Choice
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| "Choice" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 5.07 | → |
| Production number: E4411 First aired: 4 November 2003 | ||
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| Written By Patrick Harbinson Directed By David Platt | ||
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[edit] Plot
After Jennifer Fulton is found assaulted in a bar, she first accuses a young male of attacking her, but then it is revealed that her husband, Craig attacked her. When Jennifer reveals that she is pregnant and wants an abortion, Craig drags his wife into court to stop it, but then Jennifer decides to keep her child, and Olivia, concerned with Jennifer's alcoholism tries to convince her to get help, but then soon discovers that Jennifer had a child who is stricken with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. After Jennifer defies the court's orders not to drink, Olivia has no choice but to arrest her, but then contemplates on whether or not she made the right decision.
[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 (credit only)
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Josie Bissett as Jennifer Fulton
- Rick Aiello as Craig Fulton
- Callie Thorne as Nikki Staines
- Victor Rasuk as Leon Ardilles
- Mike Doyle as Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran
- Tom O'Rourke as Judge Mark Seligman
- Lenka Peterson as Melanie Dunne
- Elain R. Graham as Judge Sara Henning
- Fred Burrell as Judge Howie Rebard
- Shirley Jones as Felicity Bradshaw
- Mariette Hartley as Lorna Scarry
- Beverly D'Angelo as Rebecca Balthus
- Victoria Clark as Margaret Mejia
- Ali Reza as Dr. Rohit Mehta
- Philip LaSalle as Uniform Officer Breggin
- Tod Engle as Tom Longleat
[edit] References
Agnus Dei; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
[edit] Quotes
Quotes
[edit] Background information and notes
Background information and notes
| Previous episode: "Coerced" | "Choice" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 5 | Next episode: "Abomination" |
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