Sacrifice (9 Nov. 2001)

The squad is called in to investigate when a detective discovers a man shot and sodomized in an alley behind a gay bar.

Director:

Lesli Linka Glatter

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (teleplay),

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
Stephanie March	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Mark-Paul Gosselaar	...	Wesley Jansen / Peter Ivanhoe
Elizabeth Banks	...	Jaina Jansen
Tom Gilroy	...	Cal Oman
Joseph Murphy	...	Ray Borland
Kevin Geer	...	Phil Kastner
Mia Dillon	...	Mrs. Jansen
Dylan Chalfy	...	Willem Mueller
Fernando López	...	Lab Tech
Joseph Latimore	...	Detective Steve Nathan

Storyline

The squad is called in to investigate when a detective discovers a man shot and sodomized in an alley behind a gay bar.

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Plot Keywords:

detective john munch | cystic fibrosis

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Studios USA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[Cal Oman, at the porn studio, looks up and down at Olivia]
Cal Oman: You ever thought about doing a movie? You look like you'd be a real natural.
[Stabler quickly changes the subject]

User Reviews

That post Saved By The Bell image

Mark-Paul Gosselaar who has spent his post 1995 life trying to live down the image of Zach Morris to the extent of shedding that blond dye job he had while in Saved By The Bell gets as far away as you can from TeeNBC playing a rent boy who gets himself shot and gang raped in this SVU episode.

As this incident gets place in an alley behind a Greenwich Village gay bar the obvious first thought was hate crime. Frankly in real life that's what I would have thought. But as it turns out Gosselaar is gay for pay, trying to make a living to support a wife and a baby with health issues.

And he won't tell Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay about the crime. Turns out his wife Elizabeth Banks has got a minor league reputation in the porn industry, but she's an ambitious girl willing to leave all behind to go on to fame and fortune with the big producers of porn.

This is one of the more sordid SVU episodes dealing with the porn industry and how it can suck you down if you don't keep your wits about you. I've known some who've worked in the business and some have had successful post porn lives because they were shrewd and careful. Banks is neither.

Still this is a nicely presented and acted episode, one of the best they ever did in the series.