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The case of a seventeen-year-old rape victim takes a strange turn when her family starts preparing a lawsuit.
  
   
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The case of a 17-year-old rape victim takes a strange turn when her family starts preparing a lawsuit.
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''Episode plot''
  
   
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The grand opening of a new hotel, the [[Thorpe Palace Hotel]], is interrupted with the appearance of a young 17 year-old girl, Siobhan Miller, alleging that she was raped. Although a suspect, Russell Ramsay is found and arrested, the disappearance of the person the victim reported the rape to leads the [[Special Victims Unit|SVU]] team to look into the relationships of the victim's family. They discover that everything is not as it appears, and the suspect in the rape might be a victim himself.
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The grand opening of a new hotel, the [[Thorpe Palace Hotel]], is interrupted with the appearance of a young 17-year-old girl, Siobhan Miller, alleging that she was raped. Although a suspect, Russell Ramsay, is found and arrested, the disappearance of the person the victim reported the rape to leads the [[Special Victims Unit|SVU]] team to look into the relationships of the victim's family. They discover that everything is not as it appears, and the suspect in the rape might be a victim himself.
   
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It is revealed that Siobhan is actually a 23-year-old&nbsp;woman who used Ramsay as bait into getting millions of dollars from the hotel's wealthy owners. Ramsay is raped and brutally killed in prison, and Siobhan is tricked into confessing in detail about her actions that led up to that during her allocution for her deal on her other charges which she was only getting five years probation for. As soon as she's finished, Benson and Stabler arrest her for manslaughter.
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It is revealed that Siobhan is actually a 23-year-old woman who used Ramsay as bait into getting millions of dollars from the hotel's wealthy owners. Ramsay is raped and brutally killed in prison, and Siobhan is tricked into confessing in detail about her actions that led up to that during her allocution for her deal on her other charges which she was only getting five years probation for. As soon as she's finished, Benson and Stabler arrest her while informing her that because she accused Ramsay of rape she is responsible for his death and is charged with manslaughter.
   
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Siobahn is sent to prison for 15-25 years for manslaughter. Though {{Cragen}} is satisfied with this, Munch bitterly reminds him it cost an innocent person his life. Later, Munch informs Ramsay's girlfriend of his death.
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== Cast ==
  
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=== Main cast ===
  
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* [[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]]
  
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* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]
  
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* [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Detective]] [[John Munch]]
  
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* [[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant District Attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]]
  
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* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]]
  
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* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
  
   
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=== Recurring cast ===
  
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===Main cast===
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* [[Harvey Atkin]] as [[Judge]] [[Alan Ridenour]]
  
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* [[Lou Carbonneau]] as [[Crime Scene Unit|CSU]] Technician Harry
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*[[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]]
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*[[Mariska Hargitay]] as Detective [[Olivia Benson]]
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*[[Richard Belzer]] as Detective [[John Munch]]
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*[[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant District Attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]]
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*[[Ice-T]] as Detective [[Odafin Tutuola]]
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*[[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
   
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===Recurring cast===
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* [[Jenna Lamia]] as [[Siobhan Miller]]
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*[[Harvey Atkin]] as [[Judge]] [[Alan Ridenour]]
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*[[Lou Carbonneau]] as [[Crime Scene Unit|C.S.U.]] Technician [[Harry Martin]]
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* [[Derek Cecil]] as [[Russell Ramsay]]
  
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*[[Michelle Daimer]] as [[Defense attorney|Defense Attorney]] [[Dawn DeNoon (character)|Dawn DeNoon]]
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* [[Tim Hopper]] as [[Kyle Kivlahen]]
  
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*[[Steven Mark Friedman]] as Defense Attorney [[Wilmington (Attorney)|Wilmington]]
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* [[Bill Winkler]] as [[Beau Miller]]
  
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* [[Nealy Glenn]] as [[Patricia Ann Miller]]
  
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* [[Richard Ziman]] as Winston
  
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* [[Brian Connors]] as Mr. Tupper
  
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* [[Craig Braun]] as [[Allen Thorpe]]
  
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* [[Ismail Bashey]] as Dr. Dhar
  
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* [[Michelle Daimer]] as Ramsay's Public Defender
  
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* [[Rick Lohman]] as Hotel Manager
  
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* [[Randy Cherkas]] as Linch
  
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* [[Amanda Diaz]] as Receptionist
  
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* [[Susan Rollman]] as [[Terry Wilde]]
  
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* [[Steven Mark Friedman]] as Thorpe's Attorney
  
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* [[Damon DiMarco]] as [[Officer]] Thomason
  
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* [[Jeff Woodman]] as Fitzpatrick
  
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* [[Michael Kell]] as Oscar
  
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* [[Keri Setaro]] as [[Shelly Leevak]]
  
   
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== References ==
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===Guest cast===
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*[[Jenna Lamia]] as [[Siobhan Miller]]
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[[Mayfield (Mr.)|Mr. Mayfield]]; [[Rikers Island]]; [[Thorpe Palace Hotel]]; [[Serena Benson]]
  
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*[[Derek Cecil]] as [[Russell Ramsay]]
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*[[Tim Hopper]] as [[Kyle Kivlahen]]
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*[[Bill Winkler]] as [[Beau Miller]]
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{{quote2|Did you get the wrong room or is your rapist going door to door now?|CSU Officer}}
  
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*[[Nealy Glenn]] as [[Patricia Ann Miller]]
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*[[Richard Ziman]] as [[Winston (Taken)|Winston]]
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{{Conversation|Explain to me how shmoes like us spend every night at home alone watching the History Channel while a scum like Ramsay has this nice girl's complete devotion? She's so convinced.|John Munch|Well, if there is any karma, Ramsay won't be doing much sitting down in Rikers.|Donald Cragen}}
  
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*[[Ismail Bashey]] as Dr. [[Dhar (Dr.)|Dhar]]
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{{quote2|Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of ''Cats''.|John Munch}}
  
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*[[Rick Lohman]] as Hotel Manager
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*[[Randy Cherkas]] as [[Linch (Taken)|Linch]]
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{{quote2|Whatcha got there, Spanky?|John Munch}}
  
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{{quote2|You're good. But I've been taken by better.|Olivia Benson, to Siobhan Miller}}
  
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*[[Jeff Woodman]] as [[Fitzpatrick (Taken)|Fitzpatrick]]
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{{Conversation|Uh, what did I do?|Russell Ramsey|Aside from defying the laws of rhythm?|John Munch}}
  
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*[[Michael Kell]] as [[Oscar (Taken)|Oscar]]
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*[[Keri Setaro]] as [[Shelly Leevak]]
   
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*[[Serena Benson]]
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*[[Rikers Island]]
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{{Conversation|[taking down a suspect's name] "Terry" as in Terence, "Wilde" as in "Oscar."|Tutuola|[''confused''] Huh?|Terry Wilde}}
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:[''after Olivia's mother dies'']
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{{Conversation|Did you talk to Benson?|Munch|Yeah.|Stabler|You know, my brother's a mortician in case she has any questions.|Munch|You have a brother?|Stabler}}
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{{Conversation|Uh, what did I do?|Russell Ramsey|Aside from defying the laws of rhythm?|Munch}}
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:(''Russell Ramsey has just admitted to having sex with Siobhan Miller'')
  
:(''Russell Ramsey has just admitted to having sex with Siobhan Miller'')
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{{quote2|Please, please take the stand.|Alexandra Cabot}}
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{{Quote2|Please, please take the stand.|Cabot}}
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:[about Siobhan]
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{{Quote2|If I can get her on the stand before her wounds heal my opening statement will be "prosecution rests."|Cabot}}
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{{Conversation|Did Ramsay ask you to come down here?|Munch|I would've anyway. He looked me in the eye and he said he didn't do it.|Shelly Leevak|He looked me in the eye and said that he had sexual intercourse with the victim.|Munch}}
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{{Conversation|There should be a special level of hell for this pus-sucking, gangrenous malignancy of a mental amoeba.|John Munch|Did somebody steal your parking space again?|Donald Cragen|Ramsay just sent in his first victim to defend him against his second.|John Munch|From the statutory rape case?|Cragen|Shelly Leevak, the sweet little thing he deflowered at 15. She's five years older but none the wiser.|Munch|Don't tell me she's trying to alibi him.|Cragen|Everything but. Explain to me how shmoes like us spend every night at home alone watching the History Channel while a scum like Ramsay has this nice girl's complete devotion. She's so convinced.|Munch|Well, if there is any karma, Ramsay won't be doing much sitting down in Rikers.|Cragen}}
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{{Conversation|He lives at 1634 Broadway.|Tutuola|Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre. [''Fin gives Munch a look''] Don't ask.|Munch}}
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{{Quote2|Front desk, room key, no forced entry. Put me down for $100 on "connected."|Munch}}
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{{Quote2|Did you get the wrong room or is your rapist going door to door now?|Harry Martin}}
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{{Conversation|Look, I'm guilty of bad judgment, all right? That's it. Siobhan propositioned me, I accepted. Now I get the crap beat out of me every day for it. You gotta help me.|Ramsay|You've done a stint before. Didn't you learn how to cover your back?|Munch|It's worse this time. Come on. Rape and battery of a minor? Look, I can't sleep, all right? I gotta stay awake at night so I don't get ambushed.|Ramsay|You should have remembered the pecking order before you raped Siobhan.|Munch}}
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{{Quote2|So, we move Siobahn from victim to perp.|Olivia Benson}}
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{{Conversation|[to Siobhan] Why don't you tell me more about your dead parents?|Benson|They're alive and doing time. Investment scams, wasn't it?|Stabler|I was ashamed. That's why I said they were dead.|Siobhan|You ashamed of your age too? 'Cause we know you're 23, not 17.|Benson}}
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{{Quote2|[''to Siobhan Miller''] You're good. But I've been taken by better.|Benson}}
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{{Conversation|What was going through your mind when you were taking that beating?|Benson|How I was gonna spend all that money.|Siobhan Miller}}
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{{Conversation|The plan hinged on Ramsay showing up. How could you be certain he would?|Cabot|He's an ex-con with a loser job who likes young girls. I mean, it's a no-brainer.|Siobhan Miller|Still, something could've gone wrong.|Cabot|I would've Plan-B'd it.|Siobhan Miller|What is Plan B?|Cabot|[''chuckles''] Honey, no man passes up free sex.|Siobhan Miller}}
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{{Conversation|[''as she's being arrested''] What are you doing?|Siobhan|Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed watching you hang yourself.|Benson|What? We had a deal. You can't go back on it.|Siobhan|Russell Ramsay was attacked at Rikers.|Stabler|He was beaten and raped.|Benson|He was killed.|Stabler|Your false allegation put him there. Under the law, you're responsible for his death.|Cabot|And manslaughter ain't covered under your deal, sweetheart.|Stabler}}
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{{Conversation|''(to an unhappy Munch)'' John we got her.|Cragen|Yeah? At what price?|Munch}}
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{{Quote2|Whatcha got there, Spanky?|John Munch}}
   
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{{Conversation|There should be a special level of Hell for this pus-sucking, gangrenous, malignancy of a mental amoeba!|John Munch|Somebody steal your parking space again?|Donald Cragen|Ramsay just sent in his first victim to defend him against his second.|John Munch}}
  
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[[File:Benson Father Taken.jpg|thumb|200px|Olivia talks to her father.]]
   
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*[[Serena Benson]], [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]'s mother, dies after an alcohol induced fall. This isn't shown on screen, but [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]] informs Benson about her mother's death.
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*Munch mentions he has a brother who is a mortician. This brother may be [[David Munch]] who appeared briefly in "[[Wonderland Story]]".
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*Deleted scenes from this episode include the revelation that Olivia's mother had never been raped and had known all along who her father was, as well as a meeting between Olivia and her father, a man named Robert Spencer, who went to grad school with her mother. He claimed to be unsure whether his sex with Serena Benson was consensual or not. Eventually this was changed to the original story line of a stranger rape.
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*Captain Cragen went undercover as Mr. Mayfield in order to trap the Millers.
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*The detectives ask an officer to dust an entire hotel room for prints. Then they immediately start grabbing door knobs without gloves on and opening doors.
   
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{{Conversation|Something could've gone wrong|Alexandra Cabot|I would've just Plan-B'd it.|Siobhan Miller|What was Plan B?|Alexandra Cabot|(''chuckles'') Honey, no man passes up free sex.|Siobhan Miller}}
  
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[[Image:Benson_Father_Taken.jpg|thumb|200px|Olivia talks to her father.]]
  
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* [[Serena Benson]], [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]'s mother, dies after an alcohol induced fall. This isn't shown on screen, but [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]] informs Benson about her mother's death.
  
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Wednesday, September 6
  
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726 West 49th Street<br />
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726 West 49th Street<br>
 
Friday, September 8
  
Friday, September 8
 
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12 Central Park South<br />
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Friday, September 8
  
Friday, September 8
 
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Monday, September 11
  
Monday, September 11
 
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Tuesday, September 12
  
Tuesday, September 12
 
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Wednesday, September 13
  
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 6 January 2024

"Taken"
← SVU, Episode 2.08 →
Production number: E1406
First aired: 15 December 2000
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Benson Miller Taken
Written By
Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon

Directed By
Michael Fields

Summary

The case of a 17-year-old rape victim takes a strange turn when her family starts preparing a lawsuit.

Plot

The grand opening of a new hotel, the Thorpe Palace Hotel, is interrupted with the appearance of a young 17-year-old girl, Siobhan Miller, alleging that she was raped. Although a suspect, Russell Ramsay, is found and arrested, the disappearance of the person the victim reported the rape to leads the SVU team to look into the relationships of the victim's family. They discover that everything is not as it appears, and the suspect in the rape might be a victim himself.

It is revealed that Siobhan is actually a 23-year-old woman who used Ramsay as bait into getting millions of dollars from the hotel's wealthy owners. Ramsay is raped and brutally killed in prison, and Siobhan is tricked into confessing in detail about her actions that led up to that during her allocution for her deal on her other charges which she was only getting five years probation for. As soon as she's finished, Benson and Stabler arrest her while informing her that because she accused Ramsay of rape she is responsible for his death and is charged with manslaughter.

Siobahn is sent to prison for 15-25 years for manslaughter. Though Cragen is satisfied with this, Munch bitterly reminds him it cost an innocent person his life. Later, Munch informs Ramsay's girlfriend of his death.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

References

Quotes

Tutuola: [taking down a suspect's name] "Terry" as in Terence, "Wilde" as in "Oscar."
Terry Wilde: [confused] Huh?
[after Olivia's mother dies]
Munch: Did you talk to Benson?
Stabler: Yeah.
Munch: You know, my brother's a mortician in case she has any questions.
Stabler: You have a brother?
Russell Ramsey: Uh, what did I do?
Munch: Aside from defying the laws of rhythm?
(Russell Ramsey has just admitted to having sex with Siobhan Miller)
Cabot: Please, please take the stand.
[about Siobhan]
Cabot: If I can get her on the stand before her wounds heal my opening statement will be "prosecution rests."
Munch: Did Ramsay ask you to come down here?
Shelly Leevak: I would've anyway. He looked me in the eye and he said he didn't do it.
Munch: He looked me in the eye and said that he had sexual intercourse with the victim.
John Munch: There should be a special level of hell for this pus-sucking, gangrenous malignancy of a mental amoeba.
Donald Cragen: Did somebody steal your parking space again?
John Munch: Ramsay just sent in his first victim to defend him against his second.
Cragen: From the statutory rape case?
Munch: Shelly Leevak, the sweet little thing he deflowered at 15. She's five years older but none the wiser.
Cragen: Don't tell me she's trying to alibi him.
Munch: Everything but. Explain to me how shmoes like us spend every night at home alone watching the History Channel while a scum like Ramsay has this nice girl's complete devotion. She's so convinced.
Cragen: Well, if there is any karma, Ramsay won't be doing much sitting down in Rikers.
Tutuola: He lives at 1634 Broadway.
Munch: Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre. [Fin gives Munch a look] Don't ask.
Munch: Front desk, room key, no forced entry. Put me down for $100 on "connected."
Harry Martin: Did you get the wrong room or is your rapist going door to door now?
Ramsay: Look, I'm guilty of bad judgment, all right? That's it. Siobhan propositioned me, I accepted. Now I get the crap beat out of me every day for it. You gotta help me.
Munch: You've done a stint before. Didn't you learn how to cover your back?
Ramsay: It's worse this time. Come on. Rape and battery of a minor? Look, I can't sleep, all right? I gotta stay awake at night so I don't get ambushed.
Munch: You should have remembered the pecking order before you raped Siobhan.
Olivia Benson: So, we move Siobahn from victim to perp.
Benson: [to Siobhan] Why don't you tell me more about your dead parents?
Stabler: They're alive and doing time. Investment scams, wasn't it?
Siobhan: I was ashamed. That's why I said they were dead.
Benson: You ashamed of your age too? 'Cause we know you're 23, not 17.
Benson: [to Siobhan Miller] You're good. But I've been taken by better.
Benson: What was going through your mind when you were taking that beating?
Siobhan Miller: How I was gonna spend all that money.
Cabot: The plan hinged on Ramsay showing up. How could you be certain he would?
Siobhan Miller: He's an ex-con with a loser job who likes young girls. I mean, it's a no-brainer.
Cabot: Still, something could've gone wrong.
Siobhan Miller: I would've Plan-B'd it.
Cabot: What is Plan B?
Siobhan Miller: [chuckles] Honey, no man passes up free sex.
Siobhan: [as she's being arrested] What are you doing?
Benson: Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed watching you hang yourself.
Siobhan: What? We had a deal. You can't go back on it.
Stabler: Russell Ramsay was attacked at Rikers.
Benson: He was beaten and raped.
Stabler: He was killed.
Cabot: Your false allegation put him there. Under the law, you're responsible for his death.
Stabler: And manslaughter ain't covered under your deal, sweetheart.
Cragen: (to an unhappy Munch) John we got her.
Munch: Yeah? At what price?
John Munch: Whatcha got there, Spanky?


Background information and notes

Benson Father Taken

Olivia talks to her father.

  • Serena Benson, Detective Olivia Benson's mother, dies after an alcohol induced fall. This isn't shown on screen, but Captain Donald Cragen informs Benson about her mother's death.
  • Munch mentions he has a brother who is a mortician. This brother may be David Munch who appeared briefly in "Wonderland Story".
  • Deleted scenes from this episode include the revelation that Olivia's mother had never been raped and had known all along who her father was, as well as a meeting between Olivia and her father, a man named Robert Spencer, who went to grad school with her mother. He claimed to be unsure whether his sex with Serena Benson was consensual or not. Eventually this was changed to the original story line of a stranger rape.
  • Captain Cragen went undercover as Mr. Mayfield in order to trap the Millers.
  • The detectives ask an officer to dust an entire hotel room for prints. Then they immediately start grabbing door knobs without gloves on and opening doors.

Episode scene cards

1 2 3 4 5

Cabrini Medical Center
277 E. 19th Street
Wednesday, September 6

Thorpe Palace Hotel
726 West 49th Street
Friday, September 8

The Park Sheridan Hotel
12 Central Park South
Friday, September 8

Rikers Island
Monday, September 11

Delancey Arms Hotel
313 Delancey Street
Tuesday, September 12

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Thorpe Palace Hotel
726 West 49th Street
Wednesday, September 13

Whedon & Mayfield
Insurance Company
46 Whitehall Street
Thursday, September 14

Allocution Hearing
Friday, September 15

Unified Shipping
Rego Park, New York
Friday, September 15

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