Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

"Wolves In Sheep's Clothing"
←	SVU, Episode 22.16	→
Production number: 22016 First aired (US): 3 June 2021 First aired (UK): 17 September 2021 First aired (CAN): 2 June 2021 First aired (AUS): 10 June 2021
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Teleplay By Kathy Dobie & Christian Tyler Story By Denis Hamill, Julie Martin, & Warren Leight Directed By Norberto Barba

Summary

While Tutuola and Phoebe make wedding plans, Benson and Rollins try to help a homeless single mother who's being trafficked in exchange for safe housing.

Plot

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Cast

Main cast

• Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
• Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
• Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
• Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick Carisi, Jr.
• Jamie Gray Hyder as Detective Katriona Tamin
• Demore Barnes as Deputy Chief Christian Garland

Recurring cast

• Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
• Jennifer Esposito as Sergeant Phoebe Baker
• Narci Regina as Defense Attorney Maya Bell
• Ernest Waddell as Ken Randall
• Migs Govea as Alejandro Pavel
• Terry Serpico as Chief Tommy McGrath
• Brenda Raquel as Lulu Davis
• TJ Lee as Celia Long
• Carrie Kim as Céline Tatou
• Saverio Guerra as Paulie Banducci
• Angelic Zambrana as Rosa Estrada
• Zabryna Guevara as Dr. Catalina Machado
• Colton Osorio as Felipe Estrada
• Ryan Garbayo as Ruben Ortiz

Guest cast

• Michelle Hurst as Betty Swanson
• Artrece Johnson as Denise Campbell
• Briana Starks as Naomi Turner
• Al-Teron Williams as Khalil Roker
• Margret Echeverria as Nelly
• Jim E. Chandler as Roy
• Harrison Fox as Ben

References

• Jayvon Brown
• Congressman Justin Howard
• Nicole Harper
• Ari Moldovan
• Jesse Rollins
• Billie Rollins
• Mickey Davis
• Nydia Davis
• Ajay Sharma
• Vanessa Hadid

Quotes

Chief Tommy McGrath: What I see? Lack of discipline, lack of investigative competence, lack of leadership. In a word, failure. I see failure, Failure written all over you.

Background Information and Notes

• Lulu Davis from the episode "Sightless in a Savage Land" returns. She is still trying to getting custody of her daughter, Nydia Davis, again. She also mentions that Fin has been visiting her ex-husband Mickey Davis in prison.
• Attorney Maya Bell mentions that it's good to see Benson and Carisi again. They had met in the episode "The Long Arm Of The Witness".
• Carisi and Rollins share a kiss.
• Chief Tommy McGrath makes his first appearance.
• During a Comstat meeting, McGarth pins two failures on Garland's tenure including:
  • The Bronx Special Victims Unit secretly having a rapist Sergeant, Ari Moldovan. (SVU: "Hunt, Trap, Rape, and Release)
  • The wrongful arrest of Jayvon Brown. (SVU: "Guardians and Gladiators")
• Fin and Phoebe decide not to get married but still remain in a romantic relationship.
  • The song that plays after they make this announcement is "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
  • The wedding though happens over the Memorial Day Weekend (Friday, May 28 per Fin in the open) in the United States, which occurs in the month of May.
• George Howard is pictured in this episode as an older man, but appears in the next episode, "And The Empire Strikes Back", as a younger man played by actor Ben Rappaport with a full name George Justin Howard.

Episode scene cards

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Holt Tower 1498 5th Avenue Monday, May 24	Apartment of Denise Campbell 30-59 83rd Street Jackson Heights, Queens Tuesday, May 25	Proud Life Daycare Center Park Avenue & East 120th Street Tuesday, May 25	Laundry Room Holt Tower 1498 5th Avenue Wednesday, May 26	Camino Family Center 865 Melrose Avenue Bronx, New York Thursday, May 27

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