Olivia Benson.

Olivia Benson is Elliot Stabler's partner and a detective in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit.

Olivia Benson was born in 1967, the product of a one-night stand between Serena Benson, who was at the time working in a cafeteria at the Manhattan Technical Institute, and a food salesman named Joseph Hollister. Serena was ashamed at herself, as she had slept with Joe while drunk, and later learned that he was married, and for years, she told Olivia that she had been raped by an unknown assailant. It was only after her death in 2000 that Olivia started to learn the truth. ("Florida")

Relations between Olivia and her mother were strained. Serena drank constantly, and in her teenage years, Olivia sought comfort in the arms of an older man who happened to be one of Serena's students. The two fell deeply in love, and when she was about 16 or 17, he asked her to marry him. When Serena found out, she became enraged and attacked Olivia, who accidentally kicked her into a wall in self-defense. Olivia managed to avoid jail thanks to intervention from then-law student Simone Bryce, who would later become a famed advocate for children. ("Wanderlust", "Intoxicated")

2 June

SVU: "Zebras" airs. (Tuesday, 10:00 PM on NBC)

3 June

L&O: "The Drowned and the Saved" airs. (Wednesday, 10:00 PM on NBC)

11 June

Season 1 of Law & Order: UK begins airing in Canada with the premiere episode "Care". (Thursday, 10:00 PM on Citytv)

28 June

CI: "Salome in Manhattan" airs. (Sunday, 8:00 PM on USA)

28 June

CI: "Lady's Man" airs. (Sunday, 9:00 PM on USA)

12 July

CI: "Passion" airs. (Sunday, 9:00 PM on USA)

17 July

CI: "All In" airs. (Sunday, 9:00 PM on USA)

...that actress Mariska Hargitay keeps a photo of her mother Jayne Mansfield on her desk on the set?

...that the original Law & Order pilot episode "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" was produced to be sold to CBS in 1988, but was rejected by that network?

...that there is a French adaptation of Law & Order: Criminal Intent called Paris enquêtes criminelles?

1993

L&O:"American Dream" airs.

1994

L&O:"Precious" airs.

2001

SVU:"Sacrifice" airs.

2003

CI:"A Murderer Among Us" airs.

2004

SVU:"Conscience" airs.

2005

L&O:"House of Cards" airs.

"Honest people, every last one of them. You can tell because they're such bad liars."

– Alexandra Eames ^[src]