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Abomination

Episode Number: 99    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Tuesday November 11, 2003    Prod Code: E4410
After the homosexual poster-boy for a sexual re-education group is found murdered, the detectives suspect an outspoken minister who was in the process of flooding the victim with hate mail and death threats. When the activist's alibi checks out, the detectives turn their attention to a professor who objects to the victim's thesis on the failure of sexual re-education groups.

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Writer: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Star: Dann Florek (Capt. Donald Cragen),  Richard Belzer (Det. John Munch),  Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson),  B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang (Episode 67-; recurring otherwise)),  Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler),  Ice-T (Det. Odafin Tutuola (Episode 24-; recurring otherwise)),  Diane Neal (A.D.A. Casey Novak (Episode 96-))
Recurring Role: Michael Boatman (Dave Seaver),  David Lipman (Judge Arthur Cohen),  Peter McRobbie (Judge Walter Bradley),  Elizabeth Flax (ER Nurse),  Rick Johnson (Court Clerk),  Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch),  Daniel Sunjata (CSU Tech Burt Trevor),  Caren Browning (Judith Siper)
Guest Star: Daphne Zuniga (Emma Dishell),  Andrea Cirie (Kelly Singer),  Alison Fraser (Dr. Elizabeth Cahill),  Stephanie Mnookin (Crossing Guard),  James T. Williams II (Marvin Bryson),  Kathleen Lancaster (Sandy Klein),  Alice Schaerer (Laura Klein),  Cecilia Vanti (Tate's Receptionist),  Craig Zucchero (Tony),  Tim Spanjer (Bartender),  Jeff Benson (Protester with Camera),  Don Stephenson (Derek Singer),  George Segal (Dr. Roger Tate),  Jonathan Tucker (Ian Tate),  James Otis (Rev. Mitchell Shaw),  Tim Bohn (Dr. Phil Sona),  Jeffrey Ware (Prof. Waldron),  James Abrams (First Grader)

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Officer Marvin Bryson: Must have shown him a real good time before she did the deed.
Det. Elliot Stabler: Marvin, right now's a real good opportunity to learn. An erection is often a side effect of asphyxiation.
Officer Marvin Bryson: (chuckling) Oh yeah? 'Cause I was gonna say the guy was scared stiff. (edit)
Elliot Stabler: I don't know, maybe some people choose to be gay and others choose to be straight.
Olivia Benson: Oh, so you chose to be heterosexual?
Elliot Stabler: Me? Noooo. (edit)
John Munch: No wonder he tried to hide it. 'You're not gay son, you're just crazy.' (edit)
John Munch: If an overbearing mother and a distant father cause homosexuality, how come I'm not gay?
Fin Tutuola: Maybe you're in denial.
John Munch: That'd explain a lot. (edit)
Don Cragen: What did you get from the people at Reed's funeral?
Fin Tutuola: Not much. After the fight broke out a bunch of people left before we got their names.
John Munch: Yeah, but we got their pictures. (holding camera)
Don Cragen: Where the hell is that from?
John Munch: One of Reverend Shaw's church members; he must have left it behind.
Casey Novak: I didn't hear that. (edit)

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This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the scandals surrounding Pastor Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, USA. (edit)
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7.0
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Abomination
"Average"
Law and Order Special Victims Unit!
Continue » Posted Mar 2, 2007 10:02 am PST
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Abomination
"Average"
After a supposed "reformed" homosexual turns up dead, the detectives go on a search for the killer.
Continue » Posted Aug 19, 2006 9:16 am PST
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Abomination
"Not my favorite storyline"
this one is over shown
Continue » Posted May 30, 2006 8:47 pm PST

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Abomination
"A very special episode"
A well needed installment in one of the most hard hitting and ground breaking shows on television right now. With homosexuality and gay rights as pertinent issues in the news today, an episode like this is essential to remind us of the devestating effects
Continue » Posted Jul 8, 2005 1:14 pm PST
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