Denial (SVU)
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| "Denial" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 3.21 | → |
| Production number: E2334 First aired: 3 May 2002 | ||
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| Written By Judy McCreary Directed By Steve Shill | ||
A drug addict is sexually assaulted, but she's in trouble when a decomposing baby's finger is found in her purse.
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[edit] Plot
Plot
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch (credit only)
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Recurring cast
- Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
- Joanna Merlin as Judge Lena Petrovsky
- Judith Light as Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly
- Tom O'Rourke as Judge Mark Seligman
[edit] Guest cast
- Mary Steenburgen as Grace Rinato
- Martha Plimpton as Claire Rinato
- Estelle Parsons as Rose Rinato
- Danny Johnson as Attorney Sean Kramer
- Sam Guncler as Gary Barbour
- Michael Knowles as Arthur Felton
- Andrew Polk as Dr. Devere
- Magaly Colimon as Doctor
- William Watkins as Uniformed Cop #1
- Chris Meyer as Harding
- Noel True as Tina
- J. Kyle Manzay as Malcolm
- Nadia Bowers as Bella
- Charles Goad as Court Clerk
- Sal Petraccione as Hotel Clerk
- Albert Jones as Uniform Officer
- Patrick Riviere as CSU Tech
[edit] References
[edit] Quotes
- "It's official: the finger's dead."
- – Melinda Warner
- Claire Rinato: You're gonna tell me you know how I feel, right?
- Odafin Tutuola: Well, I never saw my dead sister stuffed in the back of a closet like an old pair of shoes.
- Alexandra Cabot: Your Honor, the defendant murdered a child. She violently beat a two-year-old child to death and shows no remorse.
- Lena Petrovsky: Are you proposing to try your case right here, Ms. Cabot?
- Alexandra Cabot: No, I'm simply using rhetoric in order to make my point.
- Lena Petrovsky: One of your more endearing qualities.
- Claire Rinato: What kind of a name is Fin?
- Odafin Tutuola: It's mine.
- Odafin Tutuola: Trying to take the easy way out?
- Claire Renato: And if I was?
- Odafin Tutuola: Then it's too bad I got there in time.
- Claire Rinato: I really didn't mean to overdo it. Really.
- Odafin Tutuola: That's what all Junkies say.
- Claire Rinato: You've done your good deed, now you can go.
- Odafin Tutuola: Maybe you don't get it! You're in serious trouble. If you don't pay attention, you're going to prison.
- Claire Rinato: Are you still here?
- Odafin Tutuola: I really can't believe--you know, I almost bought it...how you took care of your sister and loved her--damn, girl, you're better than the soaps!
- Claire Rinato: You have no idea what it feels like to have a mother that doesn't give a damn about you.
- Odafin Tutuola: Violins gonna start any minute.
- Claire Rinato: Screw you. Lisa was all I had. She was actually happy to see me come through the door. Unconditional love is a rush.
(Fin leans in towards Claire)
- Odafin Tutuola: Give it to me straight. You kill her?
- Claire Rinato: No, but I couldn't protect her. Grace was too strong. She told me that if I didn't keep my mouth shut, I was next.
- Odafin Tutuola: You tell anybody?
- Claire Rinato: I called my grandmother the first time I was alone, but she was recovering from another stroke and I guess she didn't believe me.
- Odafin Tutuola: If that's how it went down, then it wasn't your fault.
- Claire Rinato: That little girl trusted me to keep her safe. How is it not my fault?
- Claire Rinato: How's my grandmother?
- Odafin Tutuola: She's holding her own. Won't be able to see her till tomorrow.
(Fin hands Claire a package)
- Claire Rinato: What's that?
- Odafin Tutuola: Your last excuse not to go to rehab. No more lame-ass whining about how you gotta get high to remember what your sister looked like.
(Claire takes the package and unwraps it to find a portrait of Lisa.)
- Claire Rinato: I would hug you, but I can tell you don't like to be touched.
- Odafin Tutuola: (handing her a card) This is a good place to go to start getting clean. A friend of mine runs it and I told him to expect you.
- Claire Rinato: Okay.
- Odafin Tutuola: Don't make me have to come run your ass down, Claire.
- Claire Rinato: (hugs Fin) Thanks.
[edit] Background information and notes
- Actor Richard Belzer doesn't appear as Detective John Munch in this episode.
- The episode title "Denial" was also used for the Law & Order eighth season episode, "Denial (L&O)".
- Actress Martha Plimpton was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Claire Rinato.
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