"Hunting Ground" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 13.15 | → |
Production number: 13015 First aired (US): 22 February 2012 First aired (UK): 17 June 2012 First aired (CAN): 22 February 2012 First aired (AUS): 17 May 2012 | ||
Teleplay By David Matthews & John P. Roche Story By John P. Roche & Warren Leight Directed By Jonathan Kaplan |
Detectives Olivia Benson and Nick Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who targets young prostitutes.
Plot[]
Detective Benson and Executive ADA Haden's romantic weekend is interrupted by news that an underage prostitute has gone missing. As the SVU detectives dig into her disappearance, they find a pattern of several missing escorts who all posted ads on a popular newspaper’s website. The line between Benson and Haden's personal and professional lives starts to blur as the squad races against the clock to find the girl before it's too late. Eventually, with the help of an escaped victim, the detectives track down the killer, but Amaro is forced to kill him to save Benson. They rescue the victim and find the bodies of eleven other victims during the investigation, but learn that he killed fifteen people.
Summary[]
Episode summary
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast[]
- Harry Connick, Jr. as E.A.D.A. David Haden
- Laura Benanti as Maria Grazie
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
Guest cast[]
- Fred Arsenault as Graham Winger
- Emily Kinney as Haley Cole
- Reyna de Courcy as Lizzie Zane
- Josh Mostel as Mr. Roth
- Alison Bartlett as Mrs. Cole
- Walter Belenky as Mr. Dalton
- Stephanie Pope Caffey as G&S Agent
- Maryann Urbano as Dr. Jurgens
- Jimmy Palumbo as Officer Clark
- Santo Fazio as Kostas
- Shaun Licata as Miranda Dalton
- Gregory Lay as Andre
- Michael Heckler as State Trooper
- Kevin Prowse as ESU Sergeant
- Yu Lew as MLI Tech
References[]
Quotes[]
- Rollins: [about the suspect] This is a predatory psychopath. He's grooming his victims, handpicking them out of the paper.
- Munch: It's a little early to start profiling this guy. I mean, Roxie's a prostitute, she's a meth head and no one has reported her missing.
- Benson: So we don't care about her?
- Benson: If you ask me, the newspaper's become a front for escort services and underage sex trafficking.
- Munch: I wouldn't hold their advertising against them. They're one of the few papers in New York City doing real reporting.
- Benson: We need to go down to their offices, appeal to their conscience and find out if Brewster set up an account.
- Amaro: Good luck.
- Munch: They're gonna preach First Amendment.
- Cragen: That's why I'm sending you, John. Play the civil liberties card. Benson, go with. Make sure he doesn't defect.
- Graham Winger: [to Benson] There's an order to everything in nature. Hunt, feed, breed. All in the now. Honest! The animals don't lie about what they want, not like you whores, who tell you they want you as long as you pay.
Background information and notes[]
- While it is not stated directly, it's obvious that the film Haden and Benson are discussing at the beginning of the episode is The Artist.
- Cragen asks Rollins if she's still going to her meetings about her gambling addiction, revealed in "Home Invasions".
- This is the first time Detective Nick Amaro has killed a perpetrator. It occurred when the suspect was about to shoot Olivia and his victim, who survived his attacks.
- Based on the killings of Robert Hansen also known as the "Butcher Baker".
- Emily Kinney, who plays 16 year old victim Haley Cole, was actually 26 at the time this episode was filmed. Emily frequently plays teenagers as she looks much younger than her age.
Episode scene cards[]
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G&S Services LLC |
Offices of |
1061 Oceanview Avenue |
Saugerties |
Previous episode: "Home Invasions" |
"Hunting Ground" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 13 |
Next episode: "Child's Welfare" |