| "Wildlife" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 10.07 | → |
| Production number: 10007 First aired: 18 November 2008 | ||
| 209th of 502 produced in SVU | ||
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| Written By Mick Betancourt Directed By Peter Leto | ||
Stabler goes undercover to break up an animal-smuggling ring, and he gets help from a group insider, hip-hop artist Gots Money. However, this assignment leads to complication in Stabler's marriage and nearly costs him his life.
Plot
Stabler works undercover investigating a violent animal smuggling ring believed to be connected to a young woman's murder.
The show starts with people hovering around Stabler who has been shot. It later shows doctors carrying him to a hospital bed. Then finally Detective Benson looking at her partner.
It shows "One Week Earlier" and has Benson and Stabler responding to a crime scene where a young woman was found mutilated. They are shocked to learn that the killer licked her. And that they bit into her neck! Stabler then pulls out a dead exotic bird out of the woman's purse.
Cast
Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Sergeant John Munch
- 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 M.E. Melinda Warner
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast
- Isabel Gillies as Kathy Stabler
- Deep Katdare as Dr. Parnell
Guest cast
- Andrew Divoff as Andre Bushido
- Reg E. Cathey as Victor Tybor
- Vanessa Aspillaga as Agent Brianna Kalke
- Carlos Leon as Oscar Assadorian
- Caitlin FitzGerald as Anna Bleers
- Big Boi as Gots Money (as Antwan Andre Patton)
- John Bianco as Michael Solano
- Amelia Champion as Regina
- Anthony Spina as Carmanuce Cascone
- Eric Morace as ESU Lieutenant
- David Shih as Paramedic
- Obie Sims as Male Driver
- Chris Northrop as Emo
- Joseph Tudisco as Animal Control Agent
- Les J.N. Mau as Kuan
- Brooke Baker as Lianna
- Capital Jay as Gots Boy #1
- Patrick Byas as Gots Boy #2
- Daryl Williams as Gots Boy #3
- Pablo Gonzalez as Gots Boy #4
- Sean Simms as Gots Boy #5
References
Quotes
| “ | 'The perp whack the parakeet too? | ” |
–Warner after find a dead bird in the victim's purse | ||
| “ | That girl done seen more nuts than a can of planters. | ” |
–Gots Money, on Natalie Bleers | ||
- Elliot Stabler: So what happened to the tiger?
- Andre Bushido: Tasty bugger, isn't he?
- Elliot Stabler: ...Ah. Never enjoyed tiger meat before.
- Olivia Benson: Mmm. Are you ready for me, Daddy? Ooh. Didn't realize this was a party. That'll be $100 to watch, $250 to join in...
- Victor Tybor: I'll say this, Mike - you've got good taste.
| “ | Told you he wouldn't take a day off. You owe me 50 bucks. | ” |
–Odafin Tutola | ||
Background information and notes
- The gibbon rescued by the SVU appears to be a Lar Gibbon. The name given to it in the show is the white crested highland gibbon although there is no such species. The gibbon is also clearly too large to have been contained within a basketball.
Donald Cragen and gibbon
- Stabler's wound to his chest is said to be a "through and through" which would indicate that there would be an exit wound on his back, but when we see him holding the baby in the last scene, there is clearly no wound or bandage on his back.
Episode scene cards
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Supple Nightclub |
On The Noise |
Residence of |
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Bifero Stock and Feed |
Kuan Tool |
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