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Prodigy

Episode Number: 56    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Friday January 18, 2002    Prod Code: E2326
When an animal rights activist is found decapitated in the park, Benson and Stabler must determine which of their two main suspects -- a sociopathic teenager and a recently paroled rapist -- is responsible for the murder.

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Writer: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon
Director: Steve Shill
Star: Dann Florek (Capt. Donald Cragen),  Richard Belzer (Det. John Munch),  Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson),  Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler),  Ice-T (Det. Odafin Tutuola (Episode 24-; recurring otherwise)),  Stephanie March (A.D.A Alexandra Cabot (Episodes 24-95, recurring otherwise))
Recurring Role: Mike Doyle (Asst. M.E. Karlan),  Joanna Merlin (Judge Lena Petrovsky),  Jill Marie Lawrence (Cleo Conrad),  B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang),  Fernando Lopez (Vargas),  Lou Carbonneau (Harry),  Daniel Sunjata (CSU Tech Burt Trevor)
Guest Star: Michael Pitt (Harry Baker),  Brian Sullivan (Joe Poletti),  Ira Hawkins (Humane Law Enforcement Supervisor),  Robert Clohessy (Vinnie),  Michele Pawk (Daisy Baker),  Antonio D. Charity (Albert),  Michael Goduti (Off. Dorsey),  Ellen Lancaster (Dr. Di Remegio),  Michael X. Martin (Ned Rubens),  Mariann Mayberry (Candy Forrester),  Danny Musico (New Jersey CSU),  Guthrie Nutter (Scotty Wells),  Lenore Pemberton (Edie Jenks),  Jacob Smith (Phillip Mahoe),  Shaheen Vaaz (Shaheen Puniwar),  Katie Walder (Corey Thorne),  Joan Wooters (Mrs. Boggs),  Todd Etelson (Foreperson)

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Quotes

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John Munch (looking at a board filled with thumbtacks representing chemical plants): Garden state my ass. I guess chemical capital of the world didn't have the same zing. (edit)
Olivia Benson (refering to Henry Baker's room): Tidy.
Elliot Stabler: Yeah.
Olivia Benson: Could use a bit of color.
Elliot Stabler (points to the wall): There.
Olivia Benson: Blood red wasn't what I had in mind. (edit)
Lawyer: Closest we came was a girl he had the hots for. She went in a deli, when she came out dog was gone.
Alex Cabot: Could be a coincidence.
Lawyer: The dog turned up the next day.
Alex Cabot: Dead?
Lawyer: Decapitated. (edit)
(After finding a missing hand, the technician asks Benson for help.)
Burt Trevor: You mind slipping this on? (holding thumb piece)
Olivia Benson: Why?
Burt Trevor: Thumbs need to be similar in size. (Benson looks at Stabler)
Elliot Stabler (grinning): Too manly.
(Although disgusted, Benson pulls on the offered glove, places the thumb piece and is printed.) (edit)
Vinnie: We had a conversation, is that illegal?
Olivia Benson: Depends what you talk about?
Vinnie: Bitches. (looks on Benson) (edit)

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In the scene when they found Harry's box of animal skulls, Cragen makes a comment about the knife. There is a cop in the background, just above Cragen's head, that very noticeably stumbles and almost falls down the hill. (edit)

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Harry Baker: And then there's the Son of Sam...

The Son of Sam was a notorious serial killer in the 1970's, known to friends and family as David Berkowitz. (edit)
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