Careless
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| "Careless" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 5.18 | → |
| Production number: E4422 First aired: 2 March 2004 | ||
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| Written By Patrick Harbinson Directed By Steve Shill | ||
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[edit] Plot
Plot
The detectives investigate the death of a 6-year-old boy, Jamie Semple who was brought into the hospital by his foster dad, Sam Dufoy when he took Jamie to church for an exorcism. At first, the church pastor is responsible for Jamie's death, but then it is discovered that Jamie was already dead when he was brought into the hospital after being smothered with a pillow at home. Sam is arrested for murdering Jamie, but Jamie's birth mother claims that his social worker, Mariel Plummer is responsible for his death because on the night of Jamie's murder, Sam called Ms. Plummer when he claimed that Jamie was out of control, but she never returned his calls or made follow-up visits to the Dufoys' house even though she claims that she did.
Mariel is arrested for reckless endangerment and altering records and Novak decides to put her on trial and have Sam Dufoy testify against her. Soon after, Mariel is cleared of all charges, but then evidence discovers that the Dufoys had a teenage girl living in their home. When Fin confronts Mariel about it, she ends up killing herself after getting a threatening phone call. It is soon discovered that Lori Ann Dufoy (Sam's wife) is accused of taking in other foster children, neglecting them, and letting them runaway.
Sam reveals that they had a foster teenage girl, Megan living with them before Lori-Ann sent her to a mental facility on the day of Jamie's death. Megan reveals that it was Lori-Ann who smothered Jamie with a pillow and cutting Megan's face with a cheese grater. In the end, Lori-Ann is arrested for the murder of Jamie Semple.
[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
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
- Julie Hagerty as Mariel Plummer
- Cress Williams as Sam Dufoy
- Michole White as Tamara Semple
- Mike Doyle as Forensics Technician Ryan O'Halloran
- Stephen Schnetzer as Dr. Engles
- CCH Pounder as Carolyn Maddox
- Malinda Williams as Lori-Ann Dufoy
- Pilar Witherspoon as Julia Hynton
- Sue-Anne Morrow as Dr. Angela Thung
- Steven G. Smith II as Jamie Semple
- Keith Randolph Smith as Father Hendry
- Audrie J. Neenan as Judge
- José Zúñiga as CSU Tech
- Marcia Jean Kurtz as Psychiatric Hospital Doctor
- Jazz Raycole as Megan
- Elizabeth Flax as ER Nurse
- Joselin Reyes as Paramedic
- Lillias White as unknown
[edit] References
References
[edit] Quotes
- Elliot Stabler: What about that autistic kid in Milwaukee last year? Parishioners held him down, they were laying on top of him to cure him.
- Olivia Benson: That could explain the ring mark. [walks around behind Cragen and wraps her arms around him to demonstrate] Someone holds Jamie, he struggles, they hold him tighter.
- Capt. Don Cragen: [a little breathless] Until he can't breathe.[Olivia removes her arms and walks around in front of him] Thank you, I enjoyed that.
[edit] Background information and notes
Background information and notes
| Previous episode: "Mean" | "Careless" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 5 | Next episode: "Sick" |
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