The Third Guy

"The Third Guy"
←	SVU, Episode 1.16	→
Production number: E0920 First aired: 25 February 2000
	th of 502 produced in SVU
←	th of 502 released in SVU	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen Directed By Jud Taylor

An elderly woman is found dead in her apartment and has been sexually assaulted and robbed.

Plot

An elderly woman is apparently raped and murdered during a home invasion robbery. After catching the home invaders, Stabler and Benson learn that they were not the rapists, but a mentally challenged delivery man who found her later was.

Cast

Main cast

• Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
• Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
• Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
• Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen

Recurring cast

• J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
• Lance Reddick as M.E. Taylor
• Welly Yang as CSU Technician Georgie

Guest cast

• Denis O'Hare as Jimmy Walp
• Eugene Byrd as Carlos Medina
• Katherine Borowitz as A.D.A. Fahey
• Rick Gonzalez as Alfonso Cardenas
• Liz Larsen as Carlos Medina's Attorney
• Vincent Guastaferro as Stan Bosick
• William C. Mitchell as Judge
• Peggy Pope as Sylvia Walp
• David Adkins as PD Trax
• Madison Arnold as Owner
• Diego López as Emmanuel Clemente
• Francine Beers as Francis Reiner
• P.J. Brown as Corelli
• Teddy Coluca as Landlord
• Cynthia Darlow as Waitress
• Patrick Garner as Patient #1
• Michelle Hurst as Gloria Milton
• Charlie Fersko as PD David Vento
• Randy Lewis as CSU Technician
• Natalia Ortiz as Sonia Medina
• Philip McAdoo as Patient #2
• Jose Rabelo as Hispanic Man
• Stu 'Large' Riley as Johnny Schmidt
• John Rafael Peralta as Hiphop

References

References

Quotes

"Why didn't you tell me you wrote a psych report for Jimmy Walp?"
"The only thing wrote was sticky-note. I left it on your desk."
"What was on this bombshell sticky?"
""Retarded" and a question mark."

- Donald Cragen and Emil Skoda

"Insatiable Bondage Sluts. That's nice."

- John Munch

"He was fired from McDonald's, that alone will win the case for him."

- John Munch

Background information and notes

• This is Lance Reddick's first appearance as Medical Examiner Taylor.
• This is also J.K. Simmons' first appearance as Dr. Emil Skoda in episodes from Special Victims Unit. Dr. Skoda was a regular character in Law & Order.
• This episode contains a number of references to the 1949 film The Third Man. Shared plot elements include mental retardation, illegal traffic in prescription drugs, dialogue mentioning cuckoo clocks, and of course the title. In the Law & Order episode "Fluency", Jack McCoy interrogates a defendant by describing in meticulous detail the ferris wheel scene in this film. The suspect, charged with second degree murder for selling counterfeit packages of influenza vaccines resulting in the deaths of 16 people, breaks down while recounting the scene himself.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Home Medical Supply Delivery Bronx, New York Monday, February 14	Stephen Foster High School 590 West 16th Street Wednesday, February 16	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Wednesday, February 16	Apartment of Johnny Schmidt 243 East 4th Street Thursday, February 17

5	6	7
Apartment of Jimmy Walp 175 West 21st Street Thursday, February 17	Home of Sylvia Walp 530 West 110th Street Saturday, February 19	Supreme Court Trial Part 31 Statement Hearing Monday, February 21

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