In Psycho/Therapist, Barba faces Lewis in court when the latter acts as his own lawyer and accuses Benson of assaulting him. Rudnick is first seen testifying at A.J. Benson convinces Porter to help her search for the girl even though Porter was aggravated with Benson and her obsession on finding the girl. Benson reassures Rollins and tells her that she trusts her partner.[25]. [65], Porter returns later in the season 8 episode "Florida" after Benson gives Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) money, who she had just discovered was her half-brother. Most of her work involved helping and protecting prostitutes, and so she came into contact with SVU detectives Stabler and Benson. One exception occurs in the episode "Burned", in which he compares a teenage suspect to his own son and admits that he enjoys rollerblading and Nintendo. Initially, she is only seen at headquarters, doing research and showing up in court for various cases to represent the department. Murphy is a by-the-book CO, often checking behind the detectives' backs that they are apprehending suspects correctly, and he often uses his undercover expertise to lead the direction of investigations. Kathy is pinned and unconscious when Benson wakes up and calls for help. She replaces Mikka Von (Paula Patton), who had been fired after only one case with the SVU team. When the suspect is brutally beaten in the SVU holding cell by an officer, West assures the judge that violence against the defendant will not occur again. Giddish was pregnant in real life and gave birth to a boy in October 2015. He is based on accused murderer Robert Durst. He later shoots and kills a fellow police officer, who was suspected of raping two illegal immigrant girls ten years ago, killing one. In the season 20 premiere "Man Up", it is revealed that Stone blames himself for her death, and has been drinking heavily and having anonymous sex to numb the guilt. When Cassidy's lawyer questions him, he is forced to reveal that he had a romantic relationship with the sister of a drug lord he was investigating undercover. Carisi takes the stand in Ethan's trial and admits what Mia told him. As a recurring character in the first six seasons of the show, she became a main character in Season 7. At his second arraignment, Rudnick surprises everyone, including Rita, by hiring another attorney, John Buchanan, and pleads not guilty to Susie's murder. He was one of SVU's biggest allies until his death in the season 10 finale. Sonya Paxton was SVU's Executive ADA who temporarily replaced Alexandra Cabot for four episodes in season 11, starting with the season premiere, "Unstable". He then panicked, chopped up the body, and fled. Morally, Murphy has shown himself to be flexible. Monique Jeffries was a police detective with Manhattan's Special Victims Unit and was one of the initial detectives in the SVU squad. He feigns shock as they reveal the body's identity as Lena. He was also a cross-dressing serial killer (later spree killer) and rapist. Benson and Ellis have become close, which creates conflict in the episode "Justice Denied", as Ellis defends a man who Benson coerced a confession out of eight years earlier. Adding to the mystique of the character is actor Tamara Tunie herself, who revealed the spooky similarity she has to Dr. Warner. Shortly after this, she is physically and emotionally shaken when a van explodes while she is pursuing a fleeing suspect. Description. In season 17, he names his son, Mike (Andy Karl), Manhattan SVU's new sergeant, and is devastated by his death in a domestic violence dispute between a corrupt corrections officer (Brad Garrett) and his wife. She is last seen doing a press conference with Cragen, Benson, and Stabler on the steps of the courthouse while the doctor's attorney hands the SVU squad a lawsuit for failure to take action against Keppler immediately. Esparza was added to the opening credits in season 15, making Barba the squad's fourth full-time ADA. Detective Grace Muncy is a detective assigned to SVU by Captain Olivia Benson and Captain Mike Duarte. Brooks plays Sheila Porter, the biological grandmother of Noah Porter-Benson, Benson's adopted son. Barba offers to spare James' office further embarrassment as long as the investigator is convicted for the murder in Suffolk County. Unlike his predecessor, Dr. Elizabeth Olivet, little has been revealed about Skoda's personal life. He goes away to prison but before the trial ends, he bribes a juror to use drugged baked goods for them to make him sick and have a way to make a jailbreak. Her role in the escape leads to mishaps in the justice system being termed "doing a Donnelly" for many years to follow. She is best known for playing the role of medical examiner Elizabeth Rodgers on four Law & Order series (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury). In his reappearance, it is revealed that he has not been active in Jessie's life and laments this. When cross-examined, Rita Calhoun mentions how Rudnick never examined Paula and that he is merely speculating. A medical examiner is a doctor, but a coroner is just some dude. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and the team are working a familiar suspect as "Law & Order: SVU" opens its 17th season. Leslie Hendrix was born on 5 June 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA. (SVU: "Blast") In 2000, having reached the rank of Medical Examiner, she was . Resigned to her fate, she cooperates, repeatedly saying, "I understand," as tears continue rolling down her cheeks. She was primarily partnered with Elliot Stabler, until he retired after season 12. Agent Lewis specializes in undercover work, often working under assumed identities for weeks or even months at a time. But the revelation that the fugitive had been pregnant at the time of her crime leads Donnelly to what, for her, is an act of leniency. Benson believes Marlowe only took the job as SVU's ADA so that she could work with Stabler again. The last thing Lewis tells Benson is that his death will be the last thing she will see before she dies. He also keeps a tight rein on his emotions, refusing to talk about his problems or to admit that the grisly nature of his work often affects him. Copyright 2023 Distractify. As Benson tries to help a pop star in a volatile relationship, Rollins struggles with taking the stress of work home with her. Stabler questions Sirenko's bodyguard, but he is not talking. 5.0 / 5.0. Beginning in season 13, Tutuola's primary partner is Detective Rollins. She talks Benson through life-saving techniques before the woman lets her go to get real medical attention. Shaw finds the bomb, but Dixon won't let him defuse it. As Benson tries to help her, Paxton says "It's okay, I got him," and she dies in Benson's arms. Rudnick tries to divert the topic of the conversation away from it, but Yates presses on about it. Stabler also gets things heated up with the Deputy Mayor after he talks about his CI. Gerard shoots Dr. Warner and Benson and Marlowe must take action to save her life. Benson breaks free of her restraints and beats him within an inch of his life. While his plan is successful, however, he realizes that he let his emotions get the better of his legal ethics, and that he has to resign to make sure it doesn't happen again. In his first case, he prosecutes a rape similar to one portrayed in the best selling erotic novel Twenty-Five Acts, supposedly written by the victim, Jocelyn Paley (Anna Chlumsky). When they stop at a diner, he gives a speech about how death is the ultimate closure and then criticizes Rollins and Sonny's choice of food based on the cholesterol amount. Elizabeth Donnelly was SVU's Bureau Chief Assistant District Attorney from seasons 3 to 6. Carisi, an Italian-American (his great-grandfather emigrated into the United States from Turin), is an inexperienced detective who transfers to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit as Detective Nick Amaro's (Danny Pino) temporary replacement when Amaro is reassigned to Queens. This news left Ken stunned that Darius is also his uncle. But when she finally takes the stand, she tells Barba that Bryant was not at the scene and instead says Barba and Benson put those words in her mouth. After returning to New York City in the episode "Official Story", she heads back overseas on a new assignment. They get her to admit they had a several-month-long romantic relationship, which subsequently got Lewis pregnant. Skoda also has differences in philosophy with Captain Donald Cragen, with whom he argued passionately on cases. West is called again and pushes Benson and Stabler to find the victim's murderer. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual assault, and child molestation, as well as any crime loosely connected with any of the three, such as domestic violence, kidnapping, and child . It is revealed that Novak was censured for three years and subsequently re-hired by the DA's office. Benson asks Ellis to give her some time to find the real rapist, which she does, or she will tell the District Attorney about her relationship with EADA Haden. She says that when she came to, the girl was dead. A dogged prosecutor, she pushed the detectives to make cases for the sake of politics in favor of pursuing actual offenders. Greylek also seeks justice when a man is brutally beaten outside a strip club with the man's ex-wife and 13-year-old transgender daughter as the prime suspect. February 19, 2023 01:36 PM. They begin to argue in front of the squad, until Cragen tells Amaro, "not here", and they go into the bunk room. ", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Annabella Sciorra to Reprise Role for NBC's SVU", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_characters&oldid=1141607986, Episodes: "And the Empire Strikes Back" present, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 22:31. Richard Belzer, Stand-Up Comic and 'Law & Order: SVU' Star, Dies at 78. Porter is trying not to be subpoenaed by the defense to avoid having to give dirt on Detective Benson. While Benson tries to help the gang member who attacked her, Duarte reveals a shocking piece of evidence in the case. After Vice Officer Rachel Wilson blames Tucker for ignoring her rape at the hands of Internal Affairs Officer Gary Wald before her suicide, Tucker records a confession from Wald to make things right. Gregory Yates and Carl Rudnick decided to make a break for . In the episode, "Undercover Blue", Cassidy is accused of rape by a prostitute while he was undercover almost four years prior. "My father was extremely dedicated to the community," she added. Hargitay has received both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Benson. When Lena's body is found, Rudnick personally autopsies her too, and concludes she was attacked by someone with medical training. Susie then calls Rudnick to try and blackmail him with a photo of him impersonating Lena to get Greg out of prison, and he goes to her house. Dani had a husband, a cop named Mike Dooley, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. The escape plan was learned by Rudnick's cellmateJose Silva, but Rudnick forced him to stay silent about it, promising to take him along if he cooperated. The difference between and M.E. She was last seen as the lead prosecutor in "Valentine's Day", in which she goes up against Defense Attorney Marvin Exley (Ron Rifkin), who is defending a woman who seems to have fabricated her own abduction. It was confirmed on April 18, 2008, that Beach would not be returning to the series to reprise the role in the subsequent season.[10]. Devil's Dissections. At the start of the series, he is married with four children. As a result, he resigned so he wouldn't be fired. Alive West first appears in the second episode, where she is the prosecutor on a case where a pedophile is kidnapping and raping young girls. Before he is taken away, both of his attorneys file a motion to separate the charges and Rudnick is taken away. In "Hunting Ground", Haden and Benson's relationship becomes romantic as they work together to catch a serial killer; they are shown on a date and later sleeping together. Shes had a recurring role the police drama Blue Bloods and Better Call Saul the spinoff show of Breaking Bad. He then returned to the U.S. using his own passport after the deed was done. She also tells them that she started drinking in part because she felt responsible for the killer having never been caught. Marlowe is able to convict the leader by using his delivery doctor's testimony, which he delivered in the judge's chambers for protection. [57] In the season 9 episode "Blinded", Moredock and Novak work on a case together in which a violent, schizophrenic artist kidnaps and rapes two girls. He later breaks into Detective Benson's apartment and tortures her before later abducting her and bringing her to at an isolated location, killing a traffic cop and his own defense attorney's parents on the way. After their rocky start, Amaro and Benson begin to have a mutual respect for each other and work well together. While at the hospital, Munch tells Tutuola that the man is Ken's fianc, which makes Tutuola determined to find the attackers. The two make their way to Gloversville, New York, where they hide out in a house abandoned for the winter. Her dedication sometimes wreaks havoc on her emotional state as she empathizes with victims of sexual assault, having been the child of rape and later the victim of sexual assault while undercover in season 9. The real-life case and the episode see a young boy find a gun at a relative's house. [1] She is later seen back on the job; when Stabler and Benson question her ruling a death as a homicide, she says, "I was shot in the lung, not the head. Haden and the SVU detectives are threatened by the CEO (John Doman), but Haden dismisses the threat, telling Benson, "This is what I live for." Stabler and Benson show up at the crime scene and Stabler is shocked to see his old partner and more surprised to know she now works for the DA's office. Porter tried to take over the investigation several times, going so far as having the Special Victims Unit's telephones tapped to keep tabs on the case. We though the landmark Season 21 of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit would be wild, but it's proving to be even crazier than we could have predicted. She also played Judge Hannah Lampert on the soap opera All My Children.In the third season of Gotham she plays Kathryn Monroe, the mysterious . He was an alcoholic for much of his early career, but goes sober after pulling his service revolver on a taxi driver in a drunken rage. Dr. Huang was last seen in a main role during the season 12 episode "Bombshell" in which he helps Benson and Stabler get information out of a homeless man. [47] He is nonetheless a talented detective with a knack for interrogations, getting suspects to talk by playing "good cop". When she asked what was going on, Detective Tutuola discreetly warned Warner to be careful of Rudnick as Benson couldn't tell Warner much due to the open investigation. The guy works for a hotel where they find out is the actual location of the bomb. When Amaro and Rollins go to speak to Ganzel, Cassidy confronts Amaro and punches him in the face. A former Marine and a dedicated detective, he has a 97 percent closure rate,[1] but his dedication can turn to obsession and cause him to take cases personally. In the season 10 episode "Persona", Donnelly takes a leave of absence from her role as a judge and resumes her previous role as an Executive ADA to prosecute a cold case she was involved with in 1974, when a battered woman (Brenda Blethyn) murdered her husband. Tucker was originally introduced as a sergeant, but was later promoted to lieutenant. Executive ADA Michael Cutter from seasons 18-20 of Law & Order has been promoted to Bureau Chief ADA of the Special Victims unit, where he is supervising ADAs Alexandra Cabot and Casey Novak. Her father Ben Nicholson (Aidan Quinn) is being eyed by the FBI for extortion and other federal crimes and Porter is upset with SVU for running interference with the FBI's case against Nicholson. Law & Order: SVU's Tamara Tunie Was Around Death A Lot Prior To Playing A Medical Examiner On The Show. ADA Alexandra Cabot first appears in the season 2 premiere episode "Wrong Is Right", when she is assigned by the DA and Police Commissioner to work with SVU as their permanent ADA. In the 13th-season finale episode, "Rhodium Nights", Defense Attorney Marvin Exley (Ron Rifkin) tells Benson that Haden may not be the person he claims to be, hinting that Haden is corrupt. Family The judge eventually grants the motion, feeling that trying all the charges together would be more prejudicial than probational, and Barba goes for Susie's trial first. Detective Katriona "Kat" Tamin is introduced in the Season 21 premiere "I'm Going to Make You a Star". Crime Scene Technician Ryan O'Halloran came in frequent contact with the SVU detectives when they investigated crime scenes of their victims. Benson is tasked with helping EMS stabilize her as they cannot get into the car. In the season 11 finale "Shattered", she is held hostage in her own morgue with Detective Benson and ADA Marlowe and is shot by the woman holding them hostage. Later in the episode "Deadly Ambition", Kim returns to New York beaten by her ex-boyfriend Jeff and claiming to be pregnant. When is Ken Bruce's last show? Law & Order: SVU - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. Paxton works in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under the authority of Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston; Law & Order), as an Executive Assistant District Attorney. A former homicide detective, he is often hard on Benson and her squad, most notably during their early interactions, but ultimately respects the work that they do and frequently backs them up to the NYPD brass. Barba arrive, Rudnick informs them the body was broken, cut, and tied with an electrical cord to fit in a briefcase. This makes him a constant hindrance for the ADAs who are trying to prosecute the offenders. Her character as Rodgers was a smart yet somewhat mean examiner who allowed detectives to "do their own examinations" and guess wisely based on the . 23 Sep. 2015. He eventually became homeless, and was found dead as a "John Doe" in the spring of 2007. Doctor Cabot's last episode of season 13 was "Learning Curve" in which she is aiding in the investigation of a school molestation scandal. In the following episode, "Father's Shadow", Haden offers to take Benson to dinner, but she respectfully declines, saying she is still on duty and joking there would be a possible conflict of interest. As seen in "Heartfelt Passages", Dep. Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden joins the show in the season 13, "Official Story", with a four-episode arc. Rudnick then strikes up a friendly conversation with Sonny, warning him to stay away from bacon due to its recently discovered issues towards health before Sonny leaves. She gives birth to another girl, Billie Mabel, but declines Dr. Pollack's marriage proposal because she doesn't love him. Finding desk duty intolerable, she cleans out her desk and leaves her gun and badge on the desk of Captain Cragen. Dr. George Huang is one of the most unique recurring characters in the Law and Order franchise. He is an FBI agent, [clarification needed] who is originally loaned to Manhattan SVU, and later becomes their resident forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler. When ADA Sonya Paxton shows up to court drunk, he orders her to get alcoholism treatment. When the officers pull the woman off her, Greylek tells Stabler to charge her with assault. Although she quickly loses her innocence when dealing with sex crimes, she still shows uneasiness when dealing with the gray areas of human involvement, preferring the letter of the law to the messiness of each individual reality. He goes to the woman's house to confront her, but is denied by her boyfriend. ADA Peter Stone (Philip Winchester) gets Ethan to confess to the rape, for which he is sentenced to seven years in prison. Burton Lowe ( Elementary 's Aidan Quinn, who will always be Benny & Joon 's Aidan Quinn to me) is the writer in question, and Olivia is taken aback when he walks into her office and tells her . Dodds is currently the first major character in any Law & Order series to portray an NYPD officer holding the rank of deputy chief. Leslie Hendrix is an American actress. Rudnick later called Yates to help treat the wounds he sustained during the attack, and Yates gave him tips on how to kill his next victim: by keeping her alive for as long as possible and to fracture her skull to incapacitate her. He is about to attempt to rape Benson again, but when Benson refuses to show him fear, he decides to force her to play a game of Russian roulette with him. Peter visits her every week after their father's death. Lewis represents himself and maneuvers to force Benson to take the stand and tell everyone what he did to her and what she did to him; crippling him in one leg, damaging numerous internal organs, and even deafening him in one ear. In 2002, he dated a Swiss exchange student named Lena Grunwald, and eventually got engaged to her, but she ultimately broke up with him. She was a doctor in the United States Air Force, and served two tours of duty during the Gulf War before she began work as a medical examiner. Moredock orders Benson to come with a breathalyzer, which reveals her blood alcohol level is .082, resulting in a mistrial. When Sergeant Benson and A.D.A. As it turns out, Tamara Tunie spent a significant amount of time around dead bodies, just like her fictional counterpart. Dr. Rebecca Hendrix is a former police officer who was at the police academy with Detective Benson. A home invasion and kidnapping lead the SVU to a shocking discovery; Muncy tries to fit in with the squad. Ellis is next seen in the season 16 episode, "Perverted Justice", when he comes to Benson and SVU asking them to reinvestigate a case he is working for Project Innocence. It is revealed that in her final year of law school, Novak was engaged to a man, Charlie, who suffered from schizophrenia. She is opposed by Law & Order: LA Deputy District Attorney Jonah Dekker (Terrence Howard) who is representing the defendant. In "Penetration", Hardwicke convicts a man who raped FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden) while she was undercover, on orders from Brian Ackerman (J. C. MacKenzie), the leader of a white supremacist group who is angry at Lewis for killing his son Kyle in the season 7 episode "Raw". Executive ADA David Haden, the prosecutor who is re-investigating the case and Benson's love interest, is confronted by Ellis about their relationship and threatens to expose them if they didn't do the right thing. . Afterwards, Yates attacks Rudnick and leaves him to die. The judge orders Rudnick to surrender his passport and orders a $2 million bail, which Rudnick personally pays. Olivia Benson. Judge Barry Moredock (John Cullum) asks if she needed medical help, but the defendant points out that she is drunk. Gillian "Gill" Hardwicke was SVU's primary ADA in season 12. He was secretly delivered tools by Freed, who he befriended. She discovers he is being investigated by police for stalking, but in the season 8 episode "Florida", it is revealed he is being set up by the police captain after Simon holds her hostage. Sergeant Mike Dodds is introduced in the season 17 episode, "Maternal Instincts", as the son of Deputy Chief William Dodds (Peter Gallagher), who transfers to the 16th Precinct to serve as Lieutenant Benson's second-in-command. Cabot tells the detectives that the Justice Department called Greylek back to Washington and DA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) let her leave immediately. At the close of this episode, he has a discussion with Detective Benson on the steps of the courthouse. (SVU: "Dependent"), She was shot by Sophie Gerard, a troubled and grieving mother, during a standoff inside the morgue. As a result, McGrath teams them up with the Bronx gang unit to track down a crucial lead. In the episode "Undercover Blue", Benson goes to Barba in an attempt to provide evidence that could potentially exonerate Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters) against a rape charge. The defense is working until Sonny finds the recording of him concluding out loud that he will need to kill Susie like he killed the others and presents it as evidence. Sonny approaches the boat with his gun drawn, urges Rudnick to surrender, and finds him bloodied but alive. Robin Williams. After Lake's departure in the season 9 finale, Munch begins working with Tutuola again, while occasionally acting as squad commander when Cragen was unavailable. She . (1990), Exiled (1998), nine episodes of Season One of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), 110 episodes from Seasons One to Ten of Law & Order: Criminal . Paxton tells the SVU squad that she has been working to find Harding's missing sister for decades, as it was her case. She ended the relationship when his symptoms became so severe she felt she could no longer be intimate with him. John Munch on 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' 'Law and Order . Working in the Appeals bureau, she was the first to get a Capital Conviction in New York when the then newly elected Governor George Pataki brought back the death penalty in 1995. Because of Benson's involvement with a "fugitive", she is suspended for some time, which is made known in the season 9 premiere "Alternate". Dr. George Huang. During "Send in the Clowns ", Ken and Alejandro visit Fin at his job for his birthday. Shortly after transferring to NYC, Rollins deals with a serial rapist case that had a familiar twist for her. John Munch was a detective, and later a sergeant in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Quante Donnell Wilder killed after shooting at Gatsby's Pub on Burke Street in Winston-Salem. Cragen sends him to interview a young girl who was repeatedly raped and brutalized, causing Cassidy to realize that he cannot emotionally handle the types of crimes that a SVU detective must deal with on a daily basis. She is a Brooklyn ADA who transfers to Manhattan SVU due to her great admiration for detectives Benson and Stabler. He is working undercover as security personnel for Bart Ganzel, the owner of an escort service. His job as a medical examiner caused him to develop a compulsion to talk to himself out loud. Rudnick mentions that being moved from the hospital against medical advice after having another heart attack didn't help his condition. The charges against Amanda are later dropped when Amaro tapes Kim confessing to setting Amanda up for a life insurance policy on Jeff. John . Rudnick then disguised himself as Lena and used her passport to travel to Switzerland to cover up her death. The characters of Elliot Stabler & Olivia Benson were named for creator Dick Wolf's children. In the Season 7 episode "Web", Morales takes a hands on approach in the investigation of an Internet pornography site. He was creepy and constantly . Rollins is revealed to be pregnant in the two-part season 17 opener when she is interviewing serial killer Dr. Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts). In the season 12 finale "Smoked", a rape victim is murdered days before her trial is set to start. It is part of the DNA of a long-running procedural to shift its ensemble after a few seasons, as it gives new energy to shows that have been on for quite a while. Duties always include . Rudnick came from a wealthy family and attended medical school at Duke University alongside serial killer and rapist Greg Yates, who was a friend of his. 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