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"Acceptable Loss"
SVU, Episode 14.04
Production number: 14005
First aired: 17 October 2012
First aired (US): 17 October 2012
First aired (UK): 6 November 2012
First aired (CAN): 18 October 2012
First aired (AUS): 25 October 2012
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SVU 1404
Written By
Ed Zuckerman

Directed By
Alex Chapple

Summary[]

When the SVU Detectives try to take down a sex trafficking ring, they find evidence in a terrorism investigation led by Lieutenant Alexandra Eames.

Plot[]

With Captain Cragen back in the precinct, the SVU squad is in full force and working to expose a sex trafficking operation that enslaves young women. The detectives are on the verge of cracking the case when their efforts are halted by Lieutenant Alexandra Eames, forcing Detective Benson to get creative with the investigation.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

References[]

Quotes[]

Benson: Captain. I didn't see you come in.
Cragen: You probably didn't recognize me without the orange jumpsuit.

Cragen: Nice to see the place didn't completely fall apart while I was gone.
Rollins: It hasn't been the same without you.
Tutuola: I took a two week coffee break and nobody noticed.

Cragen: [ordering the go-ahead on a bust] If they want to fire me, they know where to find me.

Eames: They all have a reason. Something.
Benson: And that's how you break them. Get them to tell their story.
Eames: Isn't that how you do it?
Benson: Well, I don't normally do it leaning over sideways. [mimicks the lean; she and Eames laugh]
Eames: I learned that from my partner at Major Case. It was his way of keeping eye contact.
Benson: It's a little eccentric.
Eames: You have no idea.
Benson: Okay.
Eames: All that time together, the two of us... it was like we were married.
Benson: [knowingly] But you weren't.

Background information and Notes[]

  • Alexandra Eames's appearance on SVU makes this episode the first SVU/CI crossover, though Criminal Intent had ended the year before. Also, Warren Leight was the executive producer of Criminal Intent's Season 6 and Season 7.
    • Robert Goren, Eames' longtime partner from Criminal Intent, is only mentioned as her "old partner" and not by name. It is also mentioned that he had moved on from Major Case and broke up their partnership and so that is why she moved on as well.
    • Another Goren reference would be seen when Eames uses Goren's famous head tilt during an interrogation she and Benson are taking part in, which Eames mentions is something she picked up from her old partner.
    • Actress Kelli Giddish had previous guest-starred on a Criminal Intent episode with Eames, "Depths".
    • Actor Richard Kind had previous guest-starred on a Criminal Intent episode with Eames, "Privilege".
  • When Lieutenant Eames is questioning Sofia she tells her that she knows Sofia is from Waziristan, which is a mountainous region in northwest Pakistan. It is the region a lot of Taliban fled to during the initial United States invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was one of the regions that Osama Bin Laden was believed to be hiding in, the CIA and US military intelligence spent a lot of time and manpower searching this region during the early days of the war.

Episode scene cards[]

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Hallet's Cove
Long Island City, Queens
Wednesday, August 22

Nighthawk Diner
191 East 30th Street
Wednesday, August 22

Promenade Hotel
144 West 57th Street
Thursday, August 23

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