"Wrath" | ||
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← | SVU, Episode 3.02 | → |
Production number: E2314 First aired: 5 October 2001 | ||
Written By Judy McCreary Directed By Jean de Segonzac |
Plot
After three murder victims are connected to Benson's past cases, it's believed that the killer is seeking revenge on the detective.
Cast
Main cast
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Stephanie March as A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Recurring cast
Guest cast
- John Doman as Special Agent Rod Franklin
- Lee Shepherd as Mr. Platt
- Richard Joseph Paul as Adam Cordell
- Ebony Jo-Ann as Mrs. Harding
- Daryl Edwards as Group Home Leader
- Divina Cook as Mrs. Barrantes
- Ben Gazzara as E.A.D.A.
- Justin Kirk as Eric Plummer
- Orlagh Cassidy as Valerie Plummer
- Melissa Maxwell as Bank Manager
- L. Trey Wilson as Bruce Derricks
- Patrick Husted as Warehouse Landlord
- Larry Block as Lonnie
- Hassan Johnson as Junior
- Jernard Burks as Russell Williams
- Denise Bessette as Janice
- John Bianco as Victor Klaussen
- Larry Mitchell as Book Seller
- Stephen Paul Johnson as Dr. Lawrence
- Brent Meyer as Michael Washington
- Ed Bogdanowicz as ESU Officer
- Rob Leo Roy as Dr. Talbot
- Irene Mazeski as Shirley
- Michael McCauley as FBI Agent #2
- Dave Trovato as FBI Agent #1
References
- Carmella Barrantes (victim, previously rape victim)
- Peter Cordell (victim, father of rape victim)
- Tina Cordell (rape and murder victim of Klaussen)
- Clayton Derricks (victim, previously abuse victim)
- Starling Car Service
Quotes
- Benson: We've gotten warrants based on less, why are you stonewalling?
- Cabot: This is different and you know it. Once a judge hears the suspect's history, he's gonna bend over backwards for the guy.
- Benson: I saw him, Alex. Plummer is stalking me.
- Cabot: How did he know where you were when he was in the interview room being questioned?
- Benson: He must've overheard.
- Cabot: Okay, how many businesses are in the area near Chauncey's?
- Benson: I don't know, several. Why? Where are you going with this?
- Cabot: Any decent defense attorney is going to say that Mr. Plummer was in the area running errands, that it was just a coincidence.
- Benson: He has killed four people and we're doing nothing.
- Cabot: How many drinks did you have? Olivia, the system made a mistake before, now everything we do is under a microscope.
- Benson: I wasn't drunk.
- Stabler: I didn't tell you about the detail because I knew you'd refuse.
- Benson: Only the rat-squad puts cops on other cops, Elliot, without telling them. I deserve better than that. Especially from you.
- Stabler: You've been under a lot of stress lately...
- Benson: I've always backed your play.
- Stabler: And I did what I had to do. The guy's murdered four people, what's to stop him from coming after you, Olivia?
- Benson: If you can't trust your partner, Elliot, it's time to get a new one.
- Benson: I'm fine.
- Stabler: I'm not. Some low-life's out to get you.
- Benson: If he wanted to take me out, he would've tried it already.
- Stabler: What about some dinner?
- Benson: When was the last time your kids saw your ugly mug?
- Stabler: Come on, I'll set an extra plate.
- Benson: Nah, see you tomorrow.
“ | We blame all kinds of people for creating monsters. Why not ourselves? | ” |
–Olivia Benson |
- Benson: You worried about something?
- Cragen: Your safety.
- Eric Plummer: I was innocent.
- Olivia Benson: Yes, you were, but then you killed four innocent people.
- Eric Plummer: Three innocent people, and one child abuser. I thought cops cared about the facts.
- Munch: The victims were pumped full of potassium chloride. Death was painless.
- Tutuola: Like that makes a difference.
“ | It wasn't your name stenciled on that door, so whose ass are you really covering? | ” |
–Olivia Benson |
- Stabler: Let's go.
- Benson: I can't, got to give my statement.
- Stabler: I'll take it.
- Benson: You, leave me alone.
Background information and notes
- This is the second episode in which Detective Olivia Benson has a stalker. Her first stalker was Richard White in the first season episode "Stalked". This is also the second time that she is forced to shoot a suspect, and the last fatal officer-involved shooting she is directly involved in until 2017.
- This is actor Ned Eisenberg's first appearance as Defense Attorney Roger Kressler. He played several other Defense Attorneys throughout the Law & Order franchise.
- Huang tells Olivia that he had a "close call" in which a prisoner nearly killed him before being stopped by the guards. A very similar incident occurs to him (again) when he and Stabler interview Death Row inmate Matthew Brodus in "Execution."
Episode scene cards
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Home of Adam Cordell |
Mrs. Harding's |
Barrantes Residence |
West 125th Street |
Heaven Scent Flowers |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Lonnie's Bail Bonds |
Baseline Labs |
Office of Executive Assistant |
Home of Eric Plummer |
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