Lindstrom, because of fears of seeing Tucker at his retirement party, and at least she acknowledges the incongruity of it, considering the more horrific things Benson has experienced. The writing was exceptional, with the story by Peter Blauner and Warren Leight, teleplay by Peter Blauner.īenson visits her psychiatrist, Dr. It was a rare multi-tissue tear-jerker for Law & Order SVU, coupled with relaying a very serious message about suicides in law enforcement. In “The Longest Night of Rain”, Benson fears seeing him for the first time since she broke it off, but before the episode ends, she is forced to deal with the fact that Tucker has terminal cancer, and he later takes his own life and disappears from her life forever. It was an odd match which strangely worked, that is, until Benson broke it off (in Law & Order SVU “Chasing Theo) I believe). (Much appreciation to Robert John Burke for his layered portrayal of Tucker over the years.) His career in IAB, with his near-obsession with nailing the SVU, morphed into near-marriage with Olivia Benson. Wong) talks to Callahan and believes that's not the case.Farewell and rest in peace to Ed Tucker, the guy that, for many years, Law & Order SVU fans loved to hate. The detectives wonder if it isn't post-traumatic stress disorder, but Huang (B.D. There's a connection - both Meyers and Callahan had been in the Army Reserve unit and served in Afghanistan. He barely survives, and his 10-year-old son watched the whole tragedy unfold. Shortly thereafter, another cop, Wes Meyers (Brian Hutchison), kills his wife and tries to kill himself by putting a gun to his head.
He denies ever hurting his wife, but while still in the squad room, he attacks his captain, and they cuff him and send him to psych services. They question Jamie and she doesn't trust that they'll believe her, so they talk to her husband, Tommy (R.E. They don't get very far because Jenny says she didn't sell the pills she lost them.īenson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are called into Cragen's (Dann Florek) office, where a lieutenant from the Internal Affairs Bureau informs them a uniformed cop's wife, Jamie Callahan (Amy Landecker), claims her husband raped and abused her. They are not sure if Jenny is innocent, or a schemer and they bring her in along with Carol, and Jenny's son Kevin (Matt Schulze). Jake claims Jenny sold him the pills, and the cops find another vial of Jenny's pills in Sam's car. Jenny picks Jake out of a line up, but they want to know who Jake's accomplice was since that's who threw the baby out of the car window. The cops question Jenny, who appears to be senile, and her daughter-in-law Carol (Christine Elise) who is supposedly watching over her. The detectives find Oxycodone in his apartment, and a Medicare prescription for Jenny Rogers (Melinda Dillon). She finally agrees and gives up her dealer, Jake Lumet (Brian Gant).
Sam is clearly a drug addict and initially refuses to cooperate. At the hospital, Sam tries to escape but is busted by the hospital because she is nursing, and they find drugs in the baby's system. The baby is tossed out the window and miraculously survives. Sam Beavan (Lauren Hodges) is beaten outside a club, and her car is stolen - she is horrified because her baby is in the car. Nina however, agrees to help, but she is mysteriously "kidnapped." It is against her religion to lose your virginity before marriage, and even though she was raped, her brother and her community will blame her. One of these victims, Nina Zergin (Anya Midgal), is hesitant to help because she is deathly afraid of her brother, Milan (Stelio Savante). Meanwhile, a neighborhood activist, Mildred Quintana (Rita Moreno), is appalled that the rapist is apparently a repeat offender, targeting defenseless immigrant women.
The detectives talk to matriarch Eleanor Duvall (Angela Lansbury), who leads them to her son, Gabriel (Alfred Molina). Prints from the money lead them to hotshot lawyer Jason Whitaker (Bradley Cooper), and they discover that he was trustee of the Duvall family estate. The only lead Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have is the brand new dollar bills that came straight from the bank. The victim is Marguerite Beauclair, an attendant for the bathroom at a fancy nightclub nearby. The body of a woman who was raped is found near a nightclub, and five thousand dollars in hundred dollar bills have been stuffed into her mouth.