Season Finale Dates - Law & Order SVU & Organized Crime

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NBC has announced that the season finale dates for Law & Order SVU and Law & Order Organized Crime will be Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Law & Order Organized Crime “An Inferior Product” Episode Information

Here are the details for a new episode of Law & Order Organized Crime,  “An Inferior Product”, the second half of a Law & Order SVU and Organized Crime crossover event. 

Law & Order Organized Crime “An Inferior Product”  Air Date May 13,  2021 (10 PM ET/9C Thursday NBC)

Stabler faces the consequences of a failed drug bust. Bell is forced to choose between the job and her family. Gina gets an unexpected visitor. Guest starring Mariska Hargitay and Demore Barnes.

Law & Order SVU “Trick-Rolled At The Moulin” Episode Information

Here are the details for a new episode of Law & Order SVU,  “Trick-Rolled At The Moulin”, the first half of a Law & Order SVU and Organized Crime crossover event.

Law & Order SVU  “Trick-Rolled At The Moulin”  Air Date May 13,  2021 (9 PM ET/8C Thursday NBC)

The SVU search for three women suspected of drugging and robbing wealthy men. The case leads to personal connections for both Benson and Kat. Guest starring Tamara Tunie, Christopher Meloni and Nicola Rossi.

Law & Order SVU – Organized Crime May 13, 2021 Crossover Event Promo

Here is the promo for the Law & Order SVU – Law & Order Organized Crime crossover event, airing Thursday, May 13, 2021.

NOTE: The episode names have been released – see links below:

Law & Order SVU “Trick-Rolled At The Moulin” 

Law & Order Organized Crime “An Inferior Product”

Law & Order Organized Crime “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” Recap, Review, Discussion

Trying to work the Wheatley case with the task force while he continues to try to solve who murdered his wife is putting Stabler on the edge.   Benson has talked to him about it, his children have talked to him about it, but Stabler continues to obsess. It’s affecting his sleep.  In “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”,  Stabler is haunted by the nightmare of solving his wife’s murder.   This recap isn’t in order of how things occurred in the episode; it may be easier to follow what happened by grouping the recap into key segments of the episode.   The episode didn’t have the action as in previous episodes but the suspense was clearly there.   Stabler is loosing it and it shows, and one has to wonder how much more stressed he will be knowing his wife was the target all along?  He also seems to be forming a bond with Angela, and I wonder if this will come back to haunt him somewhere down the road. Gina is walking a tightrope with Wheatley.  She knows he is watching her and while she thinks she is being so careful, I suspect that Wheatley is already on to her actions, possibly including the bug in his wine cellar.  I wonder who is playing who? 

Carisi,   still a newbie as far as I’m concerned, is already proposing a “shadow counsel”, saying he’s done it before and like it’s an everyday thing.   (I’m trying to recall if/when we’ve actually seen him do this before.)  It also seemed insulting for him to tell the judge that it’s legal “technically”. I would think the judge would be an expert on what is and isn’t legal.  

When Stabler told Benson “I love you”  was this a Freudian slip or did he mean it as he corrected himself to mean “all of them”?   It’s probably both, although I think his love for Benson is not the romantic kind of love. 

Here’s what happened:

Stabler  realizes that someone was in the area taking selfies near the time of the car bombing that killed Kathy. It isn’t until his son Eli makes a comment about geotagging a photo that  he gets the idea to use that information to track down the people in that photo.  Stabler is so distracted at the information from Eli that he stops his car in the middle of traffic and then when he starts moving again, he gets into a car accident.    Later he manages to find the people who were in the selfies.   He stops the woman on the street as she’s walking her dog and convinces her to have her boyfriend send him the photos.  Much later, he gets the photos and looks at them closely.  In the window, near the car bombing he sees  Sacha Lenski.  It’s late in the night but he tries to call Benson and when she sees who is calling, she doesn’t answer.  He leaves her a message, saying that Sacha was there and he activated the bomb from across the street.  Sacha knew it was Kathy getting into the car. Stabler realizes he wasn’t the target, it was Kathy,  wondering why anyone would want to kill her.

Kathleen meets with Benson and, in a very emotional state, asks Benson to help her and her siblings stage an intervention with their father as he is clearly suffering from PTSD.   This intervention does take place – they are waiting for Stabler when he comes home -  and Stabler is stunned and less than pleased.  When Benson asks Stabler to tell them what he needs, he replies “I love you” but then looks around to the others and adds “I love all of you”.  But he’s not ready for any of this and says he doesn’t think he can do this. 

The task force continues to work the Wheatley case, tracking down a local pharmacy whose computer is connected to his company Contrapos and the filling of a prescription of Naradol, a component in Wheatley’s drug, purple magic. This leads them to a home where a young boy has just died from the drug that he just received from that same local pharmacy.  Stabler helps to console his mother. 

Izak Bekher is in interrogation with his lawyer, and they deny involvement in Manfredi’s death. Stabler also thinks Wheatley, targeting him, got Kathy killed.  Stabler and Bell push the theory that Wheatley shot Manfredi, using Izak’s gun (which Stabler confiscated earlier),  leaving the bullet casing to implicate Izak.  Izak’s gun also matches the bullet that killed Jocelyn Howell.  Izak’s lawyer isn’t going to make any deals.    Later, Izak calls Stabler and says he wants to talk – he needs protection. Stabler and Bell meet with Izak in prison, without his lawyer. Izak is ready to turn on Wheatley but his lawyer will never make a deal and worries Wheatley can get to him inside of Rikers. Stabler says they will figure something out.

Stabler and Carisi meet with a judge.  They want to hire a second lawyer – a “shadow” counsel” – to work with Izak in secret to make a deal to cooperate.  Izak’s lawyer Vincent Weiss is beholden to Wheatley, not Izak. Carisi says he’s done this before, and it’s legal – technically. Carisi wants to appoint Izak a new lawyer, but keep it under wraps and in a secret hearing with the record sealed to make  a deal with Izak for his cooperation.   They would then stage a fake arraignment hearing. Weiss will still represent Izak, and the judge will grant bail.  Stabler adds that Izak walks, Wheatley thinks he is in the clear, but the reality is Izak works for them. Stabler uses the death of the boy earlier in the day, and the judge’s grandkids, to hit home the kind of damage from Wheatley’s drugs.   They later have the secret hearing, but Izak will not wear a wire with Wheatley. Bell agrees to this.   The deal is on and the judge warns him what will happen if he doesn’t do this as agreed. 

In the middle of all this, Stabler goes to see Angela as he thinks she is the only one who will understand what he’s going through.  They share their grief over the loss of Stabler’s wife and Angela’s son.

Izak is arraigned and everything goes as planned. 

Meanwhile,  Wheatley tells one of his men to find out all he can about Gina and apparently he has access to many of the city’s CCTV cameras. He watches Gina AND he also has malware on her phone that can tap into her phone camera.  Later, Bell meets with Gina who knows Wheatley is counter-surveilling her. She refuses Bell’s offer for an undercover officer to shadow her.   Bell gives Gina a bug to place into Wheatley’s wine cellar to help penetrate  the Faraday cage.  

Gina attends Richie’s 30th birthday party and has to tolerate a few catty remarks because she’s just a “waitress.”   Angela gets weepy when she comments that Richie is her only son (Raffi is dead).   Wheatley makes some creepy comments which puts everyone off, especially Richie.   Later, Gina plays up wanting to see the wine cellar and manages to get the bug planted. 

The next episode is May 13, 2021 in a crossover event with Law & Order SVU. 

Law & Order SVU “In The Year We All Fell Down” Recap, Review, Discussion

Maybe it’s COVID tragic stories fatigue, maybe it’s because this wasn’t a special victims case - maybe both - but I could not connect with this episode at all.  Not one bit.    I disliked it more than any SVU episode I’ve seen in a long time.  It’s  not that I didn’t feel any sympathy or empathy  for what everyone was going through. I think it’s more that I thought the entire situation with Vanessa Blake could have been resolved WITHOUT Benson’s de-escalating.  I also am not a fan of the Rollins family drama.   The episode was far too “soap opera” for my liking.   This episode focused on two concurrent stories, neither of them resonated with me.

Typical impulsive Rollins, she brings her father to New York without thinking things through.  Rollins’ father had a mini-stroke and Rollins brings him there while he recovers.   Rollins’ mother isn’t coming.  Carisi is there to support her, and brings cannoli for her father.   Carisi still hasn’t told her about his relationship with Nicole. When Rollins asks about what he wanted to tell her before she got the news of her father, he avoids the situation.   When her father takes a turn for the worse,  Rollins has to deal with questions like power of attorney, living will, medical insurance, etc.  Rollins doesn’t want him to be alone through all this, and gets protective of her father and suspicious when his current wife Amber shows up.  After Rollins lectures Amber on all the care her father will need, Amber makes a quick exit.  How exactly does Rollins expect to care for him or pay for it if he doesn’t  have the right coverage or finances?    I suppose that Rollins is forgiving her father for all the times he abused her mother, abandoned the family,  and his drug/booze overdoses?  Does she fully understand what she’s signing up for? We are talking Rollins here, so I doubt it. 

Meanwhile, Vanessa Blake goes through a year of COVID by having her restaurant business dwindle, her husband leave her, her son alienated, and her mother dying from COVID, for which she blamed her son.  (During this recap of her year, our ears are assaulted by music that overpowered the scene.)  The last straw is the realtor pulls the plug on their restaurant (she is in partnership with Ira), finding a clause that allows the realtor to avoid the moratorium on evictions.   She decides to take  matters into her own hands and holds the realtor at knifepoint.   Benson happens to be stopping in the restaurant for some take-out and hears from an officer that a woman in the restaurant has gone crazy and pulled a knife. Ira explains that Vanessa pulled the knife on the realtor because she didn’t want to face closing the restaurant.   Benson decides to flash her badge and gain access. Inside, she sees two officers, one pointing a taser at Vanessa and another a gun.  Benson says she knows Vanessa but Vanessa wants her out. Benson asks the two officers to step outside, she’ll handle this.  She orders them to holster their weapons. 

Here’s my issue with Benson’s interference:    It doesn’t matter that she knows Vanessa; anyone unhinged enough to hold a knife (or gun) at another person could behave erratically at any time.  I’m not in favor of using deadly force (unless absolutely necessary) but I found myself thinking that a quick taser shot on the part of the officer would have stopped Vanessa in her tracks.  Instead, Benson decides to use her newly-learned skills of de-escalating and she prolonged the situation and the risk to others.  I found myself thinking like this: taser – situation over quick; de-escalation – situation carries on for hours with a large number of law enforcement outside with crowds and media coverage.  

Yes, Benson got the realtor out of the situation, but she put herself at risk. It’s possible that weighing on my mind was the real-life incident just days before where a 16 year old girl was shot by police as she tried to stab another girl.  That officer had a split-second decision to make to avoid someone being murdered right in front of him. His fast action saved someone’s life, despite the fact he took another.  Not every situation can be like this one with  Benson where she  knows the person holding the deadly weapon.    Benson and Vanessa talk things out – there’s too much talking; I started to mentally tune out. During all this airing  of grievances, Benson’s relationship with Ed Tucker comes up.  Benson tells Vanessa that Tucker got cancer then killed himself.  That’s not a very uplifting message to someone who is down on their luck.  

Bottom line, Vanessa’s husband still isn’t there for her but she reunites with her son and the situation is diffused.  Benson has saved the day again.   Vanessa, under arrest,  exits the restaurant to applause,   a customer raised $35,000 on a Go Fund Me page and even the realtor chipped in. Benson tells Vanessa to remember it was the worst day of her life and she made it through.  Sure, Vanessa lived through it but her problems are definitely not over.  Garland tells Benson to take a few days and let someone take care of her. (So who exactly is going to do that for Benson?)

Thankfully, the hour ends.

Law & Order SVU “In The Year We All Fell Down” Photos

Here are photos for Law & Order SVU “In The Year We All Fell Down” airing Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 9PM ET on NBC. The photos feature Mariska Hargitay, Demore Barnes, and Sarita Choudhury as Vanessa Blake. 

 Photos by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Law & Order Organized Crime “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” Photos

Here are advance photos for Law & Order Organized Crime, “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” airing Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10PM ET on NBC.

The photos feature Chris Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ben Chase, Michael Rivera, Ainsley Seiger, Peter Scanavino, Dylan McDermott,  Daniel Oreskes as Lieutenant Marv Moennig, Charlotte Sullivan as Gina Cappelletti, Jennifer Van Dyck as Judge Sharone Lee, Ibrahim Renno as Izak Bekher, and Danny Burstein as Vincent Weiss. 

 

Photos by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Law & Order Organized Crime “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order Organized Crime, “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” airing Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10PM ET on NBC.

 

Law & Order SVU “In The Year We All Fell Down” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order SVU, “In The Year We All Fell Down” airing Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 9PM ET on NBC.

 

Law & Order Organized Crime “Say Hello To My Little Friends” Recap, Review, Discussion

The story continues from last week’s episode – “Not Your Father’s Organized Crime” – which ended with Stabler taking a beating, likely from one of Richard Wheatley’s men. It’s still early in the game for the case and for this series. It’s not like the other shows in the Law & Order universe (one case per episode as the general rule); this case will  unfold through the season. It may take some viewers time to get accustomed to this format. So far, I like what I see. With the exception of the cookie-cutter, scenery-chewing mob guy Richard Wheatley, characters like Sgt. Bell and Angela Wheatley add personality and interest.

Stabler says he can’t recall who beat him up, and the explanation he gave his son Eli was that it was due to an argument over a parking space.   I don’t know how he expects Eli to buy that excuse considering Stabler saw danger coming and told Eli to get inside the building. Parking a vehicle wasn't even in the picture. Speaking of Eli, he and his sister Kathleen make an appearance in this episode, much to my annoyance. Stabler wants Eli to move in with Maureen (Eli’s sister) and Carl as it isn’t safe at the Stabler residence.  But Eli worries about leaving his dad there alone.  Kathleen thinks Stabler needs help, but Stabler won’t see a doctor because “if the job finds out I'm on meds, they take your gun and badge.”  Benson previously told Stabler that he has PTSD and it's clear Stabler is still out to avenge his wife's death.

We learn a bit  more about Sgt. Bell. We see her waking up  in bed with her partner, who is very pregnant.  We also discover Bell likes to drive at high speed, something which seems to make Stabler a little uncomfortable.  That’s also because Stabler isn’t in the driver’s seat, literally and figuratively (with the investigation). Bell asks Stabler if he knows what it’s like being Black, female, and gay, and unlike him, that if she crosses any lines, her career is over.  Stabler has made a career of crossing lines and he doesn't appear to be ready to stop any time soon. 

Here’s what happened with the investigation:

The task force has a bug in Wheatley’s office at Contrapos and, at the task force, Diego and Freddie hear Wheatley threaten Danny Lizer, a real estate agent from Virginia. Wheatley is using an octopus in a huge tank to terrorize Danny by submerging his head in the tank with the clingy creature.  Diego and Freddy decides to do nothing about it and let it play out.  Danny is working on acquiring a data center, and Wheatley isn’t thrilled about how he’s handling a certain piece of the transaction. 

Wheatley and his daughter Dana – who is a senior VP and runs the company foundation - are working on a business deal, something which does not make Dana’s mother, Angela, very happy. 

Bell gets CCTV from outside Contrapos and using AI, they ID the guy Wheatley tried to drown and "octopus" to death as Danny Lizer.  Freddie announces a pal at ATF got a match on the bullet that killed Manfredi Sinatra. The match was to a body in Virginia.   Bell and Stabler speed their way to that location in Loudon County, Virginia.  The body is that of Jocelyn Howell, coordinator of business development.

Later, they go to the area where Jocelyn’s body was found – they are in an area known as the data capital of the world.  Electricity is cheap and the servers require a lot of it.  The person giving out those permits is a “VIP” – and now she’s dead, execution style. They raise Danny Lizer’s name. 

While all this is going on, at the Wheatley home, Angela grabs a bottle of  wine from Wheatley’s stash and Wheatley isn’t happy that she didn’t ask first.  She decides to take two bottles, and doesn’t ask.

Stabler and Bell discuss the data center and they think that Wheatley needed Jocelyn to get the permits because the center didn’t conform to EPA guidelines. Bell suspects that Wheatley used Lizer to pay her off, she got greedy so they killed her.  They think Wheatley wanted his own servers to ramp up his criminal behavior.  Bell adds that he was pitching this to the Guardo family, and tips Stabler off to Gina Cappelletti,  who has been undercover with that family for two years. Bell is switching her over to Wheatley. 

Stabler and Bell catch up with Danny who appears to be ready to flee. He basically confirms what they thought Wheatley is doing. Danny also mention that it was the bodyguard who dunked him in the octopus tank, a Middle Eastern or Israeli guy. 

Sometime later, Danny is on a video call with Wheatley and Dana and while showing Wheatley the data center, Stabler appears on the screen and cuts the power line and says they are closing it.  Wheatley shuts his laptop and is furious. 

Angele calls  Stabler from Wheatley’s and asks to meet and texts him the address. 

Wheatley speaks with Izak Bekher and asks if anyone knew he was there.  Izak says not one that is alive to talk about it, he leaves nothing behind.  When Wheatley comments that Stabler’s face was a mess, Izak says he is welcome. 

Stabler meets with Angela in a grocery store and she explains she called from Wheatley’s wine cellar, which is a Faraday cage. She’s looking out for her kid,  She explains Dana is hosting a charity event; the Foundation's giving away vaccines to the underserved communities. Angela doesn’t know where they got these vaccines or why they're giving them away for free. She thinks something's weird about it.

Richie speaks with Gina at the club. 

Later, at the charity vaccine event, Stabler warns Angela to get Dana away so she is not arrested. As Angela moves Dana out of harm’s way,  Bell and other police enter and stop the vaccines being given.  Sadly, they police end up with egg on their face as the vaccines appear legal and do not appear stolen.  As they exit, Stabler tells Diego to find out everything he can on the guy he’s going to talk to, then Stabler speaks with Izak and deftly grabs Izak’s concealed gun from him.  He asks Izak if it is legal and he says he has a permit, and Stabler asks if it is city or state.

Later, out for a run, Bell connects with Gina who thinks she’s got Richie on the hook and he will  be there. Bell says they will be as soon as she flags them. Gina asks what if their target doesn't show? Bell explains Richie and Joey get into it, then Richie's daddy will send protection. Bell adds that Wheatley has a wine cellar in his house where he does his private phone calls and meetings and she needs a bug in there. Gina asks if she has a  warrant and Bell says to let her about the warrant, Gina needs to worry about getting an invitation.

Meanwhile, Diego and Freddie follow Izak in his car. Richie meets up with Gina and she is less than thrilled to see him there, worried they will be seen by Joey. He explains he will roll up and be respectful to Joey. 

Back at the task force, Jet gives Freddie and Diego the info on Izak.  Later, Bell discusses this with the rest of the team. She explains the weapon that Stabler confiscated from Izak Bekher matches the ballistics for both Sinatra and Jocelyn Howell. Freddie adds Izak is an Israeli national, did some time in the IDF Special Forces, got kicked out of the Mossad. Since then, he's been going around being on the wrong side of every war. Diego adds Izak drives his boss around, but he's more like his bodyguard and fixer. He lives on the Wheatley compound. He was there this afternoon. He changed out his boss's Maybach for his own Ducati. Freddie says this means that he's going up to Nyack tonight to go on a date with his girlfriend and they will watch to see what route he takes. When Freddie says they will all roll up, Stabler slows him down and tells Jet to remind everyone why they just don't roll up on someone like Izak Bekher. Jet explains in 2015 Manila PD tried to arrest the individual for arms trafficking. The lead investigator turned up in a roadside ditch with a bullet between the eyes. Bell adds the charges didn't stick; they have enough to bring in Izak but he doesn't care about killing cops. Stabler explains how this will all happen. 

Later that night, Richie causes a scene at the club with Joey about Gina.  Izak arrives, soon followed by Richard Wheatley to smooth things over. They trade the usual phony pleasantries and Richard and Richie leave, dad telling son he just saved his ass.  Gina follows them out and she tells Wheatley that Richie was defending her against Joey and he didn’t take it too well.  He suggests Richie invite her to his birthday dinner and Richie does.  Daddy looks either jealous or suspicious or both.   Izak tells Wheatley he’s going to Nyack for the night.  As they leave, Gina calls Bell and says he just left and her invitation arrived. She says they are ready to go. Stabler dons his vest and asks when he will get to meet Gina, and Bell says probably never and to keep this between them.  They all suit up. 

Izak races away on his motorcycle and the task force and police are waiting for him down one of the roads,  soon blocked in by other police cars. As Izak tries to flee between police cars, Stabler pulls his car into the path of the motorcycle. Izak can’t turn around it, the bike tips,  and he falls off it.  As other officers cuff him, Stabler announces Izak is under arrest for the murder of Manfred Sinatra and Jocelyn Howell.  Izak says they don’t have anything on him, and Stabler asks if he is willing to be his life on that as we cut to black.

 

Law & Order SVU “Our Words Will Not Be Heard” Recap, Review, Discussion Topic

There were a lot of things packed into Law & Order SVU “Our Words Will Not Be Heard”.   There were so  many things going on that I had a hard time holding on and following some of it.   The story moved with such a fast pace – almost too fast – that I found myself getting confused as to who was who in relation to the SVU case.   I enjoyed having some personal news about the main characters for a change, however.   The victims' story, though, would have made an excellent stand-alone "SVU/hate crime" episode.

Before the episode opens, we see a recap of the SVU’s involvement in the Jayvon Brown case, previously covered in the episode “Guardians and Gladiators.” (More on this later.)    The follow up to the Jayvon issue would also have made a great stand alone episode.  

Prior to the SVU getting involved in the episode's special victims case,  we hear that Kat is being promoted to detective. Fin spills the beans to Kat to alert her to the “surprise” and needless to say, Kat opens her mouth right away to Benson and proves that Fin can’t keep a secret.  It also shows that Kat is still too impulsive.   We also see Fin’s fiancée Phoebe and the gorgeous ring Fin gave to her. Benson comments she’s never seen Fin happier.  We are ALL happy for him. I worry, however, that in typical television fashion this will lead to tragedy somewhere down the road because no one is ever allowed to be happy on TV crime shows.  I was also expecting a bit more screen time for Jennifer Esposito in this episode, and was disappointed.

Benson was in the hot seat with IAB regarding the Jayvon Brown case.   But IAB tells her she will be cleared of all wrongdoing;  One PP doesn’t want to show weakness. Later, Benson arrives for her deposition and despite that she should know better than to talk to Jayvon alone with no attorneys present, Benson does so anyway. She tells him what the NYPD needs to do to fix the culture.  Yes, Benson has ALL the answers here. Deputy Chief Garland later speaks with Benson about the demands Jayvon has made and says to her that it was almost as if  Jayvon’s people had someone on the inside telling them what to ask for.  My guess is he knows exactly where the suggestions came from.  By the way, Garland tells Benson that there is a perception that Stabler is going rogue at Organized Crime (no surprise here),  and she says she doesn’t know anything about that.  Garland reminds her they are all under scrutiny and Benson is well aware.  He reminds her to keep her distance – he can’t afford to lose her. 

A question - I don’t understand all the nuances of warrants but when Benson was trying to access a resident’s basement,  I didn’t understand why she said a missing woman would mean a warrant is not needed. Can anyone shine some light on this?  Was Benson simply lying in order to gain access? 

Now, the case: Two girls, Sara and Alicia - who is in a wheelchair -  are kidnapped, thinking that the people who offered them a ride have kind intentions.  They were likely lulled into a feeling of security by the presence of a young boy with the man and woman who convinced them to accept the ride.   Sadly, the young boy was just part of the couple’s ruse. 

The sister of one of the girls, Nicole, a lawyer, raises the flag about Sara’s disappearance.  Nicole and Carisi enter the SVU squad room to speak to Benson about it, and before they enter Benson’s office, Nicole wonders if Carisi has told Benson about them. Carisi explained he said they were “just friends”.  Clearly this relationship is what Carisi wanted to tell Rollins about in the previous episode but news of her father’s illness cut that short. By the way, Rollins was not involved in the case, and while it was never stated in this episode, we assume that, based on what happened in the previous episode, that she is with her sick father. 

Alicia is released by the kidnappers.  In the hospital, Alicia explains the girls were videotaped being forced to perform sex acts on each other and the video would be posted on the internet.  They  later see the video on the web site “Crew 23/2”  - this is white hate group out of New Jersey – and Sara’s fate is up for auction. with a time limit for bids. With the clock ticking – literally – the SVU works the case.

The SVU connects with someone working on a construction site who is working undercover.  With clues from  him, they are able to track down the woman involved – Molly Anderson. In SVU interrogation, they press Molly to give them the location where Sara is being held.   She resists doing so. Making matters worse, Nicole has gone on television to make an appeal, throwing a wrench into the mix.  Eventually Molly explains that her brother knows where they are – he is the other man in the video besides her husband  Ricky – and says she can text him an SOS.  She sends the message and we can see him on the live feed seeing the message, but soon afterward we hear a gunshot.   

TARU is able to triangulate the cell phone and narrow it to a 5 block radius in Chelsea. They find that Ricky  has 5 clients in that neighborhood.  With SVU and other officers – including Garland – they swarm the area and ask the residents to see their basements. If the person refuses, they are instructed to get backup.  One man asks to see their warrant and  Benson says they don’t need one as they are tracking a missing woman.   They hear from other officers that someone heard the gun shot and they converge on one location and find Molly's brother there, injured.  When he won’t tell them the location, Benson cancels the bus/EMS, telling him he will bleed out.  He must have caved in to Benson, as they later rescue Sara and catch up with Molly’s creepy husband Ricky, who is live streaming the arrest.  

Nicole is reunited with Sara, and Nicole worries if SVU will look out for other victims in the future.  Benson says they will. 

The episode ends with Garland’s warnings to Benson (mentioned above).  Benson’s troubles may not be over. 

Law & Order SVU “Our Words Will Not Be Heard” Photos

Here are advance photos for Law & Order SVU “Our Words Will Not Be Heard” which will air on Thursday. April 15, 2021 at 9 PM ET on NBC. 

The photos feature Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Jamie Gray Hyder, Demore Barnes, Jennifer Esposito as Sergeant Phoebe Baker, Jessy Yates as Alicia Ford, Victoria Janicki as Sara Harper, Max Chlumecky as Steve Lang, Presley Forbes as Forrest Anderson, and Kennedy Caughell as Molly Anderson. 

 Photos by: Heidi Gutman/NBC 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC