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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Assumptions

  • Episode aired May 9, 2019
  • TV-14
  • 41m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
546
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Peter Gallagher in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Assumptions
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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.After a Muslim woman is assaulted inside of a synagogue, SVU searches for two suspects that were spotted fleeing the scene of the crime.After a Muslim woman is assaulted inside of a synagogue, SVU searches for two suspects that were spotted fleeing the scene of the crime.

  • Director
    • Fred Berner
  • Writers
    • Dick Wolf
    • Julie Martin
    • Richard Sweren
  • Stars
    • Mariska Hargitay
    • Kelli Giddish
    • Ice-T
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    546
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fred Berner
    • Writers
      • Dick Wolf
      • Julie Martin
      • Richard Sweren
    • Stars
      • Mariska Hargitay
      • Kelli Giddish
      • Ice-T
    • 11User reviews
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    • Videos5

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Benson Comes Under Fire
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Miller Threatens Benson
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Come Clean
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Can't Give Up My Sources
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    Titus Welliver in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Mariska Hargitay and Ryan Buggle in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Kelli Giddish and Elise Hudson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Ice-T and Peter Scanavino in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Mariska Hargitay, Titus Welliver, and Ryan Buggle in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Mariska Hargitay, Nazneen Contractor, and Elise Hudson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Mariska Hargitay, Nazneen Contractor, and Elise Hudson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Brandon Engman in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Brandon Engman in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

    Top cast

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    Mariska Hargitay
    Mariska Hargitay
    • Lieutenant Olivia Benson
    Kelli Giddish
    Kelli Giddish
    • Detective Amanda Rollins
    Ice-T
    Ice-T
    • Sergeant Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
    • (as Ice T)
    Peter Scanavino
    Peter Scanavino
    • Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.
    Philip Winchester
    Philip Winchester
    • ADA Peter Stone
    Titus Welliver
    Titus Welliver
    • Rob Miller
    Nazneen Contractor
    Nazneen Contractor
    • Nahla Nasar
    Hadi Tabbal
    Hadi Tabbal
    • Masud Faraj
    Ami Brabson
    Ami Brabson
    • Trial Judge Karyn Blake
    Meredith Holzman
    Meredith Holzman
    • Naomi Zeigler
    Ted Sutherland
    Ted Sutherland
    • Ari Kaplan
    Jacqueline Antaramian
    Jacqueline Antaramian
    • Mrs. Nasar
    Bob Ari
    Bob Ari
    • Ezra Zuckerman
    Kelly Lester
    Kelly Lester
    • Esther Meyer
    Erica Camarano
    Erica Camarano
    • Officer Rachel Ortiz
    Richard Kind
    Richard Kind
    • William Biegel
    Peter Gallagher
    Peter Gallagher
    • Deputy Chief William Dodds
    Elise Hudson
    Elise Hudson
    • Aida Galanis
    • Director
      • Fred Berner
    • Writers
      • Dick Wolf
      • Julie Martin(teleplay by)
      • Richard Sweren(teleplay by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This is the 457th episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), surpassing the total episode count of Law & Order (1990) which ran for 456 episodes from 1990 to 2010.
    • Goofs
      Olivia Benson describes Meow Mix 2.0 as "Morgan's bar," when earlier in the episode it is revealed that the bar is owned by a woman named Tracy Larson.
    • Quotes

      Amanda Rollins: [about Nahla] So she's gay and an observant Muslim.

      Olivia Benson: Why can't she be both?

      Amanda Rollins: Fine. Just don't run for office and lie about who you are.

      Dominick Carisi Jr.: Well, this is not just political. Growing up unconventional in a devout family, that's gonna be tough in any religion.

      Odafin Tutuola: If we were in Iraq, they'd throw her off a roof.

    User reviews11

    Review
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    4/10
    All over the lot
    I think that the writers at SVU went all over the lot with this story. It starts out with Nazneen Contractor playing a Moslem City Councilmember found unconscious in a synagogue where she says she was raped.

    It turns out our victim won't pass an integrity test, but the SVU squad believes something happened, especially Mariska Hargitay. And it turns out our victim has some big secrets herself.

    This plot wandered way far afield and it just wasn't real.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Nov 20, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2019 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Wolf Films
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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