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"Ballerina"
SVU, Episode 10.16
Production number: 100
First aired: 17 March 2009
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th of 502 released in SVU
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Birdie
Written By
Daniel Truly

Directed By
Peter Leto

Summary[]

A single murder suddenly turns into a scene with three bodies, leaving Benson and Stabler to work with a strip club owner to find a murderer whose motive may be more about righteousness than perversity.

Detectives suspect that the murder suspect was thrown out of a window to his death, and their investigation focuses on the suspect's wife, her nephew who lives with them, and their unusual special relationship.

Plot[]

Episode summary

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

  • Tisa Flores
  • Sydney Biddle Barrows aka The Mayflower Madam
  • Alejandro Reyes
  • Phillip Goldberg
  • Lawrence Wolnick
  • Walter Bostaph

Quotes[]

Birdie Sulloway: [after learning that she's dying of paraneoplastic syndrome] No one ever said that life was fair, only that it was eventful.

Birdie Sulloway: Can I ask you something?
George Huang: Of course.
Birdie Sulloway: What do you think happens when this old circus folds up its tents and… and moves on? Is there another town on the other side, or is it all just a lot of nothing?
George Huang: Those kinds of questions aren't exactly my specialty.

Birdie Sulloway: Oh Chet... 30 years at your Aunt Birdie's side, and you never learned not to cross her.


Background information and notes[]

  • This episode marks the first appearance of C.S.U. Dale Stuckey (Noel Fisher).
  • Carol Burnett (Birdie) really was a dancer; she did Cabaret shows, on Broadway, and night clubs, most of which she actually listed in the episode.
    • The scene playing on the bedroom wall was actual footage of Carol Burnett dancing.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

Sulloway Residence
822 Park Avenue
Thursday, March 5

The Bailarina Room
5058 Broadway
Thursday, March 5

Sulloway Residence
822 Park Avenue
Friday, March 6

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"Lead"
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