| "What Happens in Puglia" | ||
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| OC, Episode 1.01 | → | |
| Production number: 01001 First aired (US): 1 April 2021 First aired (UK): 30 July 2021 First aired (CAN): 1 April 2021 First aired (AUS): 12 April 2021 | ||
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| Teleplay By Ilene Chaiken Story By Dick Wolf & Ilene Chaiken and Matt Olmstead Directed By Fred Berner | ||
Summary[]
Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to take on the city's most powerful organized crime syndicates and rebuild his life in the wake of a devastating personal loss.
Plot[]
Following the death of Kathy Stabler, Elliot goes on a hunt to find the people responsible for it. He sneaks into the holding cell of the courthouse and asks about Sacha Lenski, informing them about receipts found from the body shop he worked, linking the two them. When Ayanna Bell finds out about this, she asks Elliot to be escorted outside as he might jeopardize her case. He leaves telling "You're all dead men, every one of you".
Lieutenant Marv Moennig calls Elliot and warns him to thread lightly reminding him that many people wanted to shut down the Organized Crime Control Bureau and that Elliot is this programme's poster boy. Elliot replies that he wants answers, closure for Kathy and his children. Later Benson handsover to Elliot the evidence collected so far regarding Kathy's case along with a phone found in Lenski's apartment. Benson tells Stabler that the tech guys couldn't open it and Stabler acknowledges that he knows someone who can do it. He gives Benson a letter which he meant to give it to her on the day of her award ceremony asking her to open it sometime later.
Stabler later meets up with Jet Slootmaekers to look through the data from Lenski's phone and find that he has spent quite some time in a warehouse called as "Securico Storage". They also discuss about an artpiece refered to as "We have nothing but thoughts and memories between us". They later locate the owners as Hart LLC, a shell corporation registered under Manfredi Sinatra. Upon a raid at the warehouse, Stabler finds his ID from Italy in a safe. Later it is discovered that the warehouse was used by Rafiq Aaron Wheatley also called as Rafi the poet. Later it is revealed that all the documents and certificates from were counterfeit and were a match to the ones found in a raid in Puglia a few months before. a question is raised in the ethnicity of Rafiq as Sinatra hates men of other ethnicity.
Stabler then meets with Professor Angela Wheatley, asking her on finding out how Rafiq was killed. She replies that she knows why Rafiq was murdered but not by who. Stabler rebutes telling that his wife was murdered the previous week. Stabler then reads Rafiq's poem "I am reminded of a woman in grief. Her son divided by land, by triggers and blood" and comments that he was a really gifted poet. It is later revealed that Rafiq's father was an addict and Angela had divorced him. Stabler asks one question to Angela, "How long does it take?", referring to grief of Kathy's death. Later he meets with Pat Sharkley and tells him to forward a message to Manfredi Sinatra that "What happened in Puglia didn't stay in Puglia".
Later the Stabler family attend the funeral of Kathy Stabler. Elliot Stabler, Jr. breaks down telling that he misses his mom. After the funeral, Elliot receives a text from Manfredi to meet him. Elliot questions him about the warehouse, the incidents that happened in Puglia and Kathy's death. Manfredi denies it all saying that, "If I wanted you dead, you would be the one in the ground right now". Manfredi goes to Richard Wheatley's house, questioning him about what Rafiq was doing in the warehouse. Richard replies that they using it as a legitimate business enterprise. Manfredi tells him that he knows about his work in Puglia and warns him indirectly about his conversation with Stabler. Marv informs Stabler that Ayanna is incharge of the task force that would be formed. Later he meets at a museum and convinces her that he would be a good candidate for the task force.
Stabler meets with Angela, asks her about her marriage with Richard when they are attacked by a group of bikers. Ayanna tells Stabler that they are working on bringing down Richard Wheatley down and that they have to be focused setting aside their personal feelings. Stabler receives an anonymous text to meet at a amusement park. Later in that park, Richard kills Manfredi and Stabler finds him taking the later's phone and making an anonymous call to 911 about the incident. He runs into Olivia at the hotel who wants to talk to him about the letter he gave her but he walks away.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell
- Tamara Taylor as Angela Wheatley
- Ainsley Seiger as Technology Expert Jet Slootmaekers
- Dylan McDermott as Richard Wheatley
Recurring cast[]
- Nick Creegan as Richard Wheatley, Jr.
- Jaylin Fletcher as Ryan Wheatley
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Ryan Buggle as Noah Porter-Benson
- Nicky Torchia as Elliot Stabler, Jr.
- Diany Rodriguez as A.D.A. Maria Delgado
- Shauna Harley as Pilar Wheatley
- Allison Siko as Kathleen Stabler
- Daniel Oreskes as Lieutenant Marv Moennig
- Autumn Mirassou as Maureen Stabler
- Jeffrey Scaperrotta as Dickie Stabler
- Kaitlyn Davidson as Elizabeth Stabler
- Michael O'Leary as Father Brendan Hogan
- Adam Harper as Carl
- Davide Borella as Roberto
Guest cast[]
- Chazz Palminteri as Manfredi Sinatra
- DeShawn Harold Mitchell as Detective Stan Fairey
- David Greenspan as Pat Sharkey
- Mike Keller as A.D.A. Gabe Rezek
- Giorgio Panetta as Marco Gennaro
- Tom Scorzone as Pietro Schiavelli
- Umar Abrams as Preteen #1
- Wilma Rivera as Homicide Detective
- Stephanie Seward as Court Officer #1
- Pitolomusic as Court Officer #2
- Ari Barkan as Attendant
- Teniece Divya Joynson as Detainment Guard
References[]
Quotes[]
Elliot Stabler: I am reminded of a woman in grief. Her son divided by land, by triggers and blood.
Elliot Stabler: You're all dead men, every one of you.
Background Information and Notes[]
- This episode concluded a two-part crossover event, which started with the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Return Of The Prodigal Son".
- All of the Stabler children return, with Maureen and Elizabeth making their first appearances since the eighth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Eli making his first appearance since season 12 of SVU.
- Actresses Autumn Mirassou and Kaitlyn Davidson take over the roles of Maureen and Elizabeth from actresses Erin Broderick and Patricia Cook respectively.
- During the episode's initial airing, the intro quote is cut, likely to make the transition from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit more seamless. The opening monologue was reinstated when the episode was uploaded to Hulu and Peacock. The theme song lacked pictures of the cast members and are not shown next to their names except for Elliot Stabler.
- Elliot gives Olivia a letter which was meant to be a speech he was going to give during her award ceremony that was meant to take place during "Return Of The Prodigal Son". They don't discuss it until the season 2 episode "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner".
- This marks the first time Elliot sees Noah Porter-Benson, Benson's son. They don't have a formal meeting until the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Did You Believe in Miracles?".
- Elliot decides to stay in New York rather than return to Rome because of Kathy's memory.
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