| "Traumatic Wound" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 14.21 | → |
| Production number: 14021 First aired (US): 1 May 2013 First aired (UK): 21 May 2013 First aired (CAN): 1 May 2013 First aired (AUS): 6 June 2013 | ||
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| Written By Gwendolyn M. Parker & John P. Roche Directed By Alex Zakrzewski | ||
The investigation of a gang rape at a concert takes an unexpected twist.
Plot[]
A suburban teen is brutally assaulted when a concert turns into a mob scene. Friends and eyewitnesses give mixed accounts of the event, and Detective Amaro finds himself trying to save the reputation of the prime suspect, a fellow military veteran whose fractured memory could hold the answer to why the girl was targeted.
Summary[]
Episode summary
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen (credit only)
Recurring Cast[]
- Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba
- Jeffrey Tambor as Defense Attorney Lester Cohen
- Socorro Santiago as Judge P. Ortiz
- Jolly Abraham as Dr. Patel
Guest Cast[]
- Eion Bailey as Frank Patterson
- Lola Kirke as Gabby Shaw
- Alexandra Socha as Britt Yardley
- Andrew Halliday as Mr. Shaw
- Patrick Murney as Ralph Priatti
- Kam Dabrowski as Louis Priatti
- Robin Lord Taylor as Dylan Fuller
- Jeff O'Donnell as Jake Swenders
- Parker Pogue as Alec Peters
- Alex Dunbar as Tony Diaz
- David H. Holmes as Keith Loretti
- Adam Ross Ratcliffe as C.O. Dalton
- Rob Bryn as Wild Yak #1
- Martin Cartegna as Wild Yak #2
- Jose Aybar as Wild Yak #3
- Hunter Simpson as Wild Yak #4
- Susan Hoyt as Mrs. Yardley
References[]
Quotes[]
- Barba: A New Canaan high school student still unconscious from a mob assault. Bloomberg's splenetic.
- Rollins: That's mob mentality. They are way more aggressive together than they would be alone.
- [about Frank Patterson]
- Amaro: I don't know what he did or what he saw, but my gut... we don't have his whole story.
- Rollins: Oh, your gut. Good lord.
- Munch: Rollins, problem?
- Rollins: No, Sergeant.
- Rollins: [to Amaro about Frank] Can I ask you something?
- Amaro: Yeah.
- Rollins: You tell him that you were in Iraq?
- Amaro: It came up.
- Rollins: Before or after he manifested PTSD?
- Amaro: All right, come on, Rollins.
- Rollins: All I'm saying, is it possible that he's playing you? It can happen.
- Amaro: Yeah, I know what you're saying, and no.
- Rollins: All right, so these guys... this gang of six. They had nothing to do with setting it up. They were just opportunists. I know this is hard to follow, Counselor.
- Barba: No, I get it. It's Benghazi.
- Lester Cohen: Well, it's a little late in the day, Counselor. You sandbagged me.
- Barba: We have you to thank. If you hadn't badgered our witness, we never would have heard about this mystery man.
- Gabby Shaw: I thought they were my friends. I trusted them.
- Benson: Well, if it makes a difference, a man who doesn't even know you went through a lot of trouble to help you.
- Rollins: Hey, Nick. Nick, hold up. Hey, Frank came through. You were right about him from the get and I owe you an apology.
- Amaro: No. No, you don't. The only reason I caught it... Maria. In hindsight when she came home from Iraq, she was textbook PTSD, and I didn't see it. I took it personally. Think it cost me my marriage.
- Rollins: Have you told her that?
- Amaro: Well, it's a little late. I don't think she wants to hear it.
- Rollins: Maybe the first step is stop beating yourself up.
Background information and Notes[]
- The defendants are actually guilty of both aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree, and aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, because they inserted both fingers and beer bottles into Gabby. Second degree aggravated sexual abuse is when a person inserts a finger into another person's vagina, anus, rectum, penis or urethra without consent and causes physical injury. It is a class C felony and carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 3.5 years in prison and a potential maximum of 15 years. First degree aggravated sexual abuse is when a foreign object is inserted instead of a finger, it is a class B felony and carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a potential maximum of 25 years.
Episode scene cards[]
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Manhattan Mini Storage |
Al Dente Pizzeria |
Oenoke Yacht Club |
Fort Grove |
Supreme Court |
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