Families (10 Feb. 2004)

After arresting an on the run rapist, a police dog discovers the body of a murdered girl, apparently raped. Upon discovering that she had indeed been sexually active, the police suspect her... See full summary »

Director:

Constantine Makris

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Jonathan Greene

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
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Helen Slater	...	Susan Coyle
Geoffrey Nauffts	...	Steve Abruzzo
Tom Mason	...	Jason Connor
Patrick John Flueger	...	Aidan Connor (as Patrick Flueger)
Spencer Treat Clark	...	Brian Coyle
Daniel Sunjata	...	CSU Technician Burt Trevor
Joel de la Fuente	...	TARU Tech Ruben Morales
Michael Mulheren	...	Judge Sheldon Taylor

Storyline

After arresting an on the run rapist, a police dog discovers the body of a murdered girl, apparently raped. Upon discovering that she had indeed been sexually active, the police suspect her music teacher of having an affair with his student, the raped and killed girl. Benson and Stabler find that the raped girl's friend is having sex with their music teacher. The only reason Shannon, the raped girl, had been in her music teacher's apartment was to have sex with her boyfriend. They had to sneak around because their families had forbidden them to date. Then it is discovered that Shannon was pregnant, and the baby's genes were more than 50% Shannon's, therefore there had been incest.

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Plot Keywords:

secret identity | learning a person is one's brother | double life | cheating on wife | learning a person is one's sister

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the opening when the police dog takes a nibble on the suspect, the padded sleeve to protect his arm is clearly visible.

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Quotes

[Benson catches a fleeing suspect]
Det. Olivia Benson: What's your name?
Suspect: Screw you!
Det. Olivia Benson: Screw You, you're under arrest for attempted rape until we nail you for the other eleven.

User Reviews

It's in the genes

The discovery of a pregnant teenage girl's body while Mariska Hargitay is chasing down another suspect leads to quite an elaborate tale involving two wealthy families on the Upper East Side. It all starts when Christopher Meloni deduces that the dead girl went to a posh prep school.

The deceased had been going out with Patrick Flueger and when Medical Examiner Tamara Tunie runs a DNA test on the victim it comes back with some surprising results. Not that Flueger was the father, but that is not all the surprise in store for him.

Later on Flueger's father is killed as well and Helen Slater the mother of the deceased girl is arrested for the crime. Still not all the surprise left in this episode.

I agree that this is one of the craziest episodes that SVU in fact all the Law And Order franchise shows ever did. Not one the best, but definitely up there in the crazy department.