[49] Throughout season 16, he mentions that he is going to night classes at Fordham University's law school. [7] He and the gruff, uncompromising Tutuola get off to a rough start, but gradually came to like and respect each other. West is called again and pushes Benson and Stabler to find the victim's murderer. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Ian Somerhalder on "Law and Order: SVU." NBC. In the 13th-season finale episode, "Rhodium Nights", Defense Attorney Marvin Exley (Ron Rifkin) tells Benson that Haden may not be the person he claims to be, hinting that Haden is corrupt. Lewis is shipped off to a hospital and is later charged and brought to trial (SVU: "Psycho/Therapist") for his assault and abduction of Benson. On August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California, Hargitay married Peter Hermann, an actor and writer whom she met on the set of Law & Order: SVU, on which Hermann plays the recurring role of . They begin to argue in front of the squad, until Cragen tells Amaro, "not here", and they go into the bunk room. Detective Grace Muncy is a detective assigned to SVU by Captain Olivia Benson and Captain Mike Duarte. In my view, one more defense attorney deserves mention: William (Bill) Patton (played by Bill Moor). Afterwards, he and his father mutually cut ties with Darius for his actions. A much larger crime and conspiracy in Iraq is unveiled, with a rape occurring overseas and the rape kit being kept hidden. When Cragen obliges, Lewis sweats the suspect into admitting he was at the scene when the victim was murdered. His first case (seen) is the case of a homeless boy burned to death by a high school student. Marlowe responds it was a "Command decision." Elliot Stabler has been injured each time she has worked with them, by gunshot in season 7, by explosives in season 8, and by gunshot again in season 12 which was the only injury she was directly responsible for. Benson also calls on Ellis when her half-brother is in need of legal help after his kids have been removed by the city. Law & Order: True Crime is a compelling enough legal procedural, and it serves up all the tawdry tabloid sensationalism you could possibly want, but it never feels like a good fit with the Law & Order brand. In the seventeenth-season episode "Community Policing", Murphy returns after finding out about Rollins' pregnancy while he was "4,000 miles away in Serbia trying to take down a sex trafficking ring." In "Manhattan Transfer", Dodds is made Acting Commander of SVU after Lt. Olivia Benson is relieved of her duties. When Darius cons SVU into getting his confession without his lawyer present, the case continues in the season 8 finale, "Screwed". She and Stabler get off to a rocky start, but they eventually form a solid partnership. Rita, who jumped to the stand to defend a judge with a history of assaulting and raping women, ultimately warned Olivia she would have an uphill battle to climb for the rest of her career protecting victims, or "staying on the wrong side," unless she took her advice to "lie back and pretend you're enjoying it." 3. Throughout the first few episodes of season 13, she struggles to cope with the retirement of Stabler as she is more harsh and argumentative, as seen when she berates ADA Novak for "losing her nerve" after Novak said that Benson was "off". Later in season 15, she frequents an illegal casino ("Gambler's Fallacy") and is exposed as a cop by a 15-year-old waitress whom Rollins and Benson had assisted in an earlier episode. After Benson uncovers the pedophile nest and deduces that a girl is missing, Porter blows Benson's cover after she was arrested by local police. Donna Emmett (Viola Davis) Viola Davis is an Academy Award-winning actress. NBC officially dropped the news in late June. When a man is murdered with ties to the group EDGE, it's discovered he was a pedophile by Benson, working under the name Persephone James, who is investigating the crime as a civilian. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, is accused of killing and dismembering her boyfriend a year ago in Wisconsin. She tells Benson, who is clearly shocked and distraught, that she is so sorry. It is discovered that Ken was searching for the woman and baby that his half-brother, Darius, said he had killed. Known for its revolving cast, most of the original stars had left the show within the first five seasons; though Dann Florek reprised his role of Capt. Moredock orders Benson to come with a breathalyzer, which reveals her blood alcohol level is .082, resulting in a mistrial. Carisi grew up in Staten Island ("off Arden Avenue") which is where his parents still reside. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit deals with criminals of an especially horrific nature, with Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team racing against the clock to keep the streets of NYC safe . [50] She left the force to become a psychiatrist. In the episode "Babes", Greylek also angers a woman believed to be involved with a young girl's suicide, but she was found not guilty. If there's any tragically terrible ones, please tell me lol. Donald . Cragen sends him to interview a young girl who was repeatedly raped and brutalized, causing Cassidy to realize that he cannot emotionally handle the types of crimes that a SVU detective must deal with on a daily basis. When the taker demands Detective Stabler to come out of the office, he gives Warner his second gun, which she later uses to shoot the taker to prevent him from committing suicide by cop. In the second season, although she is shown in three episodes, it is revealed that she was reinstated and transferred to the Vice Unit. Peter visits her every week after their father's death. We can't wait to see where Rita Calhoun goes from here! The . Later in the episode "Deadly Ambition", Kim returns to New York beaten by her ex-boyfriend Jeff and claiming to be pregnant. In "Parole Violations", his sister Bella's (Marin Ireland) fianc Tommy (Michael Chernus) reports that his female parole officer raped him at gunpoint in her office. Let's talk about Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's defense attorney Rita Calhoun, a longtime recurring character who made her return in Season 22's mid-season finale and had some choice words of advice for Captain Olivia Benson, who's made a career out of chasing bad guys. He has opened numerous investigations on Detectives Stabler, Benson, Amaro, and Rollins and frequently feuded with Captain Cragen. Amaro reveals his suspicion and she says that she is not having an affair and that the brownstone he saw her enter was her psychiatrist, before she storms out of the room. Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the Law & Order franchise.. Law & Order aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on September 13, 1990, and completing its 20th season on May 24, 2010. Stabler quasi-apologizes for not trusting him, but Tutuola dismisses his apology because he believes Stabler will always be the same "bulldog". The former Deputy Chief of the Special Victims Units in all five boroughs, Dodds is Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Benson's politically savvy commanding officer. Barba was the best DA Carisi is a better cop than attorney. At the end of the episode, after the real rapist has been caught and the wrongfully imprisoned man released, Cragen informs Benson that the District Attorney has decided to form a Conviction Integrity Unit to investigate past cases and ensure no one is wrongfully imprisoned. During his Law & Order tenure, Cragen was investigated by internal affairs for corruption. A judge sentenced Alex Murdaugh to life in . After defense attorney Bayard Ellis questions their relationship and threatens to expose them, Haden and Benson have to decide how they are going to handle the case without having their judgement clouded. In the following episode, "Father's Shadow", Haden offers to take Benson to dinner, but she respectfully declines, saying she is still on duty and joking there would be a possible conflict of interest. Cassidy was written out of the show midway through the first season. Upon hearing this, Murphy lets her know that he is now here to stay, albeit temporarily; however, he gives Rollins a secret cell number, and tells her that should she need him, he would be on a plane within an hour.[28]. At the close of this episode, he has a discussion with Detective Benson on the steps of the courthouse. . This proves too much for her to handle and she is seen gambling, smoking, and drinking in the final scene. He subsequently accepted a position at the District Attorney's office as an investigator. Keep me up to date! He tells Benson that he took early retirement from the FBI in order to return to New York, where he is now doing private consulting. Paul Robinette Law & Order. [31][32] Lahti couldn't commit to a permanent role, since she resides in Chicago, while filming of SVU takes place in New York City. [18], In the season 14 premiere, Amaro's wife decides to take a job in Washington, D.C., citing that they need a break from each other. Moredock orders Paxton to seek treatment. Benson saves him by shooting Cole in the back of the head, killing him. As for Rollins' personal life, little is mentioned of her off-duty life (although, being from Atlanta, she is a fan of the Braves, whose schedule she keeps on her refrigerator door); Amanda has mentioned that she has a sister, Kim, who has had psychotic and drug issues. 5. This makes him a constant hindrance for the ADAs who are trying to prosecute the offenders. Lake is found, wounded, and taken to the hospital. Your Video Guide to Square Watches . Sherri West is brought in as a temporary ADA to start season 12. Led by courageous and compassionate Capt. Dodds is a recipient of the US Flag Bar, World Trade Center Breast Bar, NYPD Meritorious Police Duty, NYPD Excellent Police Duty, and NYPD 150th Commemorative Breast Bar. West manages to get Mazelon to allocute, which he did falsely, but Stabler wished for West to call for a recess. "Unlike the two of us," he says, Delia is in a better place. Tucker privately reveals to Benson he is dying of lung cancer, that has metastasized to his brain, causing memory loss. Assistant District Attorney Rafael Barba is brought in at the behest of temporary SVU captain, Steven Harris (Adam Baldwin), when Barba requests a transfer from Brooklyn to Manhattan after he prosecutes two johns for raping a prostitute. It was confirmed on April 18, 2008, that Beach would not be returning to the series to reprise the role in the subsequent season.[10]. In the season 23 premiere, And the Empire Strikes Back, it is revealed that he and Rollins are dating. Since its debut in September 1999, the series has followed the career of Olivia Benson, as she progresses from the rank of Detective, working with a partner (initially Elliot Stabler, and later Nick Amaro), to Lieutenant, replacing Donald Cragen as commanding officer of SVU, and then to Captain. At the end of the episode, she returns to the SVU precinct and apologizes to the team, stating that she intends on making amends to each and every one of them. Benson lies and denies that she had him restrained, that he had broken free and she had to harm him to subdue him; this drives Lewis into a rage during his cross testimony with her. Additionally, as . In Season 18, Tucker wanted Benson to retire with him. Haden and the SVU detectives are threatened by the CEO (John Doman), but Haden dismisses the threat, telling Benson, "This is what I live for." West first appears in the second episode, where she is the prosecutor on a case where a pedophile is kidnapping and raping young girls. Devoted Distractify readers know that our outlet is always interested in actors who return to SVU in different roles, as has been the case with some franchise favorites, such as Wentworth Miller and Diane Neal, and even mainstays of the cast like Kelli Giddish and Peter Scanavino. At the end of this episode, Amaro watches his wife enter an unknown brownstone, and he has the increased suspicion that she is having an affair. In season 13, Executive ADA Michael Cutter (Linus Roache) is transferred from homicide to take over Donnelly's former role as supervisor. He is portrayed by Titus Welliver, who also portrayed Tom Landricks in an earlier . She was primarily partnered with Elliot Stabler, until he retired after season 12. She has allowed her compassion for victims of abuse to sometimes cloud her professional judgment and impede her ability to remain impartial. After he forced Lewis to get an abortion, she found out that he asked the victim to marry him. As the trial goes on, it is discovered that the defendant suffers from lead poisoning caused by Chinese-made products. The couple flees on a vacation, where Bryant finally beats Green to death. He makes it through surgery, but he later suffers a stroke in the ICU and is put on life support. Special Victims Unit is a spin-off of the original Law & Order series, and it deals with the most sensitive criminal cases. She is a Brooklyn ADA who transfers to Manhattan SVU due to her great admiration for detectives Benson and Stabler. He diagnoses the boy with antisocial personality disorder and makes arrangements to get him into a treatment facility. Greylek also seeks justice when a man is brutally beaten outside a strip club with the man's ex-wife and 13-year-old transgender daughter as the prime suspect. The ruse is revealed, making Miller so angry that he incriminates himself - just as Stone planned. In addition to his own private practice, he often testifies for the prosecution as an expert witness on whether a defendant is legally sane to stand trial. Lewis and Benson must find the informant after she goes missing and stop her from conducting a terrorist bombing. Murdaugh spoke briefly at the hearing, continuing to claim his innocence. This week, numerous guest stars are in attendance for episode 6 called "The Long Arm of the Witness." Defense attorney Rita Calhoun . Benson believes Marlowe only took the job as SVU's ADA so that she could work with Stabler again. Dr. Rebecca Hendrix is a former police officer who was at the police academy with Detective Benson. The father is revealed to be Declan Murphy, who came back to New York during Super Bowl weekend 2015 to infiltrate a sex trafficking ring. With the help of the now-retired Captain Cragen, Ellis is able to vacate the original charge against his client for raping his daughter decades earlier. In season 9, her final year as the SVU ADA, she grew increasingly more reckless and unsure in her prosecution. Distractify is a registered trademark. I love her vulnerabilities and her underbelly that is pretty well hidden until the third and fourth episodes. She left SVU in the season 11 episode "Witness" to work for the International Criminal Court to seek justice for rape victims in the Congo. [56] In the seventh season, he works as a defense attorney on a case with Casey Novak as ADA in the episode "Raw", where he defends a Neo-Nazi group. Cabot's last episode of season 13 was "Learning Curve" in which she is aiding in the investigation of a school molestation scandal. He also eventually wins his colleagues' respect and friendship. Plus, fun fact: Playing Rita Calhoun is not the first or even second time that Elizabeth Marvel has appeared on Law & Order! Within the series, it is eventually said he left Baltimore after his wife cheated on him with a friend. Stabler abruptly retires from the Special Victims Unit after he shoots and kills a teenage girl who was recklessly firing a gun in the squad room. Later, Haden shows up at the scene of a hostage situation, in which Benson is trying to talk a teenage boy down from killing his younger sister. Detective Danielle "Dani" Beck is Detective Olivia Benson's temporary replacement in season 8, while Benson is on an undercover assignment (Mariska Hargitay was on maternity leave). He continues to act as squad commander when Cragen is absent. She invites him to lunch with Noah, but is enraged when he does not show up and leaves him an enraged voice mail. With each episode comes a new case, so Law & Order: SVU brings a new cast of characters to give life to the stories. Defense Attorney Danielle Melnick 13 episodes, 1991-2007 . Detective Chester Lake transferred to the Manhattan SVU from the Brooklyn Special Victims Unit at the end of the eighth season and was partnered with Detective Fin Tutuola. SVU executive producer Neal Baer revealed that, "She's [Paxton] from Appeals and she's tired of having rape cases overturned because of misidentifications. Nonetheless, Novak has a 71 percent success rate in the cases she prosecutes, whereas the average for prosecutors is 44 percent. Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers was a recurring character in the Law & Order franchise. ADA Barba goes head to head with the Suffolk County District Attorney, Pam James (Jane Kaczmarek), in the episode "Beautiful Frame", after a Manhattan rape victim is charged with murder of her ex-boyfriend in Suffolk County. Fans of the show may have noticed that a re-run episode ran on March 2, 2023. Tom Cole (Chris Bauer). During his tenure as the chief of detectives, he helped SVU on multiple cases, including a highly controversial one that upset many in the police force. Back in the Season 15 finale after William Lewis held Olivia hostage for a number of episodes, Rita actually jumped to defend her colleague who had been accused of killing her kidnapper. After Barba resigns, traumatized by the case, Stone takes over as ADA overseeing the Manhattan SVU. With Law & Order kicking off a three-hour block of the TV universe, which includes SVU and Organized Crime, there's bound to be crossovers between all three series. In "Justice Denied", Haden becomes involved in an SVU case in which it appears that Benson had coerced a confession out of a man eight years earlier and the real rapist is attacking women again. In the episode "Lost Traveller", ADA Cabot is forced to call on Cutter after defense attorney Marvin Exley (Ron Rifkin) tells her to "call her boss" to work out a deal for his client. 108 rows ned eisenberg. After appearing in only 14 episodes, Greylek was written out of the series in the episode "Lead"; in the middle of a trial where pediatrician Gilbert Keppler (Lawrence Arancio) is found guilty of molesting four of his male patients. When does Law & Order: SVU return? Fin stated that Ken is 18. He has brief SVU experience in other boroughs, including Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. the NYPD of racially profiling the defendant, who is African-American, and reveals that Tutuola and Rollins frisked three identical suspects - all of which result in Cutter losing the case. Esparza was added to the opening credits in season 15, making Barba the squad's fourth full-time ADA. In 2002, Charlie attacked her in her home during a psychotic episode. In the season 6 episode "Pure", she was kidnapped by the murderer that the SVU detectives were trying to capture after they came in contact in the SVU squad-room. Greylek previously worked in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women in Washington, D.C. where she had the nickname of "The Crusader." Also in this episode, Munch says that Cassidy paid the price for having a relationship with a prostitute while undercover with Ganzel, as he was demoted from detective to an officer who works nights at a Bronx courthouse. Amaro drives to Philadelphia, where her friend lives, punches him, and tells him to stay away from his wife. This list includes all of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below.You can various bits of trivia about these Law & Order: Special Victims Unit stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. Cragen departed at the end of "Amaro's One-Eighty" after his girlfriend Eileen got two tickets for a six-month cruise around the world and he decided to use his unused leave time to carry him through until June, when he was set to hit the mandatory retirement age. Shortly after transferring to NYC, Rollins deals with a serial rapist case that had a familiar twist for her. "[35] Lahti's character was written out of the series by way of death;[36] such is a rarity for those who work with the SVU team on the show, with only a few other characters encountering a similar fate, including CSU technician Ryan O'Halloran (Mike Doyle) in the tenth season, and Sergeant Mike Dodds (Andy Karl) in the seventeenth season. Wolf's third child, daughter Sarina, had a character named for her; Benson's mother was named Serena, as well as former ADA Serena Southerlyn on the original Law & Order and Det. "[33] She returns again in the eighth episode of that season to "clash" with Cabot. ", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Annabella Sciorra to Reprise Role for NBC's SVU", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_characters&oldid=1141607986, Episodes: "And the Empire Strikes Back" present, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 22:31. Dani had a husband, a cop named Mike Dooley, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Law and Order SVU's Ice-T forces Jimmy Fallon to leave chair Express. This is his analysis. Intending to use a computer-generated video mockup of the crime, Paxton accidentally plays a version in which the defendant's face is superimposed onto the attacker. During a heated exchange with Amaro, he pointedly asks her whether she can ever forgive Lewis; she does not answer and he apologizes. When Tucker tries to help Benson bust a sex trafficking ring with ties to the Catholic Church (and his own cousin, a priest), it is revealed that he and Benson are in a romantic relationship. [39], WPIX described Paxton as an "ADA with a dark side" who has "serious control issues and several skeletons in her closet". In the season 11 finale, "Shattered", Marlowe is taken hostage, along with Detective Benson and Dr. Warner, in the morgue by Sophie Gerard (Isabelle Huppert), the distraught mother of a dead boy. He was raised in Harlem and he served in the United States Army, where he saw combat in Mogadishu. However, he also begins clashing more frequently with fellow detective Elliot Stabler. Odafin Tutuola, Detective Amanda Rollins, Officer Katriona Tamin and Deputy . In the season 16 finale, "Surrendering Noah", he alerted Benson that 1PP would likely not consider promoting Amaro to Sergeant now that Benson, who looks to become SVU's Lieutenant, will need a Sergeant by her side. Benson and Ellis have become close, which creates conflict in the episode "Justice Denied", as Ellis defends a man who Benson coerced a confession out of eight years earlier. I did not proof read because I am under the weather and just wanted to post. It is revealed Porter knew who the killer was all along as the victim's roommate Terri Baines (Paola Mendoza) was working with the FBI as undercover intelligence agent. Make room in the bullpen: There's a new Law & Order: SVU detective on the case. He also has a sister named Pamela (Amy Korb) who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and whom their father committed to a psychiatric hospital. Grier appears in the episodes "Pandora" and "Disappearing . On February 7, 2018, Esparza left the series after six seasons in the episode "The Undiscovered Country". He often has trouble concealing his anger and revulsion toward the cases he investigates and this created friction between him and his colleagues, made worse when they poke fun at his relative lack of sophistication. She is the prosecutor in seven episodes, sharing the ADA duties with Casey Novak and Bureau Chief Mike Cutter. Chf. [57] In the season 9 episode "Blinded", Moredock and Novak work on a case together in which a violent, schizophrenic artist kidnaps and rapes two girls. In "In Loco Parentis", Carisi's niece Mia (Ryann Shane) says she was raped by a classmate, Ethan (Sam Vartholomeos), at a college party, but later admits it was consensual. Judge Barry Moredock (John Cullum) asks if she needed medical help, but the defendant points out that she is drunk. But the relationship between Rita and Olivia has not always been fraught. Samuel L. Jackson appeared on Law and Order Season 1, Episode 14, "The Violence of Summer" as Defense Attorney Louis Taggert. In the episode "Undercover Blue", Benson goes to Barba in an attempt to provide evidence that could potentially exonerate Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters) against a rape charge. [62] In "Possessed", Moredock drops a statutory rape case because the statute of limitations had run out, even as he states that he finds the defendant, an elderly pedophile, repulsive. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Carisi (Peter Scanavino) get an unexpected win over Gallagher (Josh Stamberg) when Judge Lewis (Adriane Lenox) delivers a surpr. I Let My Boyfriend Dress Me For an Entire Year. When Amanda hears screams from inside her apartment, she finds Kim's ex-boyfriend attempting to rape Kim, and Amanda shoots and kills the man as he pulls a gun on her. ADA Jo Marlowe is drafted by DA Jack McCoy in season 11 after ADA Alexandra Cabot takes a leave of absence to help rape victims in the Congo. In the season 9 episode, "Harm", she uses her medical skills to diagnose past torture in a victim and takes the lead in making the case to prosecute the doctor responsible. At the end of the episode, he serves as a pallbearer for Sgt. Subscribe. On September 28, 2021, after an 11-year hiatus, NBC announced that the series would be revived for . In the season 11 finale "Shattered", she is held hostage in her own morgue with Detective Benson and ADA Marlowe and is shot by the woman holding them hostage. Marsden flees after a meet with Olivia when he felt something was wrong and Porter let Olivia go as he had no direct evidence of her helping Simon. It is revealed in the season 14 premiere that Haden's name came up on the wire tap in the investigation of an escort service. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Almost every prior portrayal of NYPD senior officers above the rank of captain has been that of three-star bureau chiefs, the four-star chief of department or first deputy commissioner, or the commissioner of the NYPD. Law & Order: SVU - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. Rollins eventually breaks up an art theft ring with the help of Lt. Declan Murphy, who was undercover as one of the casino operators. In "True Believers", Cutter takes the lead in a case where a college music student (Sofia Vassilieva) is raped at gunpoint by a drug dealer. In the episode "Spiraling Down", Benson gives Ellis' card to the defendant's wife, whose husband is a former football star who suffers from diminished capacity. Avery Hemmings (Michelle Borth) was the hidden villainess of "Trade", episode 9.18 of Law & Order: SVU (airdate May 6, 2008).