Hell (31 Mar. 2009)

A former African child refugee's throat is slashed, and SVU connects the case to two former Ugandan war criminals--one a ruthless killer, the other a sympathetic former child soldier trying to change his life.

Director:

David Platt

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Amanda Green

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 (credit only)
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (credit only)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Stephanie March	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
Robert Wisdom	...	Father Theo Burdett
Gbenga Akinnagbe	...	Elijah Okello
Mike Colter	...	Samuel Mbazzi
Sean Cullen	...	Brett Trask
Andrew Guilarte	...	Rajiv
Gordon Joseph Weiss	...	Homeless Man

Storyline

A young girl is found on the street with her throat slashed. She's taken to the hospital and SVU is called. While the doctor tells them she can't talk, when asked who did this to her, she draws a picture of the devil. They learn that she's the adopted daughter of a priest. He tells them that she's from Africa and that she was abused as a child. When they tell them where she was found, the priest tells them that she probably went to see a man who is also from Africa who's a child soldier. When they find he tells them that she wanted him to kill the man who raped her in Africa. They eventually find the man. But her friend faces deportation where he will surely face death so he holds up in the church with a gun.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 2009 (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?

Trivia

This episode was supposed to originally air on March 24th, 2009 but was aired a week later due to Presidential programming.

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Goofs

During the "confession" when Elliot is interrogating Elijah, as the camera cuts back and forth between two different angles, their foreheads are alternately touching and not touching.

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Quotes

Alexandra Cabot: [looking at pictures of the children armies] The rifles are bigger than the kids.

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