Serendipity
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| "Serendipity" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 5.05 | → |
| Production number: E4408 First aired: 21 October 2003 | ||
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| Written By Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
The detectives search for a murderer leads them into a cold case involving a serial child-rapist with a disgusting MO. This is complicated by the arrival of their new ADA, who has a wealth of zeal but a dearth of patience, particularly for hesitant witnesses.
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[edit] Plot
Plot
The body of a deceased newborn female is found in a sewer. As the detectives investigate, they soon discover that the mother, Brianna Morris was brutally murdered in her home with the baby cut out of her body. The investigation leads toward a dermatologist, Dr. Newlands whom Brianna claimed was the father of her child. When a paternity test proves that Dr. Newlands isn't the father of Brianna's child, it is discovered that his DNA matched a cold rape case involving a young girl. After Newlands is found murdered during his trial and an autopsy shows that a tube of someone else's blood in his arm, the detectives come to the assumption that whoever's blood it is may be responsible for the cold case Newlands was wrongfully accused of.
Meanwhile, Olivia and Elliot butt heads with the new ADA, Casey Novak.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
- Jack Gilpin as Ron Wolcott
- Barbara Garrick as Kelly Wolcott
- Peter Hermann as Trevor Langan
- Dan Ziskie as Dr. Curtis
- Caralyn Kozlowski as Mrs. Newlands
- Rebecca Wisocky as Marcy Cochran
- Martin Donovan as Dr. Archibald Newlands
- Audrie J. Neenan as Judge Lois Preston
- Jolie Peters as Molly Stratton
- Nick Sullivan as Dr. Dean Kern
- Paulina Gerzon as Alicia Hahn
- Olivia Crocicchia as Courtney Jones
- Bonnie Rose as Carol Lucero
- Dan Mahoney as Neighbor #2
- Don Puglisi as Bug Expert
- Joel Garland as Building Manager
- Anna George as Josephine
- Marylouise Burke as Curious Woman
- Carol Maillard as Secretary
- Anne L. Nathan as Volunteer #1
- Greg Vaccarello as Uniform Officer #1
- Edwin Briscoe as Uniform Officer #2
- Karen Mason as Librarian
[edit] References
Brianna Morris; Frith Apartments; Flavor Institute; Manhattan Help Line; Manhattan Free Clinic; Burking; Manhattan Public Library; Emily Rose
[edit] Quotes
- John Munch: Last call for bets on Dr. Newland's paternity test.
- Donald Cragen: Just give us the results, John.
- John Munch: What do you want, the good news or the bad news first?
- Donald Cragen: John...
- John Munch: He's not the father.
- Casey Novak: So what's the good news?
- John Munch: We cleared an old case.
- Trevor Langan: Casey and I go way back...
- Casey Novak: To Wall Street. Most of his clients only screw people out of their pension plans.
- Trevor Langan: This client didn't screw anyone
- Casey Novak: I wanted straight homicide. No living victims, all of the glory.
- Det. Olivia Benson, to ADA Casey Novak: Lesson number one: Nobody is prepared to handle the children.
- Casey Novak: Got a minute?
- Arthur Branch: When you save a little girl's life, you get two. Have a seat.
- Casey Novak: I can't do this.
- Arthur Branch: Sure you can. Just bend your knees and let gravity take over.
[edit] Background information and notes
- This episode marks the first appearance of ADA Casey Novak, who replaces Alexandra Cabot after the latter's apparent death. It is not, however, the first appearance of Diane Neal - she previously appeared in the episode Ridicule.
- This episode also marks the first appearance by Paulina Gerzon, who would later return as Katie Nicholson in the Season 9 episode Savant.
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