| "Swimming With The Sharks" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 21.15 | → |
| Production number: 21016 First aired: 20 February 2020 | ||
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| Teleplay By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Story By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Warren Leight, & Julie Martin Directed By Martha Mitchell | ||
Summary[]
The female CEO of a popular wellness company says she was raped, but her business partner claims the accusation is part of an embezzlement cover-up.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola (credit only)
- Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Katriona Tamin
Recurring cast[]
- Zuleikha Robinson as Bureau Chief Vanessa Hadid
- Mouzam Makkar as Defense Attorney Dara Miglani
- Jeffrey Schecter as Defense Attorney Art Blumfeld
- Paige Barr as Defense Attorney Lisa Turner
- Michael Tow as Defense Attorney Josh Wang
- Marissa Matrone as Judge Maria Ana DeFeceo
Guest cast[]
- Radha Mitchell as Luna Prasada
- Samantha Mathis as Melanie Franks
- Stark Sands as Bobby Frost
- Ayumi Patterson as Sequoia Rees
- Eshan Bay as Vinay Gupata
- Kim Wuan as Tisa Chee
- Phoebe Mar as Female Fan
- Meredith Swanson as Fan #1
- Aaron Ronnie Almani as Paparazzo #1
- Caitlin Sing as Paparazzo #2
References[]
references
Quotes[]
- [after Luna's breakdown]
- Carisi: What, is she trying for a psych defense?
- Benson: I think she's trying to figure out what the hell is going on here. She spent her entire career empowering women and now she just falls apart? Look, either she's got a split personality...
- Carisi: That's not likely.
- Benson: Or her employees are framing her and she's having a breakdown because she's being gaslighted.
- Art Blumfeld: What exactly do you have on my client?
- Benson: She's part of a conspiracy with Vinay Gupta and Bobby Frost to frame Luna for embezzlement and to rape her.
- Melanie Franks: No. No, that was never part of the plan.
- Carisi: When you help plan a rape, you're just as guilty as the rapist.
- Melanie Franks: [Blumfeld whispers in her ear] No, Bobby told me that never happened, that Luna was making it up.
- Benson: Well, after he saw the rape kit results, he told us that it was consensual sex.
- Melanie Franks: God damn it. Bobby... he never got over her dumping him.
- Benson: And you had nothing to do with this assault?
- Melanie Franks: No, I swear. It was all to protect the company. We all knew that at some point, Luna was going to drive us over a cliff, with an HR lawsuit, the FDA. She has no boundaries. It's all about her all of the time.
- Art Blumfeld: Have Bobby and Vinay cooperated yet? [Carisi shakes his head] So we get the cheese?
- Carisi: The whole wheel.
- Benson: He has to cut a deal with you, but... if it was up to me...
Background Information and Notes[]
Episode Scene Cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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We-B-Well Headquarters |
Loft of |
Frankie & Johnny's Steakhouse |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Fresh & Co. |
Office of |
Rikers Island |
Grand Jury Room |
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