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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1 Episode 12

Russian Love Poem

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AIRED: 1/21/00

When multi-millionaire Andrew Harlin is found murdered in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to Harlin's long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Evidence at the crime scene leads detectives to a pair of Russian escorts, but before they can get the truth from them, one turns up dead, and the boyfriend of the other confesses to murder.moreless

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They could have done a lot better.

6.0

By ArwenEvenstarU, Sep 25, 2010

I will say this in defense of this episode, it could have been a lot worse. The upside was that I got to see Munch speaking Russian, Elliot being hit on by a Russian prostitute, and a lot of drunk people making fools of themselves. The downside was that I just didn't care. The murdered man was basically a shmuck who was a sex addict and cheated on his wife at every opportunity. Most of the wrong turns the detectives took were boring and so obviously wrong that I was yelling at the T.V. Toward the end I even wondered why I was watching it. Luckily a scene between Olivia and a main suspect came on and saved the day. This was not a must see, but see it if you must.moreless
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this was a good ep

8.5

By cube2k8, Jun 04, 2010

in this ep of the show law and order svu they are called to the scene when a mother and a dauter find out that her husband was killed he was tied to the chair strangled and he had a banna in his reer . and so they are called to the scene and they discover that he was seeing to many men and girls sleeping with both kinds and so he was sleeping with this one kind a russian whore who was also seening another man that was in love with her and so he killed people and he was the one that killd the guy and at the end he tells the story and he shoots himself by playing russian rullet. this was a good epmoreless
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Law and Order Special Victims Unit!

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By ourkissgoodbye, Feb 01, 2007

When Andrew Harlin is found dead, Detectives Benson and Stabler must find his killer. This episode is very interesting. With each new scene, a new perp is suspected of the crime. It keeps you interested to the end when they finally reveal who killed Andrew Harlin. This is a good episode, one that I do not get sick of watching over and over again.
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In this episode a man is found tied and chained up with a banana in his reer. His wife acted as if she knew it was comming and the daughter loved him extremely. The wife doesn't seem so upset but the daughter is extemely upset.moreless

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By Danielle-Renee, Aug 17, 2005

Honestly this wasn\'t one of Wolf\'s best and I didn\'t really like it. This Of course is just my opinion. I watched it but I think it was sort of like you knew what was going to happen next before it was 15 minutes through. There wasn\'t that many plot turns and twists and it seemed to drag. It was good but not my favorite.

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Christopher Meloni	Det. Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay	Det. Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer	Det. John Munch
Dann Florek	Capt. Donald Cragen

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Olek Krupa	Alexander Strizkopf	Guest Star
Nadine Stenovitch	Katya Ivanova	Guest Star
Melissa Sagemiller	Becky Sorenson	Guest Star
Dean Winters	Det. Brian Cassidy	Recurring Role
Michelle Hurd	Det. Monique Jeffries	Recurring Role
Chris Orbach	Ken Briscoe	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (3)
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- Stabler: Hope. Sometimes that's all love is.
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- Katya Ivanova: (to Benson) You should sleep with men more. Trust me, it would help you. You wouldn't be such a mean bitch.
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- Elliot Stabler: I'm sure sleeping with the girlfriend of a Russian mobster had a certain ... je ne sais quoi.
  Olivia Benson: Je ne sais quoi?
  Elliot Stabler: Yeah. N'est-ce pas.
  Donald Cragen: One language at a time, merci.
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- Special billing was given to Deborah Rush (and) in this episode.
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- This episode was originally scheduled to air on December 13, 1999.
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- Brian Cassidy: What, Stolichnaya?
  
  Stolichnaya is a Russian vodka made from wheat and rye that was originally produced in Russian State Wine Warehouse No. 1. and is now produced for export by several former ex-Soviet republics including Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
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