"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Denial (2002)

Director:

Steve Shill

Writer:

Judy McCreary (writer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

3 May 2002 (Season 3, Episode 21)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A woman is raped at a party and the attacker is quickly caught but the detectives must still determine why the victim was carrying a finger from a long dead infant. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective John Munch | Criminal Investigation | Detective | Police | Sex Crime

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 27

7:00 PM

USA

Denial

#3.21

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch (credit only)
Stephanie March	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Mary Steenburgen	...	Grace Rinato
Martha Plimpton	...	Claire Rinato
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner
Joanna Merlin	...	Judge Lena Petrovsky
Tom O'Rourke	...	Judge Mark Seligman
J. Kyle Manzay	...	Malcolm
Estelle Parsons	...	Rose Rinato
Judith Light	...	Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly
Danny Johnson	...	Attorney Sean Kramer

Quotes:

[Claire walks out of the station after being released and sees Fin on the street holding a package]
Claire Rinato: How's my grandmother?
Fin Tutuola: She's holding her own. Won't be able to see her till tomorrow.
[Claire sees the package he's holding]
Claire Rinato: What's that?
[Fin gives it to her and she opens it]
Fin Tutuola: Your last excuse not to go to rehab.
[It's the computer-generated picture of her sister Lisa]
Fin Tutuola: No more lame-ass wining about how you gotta get high to remember what your sister looked like.
Claire Rinato: I would hug you, but I can tell you don't like to be touched.
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