Noncompliance
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| "Noncompliance" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 2.06 | → |
| Production number: E1417 First aired: 24 November 2000 | ||
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| Written By Judy McCreary Directed By Elodie Keene | ||
A schizophrenic man becomes a suspect in the stabbing death of a psychiatric doctoral student.
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[edit] Plot
Corner store employee\psychology student Maggie Sandomir is found raped and murdered while another man was found outside the corner store is viciously wounded. It is soon discovered that Maggie was having problems with a patient she helped at a mental health facility, Mark Nash. The detectives soon discover that Nash is responsible for Maggie's murder, but he also refuses to take his medication for schizophrenia.
It is later discovered that the man wounded outside the corner store (Alvin Maddox) was responsible for Maggie's murder and Nash witnessed the whole thing. In the end, the detectives discover that Nash had hung himself after agreeing to take the medication.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Kevin Breznahan as Mark Nash
- Kathleen Chalfant as Mrs. Nash
- Daniel Mastrogiorgio as Earl Miller / Earl Gilmore
- William Youmans as Ben Moreland
- Tamara Tunie as M.E. Melinda Warner
- Laura Esterman as Mrs. Sandomir
- Tom O'Rourke as Judge Mark Seligman
- Maryann Urbano as Dr. Klein
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Byron Jennings as Matt Wooding
- Helen Hanft as Mrs. Billings
- Lou Bonacki as Alvin Maddox
- Michelle Daimer as Defense Attorney Dawn DeNoon
- Tony Campisi as Gary Wheeler
- Welly Yang as CSU Technician Georgie
- Michael Pemberton as Assistant Warden
- Jamie Gustis as Gourmet shop clerk
- Perri Gaffney as Receptionist
- Chris Ceraso as Sanitation manager
- Philip Hoffman as Doctor #1
- Ajay Mehta as Doctor #2
- John Plumpis as Doctor #3
- Frank Lombardi as Policeman #1
- David Titus as Clerk
- Kennley Noble as Homeless Man
[edit] References
Sing Sing Correctional Facility; Ossining, New York; Fast Stop Market; Maggie Sandomir
[edit] Quotes
- "Mark doesn't scare me, detective. Pathetic, narrow-minded people do."
- – Mrs. Nash
- "I dream of angels, but I live with demons."
- – Mark Nash
- Dr. Emil Skoda: Do you refuse medication because you prefer the world you live in to reality?
- Mark Nash: I'd be crazy if I didn't.
- Olivia Benson: When I said I'd have dinner with you I thought we might be sitting.
- Elliot Stabler: You can sit in the car.
- Olivia Benson: You're a classy guy, you know that?
[edit] Background information and notes
- Actress Tamara Tunie appears for the first time as M.E. Melinda Warner. Tunie continued to make guest appearances until season seven, when she became a regular cast member. She previously appeared as Defense Attorney Caroline Bennett in the Law & Order seventh season episode "Deadbeat".
- The character played by actress Michelle Daimer, Defense Attorney Dawn DeNoon, seems to have been named for the producer and writer with the same name, Dawn DeNoon.
[edit] Episode scene cards
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Sandomir Residence |
Nash Residence |
Arraignment Court |
Sing Sing |
Fast Stop Market |
| Previous episode: "Baby Killer" | "Noncompliance" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 2 | Next episode: "Asunder" |
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