Responsible (3 Apr. 2007)

The mother of a high school girl is caught having a sexual relationship with one of her daughter's classmates, and she may have supplied alcohol for a high school party where another student died.

Directors:

Yelena Lanskaya, David Platt

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Allison Intrieri

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 (credit only)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Laura Leighton	...	Lillian Rice
Hunter Parrish	...	Jordan Owens
Sarah Drew	...	Becca Rice
Leven Rambin	...	Reagan Michaels
Van Hughes	...	Luke Young
Rob Mayes	...	Matt Schroeffel
Peter Hermann	...	Trevor Langan

Storyline

When a young girl is found dead. Warner says she died from alcohol poisoning. They learn that she hanged with some teens who drink a lot. When they are arrested and brought before Donnelly, she lets them go on the condition that they don't drink but they don't. They eventually learn that the mother of one of them, is also a drinker and may have been the one who provided them with the alcohol that led to the girl's death. Novak tries to have her charged but has no evidence.

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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

Release Date:

3 April 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Elliott brings the pizza to the table, Kathleen reaches over to it and starts pulling off a slice. The camera then cuts to another angle, and the slice is suddenly on her plate.

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Quotes

Detective Elliot Stabler: I'm sorry, Kathleen, but there's no statute of limitations on being a bad parent.
[burns up Kathleen's driver's license]

User Reviews

Don't drink. Just. Don't

Very uncommon "public service" episode. In the beginning, the usual suspects are there: the spoiled privileged white kids and their arrogant parents who only care about themselves in their filthy ivory towers and who probably don't even have the common decency of voting Democrat. The scenario is also familiar: girl who died after getting drunk in a party. So someone gave her too much to drink in order to take advantage from her and... no, she just had too much. A boy who is entering an Ivy League college is passing booze, so he may have covered up an accidental death and so is criminally responsible... no, he just has a drinking problem. Bodies start piling up, so someone is engaged in foul play that will be discovered sooner or later... no, what happens is just that people should not drink and drive. A teenage girl gets permanent damage from drinking, so her mother hated her and is doing it on purpose... no, they are just not aware of the dangers of alcohol. So the only culprit is ultimately underage drinking. We even get some statistics before the final credits (only episode I've seen that does it). OK, OK, I got it.