Soulless (16 May 2003)

A young woman is taken to hospital unconscious, and apparently the victim of rape. However, by the time that Benson gets to speak to her, she says that she wasn't raped. Shortly after, the ... See full summary »

Director:

Chad Lowe

Writers:

Dawn DeNoon, Lisa Marie Petersen,

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
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Mitch Wilkens, aka Max Van Horn
Ann Dowd	...	Sally Wilkens
Kieran Campion	...	Seth Wolfford III
Matthew Bennett	...	Mr. Stark
Danny Hoch	...	Kracker
Peter Hermann	...	Trevor Langan
Brette Taylor	...	Mrs. Dutton
Mark Jacoby	...	Phillip Dutton

Storyline

A young woman is taken to hospital unconscious, and apparently the victim of rape. However, by the time that Benson gets to speak to her, she says that she wasn't raped. Shortly after, the victim is abducted from the hospital. SVU's search for her leads them through New York's club-land and the children of wealthy families.

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Plot Keywords:

detective john munch

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kracker: Chill, y'all! I gotta lay it down when I'm chillin'. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
John Munch: Not a single word.

User Reviews

They lack fear as well as a conscience

Logan Marshall-Green's performance of a totally amoral psychotic killer dominates this particular episode of SVU. The only one coming close is that of Ann Dowd, mother in denial.

Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay are led one merry chase in this episode where a juvenile victim with a fake ID is gang raped in the bathroom of a club she had no business being in at the age of 15. While Hargitay is interviewing the victim she gets called away and the ringleader of the group comes back and gets her out of the hospital and kills her, leaving the body on the Coney Island beach. Amoral people like that also tend to lack fear as well as a conscience.

Though this was a gang rape it was Marshall-Green who did a great job in at first rolling on his friends. Turns out he's been conning them along for a while himself. Someone turns up who links him to other crimes.

In the end it's his mother Ann Dowd who gets shaken from her denial and finally realizes she's raised a monster. There are folks like that, there's no psychological or sociological explanation for their evil, they're just evil. Look at Jim Jones or Charles Manson for reference.

Still it's Logan Marshall-Green who dominates this episode, you won't forget this evil young man after viewing this SVU show.