Learning Curve

"Learning Curve"
←	SVU, Episode 13.21	→
Production number: 13019 First aired: 9 May 2012
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Teleplay By Robin Veith Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Jonathan Herron

Plot

Detectives investigate a string of hate crimes against gay men, the victims include the new fiance of Fin's son. A private-school teacher is then similarly brutalized, and the evidence in his case points a possible cover-up.

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 (credit only)

Recurring cast

• Stephanie March as ADA Alexandra Cabot
• Ernest Waddell as Ken Randall
• Olivia Ford as Marisol Pavel
• Jacqueline Hendy as Attorney Ctrane

Guest cast

• Tony Hale as Rick Simms
• Betty Gilpin as Natalie Relais
• Dylan Minnette as Luca Gabardelli
• Miguel Govea as Alejandro Pavel
• Justin Gregory Lopez as Cesar
• Lenny Venito as Ray Gabardelli
• Jane Adams as Joanne Parsons
• Martha Stewart as Eleanor Hastings
• Paula Jon DeRose as Cherry Gabardelli
• Abby Royle as Carole Simms
• Warren Kelly as George Overby
• Eddie Bernard as Ricardo

References

• BX9
• Millicent Fawcett
• Montreal, Canada
• Los Angeles, California
• New Jersey
• Virginia Woolf
• Washington DC

Quotes

Olivia Benson: She's lying.

Alexandra Cabot: Every time her lips move.

Background information and Notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Mercy Hospital 365 West 32nd Street Friday, March 16	Home of Marisol Pavel 1755 Montgomery Avenue Bronx, New York Friday, March 16	Office of Headmaster George Overby Millicent Fawcett School 136 East 78th Street Monday, March 19

4	5	6
Gabardelli Produce 749 Hunts Point Avenue Bronx, New York Tuesday, March 20	Office of Eleanor Hastings Linden Forrest Academy Riverdale, New York Monday, March 26	Brooklyn General Hospital 458 Clarkson Avenue Monday, March 26

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