Hysteria
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| "Hysteria" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 1.04 | → |
| Production number: E0908 First aired: 11 October 1999 | ||
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| Written By Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By Richard Dobbs | ||
Stabler and Benson investigate the murder of a young woman who is the latest in a long line of victims.
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[edit] Plot
When a young woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims, but when looking into her home life Benson and Stabler realise that she does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all, but the other deaths have a connection no one anticipated.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Recurring cast
- Dean Winters as Detective Brian Cassidy
- Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
- Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
- Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
- Erin Broderick as Maureen Stabler
- Holiday Segal as Kathleen Stabler
- Patricia Cook as Elizabeth Stabler
- Jeffrey Scaperrotta as Dickie Stabler
[edit] Guest cast
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Garrett M. Brown as Officer Peter Ridley
- Joe Lisi as Officer Sal D'Angelo
- Brad Beyer as Dennis Caufield
- Delphi Harrington as Evelyn Caufield
- Gloria Sauve as Jocelyn Myers
- Redman Maxfield as Charles Caufield
- Dan Snook as Bill Griswold
- Selenis Leyva as Lorinda Guterrez
- Frederick B. Owens as John Henderson
- Lisa Summerour as Mrs. Henderson
- Lisa Tharps as A.D.A.
- David Newer as Defense Attorney
- Page Johnson as Mary
- Shantell Herndon as Angee
- Jillian Bowen as Rose
- Sondra James as Agnes
[edit] References
31st Precinct; Vice; Kew Gardens; Carmel Jones; Gansevort & Greenwich; Kerhsaw, Norton, & Devoy; Clinton Community Center; Tracy Henderson; Bill Griswold; Travis Hall; Columbia University; Scarsdale
[edit] Quotes
- "That's an open and shut case, Munch. Try not to screw it up with your insane rambling. And stop looking at my ass."
- – Monique Jeffries
- John Munch: Ah but we digress, back to the dead whore.
- Monique Jeffries: Jerkwad, have some respect for the victim!
- John Munch: Hey, I respect hookers, at least they earn their money upfront, unlike ex-wives who get you with that lucrative backend deal.
- Monique Jeffries: Oh, so you're saying all women are whores?
- John Munch: Don't be ridiculous. I don't know all the women in the world.
- Elliot Stabler: I'd never let my daughters go out dressed like that.
- Olivia Benson: Yeah, right. Just wait.
- Elliot Stabler: What does that mean?
- John Munch: What does this look like? Here's a hint: non-gun hand to the side...
- Donald Cragen: He's a cop.
- John Munch: Pow.
- Donald Cragen: When you were at the 3-1, did you know a cop named Sal D'Angelo?
- Lennie Briscoe: The 70s are a blur.
- Donald Cragen: Tell me about it. Closest I ever came to time travel.
- "D'Angelo's a bastard. C'mon. So are you. So am I. We're all bastards."
- – Lennie Briscoe
(Cragen and Briscoe are ordering drinks)
- Donald Cragen: I'll have a Perrier.
- Lennie Briscoe: You're still drinking that French swill? (to waiter) Gimme a bottle of Pelligrino.
- Donald Cragen: You still gotta one-up me...
- John Munch: Up until 1952, hysteria was one of the most commonly diagnosed illnesses among women. The medical treatment was hysterical paroxysm.
- Stenographer: Could the witness spell that?
- John Munch: O-R-G-A-S-M.
- Defense Lawyer: Objection!
- Olivia Benson: Oh my god. He's wearing them!
- Elliot Stabler: Nice shoes.
- Elliot Stabler: 18 gets you a needle in the arm, same as 19.
- Pete Ridley: I know. That's why I want my record properly documented. For posterity.
[edit] Background information and notes
- Law & Order star Jerry Orbach makes his second crossover appearance as Detective Lennie Briscoe.
- Actress Lisa Tharps appears for the first time as the Assistant District Attorney assigned to the Special Victims Unit.
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