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"Bad Blood"
SVU, Episode 1.11
Production number: E0916
First aired (US): 14 January 2000
First aired (CAN): 14 January 2000
First aired (AUS): 24 April 2000
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Written By
Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen

Directed By
Michael Fields

Plot[]

The investigation of a gay man's murder, following a party in his apartment building, involves an ex-con and his brother.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

Quotes[]

Cragen: Uh, there's two R's in hemorrhoids.
Cassidy: I'm a desk jockey, what do you want from me?

Stabler: Don't make anymore barbs about Benson's father.
Munch: Excuse me.
Elliot Stabler: You don't know the history there?
Munch: No. What? Is he an alcoholic? Deadbeat dad? Jehovah's Witness?
Stabler: The only thing she knows about him is he was the man who raped her mother.

William Langdon: Homosexuality is not natural it is a crime against God.
Stabler: And AIDS is divine retribution.
William Langdon: Are you being flippant with me?

Munch: Why would a gay man work for Langdon, one of the most conservative bigots in the country?

Munch: You don't think that Newt's problems had anything to do with his ethics violation or him being a pedantic megalomaniac who espouses family values while serving his cancer-stricken wife with divorce papers while she's on her hospital deathbed? Did it ever occur to you?
Cragen: Anybody know where Cassidy is?

Benson: You okay?
Ray Gunther: No...
Benson: Good!

Ray Gunther: What's wrong? You jealous, sweetheart?
Benson: Easy.
Stabler: Not sweetheart. That's Detective Benson. All right? I want an apology from you.
Benson: I don't need an apology from this slimebag.

Background information and notes[]

  • "Bad blood" is a phrase meaning unsettled grudges or bitter rivalries. The title's references is to the two brothers central to the investigation.
  • Detective John Munch finds out that Detective Olivia Benson is a child of mother's rape. He tries to help her with the search for her father with a possible lead. Benson quickly establishes that the suspect isn't the man she has been looking for though. She will eventually find her father and her half-brother in the episode "Philadelphia" from season eight.
  • The end footage of Olivia looking up at the man in the window is used as the flashback for the fifth episode of season 14, "Manhattan Vigil".
  • According to Steven Hale, the scandal of having an openly gay son would be damaging for William Langdon. He claims that a lesbian sister caused Newt a lot of damage. John Munch corrects him by saying that she was actually his half-sister. Hale refers to Newt Gingrich, a politician who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. His half-sister, Candace Gingrich, is a gay and lesbian rights activist. (Source: Candace Gingrich at Wikipedia)
  • The DNA technician claims that the mitochondrial DNA narrows down a suspect list to bloodline, stating that the DNA on the victim's body could belong to a "a father [or] a son" of suspect Ray Gunther. mDNA, however, is actually passed through the maternal bloodline and thus neither a father nor a son could have the same mDNA as Gunther without someone being the product of incest.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3 4

Moral Coalition
520 West 69th Street
Monday, November 22

Home of Steven Hale
259 East 76th Street
Tuesday, November 23

55th Precinct
Vice Squad
Tuesday, November 23

Forensics Laboratory
One Police Plaza
Wednesday, November 24

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