TV.com

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Stranger

Season 10, Episode 11, Aired Jan 06, 2009

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

Episode Summary

EDIT

9.1

EPISODE RATING: Superb

129 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

A girl who vanished four years ago reappears with a tale of imprisonment and sexual slavery, but Benson and Stabler find themselves doubting her story as evidence and discrepancies keep mounting against it. Once the lie is known, the detectives are left with a traumatized victim whom no one believes, a horrifying truth that sends them scrambling to keep her out of the tombs, and another truth that may be discovered too late to save her life.moreless

WRITE A REVIEW

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

GUEST STAR
Nathanael Albright

Paramedic #1
GUEST STAR
Alexander Garfin

Anthony Maxwell
GUEST STAR
Peter James Zelinsky

Photographer

Christopher Meloni

Det. Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay

Det. Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer

Sgt. John Munch
Ice-T

Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Tamara Tunie

Dr. Melinda Warner
Dann Florek

Capt. Donald Cragen

Watch Online

Fan Episode Reviews (2)

See All

Patricidal kidnapping with years of sexual abuse in a concrete dungeon. And that's only one story line.

9.5

"Superb"

By dhmbrglr3, May 28, 2011

This is the reason SVU keeps getting better. I thought that Olivia's oral semi-rape was gritty. Then there came Luke Perry in the episode as the nice rapist and marrying the girl he raped was a stupendous twist, but now SVU has done it again. Besides the heinous nature of the crime, the revelations and twists in this one episode made for an excellent return to the new year. Great episode! The acting was top notch and don't miss the best SVU pun yet: Sex Slave And The City. Hilarious. Dirty hilarious tv giving you the only drama you need in your life!moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
8 1

Flag
Share Hide
A girl turns up at a families house saying she is their daughter, Heather who had been missing for 4 years. It turned out Heather's sister Nikki killed Heather and the girl who turned up was kidnapped by her father and held in a cement room for six years.moreless

10

"Perfect"

By svugirl, Mar 05, 2011

I LOVED this episode! Everybody's acting was amazing, even the guest-stars. It had a good mystery and was very, very convicing! Everybody was so amazingly perfect and everything happened in the right way. There were some strange twists, like Heathers sister Nikki actually killing her, and the fact that the Kristen just cut her wrists in the middle of it.

It was like, the perfect episode! The story was terrific! It was filmed very well and the girl who played Kristen was fantastic! omg, definately my second favourite episode - just because of the lack of E/Omoreless
DO YOU AGREE?
10 1

Flag
Share Hide

WRITE A REVIEW

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

FILTER BY TYPE

TRIVIA (1)
ADD TRIVIA
- It is stated multiple times that because Heather's parents are both blood type A, she must also be type A. However, if both parents are heterozygous recessive, Heather could potentially be type O. It is also wrong that her mother can't be her biological mother if she has blood type A and Heather has B, as stated in the episode. If her biological father had blood type B or AB, she could have B, even if her mother had A.
  EDIT SHARE
QUOTES (1)
ADD QUOTES
- Carl Vasko: Where's Kristen? I would like to see her. Olivia Benson: And I would like to see you castrated with a rusty steak knife. Neither are going to happen, but we can both dream. Elliot Stabler: You know something, I think you need a sick day. You're obviously on the rag. Olivia Benson: Touch me again, and I will sue you for sexual harassment!
  EDIT SHARE
NOTES (2)
ADD NOTES
- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic January 11, 2011 on TV Nova
  EDIT SHARE
- Special billing was given to Tess Harper (and) for this episode.
  EDIT SHARE
ALLUSIONS (1)
ADD ALLUSIONS
- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Elisabeth Fritzl case in Austria. Joseph Fritzl kept his daughter as a sexual slave in the cellar of his basement for 24 years, impregnating her several times. Three of her children lived with her in the secret three-room structure, the rest lived with their grandparents (Elisabeth's mother believed she had joined a cult and couldn't keep the babies or make contact with her family).
  EDIT SHARE