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Production number: 9002 First aired: 23 October 2007 | ||
Written By Josh Singer Directed By Peter Leto |
Plot[]
A volunteer at a rehab center is killed, and her death may be linked to the man she was helping: an Iraqi suffering from injuries that may have been caused by torture techniques employed by an American-hired company.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Adam Beach as Detective Chester Lake
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Elizabeth McGovern as Dr. Faith Sutton
- Jennifer Van Dyck as Dr. Kelly Alvin
- Marjan Neshat as Hagir Abbas
- Jarreth J. Merz as Haroun Abbas
- Libya Pugh as Women's Refugee Coalition Center Director
- Elaine Bromka as Arlene Simes
- Liz Morton as Kate Simes
- Leon Addison Brown as Clifton Mitchell
- Patrick Page as Jack Rexton
- Lou Martini, Jr. as Robert Solomon
- Karen Shallo as Paula Deeks
- Jules Hartley as Jackie Solomon
- Eddie Furs as Manny Jaworski
- Kevin Cutts as Officer Louie Velchik
- Elena Araoz as Arabic Woman
- Jann Ellis as Board Member #1
- Ron Kidd as Board Member #2
- Ralph Lucarelli as Diner Owner #1
- Igor Zhivotovsky as Diner Owner #2
- Kapil Bawa as Diner Owner #3
- Isha Sumner as Torture Victim #1
- Dito Sudito as Torture Victim #2
- Oberon Ka Adjipong as Torture Victim #3
- Marcelo Cabrera as Torture Victim #4
- Potri Ranka Manis as Torture Victim #5
- Nazanin Homa as Torture Victim #6
- Hany Kamal as Torture Victim #7
- Brenda McCullough as Juror
- Steve Hurwitz as Heart Attack Juror
- Rick Johnson as Court Clerk
- Igor Cherkassky as NYPD Cop (uncredited)
References[]
- 9/11
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Brazil
- Elizabeth Ross
- Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (aka Torture)
- George Tomforde
- Helios Defense Industries
- Hippocratic Oath
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kansas
- London
- Josef Mengele
- New Orleans
- Persian Gulf War
- Peru
- Philippines
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United States Army Special Forces
- Washington, D.C.
- White torture
Quotes[]
- Stabler: Security cameras across the globe. Munch'll never leave his house again.
- Sutton: I oversaw the design and implementation of various interrogation plans. Why would I want to hide that?
- Stabler: Nobody likes to be called a Torturer in public.
- Huang: Sutton is a respected psychiatrist. I've heard her speak on combat related P.T.S.D.
- Warner: Well, the problem is, she isn't treating it. She's causing it. So much for 2,500 years of "First do no harm".
- Huang: That's kind of black-and-white.
- Warner: I didn't know the Hippocratic oath was written in shades of grey.
- Faith Sutton: Our country's at war. I have skills to contribute to that fight. You really want me not to use them?
- Melinda Warner: You took an oath. You don't get to take a time-out because we're at war, because it's difficult to uphold. The oath was written for times like these.
Background information and notes[]
- Another episode in the Law & Order franchise that deals with a psychiatrist who worked for the US military on torture is the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Scared Crazy".
- Actress Jennifer Van Dyck appears in both episodes.
- Matthew Braden jokingly suggests that Novak intends to indict the Secretary of Defense. While she did not do that, she did subpoena the previous one, Donald Rumsfield, in the season 6episode "Goliath".
Episode scene cards[]
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Office of |
Women's Refugee |
Saint Bernadette's |
Trial Part 22 |
New York State |
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