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"Beef"
SVU, Episode 11.20
Production number: 11020
First aired (US): 21 April 2010
First aired (UK): 23 July 2010
First aired (CAN): 23 April 2010
First aired (AUS): 8 July 2010
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Detectives Benson Stabler Beef
Written By
Lisa Loomer

Directed By
Peter Leto

Plot[]

After an attractive young woman is sexually assaulted and murdered, Detectives Benson and Stabler track down the woman's boyfriend - their first suspect - but learn that he is a devout vegan who would not hurt a fly. They soon find that the victim had been deeply involved in the fight to expose questionable practices in the meatpacking industry, even going undercover at a large company to find out the truth. Benson goes undercover herself to retrace the woman's footsteps and to identify who the victim might have angered along the way.

Summary[]

Episode summary

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

References[]

Quotes[]

Munch: [Birds chirp in a cage] If only they could talk.
Dr. Warner: Well I'm no Dr. Dolittle, but a swab of the dog's mouth might tell us if he bit the perp while trying to protect her.
Stabler: Need a vet?
Dr. Warner: No, I can do it, come here, boy.
[swabs dog's mouth, pauses]
Munch: You alright?
Dr. Warner: Yeah. He's just a dead ringer for my dog, Petey.
Stabler: I didn't know you had a dog.
Dr. Warner: Yeah, with my job, it's great to come home to something breathing.
Munch: Yeah, we had a dog once. My father tripped over her one night and brought her back to the pound the next day.
Stabler: Lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Lie down with men...
[shakes head and looks at victim murdered in her bed]

Stabler: [to suspect] Being nice to bugs is not a defense for murder.

Stabler: I don't trust a guy who wears drawstring pants.

Munch: DNA sweat stains, so now you have to watch where you sweat.
Dr. Warner: Wonders of science, baby.

Munch: So either Vargas was renting out his pants, or somebody else is setting him up.


Background Information and Notes[]

  • First time we see that Fin understands Spanish.
  • It is discovered in this episode that Dr. Melinda Warner has a dog named Petey.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3 4

Apartment of
Jan Eyck
601 East 83rd Street
Friday, April 2

Residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Santiago
37-68 86th Street
Queens, New York
Saturday, April 3

Mavia's Book Shop
82 Warren Street
Saturday, April 3

Apartment of
Laura Santiago
74 East 77th Street
Saturday, April 3

5 6 7 8

The Real Version
32 Beaver Street
Saturday, April 3

Vargas Residence
185 East 118th Street
Sunday, April 4

Donna Rosa's Meats
1285 Viele Avenue
Bronx, New York
Monday, April 5

Residence of
Rosa Doletti
1970 Lurting Avenue
Bronx, New York
Tuesday, April 6

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