"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" 911 (2005)

User Rating:

9.3/10   

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator) and
Patrick Harbinson (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

Original Air Date:

4 October 2005 (Season 7, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A little girl calls for help, claiming she's being held hostage, but the team has to keep her on the line to track her down. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective John Munch | Number In Title | Criminal Investigation | Detective | Police

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler (credit only)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
B.D. Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (credit only)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Christopher Evan Welch	...	Richard Dwyer
Zabryna Guevara	...	Julia Ortiz
Joel de la Fuente	...	TARU Tech Ruben Morales
Jeanine Monterroza	...	Maria Recinos (voice)
Chandra Wilson	...	Rachel Sorannis
Rachel Diaz-Stand	...	Maria Recinos
John Herrera	...	Consul Duarte Farias

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Cragen mentions a hoax perpetrated in September 2004 by "Jessica." Jessica was supposedly a four-year-old girl in Paterson, New Jersey, whose mother had been hit and wasn't moving. She supplied the 911 operator with a wealth of information, none of which turned out to be true. Police searched desperately for the child, only to learn that the entire call was a hoax perpetrated by a seventeen-year-old girl.

Goofs:

Continuity: The lady from the FBI that comes to help with the phones says the cell phone company has 10 switchboards but in a later scene, Cragen asks her how the "virus scan" is coming and she says she's scanned 8 of 12 switchboards..

Quotes:

[on the phone]
Detective Olivia Benson: Maria, wake up! Maria? Maria?
Richard Dwyer: Who is this?
Detective Olivia Benson: This is the police. We know exactly where you are.
[beat]
Richard Dwyer: [sing-song] No, you don't!
[hangs up]

Movie Connections:

Featured in 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006) (TV)

Most Dramatic I've Seen

When I saw this episode, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Usually I'll be doing something else...but when I saw this episode, it really got my attention. Seeing the connection Olivia had with this child, that she really believed that she was kidnapped while others thought it was a hoax really made this episode "a race against time"; you could see her maternal instincts play a big role in keeping that girl on the phone, trying really hard to keep her talking and trying to describe anything that could help them find her, and Olivia finally convincing the others that the girl is real and that they need to find her.....it was a very compelling episode. Mariska Hargitay excelled in her role, in fact it was award worthy. She a favorite of mine. Good job SVU Cast & Crew. The BEST episode by far.