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| Production number: 100 First aired (US): 17 February 2009 First aired (AUS): 6 May 2009 | ||
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| Written By Ken Storer Directed By Peter Leto | ||
Plot[]
Benson and Stabler investigate the brutal beating of a repo man outside a strip club. At first, it seems he was attacked for repossessing the car of one of the strippers, but evidence soon points towards his 13-year-old daughter who is transgender.
Summary[]
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Michaela McManus as A.D.A. Kim Greylek
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Audrie J. Neenan as Judge Lois Preston
- Alex Kingston as Defense Attorney Miranda Pond
- Amir Arison as Dr. Manning
- J. Paul Nicholas as Defense Attorney Linden Delroy
- Edelen McWilliams as CSU Tech Martin
Guest cast[]
- Wendy Makkena as Ellen Van Kuren
- Frank Grillo as Mark Van Kuren
- Aisha Hinds as Jackie Blaine
- Bridger Zadina as Hailey Van Kuren
- Heidi Marnhout as Molly Lambert / Misty
- Dequina Moore as Sapphire
- Lea DeLaria as Frankie
- Paul Lazar as Sid Gabbert
- Daniel Sea as Blake (credited as Daniela Sea)
- Barbara Rosenblat as Selma Peters
- Nancy Meyer as Priscilla Lambert
- Larry Sharp as Ryan Lambert
- Liris Crosse as Bambi
- Jamie Greco as Transgender Woman (uncredited)
References[]
- Hudson University
- Children of Ariel
- Tauscher-Leto Pharmaceuticals
- New York Ledger
- Dickie Stabler
Quotes[]
- Sid Gabbert: Are you a dancer?
- Benson: No, Sid. I'm a detective, remember?
- Sid Gabbert: Oh... You're pretty enough to be a dancer.
- Benson: Thank you, Sid.
- Sid Gabbert: [looks at Elliot, cross-eyed] You're not.
- Stabler: That's the cross I bear.
- Ellen Van Kuren: When Henry was 4, he walked into the living room in his cousin's tutu and announced he was a girl.
- Stabler: Lot of boys go through dress up phases, my oldest boy used to wear his mom's high heels.
- Ellen Van Kuren: Did your son try cutting off his penis with a nail clipper and scream God made a mistake?
- [Hailey Van Kuren]
- Ellen Van Kuren: When she was 10 she drank bleach and she almost died. I realized then if I didn't let her be herself, I'd lose her completely.
- Stabler: Where'd you get the black eye?
- Ellen Van Kuren: Hailey... hit me. Monday night she was climbing in the window at 2 in the morning, I demanded to know where she was, we had an argument, and she punched me.
- Benson: Monday night was when Mark was attacked.
- Ellen Van Kuren: Oh... oh my God.
- Benson: Your father was attacked Monday night.
- Hailey Van Kuren: Is he dead?
- Benson: No, he's going to be fine.
- Hailey Van Kuren: Too bad.
- Benson: Who were you out with Monday night?
- Hailey Van Kuren: Just a boy.
- Ellen Van Kuren: A boy? Hailey, you're gay?
- Hailey Van Kuren: You still don't get it, mom, I'm a GIRL! I'm SUPPOSED to be with boys.
- Stabler: [to Blake about Children of Ariel] So you steal from the rich pharmaceutical companies and give to the poor transsexuals? You're kinda like Robin Hood and Maid Marion all rolled into one, huh?
- Benson: Hailey... you're bleeding
- Hailey Van Kuren: It's nothing.
- Benson: Sit down, honey. Sit down.
- Hailey Van Kuren: I'm fine.
[Benson rolls up Hailey's sleeve, revealing her forearm covered in blood.] - Benson: Somebody call a bus!
- Hailey Van Kuren: I feel cold...
- Stabler: He can't let Henry go.
- Hailey Van Kuren: Henry's been gone a long time. It's like he loves a ghost. It's not me.
- Hailey Van Kuren: What would you have done? If your son came home in a dress, would you still love him?
- Stabler: I'd try to understand him. It wouldn't be easy. I'd probably make a lot of mistakes. I wouldn't stop loving him.
- Jackie Blaine: I always knew I was a girl, but things were different back then: there were no pills, no counselors, no support groups, you... you had to live as a woman for THREE years before a doctor would even consider doing the surgery. It was hard, but I had no choice. I was leaving a bar and three men grabbed me. They called me a freak. They dragged me into a vacant lot and they pulled up my skirt. One of them pulled out a knife and said 'If you want to be a woman so badly, I'll make you one', then he cut me!
- Greylek: Are you going to give me the "SVU is gray" speech?
Background information and notes[]
- Goof: In one scene Stabler refers the Hayley as "Chelsea".
- Goof: In one scene, Haley's pendant can be read as "Stephanie".
- At 41:10 the judge says "...I hereby sentence you to eight years." Any real judge would know that isn't a sufficient sentence, as they must also declare which specific type of punishment or incarceration the defendant is being sentenced to - jail, prison, probation, house arrest, a psychiatric facility, community service, etc...
- Another episode that features a father struggling to accept a transgender child is the episode "A Better Person".
Episode scene cards[]
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Sugar Pops |
Alley Behind |
Lambert Residence |
Mercy General Hospital |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Lincoln Middle School |
The Good |
Trial Part 22 |
Trial Part 22 |
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