Sophomore Jinx 

Benson and Stabler investigate a female student's murder at a local college. When they develop a suspect on the basketball team, they experience resistance from the college, which is trying... See full summary »

Director:

Clark Johnson

Writers:

Dick Wolf (created by), John Chambers

Stars:

Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Meloni	...	Elliot Stabler (as Chris Meloni)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	...	John Munch
Dann Florek	...	Donald Cragen
Lothaire Bluteau	...	Professor James Henri Rousseau
Sean Squire	...	Chuck Mosley
Dean Winters	...	Brian Cassidy
Kohl Sudduth	...	Riley Couger
Michelle Hurd	...	Monique Jeffries
Isabel Gillies	...	Kathy Stabler
Erin Broderick	...	Maureen Stabler
Holiday Segal	...	Kathleen Stabler
Patricia Cook	...	Elizabeth Stabler
Jeffrey Scaperrotta	...	Dickie Stabler
Tom O'Rourke	...	Campus Security Officer Anthony Schlasser

Storyline

Benson and Stabler investigate a female student's murder at a local college. When they develop a suspect on the basketball team, they experience resistance from the college, which is trying to preserve its reputation and its chance at an upcoming championship.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | social status | alcohol | college student | racial prejudice | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

25 October 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films,Studios USA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In New York state having sexual intercourse with a dead body is charged as sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail.

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Goofs

When Benson and Stabler walk into the examination room, Rodgers is running a bone saw, then when she looks up, she turns the saw off. However, the blade on the saw is not moving at any time.

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Quotes

[Stabler catches his daughter sneaking into the house at two in the morning]
Elliot Stabler: Out, nothing, nobody. Those are your answers to me?
Maureen Stabler: Uh-huh.
Elliot Stabler: Fine. You're busted. You're grounded. Go to your room.
Maureen Stabler: Wait, for how long?
Elliot Stabler: Until I got some answers or you turn eighteen, whichever comes first.

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Connections

References Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

User Reviews

Way to much to trust

The death of a popular sophomore student brings the SVU squad to St. Raymond's College which as it happens is the alma mater of Dann Florek. Not that the college is bending over backwards to help an alumnus. In fact they're throwing all kinds of roadblocks into the SVU squad investigation.

This episode also as they were trying to establish characters in those early years shows a bit of Elliott Stabler home life. Christopher Meloni is most concerned the late hours that daughter Erin Broderick is keeping. As he says in his job he sees way too much to trust.

It turns out that the victim had sex with two people that night under different circumstances to say the least. One of them is French literature professor Lothaire Bluteau and his description of the night's events leaves even the SVU squad which has thought they heard it all kind of gasping. That is nothing however compared to ADA Angie Harmon who was crossing over from Law And Order prime. I have rarely seen disgust portrayed so well on the big screen and small.