TV Info
Episode Premiere
April 27, 2001Distributor
NBCGenre
DramaShow Period
1999 - nowProduction Company
NBC, Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV
Cast and Crew
Director
David PlattScreenwriter
Martin WeissMain 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
Additional Cast
- Jillian Stacom
- Carol Schneider
- Manu Narayan
- Samuel Maupin
Synopsis
When the remains of a young woman are found buried in an apartment courtyard with a collar and leash, Detectives Benson and Stabler determine that the dead woman is Ava Parulis, a Romanian immigrant who was brought to the United States for an arranged marriage. They discover from Ava's estranged twin, Irina, that the dead woman had left her abusive husband, and made a habit of taking advantage of wealthy suitors.
