Misleader (31 Mar. 2000)

Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of the pregnant daughter-in-law of a prominent religious figure. They initially focus on the victim's well-connected family and conclude that her ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Dobbs

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Nick Kendrick (teleplay),

Stars:

Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler (as Chris Meloni)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch
Michelle Hurd	...	Detective Monique Jefferies
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Robert Foxworth	...	Dr. Ben Hadley
Anne Twomey	...	Sharon Hadley
Richard Thompson
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Assistant District Attorney
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Tom Lacy
Norbert Leo Butz	...	John Fenwick
Harry Goz	...	Hotel Security Manager
Rich Hebert
Bo Foxworth	...	Ben Hadley Jr.

Storyline

Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of the pregnant daughter-in-law of a prominent religious figure. They initially focus on the victim's well-connected family and conclude that her infidelity, and the identity of the child's probable father, likely led to her murder.

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Plot Keywords:

detective john munch

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Studios USA Television, Universal Worldwide Television, Wolf Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bo Foxworth is cast as the son to Robert Foxworth, his actual father.

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Quotes

Suspect: [referring to Stabler] If that's the guy that's questioning me, I definitely want my lawyer.

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Connections

References Pocahontas (1995)

User Reviews

Hadley Family Values

Father and son Robert and Bo Foxworth play father and son Ben Hadley senior and junior on this episode of SVU. The two are a college professor of a fundamentalist Christian college and his son who is a pale reflection of dad. The SVU squad gets involved with these two and senior Hadley's wife Anne Twomey who is the mother of Hadley junior when junior's wife is murdered in a New York hotel. The Medical Examiner shows that she had recent sex before the homicide.

Robert Foxworth played two of the slimiest people on different episodes of Law And Order prime and continues his string of villainy with his portrayal of Ben Hadley on SVU. This man has more skeletons in the closet than a medical school. Once again Foxworth will creep you out.

Richard Belzer has some good lines as the show's resident liberal who gets a few shots in at Foxworth. And Benson and Stabler get into a nasty turf war with the Robbery squad and in the process clear a serial burglar whom they thought might have been their perpetrator and arrest him for the crimes he did commit.

Foxworth, a villain you look forward to hating.