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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 2 Episode 18

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AIRED: 4/20/01

The details of a kidnapping are similar to a series of rapes and murders that may link the crime to a serial killer.

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A "Munch" needed and welcome respite.

9.0

By besidesearth, Apr 17, 2011

This episode was a real good episode even though it didn't center around our favorite detectives Benson and Stabler. I've always rooted for Fin and Munch and in this episode they really get to shine. They are so the Odd Couple, comedic relief at times, but a serious part of the whole team.

It was obvious Munch took this really personal and you cannot blame him. I appreciated it when he lost it at the farm. He is often so cynical and sardonic that it is good to see that hard outer shell crack.

Fin let's Munch, and the rest of us, know why he quit his successful run in Narcotics. Did he figure he'd be less likely to have to dodge bullets on SVU? Or with a partner like Munch, he'd actually get the bullet meant for him?

I love Ice-T in this role. He just fits so well with Richard Belzer. Although Richard makes a great muppet--check out YouTube for the Special Letters Unit! I digress, back to the topic. This was a serious and fantastic interlude and a "Munch" needed and welcome respite!moreless
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The Munch and Fin odd couple are finally brought out of the background and shine in an episode based on a nationally famous case

9.5

By jpeyton316, Mar 18, 2011

In one of the best episodes of the season Munch and Fin track down a team of two serial killers who kills woman and their families, loosely based on the case of Charles Ng and Leonard Lake in the 1980s. In the episode the crimes are initially attributed to an unknown suspect called the belfry rapist that Munch was unable to capture the year before and he is the lead investigator in the current case. Throughout the episode Fin and Munch develop and we finally get to see a more then a glimpse into their relationship with them discussing why the left their previous police units to the mediocre motel accommodations provided by the NYPD. R. E. Rogers of HBO’s Oz is superb as psychopath Darryl Kern who flees the country to Canada to avoid extradition. Manhunt is an excellent stand out episode which adds a little different feel and flow to the show with Munch and Fin at the helm.moreless
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When a brutal series of murders are connected to the same men, Munch and Fin are brought into the spotlight to solve the case.

9.9

By SamuraiCat1019, Mar 18, 2011

Two murderers lead the detectives on a wild chase through the country with a family of hostiges. They eventually find themselves in Canada where they find out they can\'t prosecute the perp for the murderes in the states. But he is overconfident, as A.D.A. Alex Cabot gets lesser charges and is able to bring him back to the states to be charged with the other crimes.

Fabulous episode that down played the main characters to let the passion and personalities of our favorite bickering duo shine through.moreless
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Seriously suspenseful

9.2

By erbylikewhoa, Mar 18, 2011

This might be one of my favorite detective chases from the episodes I've seen so far, but the most horrible perpetrator.

There's a rapist/torturer/murderer on the loose and this perp is good. The detectives are constantly a step or two behind, and in his wake, they find more and more dead bodies. By the time that Fin and Munch were upstate and discovered the bunker with the torture room, I was not only in shock but really wondering how they were going to catch this guy.

I don't know what it was about this perp, but he somehow seemed more realistically crazy than a lot of the other SVU cases, but what made it worse was the severity of his crimes. There were simply SO MANY DEATHS.

Also, Fin and Munch going upstate was priceless. (Not quite as good as "he's my Jew" line, but still good.)

Also, for once in an SVU episode, I felt like justice was actually served, even though I felt like Canada winked at New York State and turned the other way. But that last scene (when you know the episode is winding down and you're just waiting for the turn to go for the worse), he's crossing the border and Fin and Munch are waiting there? Seriously made this episode so much better.moreless
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The Best!!

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By FunkyKingTut, Sep 14, 2007

This is my favorite episode!! I love how Cabot knows exactly what the sissy Canadian attorney is going to argue and uses it against him. Then, when Munch greets the murderer at the door and welcomes him back to the USA. I would GLADLY stick the needle in this killers arm. GLADLY!! This is the best example of why we need the death penalty. No, it's not to prevent crime, blah, blah, blah. It's to even the score (but only slightly). Personally, I think it should be painful and slow. Killers never give their victims the painless option. I'm sure this killer got 25 appeals, stayed alive 15 years and cost the government a bunch of money. That's the truly sad part...moreless
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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
Stephanie March	A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot

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Adam LeFevre	Walden Falls Police Chief	Guest Star
Dan Frazer	Ontario Provincial Judge	Guest Star
Mike Dooly	ATF Agent Gus Stone	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Goof: In the scene where Munch arrives late to the team meeting, the door is never closed, but when he leaves the room with Cabot, she opens the door before they walk out.
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QUOTES (3)
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- (Fin tells Munch about the time he spent undercover.)
  John Munch: Eight months of the cold shoulder, now I can't shut you up.
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- (Tutuola comments on the fish stench, and Munch remembers his days at the fish market.)
  John Munch: Two words: Aqua Velva.
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- Fin Tutuola: Even Aunt Mary thinks he's a hero.
  John Munch: Yeah, well Aunt Mary is a few tea bags shy of a full pot.
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NOTES (2)
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- This is the first episode that focuses on Munch and Tutuola rather than on Benson and Stabler.
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- This episode was originally scheduled to air 13 April 2001.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Charles Ng and Leonard Lake case. Lake and Ng are believed to have tortured and killed as many as 25 men, women and children from 1983 through 1985 in Central California. They raped the women before they were killed. Lake committed suicide via a secreted cyanide pill before his crimes were discovered, after being arrested for possession of an illegally modified pistol. Ng, after a prolonged extradition fight with Canada, stood trial for 12 of the murders in 1998. He is currently awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison in California.
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