Swing
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| "Swing" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 10.03 | → |
| Production number: 10004 First aired: 14 October 2008 | ||
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| Written By Amanda Green Directed By David Platt | ||
Detective Elliot Stabler's job and personal life become intertwined when he discovers his daughter, Kathleen Stabler, is the suspect.
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[edit] Plot
Stabler is forced to confront his mother and the ghosts of his childhood when he learns that his daughter is in trouble with the law and in desperate need of psychiatric attention.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch (credit only)
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Michaela McManus as A.D.A. Kim Greylek
- B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang (credit only)
- Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only)
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
[edit] Guest cast
- Ellen Burstyn as Bernadette Stabler
- Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
- Fiona Dourif as Narcotics Detective Nicki Breslin
- Steven Flynn as Mr. Foster
- Allison Siko as Kathleen Stabler
- Lizette Carrion as ADA
- Harvey Atkin as Judge Alan Ridenour
- CCH Pounder as Carolyn Maddox
- Sarah Bennett as Ronda Foster
- Deep Katdare as Dr. Parnell
- Megan Tusing as Julie
- Rob Welsh as Will
- Jay Sullivan as ...
- Brian Anthony Wilson as ...
- Edelen McWilliams as a CSU technician
- Erica Bradshaw as a court clerk
- Sheila Kay as a waitress
- Peter O'Mara as police officer
- Robert Mauzell as corrections officer
[edit] References
Bipolar Disorder; Hal's Crab Shack; Hudson University; Long Beach Island; New Jersey; Rikers Island; Saint Mark's Hospital; Stabler, Elliot Jr.; Stabler, Joe
[edit] Quotes
(Kathleen has just been found on a swing set, wearing only a stolen shower curtain)
- Kathleen Stabler: Hi Olivia! Want to play?"
- Det. Benson: I don't think that's such a good idea right now, sweetie...
- "That's the price we pay for greatness."
- – Bernadette Stabler, on the depression that accompanies bipolar disorder
- Elliot Stabler: What the hell just happened?
- Olivia Benson: Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot.
[edit] Background information and notes
- This is the first time we meet Detective Elliot Stabler's mother, Bernadette. His father's name was Joe.
- Unlike her predecessors, ADA Kim Greylek doesn't handle arraignments. The two arraignments in this episode were handled by another ADA.
- Kathleen Stabler is nineteen years old in this episode.
- Kathleen returns in Crush having apparently been succesfully treated and is shown to be greatful for her arrest. At Oliva Bensen's request she speaks to another troubled teen and uses her own story to convice the girl to reveal who assulted her.
[edit] Episode scene cards
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Dorm Room of |
Saint Mark's Hospital |
Office of |
Long Beach Island |
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Arraignment |
Hal's Crab Shack |
Arraignment |
| Previous episode: "Confession" | "Swing" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 10 | Next episode: "Lunacy" |
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