Trials (23 Sep. 2008)

Olivia discovers that a case involving a troubled foster child is tied to a cold rape case from her past, and it could be the missing link that could help catch a serial rapist. Meanwhile, Olivia is haunted by her sexual assault in prison.

Director:

David Platt

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Dawn DeNoon

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	...	Sergeant John Munch
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Michaela McManus	...	A.D.A. Kim Greylek
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (credit only)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Julie Bowen	...	Gwen Sibert
Jae Head	...	Christopher Ryan
Mary Beth Evans	...	Dr. Eichenberry
Sara Gilbert	...	Caitlyn Ryan
Luke Perry	...	Noah Sibert
Julia Knight	...	Emily Johannsen
Lisa Strum	...	Tonya Majeski

Storyline

Olivia discovers that a case involving a troubled foster child is tied to a cold rape case from her past, and it could be the missing link that could help catch a serial rapist. Meanwhile, Olivia is haunted by her sexual assault in prison.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Sergeant John Munch: Captain, Fin and I are thinkin' of going in on a bar. You wanna buy in?
Captain Donald Cragen: Well gee, John, I don't know. Let me run it by the guys at my next AA meeting.

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Connections

Features Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Undercover (2008)

User Reviews

Out of control kid

My criticism of SVU has always been that unlike Law And Order prime occasionally they get way way out in their stories. This is a perfect example of that although the players do well in putting it over.

The SVU squad catches a case with an 8 year old Jae Head stealing his parents car and racing through the city like mad causing all kinds of damage. The squad is called in and sure enough Benson and Stabler smell an abused kid.

Young Jae Head is really frightening as this kid who's out of control so much so that his birth mother gave him up and Luke Perry and Julie Bowen the foster parents are about at their wit's end.

Some DNA from the kid leads back to the birth mother who happens to have been the victim of a rape that Mariska Hargitay handled several years ago. That in turn leads to tracking a serial rapist and the conclusion is really wild to say the least.

Hargitay is dealing with rape trauma herself from when she was undercover in a previous episode. As the child of a rapist, she truly gets into the case here. In the end she gets counseling for her own situation.

A little too far out for my tastes.