TV Info
Episode Premiere
November 16, 2001Distributor
NBCGenre
DramaShow Period
1999 - nowProduction Company
NBC, Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV
Cast and Crew
Director
Juan J. CampanellaScreenwriter
Kathy Ebel, Michele Fazekas, Tara ButtersMain 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
- Billy Chang
- Wai Ching Ho
- Sharrieff Pugh
Synopsis
A young Asian woman is severely beaten and raped at a burglary site. Benson and Stabler initially suspect rival Asian gang members, who are in dispute over the victim's loyalty. The theory is disproved when another Asian victim is found, which leads to a serial rapist (played by Marcus Chong) whose father may have committed similar crimes in his own past. The trial focuses on the impact of genetic predisposition versus environmental upbringing on the nature of violence.
