Payback (SVU)
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| "Payback" | ||
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| SVU, Episode 1.01 | → | |
| Production number: E0901 First aired: 20 September 1999 | ||
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| Written By Dick Wolf Directed By Jean de Segonzac | ||
Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the stabbing and genital-mutilation of a cab driver.
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[edit] Plot
The grisly murder and dismemberment of a New York cabbie draws the elite Special Victims Unit of the NYPD, including veteran Detective Elliot Stabler and his partner, Olivia Benson, who soon discover that the victim had assumed the identity of another man, mainly because he himself was a wanted man.
[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
- Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
- Dean Winters as Detective Brian Cassidy
- Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
[edit] Guest cast
- Chris Orbach as Detective Ken Briscoe
- Judy Del Giudice as Judge Elizabeth Masullo
- Gordana Rashovich as Anya Ragova
- Elizabeth Ashley as Serena Benson
- Ned Eisenberg as Jerry Kleinert
- Tina Benko as Mrs. Panachek
- Bill Driscoll as Mr. Kloster
- Mark Zimmerman as Mr. Dupree
- Mili Avital as Marta Stevens
- P.J. Brown as CSU Frank Bremmer
- Mark Nelson as Robert Stevens
- Jeremy Bergman as Nicholas Stevens
- Matt Skollar as Victor Spicer
- Sevanne Martin as Ileana Jashari
- Irma St. Paule as Aunt Jashari
- Daniel Bess as a policeman
- Angela Bullock as a prosecutor
- Rebecca Creskoff as a waitress
- Ramsey Faragallah as a cab driver
- Ronald Guttman as a gallery owner
- Unknown actor as Stefan Tanzic
[edit] References
27th Precinct; 23rd Precinct; Dupree Investment Group; Fellowes & Kinsolving; Rikers Island; Sarajevo Restaurant; Serbia; Steven Panacek; Stefan Tanzic
[edit] Quotes
- Elliot Stabler: Stabbings aren't necessary sexual. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Is there any specific reason you called us out?
- Frank Bremmer: Whoever did this to him sliced off his "cigar" and took it with 'em. Is that specific enough?
- Olivia Benson: Works for me.
- Olivia Benson: Hey. How'd it go?
- Elliot Stabler: He's in Bellevue.
- Olivia Benson: The jury came back that fast?
- Elliot Stabler: He waved his flag at them before they had a chance. Nobody saluted.
- Olivia Benson: Question: who'd want to cut your penis off?
- Victor Spicer: (smirks) Take a number.
- Victor Spicer: Hey, you doing anything Saturday night? (blows Stabler a kiss)
- Elliot Stabler: (evil smile) Oh, I'd hurt you.
- Gallery Owner: Victor's a nasty little piece of street meat, but he happens to have an extremely gifted orifice in the middle of his face.
- (Gallery Owner has given Benson and Stabler his wife's number)
- Gallery Owner: Her name is Clarissa. (looks Olivia over) You should give her a call.
- Defense Attorney: So you see yourself as the Ken Starr of the NYPD?
- Elliot Stabler: I think sex should be one of the best parts of life, not the worst.
- Olivia Benson: I'm a good cop, Elliot.
- Elliot Stabler: Yeah, I know.
- Elliot Stabler: Do you know a man name Stefan Tanzic?
(Ileana erupts into tremors of panic) - Ileana Jashari: He is the one who did this to me!
(Ileana's aunt holds her to try and stop the shaking) - Olivia Benson: (leans in) I just want you to know that he's dead.
(Ileana's tremors cease abruptly) - Ileana Jashari: (gives a sad half-smile) Allahu akbar...
- (Olivia is throwing up after the interview with Ileana Jashari)
- Olivia Benson: Ugh...
- Elliot Stabler: There's no crying in baseball.
- Mr. Dupree: She's in a wheelchair. Why do you think I was in the backseat of a taxi when I got busted by the damn sex police?
- John Munch: Good question -- if it was a female prostitute.
- (on Olivia's father)
- Olivia Benson: I hate him for what he did to you.
- Serena Benson: So do I. But if he hadn't, you would not be here.
- Donald Cragen: You just used your Get Out of Jail Free card, Olivia. There's only one in the pack.
[edit] Background information and notes
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael (played by Angie Harmon) was a member of Law & Order's regular cast during seasons 9, 10 and 11. She appeared in five other SVU episodes, until the second season, when Alexandra Cabot was introduced as a regular character.
- Captain Donald Cragen (played by Dann Florek) previously appeared in the first three seasons from Law & Order as the commanding officer of the 27th Precinct. He was replaced by Lieutenant Anita Van Buren.
- In this episode we see Detective Olivia Benson's mother Serena (played by Elizabeth Ashley) for the first and only time in the series. She is mentioned in several other episodes.
- M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers (played by Leslie Hendrix) also appeared in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
- Ned Eisenberg played Defense Attorney Jerry Kleinert in this episode. He later returned as another defense attorney named Roger Kressler.
- This pilot episode was directed by Jean de Segonzac. He also directed the pilot episodes from Law & Order: Criminal Intent ("One") and Law & Order: Trial by Jury ("The Abominable Showman‎").
- The episode name "Payback" is also used for the Law & Order season 14 episode, "Payback (L&O)".
[edit] Episode scene cards
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Supreme Court |
Rikers Island |
Dupree Investment Group |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Office of Medical Examiner |
Fellowes & Kinsolving |
Sarajevo Restaurant |
| Previous episode: "Pilot episode" | "Payback" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1 | Next episode: "A Single Life" |
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