“We are… old friends,” she says to the group. Her then-boyfriend Ian confessed to the killing and has been in jail ever since, but he recanted at his sentencing and has maintained his innocence ever since - going as far as to miss out on parole because he would not show remorse for a death he didn’t orchestrate.īurton 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 she hasn’t changed. The crime: the rape and strangulation of 15-year-old Haley West, who died on prom night. And at the behest of a true crime writer who’s looking into a SVU case from the 1990s, Amaro is hoping that Liv and her team will reopen the investigation. “We test DNA samples that used to be considered too small or too degraded,” he explains. After he hugs Liv, we find out why he’s there: He went back to grad school for genetics and forensic science, and now he works for a company called Forum that uses new tech to solve old cases. When Benson enters the interrogation room, she’s surprised to see Amaro there with Rollins.
“You went with short answers?” he says, well-versed in the history of the Benson ladies’ dynamic. At the precinct, Liv tells Fin about Noah’s questions. What a coincidence, kid: We’ve just watched a flashback to the show’s very first episode, in which Serena tells her daughter to get out of police work. “Did she like that you were a detective?” he wonders. Now, onto what happens in “The 500th Episode.”ĪMARO COMES KNOCKING | On the way to school, Noah asks Olivia about his grandmother, Serena. And if you’re only reading this to find out whether Chris Meloni’s Stabler has a presence in the episode, let us help you out: He does, but it’s limited to a flashback from the show’s early seasons. Cragen and medical examiner Melinda Warner. Other familiar faces from more recent years also show up during the ep, most notably Nick Amaro, Capt.
#LAW AND ORDER SVU SEASON 6 EPISODE 16 CAST SERIES#
This week’s Law & Order: SVU- which marks that huge milestone for the series - recognizes the accomplishment via an Olivia-centric hour featuring a man from the captain’s distant past.
Runtimes 45 minutes (483 episodes) 43 minutes (13 episodes) 41 minutes (5 episodes) 42 minutes (3 episodes) 40 minutes (1 episode).Such episodes take a real crime and fictionalize it by changing some details. The series often uses stories that are "ripped from the headlines" or based on real crimes. The unit also works with the Manhattan District Attorney's office as they prosecute cases and seek justice for victims. Its stories also touch on the political and societal issues associated with gender identity, sexual preferences, and equality rights.
They also investigate the abuses of children, the disabled and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them. Based out of the New York City Police Department's 16th precinct in Manhattan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) delves into the dark side of the NYC underworld as the detectives investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes including rape, pedophilia, and domestic violence.