"Dependent"
←	SVU, Episode 8.14	→
Production number: 08015 First aired: 13 February 2007
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Written By Ken Storer Directed By Peter Leto

While pursuing a case against a teenage girl who appears to have committed murder while under the influence of several drugs, a video circulates that appears to show Stabler beating a young man to death.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Summary 3 Cast 3.1 Main cast 3.2 Recurring cast 3.3 Guest cast 4 References 5 Quotes 6 Background information and notes 6.1 Episode scene cards

Plot Edit

After a mob lawyer, Sidney Truex is attacked and his wife brutally murdered, Benson and Stabler question their daughter, Charlotte, but her wild night of drunken partying leaves her unable to recall her actions, even though her father insists she was at the scene of the crime. Stabler is charged with excessive force when the daughter's boyfriend dies in his custody. He is eventually cleared when its discovered that the boyfriend died of a cardiac syndrome when he apprehended him and that his internal injuries were from Stabler using CPR to try to save him, not excessive force.

Summary Edit

Episode summary

Cast Edit

Main cast Edit

• Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
• Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
• Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch (credit only)
• Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak
• Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
• B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
• Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen

Recurring cast Edit

• Robert John Burke as IA Sergeant Ed Tucker
• Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
• Albert Jones as A.D.A. Fritz

Guest cast Edit

• Emily VanCamp as Charlotte Truex
• Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Tommy Truex
• Liza Lapira as Forensics Technician
• Ned Bellamy as Police Officer
• Justin Klosky as Ryan Bedford
• Cary Elwes as Sidney Truex
• Allison Hirschlag as Jane Williams
• Jon Conver as Mark
• Noemi Del Rio as Susan
• Tim Kubart as Kevin
• Jessica Tate as Jennifer Brown
• Maura M. Knowles as Patricia
• John Palumbo as Luccio Ricci
• Nick Basta as A.D.A. Brinkman

References Edit

Hanover Day School

Quotes Edit

• Tommy Truex [when Olivia asks him who hurt his dad]: A monster hurt my daddy.

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• Olivia Benson: (talking to Dr. Warner) Elliot Stabler could never murder anyone, and if you can't prove that, then I will.

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• Charlotte Truex [about her dad]: My dad says a lot of things that aren't true. He's a lawyer. He lies for a living.

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• Elliot Stabler (to Kathy): It's been a rough couple of days. And I've had a couple of days to think about what's important. I love my job and I love my family. And I nearly lost both of them. I wanna come home.

Background information and notes Edit

• In the episode "Burned," Elliot is clearly living in an apartment building. There is a buzzer on the right at the landing and the large window in the front door shows a small alcove with a second security door leading into the building. In this episode, his front door opens right onto the street. Also, there is no buzzer visible on any of his walls, and Dr. Warner knocked on his front door without having to be buzzed into the building.

Episode scene cards Edit

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Brown Residence 214 East 33rd Street Saturday, January 20	Mercy General Hospital 365 West 32nd Street Saturday, January 20	Hanover Day School 177 West 86th Street Monday, January 22	Offices of the District Attorney One Hogan Place Wednesday, January 24

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Truex Residence 342 West 58th Street Thursday, January 25	Internal Affairs Bureau One Police Plaza Thursday, January 25	New York State Supreme Court Grand Jury Monday, January 29

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