Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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After a Muslim woman is assaulted inside of a synagogue, SVU searches for two suspects that were spotted fleeing the scene of the crime.
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Title: Assumptions (09 May 2019)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mariska Hargitay | ... | Olivia Benson | |
| Kelli Giddish | ... | Amanda Rollins | |
| Ice-T | ... | Odafin Tutuola (as Ice T) | |
| Peter Scanavino | ... | Dominick Carisi Jr. | |
| Philip Winchester | ... | Peter Stone | |
| Titus Welliver | ... | Rob Miller | |
| Nazneen Contractor | ... | Nahla Nasar | |
| Hadi Tabbal | ... | Masud Faraj | |
| Ami Brabson | ... | Judge Karyn Blake | |
| Meredith Holzman | ... | Naomi Zeigler | |
| Ted Sutherland | ... | Ari Kaplan | |
| Jacqueline Antaramian | ... | Mrs. Nasar | |
| Bob Ari | ... | Ezra Zuckerman | |
| Kelly Lester | ... | Esther Meyer | |
| Erica Camarano | ... | Rachel Ortiz | |
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After a Muslim woman is assaulted inside of a synagogue, SVU searches for two suspects that were spotted fleeing the scene of the crime.
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Masud Faraj: Yes.
Peter Stone: Sharia law states that homosexuality is immoral. "If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four reliable witnesses from amongst them, and if they testify, confine them to houses until..." what? Mr. Faraj, I know you know the answer.
Naomi Zeigler: Objection, Your Honor.
Peter Stone: Mr. Faraj, until what? What is the answer?
Masud Faraj: "Until death do claim them." I should have killed her.
Peter Stone: Instead of just asssaulting and raping her? Why didn't you kill her?
Masud Faraj: Because she is my ...
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This episode marks the fourth time in which Olivia Benson is shown to have a stalker. The first was Richard White in season one's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Stalked (1999), the second was Eric Plummer in season three's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Wrath (2001), the third was Avery Shaw in season six's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Quarry (2005), and in this episode, the stalker is Rob Miller. See more »Goofs
Noah asks Olivia how to spell the word "believe" and her response is "let's sound it out" whereupon Noah recites B-E-L-I-E-V-E. However, if one were actually going by how the word sounds, it would be B-E-L-E-V-E. The "i" is silent. See more »Quotes
Peter Stone: You follow Sharia law, Mr. Faraj?Masud Faraj: Yes.
Peter Stone: Sharia law states that homosexuality is immoral. "If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four reliable witnesses from amongst them, and if they testify, confine them to houses until..." what? Mr. Faraj, I know you know the answer.
Naomi Zeigler: Objection, Your Honor.
Peter Stone: Mr. Faraj, until what? What is the answer?
Masud Faraj: "Until death do claim them." I should have killed her.
Peter Stone: Instead of just asssaulting and raping her? Why didn't you kill her?
Masud Faraj: Because she is my ...
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Prejudice is playing an important role in this episode, each side is shown in its lowest and as the title suggests, assumptions are made by the characters anx the viewers and reflect the deep problems they cause in our society.