"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" Doubt (2004)

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writers:

Marjorie David (writer)
Paul Kolsby (writer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

23 November 2004 (Season 6, Episode 8)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

When a college student claims rape and her professor claims it was consensual sex, Stabler and Benson find themselves in the middle of a he said...

Plot Keywords:

Detective John Munch | Detective | Victim | Rape | Cop

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch (credit only)
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (credit only)
B.D. Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Bill Campbell	...	Ron Polikoff
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Myra Denning
Viola Davis	...	Donna Emmett
Patricia Kalember	...	Judge Taten
Maureen Flannigan	...	Louise
Mariette Hartley	...	Lorna Scarry
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner
Judith Light	...	Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

In the on-line vote most voters found in favor of the defendant.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Dialogue in this episode is contradicted by the episode "Rage" later in the season. Polikoff's attorney says Detective Stabler has twelve years of police service to his credit, but in "Rage," Stabler seeks to put away a criminal he first collared fourteen years prior.

There were three endings.

Sorry, but you're mistaken. Actually, there were three endings.

So in fact..

This episode was actually good, but your network obviously missed out on something.

The original NBC network let users vote online considering the ending, and they showed the one with the most votes.

Guilty was 20%, (they thought it was rape). Innocent was 60%, (they thought it was consensual). Mis-trial was 20%, (they needed more information).

So just a little message to whoever-you-were, I'd just like you to give SVU another try, and I sincerely hope that you won't be disappointed. Although some episodes are better than others, if you had seen the ending of this episode, I'm certain that you would have had a different view on it.

No, they do not all end like this.

Once again, I sincerely hope that you give it another try. :)