Lost Traveller 

The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.

Director:

Jean de Segonzac

Writers:

Dick Wolf (created by), Julie Martin

Stars:

Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mariska Hargitay	...	Olivia Benson
Danny Pino	...	Nick Amaro
Kelli Giddish	...	Amanda Rollins
Richard Belzer	...	John Munch
Ice-T	...	Odafin Tutuola (as Ice T)
Dann Florek	...	Donald Cragen
Stephanie March	...	Alexandra Cabot
Linus Roache	...	Michael Cutter
Donnie Keshawarz	...	Tomas Grey
Alexandra Silber	...	Nadia Grey
Michael Barra	...	Mark Rajic
Scott William Winters	...	Detective Joe Dumas
Gavin Lee	...	Dennis Griscomb
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Leo Gerber
Quinn Shephard	...	Emma Butler

Storyline

The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.

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Plot Keywords:

child abduction | roma | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ron Rifkin, who portrays the character of Attorney Marvin Exley, portrayed another attorney, D.A. Ellis Loew in L.A. Confidential (1997), which also featured a police officer character named Edmond Exley (Guy Pearce).

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Goofs

When the black SUV honks and drives by, the camera crew and boom mic operator are reflected in the surface of the car.

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Quotes

A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot: You want a deal? Your client tells us what we want to know, and he does time.
Bureau Chief Michael Cutter: And how much is up to you.
Marvin Exley: What Ledger would love nothing more than to have a test case involving First Amendment and NYPD. Please, go ahead. Try us.
Captain Donald Cragen: You three are playing this while there's a missing kid out there?
Bureau Chief Michael Cutter: Yeah, let's cut to the chase, Mr. Exley.
Marvin Exley: Okay. Griscomb gives you everything he has on the missing boy's phone records, he gets full immunity from prosecution.
Bureau Chief Michael Cutter: No, this is how it works: wiretapping is ...

User Reviews

Only the gypsies know

The SVU squad in Manhattan is called in when a Brooklyn boy never comes home from his school in Manhattan. The problem that Mariska Hargitay and Danny Pino have is that this kid is from a gypsy clan and from breakaway parents from said clan. It's the first instinct of the police to start looking at the gypsy culture for clues.

A really big clue is this man-child, a Lenny like individual who lives on the same block as the victim and his family. Michael Barra plays the suspect who lives at home in a locked room with his and it's a performance modeled on what Lon Chaney Jr. did in Of Mice And Men.

No one from the gypsy community will talk unless the local headman gives permission. Michael Margolis plays him and the power he has over these people is frightening.

It's solved in the end and it's solved when Barra starts talking. As for who did it, all I'll say is the perpetrator is quite an amoral character.

Make sure you check this one out.