"Bad Blood" | ||
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Production number: E0916 First aired (US): 14 January 2000 First aired (CAN): 14 January 2000 First aired (AUS): 24 April 2000 | ||
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[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Dean Winters as Detective Brian Cassidy
- Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
- Chris Orbach as Detective Ken Briscoe
Guest cast[]
- James McCaffrey as Jesse Hansen
- Amy Ryan as Lorraine Hansen
- Stephen Beach as Ray Gunther
- Stephen Barker Turner as Steven Hale
- Peter Rini as Officer Joe Bandolini
- Jerry Lanning as William Langdon
- Leonid Citer as Andre Lasnik
- Anthony Mangano as Mancini
- Irene Mazeski as Cindy
- Scott Robertson as Attorney Shore
- Joe Jamrog as Detective Pete
- Alex Sullivan as Mikey
- Michael Early as Gerald
- Ken Land as Bob
- Zoe Yeoman as DNA Technician
- Carla Klein as Victim Voiceover (voice)
References[]
- 55th Precinct
- 65th Precinct
- Serena Benson
- Carl Kudlak
- Seth Langdon
- G.O.A.L.
- Lyle and Erik Menendez
- Golfer Bobby Jones and how he lost the 1925 U.S. Open
Quotes[]
- 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[]
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Moral Coalition |
Home of Steven Hale |
55th Precinct |
Forensics Laboratory |
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