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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 11 Episode 22

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AIRED: 5/5/10

A rape victim's disappearance is connected to an illegal adoption operation, which forces Stabler and Benson to pose as a married couple so they can expose the truth.

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7.5

By MissAuthoress, Dec 15, 2011

After several poor episodes, I must say this episode was not as bad as the others. However, my favorite part had to be the end, when the operation and how it is run is revealed. Now let me start at the beginning.

This episode had a huge twist, starting out with a rape of a foreign woman and leading to a baby trafficking ring. It starts with a rape, but soon the detectives find that there is more than meets the eye. Then, in SVU manner, the case shifts from a rape (that was solved) to a murder that opens the can of worms that was this baby trafficking ring. The ring included a former Bulgarian police officer turned mobster, a gynecologist and a woman that would falsify documents and whose murder was the real center of the story.

I have to say, I didn't hate this episode. The only thing that bothered me was the whole false trial thing. That is just a mockery of the justice system and really was not convincing. And of course, Sharon Stone's acting and one-liners were absolutely abysmal.

Like I said, the best part for me was actually hearing how this ring went down and how everything worked so orderly. It was really quite amazing how it went down and how the mobster would hide bodies and such. That part was great.

I'm not an E/O shipper but the part where they pretend to be married fell flat on its face. All in all, this was not a bad episode.moreless
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interesting episode

8.0

By TheBlueRipper, May 18, 2011

Ace saw the SVU squad getting tangled up with some folks involved in some rather fraudulent activities, including a high ranking member of some mafia crew based in eastern Europe. As with most L&O episodes that feature the mob as an enemy, things get dicey quick, the case looks completely lost, and there also seems to be a very real threat hanging over the detectives' heads. But you know, everything gets sorted out by the end.

My one complaint was with the whole fake trial idea. Yeah, Petrov may have been a scumbag who deserved jail in the worst way, but staging a trial pisses all over his right to due process. Just an unnecessary stunt there by the writers.

I won't hammer on the whole thing where Stabler/Benson pretended to be married. Yeah, it reeked of the show teasing us with more E/O garbage, but at least it was a legit undercover operation they were running.moreless
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there is So much hype about the previews, which are obviously just meant to attract new viewers, because apparently the few million of us who actually have watched the show since the beginning mean nothing.moreless

7.0

By chloexsvufan, Jul 05, 2010

There is no way I can possibly stick up for this show anymore! It's just beyond ridiculously bad writing, direction, PROMOS, and those stupid guest stars. I don't care about guest stars, the episodes were much better before there was a new one every 2 episodes. Go back to how it was in season 7!

I guess this was one of the less awful episodes this season. It was alright acting, and an alright story-line. It was relatively believable and somewhat interesting. It's just average. I hate this new 'look' of the show, with the way it's filmed and stuff. And there is SO much hype, about the previews, which are obviously just meant to attract new viewers because apparently the few million of us who actually have watched the show since the beginning mean nothing. I'm getting fed up. OH, and all the talk of Liv and El posing as a married couple ... did we not all expect to be let-down, like always? It was fine, and a poor attempt to keep EO shippers clinging on to the hope of some decent writing -- which didn't happen.moreless
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I'm with a different point of view since my first review for this episode

7.6

By edsappless, Jun 16, 2010

I recall seeing another episode with the same storyline than this one, from season 3, also involving child trafficking. But I thought it was nice that they dealt with this important issue one more time.

It is very sad that child trafficking even exists, and sometimes I wonder how human beings can do this to others, just for making money. The episode had a interesting storyline...oh, and also the end, it had a nice twist when we discovered that Sophia was actually alive and kept her baby. The episode had a nice and happy ending... I was only angry with Jo's lie.

I wasn't expecting a good episode after last week's ones, but this one was okay. I am surprised that I liked it, although the disappointments with the whole E/O married couple scene. What they are thinking of? If there isn't gonna happen anything, why they say it will? I'm sick of this.

And I can't stand Sharon Stone anymore. Hope her character dies on the season finale!! (or at least she don't come back anymore...)moreless
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For all its hype, this episode was a letdown.

6.5

By madeleine68, Jun 15, 2010

First of all, don't misunderstand me. This was not a bad episode by any stretch of the imagination. But with all the hype about Elliot and Olivia posing as a married couple, it wasn't that big of deal. Everyone thought it would be "an E/O shipper's dream." Well, it wasn't. That part barely lasted five minutes.

The episode was good, the plotline was interesting, and the acting was well-done. But with season eleven, the show is slowly but surely deteriorating. I saw this episode as a last-ditch attempt to keep viewers hooked, by teasing their E/O shippiness. They failed in that regard.moreless
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Christopher Meloni	Det. Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay	Det. Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	Det. John Munch
Ice-T	Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
BD Wong	Dr. George Huang
Tamara Tunie	Dr. Melinda Warner

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Renee Flemings	Benny	Guest Star
Carlton Byrd	Zak	Guest Star
Jessica Lindsey	Tina Meyer (Pregnant Woman)	Guest Star
Caren Browning	CSU Captain Judith Siper	Recurring Role
Peter Hermann	Trevor Langan	Recurring Role
Stephen Gregory	Dr. Kyle Beresford	Recurring Role

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- Original International Air Dates:
  
  Canada – May 4, 2010 on CTV
  
  Czech Republic – May 29, 2012 on TV Nova
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