"Starved"
←	SVU, Episode 7.08	→
Production number: 07009 First aired: 15 November 2005
	th of 295 produced in SVU
←	th of 295 released in SVU	→
	th of 1021 released in all
Written By Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By David Platt

Contents 1 Plot 2 Summary 3 Cast 3.1 Main cast 3.2 Recurring cast 3.3 Guest cast 4 References 5 Quotes 6 Background information and notes 6.1 Episode scene cards

Plot Edit

After a dating service is linked to three rapes, Olivia goes undercover to ferret out the rapist and meets Mike Jergens, a surgeon who enjoys controlling the women in his life. The detectives are soon led to his girlfriend, Cora Kennison. But shortly after testifying in the grand jury hearing, Cora marries Mike. After Cora attempts suicide, Mike fights her mother, Virginia, to unplug her feeding tube.

Summary Edit

Episode summary

Cast Edit

Main cast Edit

• 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
• Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen

Recurring cast Edit

• Julie White as Dr. Anne Morella
• Stephen Gregory as Dr. Kyle Beresford
• Judith Light as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
• Joselin Reyes as Paramedic Martinez

Guest cast Edit

• Dean Cain as Mike Jergens
• Tina Holmes as Cora Kennison
• Kelly Miller as Janice Clay
• Teri Garr as Minerva Grahame-Bishop
• Veronica Cartwright as Virginia Kennison
• Matt Walton as Jack
• Ivy Omera as Darla
• Virginia Leung as Trish
• Baylen Thomas as A.D.A. Harbin
• Nathanael Albright as Paramedic Jones
• Erik Martin as Corrections Officer
• Joseph A. Halsey as Uniform Officer
• Clayton Dean Smith as Man #1
• Shannon Noecker as Woman #1
• Michael Dean Morgan as Man #2
• Katori Hall as Woman #2

References Edit

References

Quotes Edit

• Casey Novak [to Arthur Branch]: Cora's mom went to the papers. How is that my fault?
• Arthur Branch: You gave her the baloney and she made the sandwich!

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• Elliot Stabler [to Munch as the detectives are talking about speed dating]: You seem to know an awful lot about it.
• John Munch: Well, I went through a little dating slump.
• Fin Tutuola: Called adulthood.

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• John Munch (about speed-dating): Invented by a rabbi to match his students with Jewish mates. One of my people's many contributions to the world.
• Fin Tutuola: Second only to bagels.

Background information and notes Edit

• Nitpick: When dialing Elliot, Olivia enters the full telephone number. It's unlikely that Olivia would not have her partner's number programmed into her cell phone's memory.

Episode scene cards Edit

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Speed Encounters 141 Broadway Wednesday, October 19	Nick's Martini Bar & Lounge 253 Bowery Avenue Wednesday, October 19	Chambers of Judge Elizabeth Donnelly Monday, October 24

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Trial Part 29 Monday, November 7	Chambers of Judge Elizabeth Donnelly Tuesday, November 8	Trial Part 29 Thursday, November 10

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