Technician [[Ryan O'Halloran]]
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* [[Mike Doyle]] as [[Crime Scene Unit|C.S.U.]] Technician [[Ryan O'Halloran]]
 
* [[Joanna Merlin]] as [[Judge]] [[Lena Petrovsky]]
  
* [[Joanna Merlin]] as [[Judge]] [[Lena Petrovsky]]
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* [[Adam Kulbersh]] as [[Ben Suarato]]
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* [[Adam Kulbersh]] as [[Technical Assistance Response Unit|T.A.R.U.]] Technician [[Ben Suarato]]
 
* [[Betsy Aidem]] as Dr. [[Sloane (Dr.)|Sloane]]
  
* [[Betsy Aidem]] as Dr. [[Sloane (Dr.)|Sloane]]
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* [[CCH Pounder]] as [[Carolyn Maddox]]
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* [[CCH Pounder]] as [[Defense attorney|Defense Attorney]] [[Carolyn Maddox]]
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* [[Albert Insinnia]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Pizzelli (Lt.)|Pizelli]]
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=== Guest cast ===
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* [[Brian Bloom]] as [[Gabriel Thomason]]
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* [[Danny Rutigliano]] as Health Official
 
* [[Bill Smitrovich]] as [[Liam Weller]]
  
* [[Bill Smitrovich]] as [[Liam Weller]]
 
* [[James O'Toole]] as [[Henry Fanello]]
  
* [[James O'Toole]] as [[Henry Fanello]]
 
* [[Jason Manuel Olazabal]] as [[Sascha Hart]]
  
* [[Jason Manuel Olazabal]] as [[Sascha Hart]]
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* [[Albert Insinnia]] as [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Pizzelli (Lt.)|Pizelli]]
  
 
* [[Brendan Griffin]] as [[Jason Haig]]
  
* [[Brendan Griffin]] as [[Jason Haig]]
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* [[Justin Schaefers]] as Donny
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* [[Justin Schaefers]] as [[Donny]]
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* [[Amber McDonald]] as Candace
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* [[Amber McDonald]] as [[Candace]]
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* [[Philip LeStrange]] as Henry the Super
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* [[Philip LeStrange]] as [[Henry the Super]]
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* [[Steven Goldsmith]] as Man entering club
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* [[Steven Goldsmith]] as Man Entering Club
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* [[Vince Cupone]] as Phillip
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* [[Vince Cupone]] as [[Phillip]]
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* [[Danny Rutigliano]] as Health Official
  
 
* [[Mike Mortaruolo]] as Gang Member #1
  
* [[Mike Mortaruolo]] as Gang Member #1
 
* [[Shane Geraghty]] as Gang Member #2
  
* [[Shane Geraghty]] as Gang Member #2
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== References ==
  
== References ==
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*[[wikipedia:Osama bin Laden|Osama bin Laden]]
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''References''
  
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*[[wikipedia:CDC|CDC]]
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*[[Florida]]
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*[[Rainbow Army]]
   
 
== Quotes ==
  
== Quotes ==
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*'''Captain Cragen''': Early bird catches the perp.
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{{Quote|Early bird catches the perp.|Cragen}}
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{{Quote|Hey sweetheart...you lonely tonight?...Twelve o'clock, there's a skinny kid, black shirt, blue jeans, hustling a guy in a gray sweater. He could be MKS.|Benson to Cragen undercover}}
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*'''Olivia Benson''' (to a young male while undercover): Hey sweetheart ... you lonely tonight? (under her breath) Twelve o'clock, there's a skinny kid, black shirt, blue jeans, hustling a guy in a gray sweater. He could be MKS.
  
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== Background information and notes ==
  
== Background information and notes ==
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*[[Elliot Stabler]] doesn't appear in this episode except in the opening titles for credit.
  
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*Fin's son, Ken is a computer science major.
  
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*Carolyn Maddox talks hypothetically about a "dirty bomb" turning Manhattan into a "nuclear wasteland." Dirty bombs contain radioactive material, but they are much smaller than nuclear warheads and they have much lower levels of radioactive fallout. These types of bombs are dangerous, but they are not powerful enough to create a nuclear wasteland.
  
 
*Goof: At the first murder scene, the CSI officers are shown photographing the storefront with flash photography. Since it is dark outside, the resulting photographs will consist of a reflection of the light from the flash rather than the crime scene inside the store display.
  
*Goof: At the first murder scene, the CSI officers are shown photographing the storefront with flash photography. Since it is dark outside, the resulting photographs will consist of a reflection of the light from the flash rather than the crime scene inside the store display.
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*[[Ken Randall]]
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=== Episode scene cards ===
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|- style="font-variant:small-caps; background-color:#eed62d"
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|- style="font-variant:small-caps; text-align:center; font-size: 90%; background-color:#ffff93;"
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Green Ballroom Club<br />
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382 West 13th Street<br />
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Monday, September 26
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Loft of Lydon Grant<br />
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169 Duane Street<br />
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Monday, September 26
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|
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Narcotics Task Force<br />
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Squadroom<br />
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Tuesday, September 27
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|
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New York City<br />
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Health Department<br />
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Computer Center<br />
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Wednesday, September 28
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|}
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{| class="grey" width="100%"
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|- style="font-variant:small-caps; background-color:#eed62d"
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! width="25%" style="text-align:center" | 5
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! width="25%" style="text-align:center" | 6
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! width="25%" style="text-align:center" | 7
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! width="25%" style="text-align:center" | 8
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|- style="font-variant:small-caps; text-align:center; font-size: 90%; background-color:#ffff93;"
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|
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Rainbow Army<br />
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Storefront<br />
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40 West 16th Street<br />
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Thursday, September 29
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|
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Technical Assistance<br />
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Response Unit<br />
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One Police Plaza<br />
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Thursday, September 29
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|
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Trial Part 46<br />
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Tuesday, October 11
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|
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Sentencing Hearing<br />
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Part 46<br />
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Thursday, October 13
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|}
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{{episode|Title=Strain|Series=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Serieslink=SVU|Season=7|Previous=[[Ripped]]|Next=[[Raw]]}}
  
{{episode|Title=Strain|Series=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Serieslink=SVU|Season=7|Previous=[[Ripped]]|Next=[[Raw]]}}
 
[[Category:SVU episodes]]
  
[[Category:SVU episodes]]

Revision as of 14:28, 29 May 2021

"Strain"
← SVU, Episode 7.05 →
Production number: 07005
First aired: 18 October 2005
  th of 502 produced in SVU  
← th of 502 released in SVU →
  th of 1271 released in all  
Fin Strain
Written By
Robert Nathan

Directed By
Constantine Makris

Summary

Two gay men are murdered, and happen to be infected with AIDS. Benson and Tutuola investigate the gay circuit parties to find suspects.

Plot

The discovery of the bodies of two young gay men who were both meth addicts as well as victims of a new strain of AIDS that can kill its victims in less than a year leads to an investigation. Tutuola learns that his son, Ken, is gay, and has difficulty accepting it, even though he and Benson end up going to Ken for help with infiltrating an anti-meth group.  

The group's leader, Gabriel, soon becomes their top suspect when the squad realizes that the two men died because they passed the disease on. The two man had been having indiscriminate sex while high on meth, and spreading the killer disease to others who would do the same. Gabriel believed that since the two wouldn't stop themselves that killing them was the only way to control the spread.  

In the end, to the shock of Tutuola and Novak, Robin's father gives a testimony asking him to be lenient on Gabriel, as while he does not approve of the man killing his son he knows that he did it with the intention of of saving lives from the killer strain. Afterwards Fin shares words with Robin's father and reveals that Gabriel got the minimum for murder which is 15 years. Robin's father regrets how he treated his son and wishes he could have redeem himself before Fin gives comforting words. After he leaves, Tutuola is seen at the end calling a number on a phone, presumably his son's. 

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

References

Quotes

“ Early bird catches the perp. ”

–Cragen

“ Hey sweetheart...you lonely tonight?...Twelve o'clock, there's a skinny kid, black shirt, blue jeans, hustling a guy in a gray sweater. He could be MKS. ”

–Benson to Cragen undercover

Background information and notes

  • Goof: At the first murder scene, the CSI officers are shown photographing the storefront with flash photography. Since it is dark outside, the resulting photographs will consist of a reflection of the light from the flash rather than the crime scene inside the store display.
  • Ken Randall

Episode scene cards

1 2 3 4

Green Ballroom Club
382 West 13th Street
Monday, September 26

Loft of Lydon Grant
169 Duane Street
Monday, September 26

Narcotics Task Force
Squadroom
Tuesday, September 27

New York City
Health Department
Computer Center
Wednesday, September 28

5 6 7 8

Rainbow Army
Storefront
40 West 16th Street
Thursday, September 29

Technical Assistance
Response Unit
One Police Plaza
Thursday, September 29

Trial Part 46
Tuesday, October 11

Sentencing Hearing
Part 46
Thursday, October 13

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