WHERE THERE’S ONE… | Burton recalls that he had “a flirtation” with the woman. She says he raped her, and she wants him arrested.
“I was only 20 years old.” Turns out that a decade before, she was an intern for the editor of one of Burton’s books. “Ask him what he did to me back then,” the woman says, angry that Olivia is choosing to associate with Burton. And THEN Olivia is approached by a younger woman in the courthouse lobby after the trial. Mariska Hargitay), who is representing Ian, tells Liv to watch herself around Burton apparently, the writer has a not-great reputation when it comes to ladies. So things seem good in Liv’s love life… until Trevor Langan (aka Younger’s Peter Hermann, aka Mr. (Interesting that this is where the show placed the Stabler clip from Season 1, Episode 5, in which Liv obliquely tells El about her relationship with Burton, no?) Anyway, Liv sleeps with Burton and looks thoroughly pleased with herself for doing so - and Mariska Hargitay, it must be noted, is glowing throughout this entire episode. He kisses her during an evening walk in Central Park, and when he asks her up to his hotel room, she’s down. While the investigation is underway, Liv and Burton slowly get cozier. (And, forewarned is forearmed, a bit icky.)Ī NEW LEAD | Let’s back up a moment. And that’s when things get REALLY interesting. He eventually admits in open court to it the crime, shocking both his wife and Haley’s mother. Murray is portrayed by Brian Kerwin ( One Life to Live, Broadway’s August: Osage County), and you all know what happens when the show brings in actors of this caliber to play parts of this type, so let’s just shorthand this: He did it. Murray, as a suspect because he was so close with the family and he seemed credible. Along those lines, Liv consults Cragen, who FaceTimes to say that he never seriously considered Haley’s tennis coach, Mr. But that evidence isn’t enough to exonerate him, so the team starts re-interviewing everyone involved and consulting consumer genetic databases to hone in on who might’ve done it. How about a little good news? Via the company Amaro represents, they discern that the seminal fluid on Haley’s underwear doesn’t belong to Ian. He remembers getting hit over the head and hearing his girlfriend being dragged away, and reliving the incident is so traumatic that the prisoner winds up sobbing. Meanwhile, Liv and Burton walk Ian through the night of the crime by bringing him back to the high school bleachers where he and Haley were making out when they were attacked. (Side note: Literally no one asked, but I’m proud that Amaro seems to have broken the SVU curse in that he works normal hours, still pursues his passions in service of the greater good, seems to have a good family life and appears to be kinda content overall.) seems proud to hear that he’s working on his doctorate in biophysics. “She lied to both of us,” Benson says sadly.Ī NEW LEAD | Amaro swings by the morgue to pick up the evidence that’s left over from Haley’s case the M.E. He denies it, saying that he was in love with Olivia but disappeared after Serena threatened to have him expelled if he tried to get in touch with her daughter. When they’re alone, Liv tells him that Serena made her end their engagement via letter, adding that her mom said he had a girlfriend at college. Via helpful flashback to one of Olivia’s Season 6 conversations with Casey (in Episode 19, to be exact), we are reminded that Serena was a college professor and that when Olivia was 16, Liv dated - and later got engaged to - one of Serena’s 21-year-old students. “You went with short answers?” he says, well-versed in the history of the Benson ladies’ dynamic. At the precinct, Liv tells Fin about Noah’s questions. What a coincidence, kid: We’ve just watched a flashback to the show’s very first episode, in which Serena tells her daughter to get out of police work.
“Did she like that you were a detective?” he wonders. Now, onto what happens in “The 500th Episode.”ĪMARO COMES KNOCKING | On the way to school, Noah asks Olivia about his grandmother, Serena. And if you’re only reading this to find out whether Chris Meloni’s Stabler has a presence in the episode, let us help you out: He does, but it’s limited to a flashback from the show’s early seasons. Cragen and medical examiner Melinda Warner. Other familiar faces from more recent years also show up during the ep, most notably Nick Amaro, Capt. The Voice Recap: How'd Ed Sheeran Do Helping the Knockouts Pack a Punch? The Voice Recap: Which Knockouts Took the Cake in Episode No.
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This week’s Law & Order: SVU- which marks that huge milestone for the series - recognizes the accomplishment via an Olivia-centric hour featuring a man from the captain’s distant past. Five hundred episodes? Nicely done DUN DUN.