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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 7 Episode 10

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AIRED: 11/29/05

When a teenager and her younger sister end up in the hospital after a day at the park, detectives learn that both girls were abducted from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina along with a third sister who is still missing. Despite the interference of a local reporter, Jackson Zane, detectives are able to catch the kidnapper, a known pedophile, and recover the girl, but when Alvin Dutch dies and the autopsy determines it was Anthrax, Benson puts everything on the line so that she can get the truth out there.moreless

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Not been out since they were abducted???

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By gollylicious, Dec 07, 2012

The older girl, when interviewed at the hospital, said that day was the first time they had been out of the house since they were taken, then who plaited her hair?? Surely this is the first thing they would ask, to plait hair like that takes a few hours and she could never have done it that neatly herself, and the younger girl could not have been trained enough to do it either.moreless
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Three girls are kidnapped after Hurricane Katrina, but the SVU detectives soon understand there is much more to this than just a kidnapping, especially when the girls are then "fed-napped". Possibly best episode of the show this far.moreless

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By jenny_d_b, Mar 27, 2011

Olivia Benson and a very brave reporter (with help from our beloved Melinda Warner), do their best to get the truth out there. This episode is one of the best - if not THE best - episode I have ever seen of SVU. Not because it's topic is very SVU-ish, and it could be it affects me more than most people because I've always dreamt of becoming a journalist, to me the truth is the most important thing. And Olivia and the reporter were fighting for it. He even went to jail for it. It shows that the USA after 9/11 might not be so different from the terrorists after all. Because; "There's no freedom without a free press."

The storyline was very important and very good and I give kudos to the writers for daring to critizise their own government this heavily. It might be a fictional story, but personally I do believe there is truth to it. Olivia said it herself, "the feds are going to make Michael (whatever his last name was) disappear." It's horrifying that this is happening in the world's only current superpower. All in all, I have to say this was an amazing episode!moreless
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Olivia rocks this episode!!

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By BaBiiGiiRLT, Oct 23, 2010

Olivia rocks in this episode.This is one episode I didn't even think about her and Elliot.Jackson and Olivia had that special conection.The end made me cry when Jackson left and told Olivia that he wasn't going to give up her name.You could so tell that she was interrested in him and she didnt want to see him go to jail.I haven't seen a show about Katrina and then "BAM" my favorite show comes up with this plot.By far one of the best episodes.Its a...what should I say..."A must see episode"!moreless
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Law and Order Special Victims Unit!

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By ourkissgoodbye, Oct 23, 2010

When a teenager and her two sisters attempt to run away after spending a day in the park, the oldest, Tasha, is hit by a cab. When Detectives Benson and Stabler are called in, they find that the three girls were abducted from New Orleans by an unknown pedophile. The hunt is on to find the middle sister before it is too late. The case is hard enough with the media breathing down the Detective's necks, but takes a turn for the worse when the Feds step in.

This was an ok episode. The storyline was mildly interesting, but in the end it seemed like it was just another filler episode. It was interesting to see that the case started because of Hurricane Katrina, but I think that there were too many main plot points and it made the story line harder to follow.moreless
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Olivia v. the world

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By Vessa289, Oct 23, 2010

An odd episode of SVU, which seemed more like 24 or something at times. Of course, this isn't the first time that SVU have found themselves up against the big bad Feds, but all the Anthrax and politics and secrets for "national security" was a bigger picture than SVU episodes generally encompass.

Great episode for Olivia, she really showed that she could be a hero and was willing to sacrifice herself to do what she thought was right and in the best interests of the public and those three girls. It was good to see that Elliot was, eventually, willing to go along with her in taping the scientist's confession. I also liked Warner's involvement in this episode, particularly when she was giving Olivia information.

The ending was a little unsettling- I thought you Americans had free speech? Everything is qualified, I guess, when the government says so. I don't know how long the journalist is going to keep his silence on Olivia being his source- maybe he's tough enough, maybe not. This could be something they come back to in a later episode, but of course we don't want to see Olivia switching places with him in jail.

Mariska was excellent leading this episode, but I would've liked to see a little more Munch (since he is the one always going on about conspiracies, it's hard to believe that he'd keep so quiet when one actually presents itself). Huang losing his cool was an interesting idea, I'd like to see more of that in the future.moreless
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BD Wong	Dr. George Huang
Christopher Meloni	Det. Elliot Stabler
Dann Florek	Capt. Donald Cragen
Diane Neal	A.D.A. Casey Novak
Ice-T	Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Mariska Hargitay	Det. Olivia Benson

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Stephen Beach	Federal Officer	Guest Star
Nickayla Tucker	Nicki Wright	Guest Star
Drucie McDaniel	Felicity Gill	Guest Star
Stephen Gregory	Dr. Kyle Beresford	Recurring Role
William H. Burns	Officer Robbins	Recurring Role
John Schuck	Chief of Detectives	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Benson's undercover alias is Rachel Martin.
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QUOTES (6)
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- John Munch: Where are you going?
  Olivia Benson: Don't ask, don't tell.
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- (After seeing that the squad room has been stripped of all evidence.)
  Fin Tutuola: Who do we call when we've been raped?
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- (After seeing all evidence has been removed from the station.)
  John Munch: Why Santa, why?
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- Don Cragen: If they prove you leaked this they will take your job, your pension, and your freedom ... I don't want to visit you in a federal lock-up, Olivia.
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- Federal Officer: The federal government is prepared to deal with any and all exigencies.
  John Munch: Sure, by calling in the black helicopters.
  Fin Tutuola: For once he's not being paranoid.
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- Olivia Benson: I want you to turn me in. Get out of here. Get back to work.
  Jackson Zane: You need to get back to work. There's no freedom without free press. Good-bye, Olivia. And this time, don't come back.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Czech Republic March 19, 2009 on TV Nova
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ALLUSIONS (5)
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- John Munch: Why, Santa? Why?
  
  Munch is quoting Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! when she found the Grinch stripping her home of all of its Christmas decorations.
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- Mrs. Fontenont: Camille, not Katrina.
  
  Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969.
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- Donald Cragen: After 9/11, every secretary in town opened the mail wearing rubber gloves.
  
  A reference to the anthrax letters that were sent to some news organisations and politicians in late 2001. The case is still unsolved.
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- Elliot Stabler: Like the hundreds of kids who were snatched after the tsunami.
  
  He was referring to the Pacific Ocean tsunami that struck Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and other countries in South Asia on December 26, 2004.
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- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Judith Miller case.
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