Shadow (13 Jan. 2010)

Benson and Stabler work with a Special Frauds Unit detective who believes that an heiress murdered her parents and could be a sociopath.

Director:

Amy Redford

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 (credit only)
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
BD Wong	...	Dr. George Huang
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Naveen Andrews	...	Detective Ash Ramsey
Valerie Cruz	...	U.S. Attorney Camilla Velez
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Nate Hartman
Stuart Burney	...	Yancey Winthrop
Mark La Mura	...	Jewelery Store Owner
Nathan Lee Graham	...	Gallery Owner
Jabari Gray	...	CSU Tech Keegan Timmons
John Schuck	...	Chief of Detectives Muldrew

Storyline

When a wealthy affluent couple are killed and where there are signs of sexual overtones SVU is brought in. And despite evidence showing it's not a sex crime, Benson and Stabler are kept on it cause the couple were friends with the mayor among other people. They talk to the couple's daughter who tells them she suspects she has a stalker and when they check out the surveillance videos from the places she's been, they see him. So set out to apprehend him and when they do they learn he's a cop from the frauds unit. It seems that he's investigating possible embezzlement from the couple's accounts and the trail led to the daughter. It seems she an uncontrollable party girl and when her parents were threatening to cut her off she found other ways to fund her lifestyle. And he thinks she had her parents killed. Later when she's arrested she puts a bounty on those who arrested her including the frauds detective and Benson.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Benson and Stabler are first meeting with Ramsey at his office, there is a photograph of Bette Davis as Baby Jane Hudson sitting in a frame on the table behind Ramey's desk.

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Goofs

At One PP, Chief of Detectives Mulgrew screams for Ramsey while Benson and Stabler are with him in his office. In suspending the fraud investigation against suspect Anne Gillette, the Chief of D's has four stars reflecting his rank on BOTH shoulders of his Class A Uniform, as well as on the ends of his shirt collar. In a later scene at the 16th (SVU) where he is reading Cragen and Huang the Riot Act, the stars on his shirt collars in his earlier scene are nowhere to be found.

User Reviews

Naveen Andrews Adds Mystery to L&O franchise

When the team at SVU have to spread their grasp, they cross paths with a stylish and mysterious detective from the Fraud Unit named Ash Ramsey (Naveen Andrews). The undeniable chemistry between Olivia Benson (Hargitay) and SFU Detective Ramsey makes Stabler (Meloni) uncomfortable. This is a twisted tale that threatens the lives of nearly every SVU detective. Det. Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) get closer to the suspect than anyone could imagine when he goes undercover. Is this the new direction of SVU? A new spin-off of the successful Law & Order franchise.

This isn't so much a review as a plea. More Naveen on L&O!