Demons (20 Sep. 2005)

Det. Stabler goes undercover to determine if a recent parolee is reverting to his rapist urges.

Director:

David Platt

Writer:

Amanda Green

Stars:

Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch (credit only)
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak (credit only)
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Robert Patrick	...	Ray Schenkel
Robert Walden	...	William Dorsey
Jim Moody	...	Support Group Leader
Joe Lisi	...	Parole Officer Craig Lennon
Mike Doyle	...	Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran
Gordon MacDonald	...	Pete
Umit Celebi	...	Leo

Storyline

After a rapist, Ray Schenkel, is released on parole, the detective that caught him, Dorsey, is sure that he'll revert to his old ways. When a rape occurs in New York, Dorsey talks to Stabler at the scene and convinces him that Schenkel was the perp. While investigating Schenkel, Stabler runs into him at the parole officer's office. He convinces Ray that he's a fellow parolee, and talks the PO into letting him into the group therapy session so that he can keep an eye on Ray. Stabler starts getting more deeply involved in Ray's new life, seeing if he's reformed or not, crossing the line between simple surveilence and entrapment on the way.

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | abduction | undercover detective | detective john munch

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Fin and Benson were following the van to the hiding place, the location was showing on a map before the device was destroyed. Even after it was destroyed, they should have still known where to go but acted like they had no idea where to look.

User Reviews

We al have our devils to fight.

All the usual cast of Law & Order Special Victims Unit with the addition of Robert Patrick. Patrick is someone who can play a sleaze-bag to perfection.

He was spectacular as the robot in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, magnificent in The Marine, and perfect in First To Die. He has been in many films and always comes through.

He was fantastic in this role as a rapist, not for his crimes, but how he played against Christopher Meloni. Using his compulsion as a rapist he could easily get inside Meloni's head because he also has a compulsion. He is a character that explodes easily, and Patrick's character knew it.

This is one of my favorite episodes of the show because of these two characters and the two actors who made them so believable.