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Season 5, Episode 14, Aired

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Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
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  • A great episode! Similar to SVU episodes!

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    By Luke672, Jun 01, 2011
    I love this episode. As this episode was made in 1995 SVU was not around, and this episode clearly has an SVU feel as it is about sex crimes. It almost feels like a mix of classic Law and Order (due to the style of the show, for example half police and half prosecution and also having Briscoe and Logan) and half SVU (due to the crimes being committed). Without giving too much away, the basic storyline is as follows. At a bucks party people view what they think is a snuff film however Briscoe and Logan find the victim and find her alive. They discover she in fact is a rape victim. The episode also involves a high school boys group, a typical type of group who feature in many SVU episodes.

    I recommend this episode especially for those who are fans of SVU. You will see the similarities.moreless

  • Possibly the best Law and Order Episode of all time.

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    By NatJZ, Jul 09, 2005
    I have been watching Law and Order since, 1990 and of all the episodes this is the one episode that still resonants after all these years The passion and determination that should characterize both law enforcement the legal profession, and child advocacy are the hallmarks of this episode. In this episode the viewers get the feeling that the police and prosecutors speak for those who have no voice because, of the trauma suffered.moreless
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    • Claire Kincaid: They still don't think they did anything wrong. Jack McCoy: Maybe seeing their friends in Attica will change their minds.

    • Claire Kincaid: They filed the notice of appeal. All evidence relating to the Mack Rangers should have been excluded. Jack McCoy: Why, because without it, Greer might've won? Claire Kincaid: First amendment. The Constitution? Adam Schiff: Yeah. That pesky thing.

    • Mike Logan: Snuff films. We got a couple of fake ones in the eighties. Lennie Briscoe: You think she's pretending? (They watch as the film plays offscreen. There are screams and gunshots) Mike Logan: Nope.

    • (Watching the teenage porn video.) Lennie Briscoe: Whatever happened to Spin the Bottle? Mike Logan: Whatever happened to their parents?

    • Mike Logan: How'd you like to be in one of those movies? Lennie Briscoe: Are you kidding? I don't even like to look at my own x-rays.

    • Jack McCoy: How many points do you think you'll be worth in prison?

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    • Lennie Briscoe: We're the police. Band Member: You're too late, Sting already took that one. A rather smart-mouthed reference to Sting and his former band The Police. They had several hit songs like Every Breath You Take and Don't Stand So Close To Me.

    • This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Spur Posse case. The posse were a group of high school boys from Lakewood, California, who used a point system to keep track of and compare their sexual conquests. The founder of the group chose the name "Spur Posse" when a favorite basketball player of theirs, David Robinson, was signed to the San Antonio Spurs. The group came to national attention on March 18, 1993, when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrested a number of the members for various sexual crimes. Prosecutors later dropped all but one of the charges after determining most of the encounters were consensual, although with underage girls. They had the opportunity to prosecute the considerably older boys for statutory rape, but declined to do so.

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