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Mean

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"Mean"
SVU, Episode 5.17
Production number: E4421
First aired: 24 February 2004
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Written By
Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas

Directed By
Constantine Makris

A group of school bullies murder a young girl in a rage of jealousy.

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[edit] Plot

Plot

Teenager Emily Sullivan is found brutally murdered in the trunk of a car. When her friends, Brittany, Paige, and Andrea reveal that Emily had an older boyfriend, he is first considered a suspect, but then it is discovered that Emily and her friends tormented an overweight girl, Agnes Linsky which makes her a suspect. After Agnes' brother attacks Brittany for sending nude pictures of Agnes in the locker room, the detectives soon find a link that Brittany, Andrea, and Paige were responsible for Emily's murder.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main cast

[edit] Guest cast

[edit] References

CSU; Mount Vernon; Mr. Kent; Napa Valley; NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner; NYPD Traffic Control Division; One Police Plaza; Scarsdale; Sullivan, Emily; Tanner Day Academy; TARU; Thirteenth Dimension Comics; Turner, Kathleen; Vi-CAP; Westchester County; Westchester County P.D.

[edit] Quotes

"It's easier not having friends, but it doesn't make it any less lonely."
Olivia Benson


"I love these little cliques. They're like the mafia; nobody knows nothing."
Elliot Stabler


"Psychos... they always love comics."
Elliot Stabler


"They're monsters. They're mean, vicious little girls who think that they can do whatever they want, and up until now they've gotten away with it. But not anymore."
Casey Novak


"Victims of bullying are often social outcasts. It's typical for school officials to identify with the 'normal' kids ..."
Dr. George Huang
"And the victims are seen as being 'overly sensitive'."
Olivia Benson


"This stuff is deep. 'Danny is so 'ten O's' cute."
Elliot Stabler


"Remind me to give you the names of all the girls I hated in high school."
Olivia Benson

[edit] Background information and notes

  • This episode shares similarities between the murder of Shanda Sharer in 1992. The murder involved a young girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by four teenage girls. Her case attracted nationwide attention due to its gruesome nature.


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