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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 7 Episode 20

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AIRED: 5/2/06

Stabler teams up with an new partner to investigate a sexual attack on Jessica DeLay, a sixteen-year-old girl who worked tobacco stings for the Department of Health and face an overweight young brother and sister who claim it was an act of vengeance for Jessica and her friend, Tommy Strahan, beating up their older brother Rudi for being fat. Stabler and Blaine arrest DeLay and Strahan, but when the two are released due to lack of admissable evidence, Rudi Bixton takes justice into his own hands.moreless

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'Fat' is one of my favorite episodes.

9.5

By SVU_Obsessed, Feb 27, 2011

In the episode 'Fat' a girl is brutally beaten and her finger is cut off. Turns out it was by a group of overweight kids who were tired of her always picking on them. But it was more than just her picking on them, one of her friends actually kicked the crap out of one of the overweight kids. I love this episode because Olivia comes back to the special victim's unit, but not before she's helps the team out while being in the 'computer crimes' department. The awkwardness between Elliot and Olivia is exciting, but what really shocked me was when one of the overweight kids actually shot the girl's friend (the one who kicked the crap out of him). But sadly he has worse things to deal with when he has to have some amputations because of gangreen. I didn't really like Blane on the ep that much, he just annoyed me. But I was so glad to see Benson back in action, her figuring out that the girl used to actually be an overweight girl herself was good. And her line at the end to Elliot was priceless, "I work here."moreless
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Bravo Anthony Anderson. Elliot is hard to work with and well in this episode he got a taste of his own medicine.

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By jefferaldo, Feb 27, 2011

The captain is right. Can't believe Olivia put up with Elliot for so long. Loved Anthony Anderson although his cahracter wasn't written that well. He laughed when that Eric Molina guy talked about an epidemic of obesity and diabetes -- Considering the victims were African-American and overweight, and so was he, I would assume he sypathised with them more or would be on their side.

Olivia's appearance was nice and I thought I caught a glimpse of "sucked in, you deserve it" smirk on her face when she was behind Elliot in the locker room. Transfered to computer crimes -- sitting down and playing detective on the computer most of the day, good for the baby.

Really need to find a way to cool Elliot down. Wonder who he will get as a partner next week.

Overall good episode, dealt with a really big issue - 2 actually. Average start but turned into a wonderful episode.moreless
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This episode just wasn't any good, nor entertaining, and I found it almost angering how vigilantes were pitied, and the sodomizing and finger-severing they committed were given a glance and forgotten! Surely others feel this way about this episode.moreless

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By dctalkkarate99, Feb 27, 2011

Anthony Anderson to me had little believability playing such a serious role; he is a comedy actor. The story line was not only formulaic from the get-go, it tried to make vigilante rapists seem the victims as much as the girl they brutalized! Sorry, but in my world, you can\'t equate beating the crap out of a man, which granted was awful, with sodomizing and cutting off the finger (and attemptedly the hands) of a teenaged girl! So, I wasn\'t rooting for the obese kids even at this point. But then to have one of them murder someone and still play the sympathetic character looked upon with pity?? Come on, I love this show, but this episode was mediocre at very best.moreless
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I don't know what it was but this episode just didn't draw me in as most other episodes in the series.

6.5

By Dawnsdinosaurs, Feb 27, 2011

I don't want to say I hated it, but I really didn't like it, and I can't really put my finger on it. Was it because Benson and Stabler weren't working together? I don't think it was that because they haven't worked together on a lot of cases recently. I don't think Benson was in the episode enough that's for sure. I didn't care for the partner they teamed Stabler up with, although I do like that it was to show each of them what it was like to work with themselves. The case itself went beyond what the SVU detectives should have been involved with. I get them investigating the attack on the girl but once it went to the beating of the brother, that should have been another squad. This could have been a good crossover with regular Law & Order, let them work together on the second case. Like I said it just didn't overly impress me, although part of the problem was watching it right after a great House episode.moreless
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Pushing obese kids too far can be dangerous to your health.

8.7

By keipots, Feb 27, 2011

I'm not sure if this was a great episode, but it did capture my interest since I am slighly obese myself. I've never experienced being ridiculed because of my waistline so I can't really understand why those kids did what they did, but just as any motivation of any crime, a person can only take so much.

I loved Stabler in this episode. It was clear that he was regretting what happened between him and Benson. It was also evident that he wanted his old partner back, but he was giving her what she asked if that was what made her happy.

Benson also looked like she misses her job at SVU when she continued monitoring Jessica's internet activities.

I do hope they get back together as partners. They make one helluva team.moreless
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Christopher Meloni	Det. Elliot Stabler
Dann Florek	Capt. Donald Cragen
Tamara Tunie	M.E. Melinda Warner
Ice-T	Det. Odafin Tutuola
Mariska Hargitay	Det. Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	Det. John Munch

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Anthony Anderson	Det. Lucius Blaine	Guest Star
Rooney Mara	Jessica DeLay	Guest Star
Omar Benson Miller	Rudi Bixton	Guest Star
Peter McRobbie	Judge Walter Bradley	Recurring Role
David Thornton	Lionel Granger	Recurring Role
J. Paul Nicholas	Attorney Linden Delroy	Recurring Role

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- A janitor is seen mopping up blood after Tommy was shot. Bodily fluids are considered a bio-hazard. More precautionary measures are usually taken to clean up than just using a mop and bucket.
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QUOTES (9)
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- Don Cragen: Did he say anything?
  Elliot Stabler: Yeah, "get me a soda."
  Don Cragen: He needs to ease up on the soda.
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- Olivia Benson (as Stabler is changing his shirt): I like that shirt.
  Elliot Stabler: What are you doing here?
  Olivia Benson: I heard what happened between you and Blaine.
  Elliot Stabler: What can I tell you? He's a prick. (pauses) Why didn't you tell me?
  Olivia Benson: Elliot, we've been partners for seven years, longer than anybody else here. We needed a change. I'm sorry. I should have talked to you. It's just ... it's just too complicated.
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- Lucius Blane: Sorry about your shirt.
  Elliot Stabler: Sorry about your face.
  (Both men laugh.)
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- Elliot Stabler: I don't lie to kids.
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- Donald Cragen: You know why I put Blane with you?
  Elliot Stabler: You started drinking again?
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- Lucius Blaine: In Queens, we treat a victim like a victim.
  Elliot Stabler: Go back to Queens.
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- Don Cragen: You're a good cop, but God knows how Olivia put up with you for so long.
  Elliot Stabler: Oh... Well, Olivia's a saint.
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- Lucius Blaine: No wonder your partner dumped you!
  Elliot Stabler: What'd you just say to me?
  Lucius Blaine: You screwed her, now you're trying to screw me.
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- Elliot Stabler: Why'd you land this blowhard on me?
  Don Cragen: He's a good cop. Queens SVU speaks highly of him.
  Elliot Stabler: Right. That's why they dumped him on us! Where's Benson?
  Don Cragen: Computer Crimes. You needed a break from each other.
  Elliot Stabler: In whose opinion?
  Don Cragen: The decision is made.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Czech Republic May 28, 2009 on TV Nova
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- Anthony Anderson received Special Guest Star billing for this episode, appearing at the beginning of the opening credits. Paul Calderon and Omar Benson Miller received Special Guest Appearance billing for this episode, appearing at the end of the opening credits.
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- The school attended by the Bixton siblings is Coretta Scott King high school, named for the recently deceased widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr. Scott King passed away on January 30, 2006.
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- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the cases of Jazlyn Bradley and other teenagers who have sued McDonald's for causing their obesity and resulting health problems. So far, none of these lawsuits have been successful.
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- Don Cragen: What, did Cheney shoot somebody else?
  
  A quick reference to Vice President Dick Cheney and the incident in which he accidentally shot Harry Whittington while hunting for quail. He wasn't charged with a crime but he was reprimanded for not having a valid hunting license.
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