Blast
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| "Blast" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 7.13 | → |
| Production number: 07013 First aired: 10 January 2006 | ||
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| Written By Amanda Green Directed By Peter Leto | ||
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[edit] Plot
A young girl is kidnapped on her walk home from school. Detectives immediatly begin to interview the parents for any suspects, but it is soon discovered by Melinda Warner that the girl has leukemia and needs to be brought to a hospital for treatment immediatly. Warner makes a trip to the girl's family to give them the news, but in the middle of the conversation the phone rings. Sure enough it was the kidnapper calling. The kidnapper explained that no police are to get involved or the girl dies, and that no one is to leave the house, therefore trapping Warner. He asks why Warner is in the house, signifying he is watching the family from afar, and they explain the whole leukemia buisness. The kidnapper also demands some $350,000 for the gril's safe return, and it is to be brought to him by Warner later that night. The family agress.
After the conversation, Warner sneaks into thr family's bathroom, specifically because it is out of the perp's view as it lacks windows. She calls her colleague, Dective Stabler, who arrives at the house moments later disguised as a delivery man. The father immediatly questions why Warner would call in a policeman when the perp said the girl would die if the police got involved, but Elliot ensured him everything would be alright. Along with Elliot came the computer scientist who began to tap the phones of the house and, with Warner's house, survey the home's rooms to determine which ones are out of the perp's views. Elliot then tries to convince Warner to not go through with the exchange, but Warner insists she knows how to handle herself around men with guns, as she served in the airforce. And so, the exchange is all set up.
So, Warner goes through with the exchange, pulling up to where she was instructed to be at the right time. It is then revealed that Elliot is in the trunk of her car. The perp pulls up and demands the money. Warner wants to see the girl, who is then shown in the backseat of the perp's car. She then demands the gril be given to her before she gets the money. Suddenly, a local civilian comes out of a building and tells everyone to get off of his property. The perp shoves the gril down into her seat and begins to drive away. Elliot jumps from the trunk, but is too late.
Quickly following some more clues, the detectives are lead to an empty warehouse, where they find the girl under a blanket, barely breathing due to drugs she was given. THey get her to a hospital, where she soon recovers. After some questioning of the girl, the detectives soon discover she has an older brother. The mother insists the brother couldn't have anything to do with the kidnapping, as he was cut off from the family years ago. However, the father soon secretly reveals he has been lending his son money. A few days ago he asked for 300 grand, but the father couldn't spare that much. The detectives begin searching for the brother.
Elliot and Melinda soon visit the father's bank for a medical update and further questioning. However, their meeting is soon broken up when a masked man enters the bank with a gun demanding money. Elliot and Melinda duck for cover along with the rest of the civilians in the bank. It is obvious the perp is the brother of the girl, and so the father stands up to try to talk some sense into him. Meanwhile, Melinda uses her cell phone to call Cragen who soon arrives with the SWAT team and such. Melinda then asks Elliot to giver her his spare gun for insurance, which he does. The father seems to be getting to his son, when suddenly others begin to interfere, and he pulls the trigger on his gun that accidentally shoots his father. Elliot now fully steps in to try to talk some sense into the boy. Melinda goes to check on the father. Soon enough, Elliot convinces the boys to let all the hostages go besides him. The civilians evacuate, and Melinda attempts to help the father limp out, but he soon collapses and she can't drag his weight. Elliot tells her to go, but she refuses to leave her patient. The father soon starts coughing up blood, and Melinda explains his lung collapsed. The boys demands his father by tended to, and Melinda asks for some household items: a sharp item and a tube of some sort. She gets what she needs and perfroms emergancy surgery on the father, making him stable for the time being. The son begins to apologize to his father, who accepts his forgiveness. Melinda then stresses the need for a hospital, and the boy stresses he is willing to do anything to save his father.
Suddenly, a scene where the boy sits pondering in front of the door in the bank. He knows is he runs out he will be shot down and his death would be instant. He begins to exit when suddenly Melinda draws her gun and shoots him in his leg. He falls to the ground, adn the father questions why she shot him. Elliot explains how she saved his life. The boys is arrested and the father taken to the ER. Elliot starts to talk to Melinda, who simply says she needs to go pick her daugther up from school before walking away.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak (credit only)
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang (credit only)
- Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Shawn Reaves as Daniel Hunter
- Kaitlin Hopkins as Pamela Hunter
- Joe Lisi as Parole Officer Craig Lennon
- Joel de la Fuente as TARU Technician Ruben Morales
- Mike Doyle as Forensics Technician Ryan O'Halloran
- Tom Verica as Jake Hunter
- Gabrielle Brennan as Carly Hunter
- Traci Kindell as Yvette Fennessy
- Stephen Gregory as Dr. Kyle Beresford
- Anabel Sosa as Sara
- Wass Stevens as ESU Lieutenant
- Robert C. Kirk as Security Guard
- Roy Milton Davis as Homeless Man
- Julia Pace Mitchell as Bank Teller
- Lavette Gleis as Woman with Baby
- Clem Cheung as Doorman
[edit] References
References
[edit] Quotes
Quotes
[edit] Background information and notes
- A picture of Warner treating the man shot during the bank robbery ends up in a college textbook.
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