Name: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Genre: Drama, Crime

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Episode 1.01 Payback

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Episode 1.01 Payback

Episode Premiere

September 20, 1999

Genre

Drama,Crime

Production Company

NBC, Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV

Official Site

http://www.nbc.com/law-order-special-victims-unit

Information

Episode Premiere

September 20, 1999

Genre

Drama,Crime

Period

1999 - Now

Production Co

NBC, Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV

Distributor

NBC

Official Site

http://www.nbc.com/law-order-special-victims-unit

Cast and Crew

Director

Jean de Segonzac

Screenwriter

Dick Wolf

Main Cast

Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson
Ice-T as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
Danny Pino as Detective Nick Amaro
Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins / Kara Bawson
Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
Steven Zirnkilton
B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
Tamara Tunie as Dr. Melinda Warner
Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak / Amelia Chase
Raul Esparza
Peter Scanavino
Brooke Shields

Additional Cast

Rebecca Creskoff
Angela Bullock
Mark Nelson
Jeremy Bergman

Synopsis

Benson and Stabler investigate the stabbing & genital-mutilation of a cab driver, only to learn that the victim had been an inmate at Rikers Island. Further investigation reveals that the dead man was a Serbian soldier called Stefan Tanzic who had been indicted on charges of ethnic cleansing. Herself a child of rape, Benson has trouble separating herself from the case after realizing that the victim was a rapist. Stabler tries to keep her from crossing the line in her attempts to protect suspects she feels were justified in their actions.