"Surrender Benson" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 15.01 | → |
Production number: 15001 First aired: 25 September 2013 | ||
Written By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Michael Smith |
Detective Benson fights for her life in the dramatic season premiere.
Plot
Hours turn into days, and with no word from Detective Benson, the SVU squad takes drastic measures to find her and her abductor. A trail of murders and rape victims leads them to fear it may be too late.
Summary
The season premiere continues from the end of last season's finale where William Lewis is shown inside Olivia's apartment, holding her at gunpoint.
The episode opens with a bloody & bruised Olivia being tied to a chair. Olivia tries to convince Lewis to leave, but he refuses. Lewis taunts her, saying that nobody will save her.
Back at the SVU precinct, Cassidy asks the detectives if they've heard from Olivia. The detectives get suspicious and send Rollins & Fin to Olivia's apartment. They are shocked when they discover the apartment in disarray and Olivia missing.
When the detectives pull Vanessa, Lewis' prosecutor girlfriend out of court to talk to her, Vanessa says that she & Lewis spent the day together with her family.
When the police search her parents' house, Vanessa's father is found murdered and her mother is found hanging from a closet. In the ambulance, the mother reveals that Lewis raped her & forced Olivia to watch. Meanwhile while Lewis is driving, a rookie police officer stops him for running a light, but Lewis shoots him to death.
Olivia and Lewis are shown at a remote beach house where Olivia is cuffed to an iron frame bed. Olivia tries to seduce him in order to survive, but Lewis doesn't fall for it. Just as he is about to assault her, a maid and her young daughter arrive at the house and Lewis forces them inside.
Olivia is able to free herself from the bed & fights with Lewis over the gun. She is able to subdue him with an iron bar. She tells the maid & her daughter to leave the house.
Lewis is later shown cuffed and unconscious. Olivia speaks out loud about what she should do to him. Lewis regains consciousness and reveals details about his childhood. He taunts Olivia which angers her and she ends up beating him with the pole. Olivia is rescued by the detectives and surprisingly, Lewis survived his injuries.
Back at the precinct, Cragen assures Olivia that she is a hero. Olivia ends up going with Cassidy to his apartment. She is later shown cutting her hair short and talking with a therapist about what happened.
Cast
Main Cast
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba (credit only)
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring Cast
- Pablo Schreiber as William Lewis
- Dean Winters as Officer Brian Cassidy
- Robin de Jesus as Jose Silva
- Bill Irwin as Dr. Peter Lindstrom
- Lauren Ambrose as Attorney Vanessa Mayer
- Barbara Jimenez as Viva Nunez
- Zach Appelman as Officer Jimmy Hamilton
- Jenna Rodriguez as Luisa Nunez
Guest Cast
- Susan Pellegrino as Liz Mayer
- Sue-Anne Morrow as Officer
- Kecia Lewis as Judge Constance Copeland
- Brian Keane as Clerk
- Ned Luke as Mr. Thurber
- Corey Patrick as EMT
- Stowe Brown as Janey Thurber
References
Episode references
Quotes
- Olivia (to William Lewis): My partner, my squad, the entire department will hunt you down. You think that you've put people through hell? It will rain back down on you.
- William Lewis: You know what? Let it rain.
- Olivia (to William Lewis): My old partner he'd know what to do. He wouldn't question himself after what you've done. He would kick your teeth in, break your legs, break your arms, break your back, break your face.
Background information and Notes
- Starting with this episode, Raúl Esparza has been elevated to series regular.
Episode scene cards
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Arraignment Court |
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