Bad Blood
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| "Bad Blood" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 1.11 | → |
| Production number: E0916 First aired: 14 January 2000 | ||
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| Written By Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By Michael Fields | ||
The murder of a gay man on the rooftop of a building could be a hate crime that leads back to his own family.
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[edit] Plot
The death of a young gay man initially leads Benson and Stabler to investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realise the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father.
[edit] Cast
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Guest cast
- James McCaffrey as Jesse Hansen
- Amy Ryan as Lorraine Hansen
- Stephen Beach as Ray Gunther
- Stephen Barker Turner as Steven Hale
- Jerry Lanning as William Langdon
- Leonid Citer as Andre Lasnik
- Scott Robertson as Attorney Shore
- Chris Orbach as Detective Ken Briscoe
- Peter Rini as Officer Bandolini
- Anthony Mangano as Mancini
- Alex Sullivan as Mikey
- Joe Jamrog as Detective Pete
- Michael Early as Gerald
- Ken Land as Bob
- Zoe Yeoman as DNA Technician
- Carla Klein as Victim Voiceover (voice)
- Irene Mazeski as Cindy
[edit] References
Serena Benson; Seth Langdon; 55th Precinct; 65th Precinct; G.O.A.L.
[edit] Quotes
- Olivia Benson: You okay?
- Ray Gunther: (moaning) No...
- Olivia Benson: Good!
- William Langdon: Homosexuality is not natural it is a crime against God.
- Elliot Stabler: And AIDS is divine retribution.
- William Langdon: Are you being flippant with me?
- Ray Gunther: What's wrong? You jealous, sweetheart?
- Olivia Benson: Easy.
- Elliot Stabler: (squeezing the handcuffs tighter) Not sweetheart. That's Detective Benson. All right? I want an apology from you.
- Olivia Benson: I don't need an apology from this slimebag.
- Elliot Stabler: Don't make anymore barbs about Benson's father.
- John Munch: Excuse me.
- Elliot Stabler: You don't know the history there?
- John Munch: No. What? Is he an alcoholic? Deadbeat dad? Jehovah's Witness?
- Elliot Stabler: The only thing she knows about him is he was the man who raped her mother.
[edit] Background information and notes
- Detective John Munch tries to help fellow Detective Olivia Benson with the search for her father. Benson quickly establishes that the suspect isn't the man she has been looking for. She will eventually find her father and her half-brother in the episode "Philadelphia" from season eight.
- According to Steven Hale the scandal of having an openly homosexual 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)
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