Russian Brides (9 Nov. 2011)

In order to bring down a Russian mobster running an international prostitution/kidnapping ring disguised as a Russian bride website, Kragen steps from behind the desk to go undercover as a "John."

Director:

Alex Chapple

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Bryan Goluboff

Stars:

Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson
Danny Pino	...	Detective Nick Amaro
Kelli Giddish	...	Detective Amanda Rollins
Richard Belzer	...	Sergeant John Munch (credit only)
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola (as Ice T)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Stephanie March	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
Timothy Busfield	...	Daniel Carter
Izabella Miko	...	Lena
Ramon Camín	...	Luis (as Ramón Camín)
Ean Sheehy
Michael Kostroff	...	Attorney
Heidi Schreck	...	Vera
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner
Anna Orlova	...	Karina

Storyline

When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride. Upon questioning her distraught fiancé, they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

User Reviews

Russian Mail Bride, anyone??

This review comes from someone who never watch SVU his whole life (I know!). I am familiar with Law and Order (the old one) and loved to watch it from time to time, but SVU aka spin off never sparks my interest (which now I regret deeply). I always like detective shows, I tried to watch 'CSI' but find it too complex and over the top and so does half other 'murder mystery' shows out there that are not worth mentioning.

Russian Brides is the seventh episode of the 13th season of SVU. From story line point of view this episode was very well written. Direction was fast-pace which is totally my style as I hate slow & lengthy dialogs cop shows. Actors all did wonderful too, I really enjoyed each one of them but my favorite will be Hargitay (if that's not obvious already). So to conclude, I am excited to watch more of the coming episodes and will watch the previous seasons too.

I'm sure many of the loyal fans will consider this episode to be average, which might be so, but if you are a newbie like me, this one will pretty much blown your mind away!