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"Spiraling Down"
SVU, Episode 13.10
Production number: 13010
First aired (US): 7 December 2011
First aired (UK): 13 May 2012
First aired (CAN): 7 December 2011
First aired (AUS): 22 March 2012
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Written By
John P. Roche & Warren Leight

Directed By
Alex Chapple

When a legendary football star is arrested on prostitution charges, attorney Bayard Ellis centers the defense on his client's mental state, causing a media firestorm.

Summary[]

A military colleague of Detective Amaro's wife reports his 14-year-old daughter missing. The detectives find the girl working as a prostitute under a possessive pimp. They quickly set up a sting operation to entrap Johns on rape charges with a minor, and arrest aging pro quarterback Jake Stanton. Detective Benson and ADA Cabot seek to make an example out of the football legend, but the case is thrown into chaos with the return of defense attorney Bayard Ellis, who questions Stanton's mental capacity after years of injuries on the field.

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Background information and notes[]

  • The song in the open is "Honey Dove" by Lee Fields.
  • Benson says she has dealt with a football player using an insanity defense as a result of football head injuries before, which happened in the episode "Closet".
  • Jake commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart rather than the head. Many athletes who, like Jake, suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) have killed themselves in this manner so that their brains would be left intact and could be studied later on to find a cure or treatment for CTE.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

Ascot Hotel
448 West 14th Street
Monday, November 21

Arraignment Court
Part 13
Wednesday, November 23

West Bank Cafe
407 West 42nd Street
Wednesday, November 23

4 5 6

Supreme Court
Pre-Trial Hearing
Part 36
Monday, November 28

Supreme Court Trial
Part 36
Tuesday, November 29

Supreme Court Trial
Part 36
Thursday, December 1

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