Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 12

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 24
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) – May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)[1]
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1 September 27, 2011[2]
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List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

The twelfth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit aired on NBC from September 22, 2010, to May 18, 2011. It began with a two-part premiere that aired from 9–11 p.m. (ET) before its broadcast time moved to 9 p.m. the following week.

This was the first season that the show did not air alongside the original Law & Order. In May 2010, NBC canceled the original series and picked up Law & Order: Los Angeles for a first season,[4] which aired its first episode on September 29, 2010, at 10 p.m. (ET) after Law & Order: SVU's third episode. Following the winter hiatus, SVU returned with a two-hour premiere on January 5, 2011, before the broadcast time switched to the 10 p.m. time slot the following week.[5]

At the end of the season, Neal Baer resigned his position as showrunner.[6] After the season finale, Christopher Meloni and B.D. Wong both left the cast.[7][8]

Contents

Cast changes and returning characters

Australian newspaper Courier-Mail reported in February 2010 that season twelve would be Christopher Meloni's last, after his comment to the reporter that "I think 12 years is enough, a good number" was misunderstood. Meloni later clarified that, at the time, he had one year left on his contract and the show had not been picked up. He also said "[i]t wasn't [the reporter's] fault", and that he would continue on the show as long as it is picked up.[9] When asked in an interview if Mariska Hargitay could envision doing the show without him, she said, "Oh man, it breaks my heart to even think about it. I just love that man and I love acting with him, and I think it's our chemistry that makes the show what it is. So I don't even want to think about it".[10]

 On April 12, 2010, NBC officially picked up SVU for a twelfth season with Meloni and Hargitay returning as part of the one year deal they struck with NBC before production began on season 11, which included an option for a second year. The two started shooting new episodes in June and July 2010.[11] Hargitay expressed interest in her character having a baby this season, saying, "A boyfriend! A baby! I don’t even have to get married. I just want a baby! Give me a baby!".[10]

On June 23, 2010, Michael Ausiello reported that Paula Patton was in "advanced talks" to join the show, as a permanent ADA.[12] TV Guide later confirmed that Patton would play Assistant District Attorney Mikka Von in multiple episodes, beginning with the fifth episode. She was set to fill the ADA slot left vacant by both Stephanie March (Alexandra Cabot) and guest star Sharon Stone (Jo Marlowe).[13] Patton later dropped out to film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and was replaced by Melissa Sagemiller as ADA Gillian Hardwicke.[14][15] Sagemiller and Mariska Hargitay previously worked together on the SVU season one episode "Russian Love Poem", where Sagemiller played a victim. "There's something in my past, a personal connection that we have, something that she did for me and a family member who she helped out ... She's not aware of it yet [but] it becomes revealed in the next several episodes," Sagemiller said. ADA Hardwicke's background was never revealed. Her personality, Sagemiller says, is front and center. "She's tough ... she has a heart, she just gets what she wants." Sagemiller also added, "She sticks to the letter of the law, sometimes to a fault, but in the end I think she always does the right thing".[16]

Christine Lahti returned as EADA Sonya Paxton in the ninth episode "Gray". Paxton, previously exposed as an alcoholic in season 11, had apparently conquered her drinking problem. Baer told TVGuide.com, "She has a huge scene where she faces off with Stabler".[17] Her character was later killed in the seventeenth episode.

Diane Neal returned as ADA Casey Novak for the episode "Reparation".[18] Neal had previously made her last appearance in the ninth season finale, in which her character was censured for violating due process in a rape case.[19]

Production

For the first eleven years of Law & Order: SVU, the set had been located in New Jersey, at NBC’s Central Archives building in North Bergen. Faced with losing the state’s 20% tax incentive, the show moved to New York into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that was occupied by the original Law & Order series.[20] After the fourth episode of the season, the original New Jersey set was no longer used.[21] Outdoor filming was halted on January 26, 2011 due to a blizzard. Production resumed in the Chelsea Piers studio.[22]

This season's third episode focused on an investigation involving a rape kit, which took Detective Olivia Benson (Hargitay) from New York City to Los Angeles to meet LAPD Detective Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich). The episode was shot while Hargitay was in Los Angeles for the Primetime Emmy Awards in August 2010, and aired September 29, before the Law & Order: LA premiere on NBC.[23]

Neal Baer left Law & Order: SVU at the end of the season, after serving eleven years (seasons 2–12) as showrunner. He chose not to renew his NBC contract, instead signing a three–year deal with CBS Studios.[6] Baer was replaced by former Law & Order: Criminal Intent executive producer/show-runner Warren Leight.[24]

Cast

See also: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

Principal cast

Recurring cast

Guest stars

Henry Ian Cusick played a graphic artist named Erik Weber in the first two episodes.[25] Joan Cusack played the mother of two missing girls in the first episode.[26] Jennifer Love Hewitt played a rape victim afraid to leave her house in the episode "Behave". Baer told TVGuide.com, "One of the reasons we wanted to do this episode is because it addresses Mariska Hargitay’s passion for rape kits, which can help gather evidence to convict the rapists. But for some reason these kits have been sitting around unopened in cities all over the country."[27] Skeet Ulrich guest-starred in the same episode as his Law & Order: LA character, Detective Rex Winters.[23] Gloria Reuben guest starred as US Attorney Christine Danielson in the fourth episode "Merchandise", in which the death of a girl who was struck by a car reveals a child trafficking and slavery ring. Baer said of her appearance, "We're bringing back characters we love this season."[21]

David Krumholtz guest starred in the fifth episode "Wet" with actress Rosemary Harris. Krumholtz played an expert on toxic mushrooms who is involved in the same murder investigation that involved Harris' character.[28] Paula Patton, who was originally cast in the role of ADA, also makes a guest appearance as ADA Mikka Von. In the episode, her character is fired because she sent a defense attorney on vacation in order to give the detectives more time in finding who actually committed the murder. In the sixth episode "Branded", Michael Gladis and Kevin Alejandro played two of a trio of rape victims. "They have been branded and sodomized by someone," reveals Baer, who says the show poses the questions, "is there a connection between these men, and what nut case is on the loose?"[29] David Alan Grier played defense attorney Jeremy Swift.[30] Jason Wiles also joined Gladis, Alejandro, and Grier in the episode. Wiles played Alexander Gammon, who becomes a rapist's target.[31]

Maria Bello appeared in the season's seventh episode "Trophy" as Vivian Arliss. While uncovering a girl's body who was dumped, Benson uncovered that Arliss' mother was raped by the same man, who was previously incarcerated. Arliss left her son Calvin (Charlie Tahan) in Benson's custody to find the father of her son.[32] She later appeared in tenth episode "Rescue". Marcia Gay Harden returned in the season's eighth episode "Penetration" as FBI Agent Dana Lewis. Agent Lewis is raped while undercover, and her rapist has a connection to one of her previous undercover operations in "Raw".[33]

Drea de Matteo guest starred as Sondra in the eleventh episode "Pop", as a pregnant battered wife whose abuser also beats her son from another marriage.[34] Matteo said in an interview that she had not read the script prior to accepting the role and explained that, "I just knew that they wanted me to do something on the show and I'm a fan of the show, I was really excited to be on this show. This is like a New York staple. It's part of our culture here".[35] Olympia Dukakis also guest-starred in that episode as an attorney named Debby Marsh, who is hired to represent the son (Al Calderon) of Sondra.[36] Taryn Manning guest starred in the twelfth episode, "Possessed", portraying a woman who years earlier had been coerced into porn. She filmed scenes in December 2010.[37] Jeremy Irons guest starred in "Mask" as Dr. Cap Jackson, a sex therapist who runs a sex addiction rehab clinic. "We're elated to work with an actor of Jeremy's caliber," Baer says. "He brings depth, intelligence and charisma to all his varied roles and we couldn't be luckier to have him guest-star on SVU."[38] A.J. Cook guest starred in the same episode as Irons, and Cook portrayed OBGYN Debbie Shields, the lesbian lover of the daughter of Irons' character. Baer mentions that "[h]er character is brutally attacked."[39]

Shohreh Aghdashloo guest starred as Detective Saliyah "Sunny" Qadri, an employee of the Brooklyn DA's office in the episode "Dirty".[40] Colm Feore played a wealthy sexual predator named Jordan Hayes in the episode "Flight". Feore said of his character: "Harder is the psychology of a guy who gets his kicks from taking advantage of young women, girls really to be brutally honest. [It's tough] asking yourself what kind of a guy it is who needs to satisfy his desires, such as they are, with innocence".[41] Debra Messing guest starred in the episode, "Pursuit", as a TV journalist who becomes the target of a stalker. Baer described her character as "[a] ballsy television journalist who sets out to nail pedophiles".[42] LuAnn de Lesseps played a socialite who makes a gruesome discovery in the episode, "Bully". Executive producer Dan Truly described her character as a "slightly deranged, out of control artist". For her role, she had to pose semi-nude, for which she said she felt comfortable doing as it was "tasteful".[43] The episode also featured guest appearances from Kate Burton and opera singer Renée Fleming.[44]

Rose McGowan guest starred as another kind of temptress in the episode "Bombshell". Baer said, "Rose plays a grifter named Cassandra who strikes swinging men who frequent sex clubs. And we're very excited to have her." Ryan Hurst also guest starred.[45] Elizabeth Mitchell, signed for a "horrifying" guest role in the episode "Totem". She guest starred alongside returning guest star Jeremy Irons, who appeared earlier in the season as Dr. Cap Jackson. Elizabeth played an unmarried piano teacher who was the last person to see one of her students alive. For the first time, the series dealt with a case in which a woman is suspected of sexually assaulting and murdering a child. Because of the rarity of this offense, Dr. Jackson is called in to consult with Benson and Stabler because he has studied women who have committed this type of crime.[46]

Diane Neal, who portrayed ADA Casey Novak from the fifth season until the end of the ninth season, reprised her role for the episode "Reparations"[19] along with Law & Order: LA actor Terrence Howard, whose character (DDA Joe Dekker) comes to New York to defend his cousin. This episode was the second crossover-episode with Law & Order: LA of the season.[47] Lori Singer played Dede, a mother whose baby is kidnapped in the episode "Bang".[48] John Stamos guest starred in the same episode playing an adoption attorney with a secret passion.[18]

Rita Wilson played Bree Mazelon, the protective mother of a teen Sterling Beaumon under investigation in the episode, "Delinquent".

Episodes

See also: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes
Season
no.		 Series
no.		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. Viewers
(millions)
1 249 "Locum" Arthur W. Forney Dawn DeNoon September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) 12001 9.68[50]
A foster couple (Joan Cusack and Peter Strauss) call Detectives Benson and Stabler when their recently adopted foster child Mackenzie (Bailee Madison) runs away from home. It's discovered that she ran away to meet with a man named Erik Weber (Henry Ian Cusick), whom she met on the Internet and whom Benson and Stabler suspect of ulterior motives regarding the girl. Weber denies any wrongdoing, and also expresses romantic interest in Benson. Inspired by the Jaycee Dugard case and the film Vertigo.[49] 
2 250 "Bullseye" Peter Leto Daniel Truly September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) 12002 10.36[50]
Continuing just after the previous episode, a little girl walks into a convenience store, bleeding. It's up to Detectives Benson and Stabler to find a rapist who takes his victim's photo. They receive unwanted help from Erik Weber (Henry Ian Cusick), who knows more about the case than he lets on. 
3 251 "Behave" Helen Shaver Jonathan Greene September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29) 12003 9.48[51]
Detectives Benson and Stabler work a case where a rape victim named Vicki (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is brought into the hospital initially claiming she has been attacked multiple times by the same man in a period of fifteen years. All the while searching for evidence across the country, Benson discovers a major problem with the amount of untested rape kits. 
4 252 "Merchandise" Peter Leto Judith McCreary October 6, 2010 (2010-10-06) 12004 8.69[52]
When a teenage girl gets struck by a car, her death reveals a child trafficking and slavery ring which leads Detectives Benson and Stabler to team up with an old ally at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Christine Danielson (Gloria Reuben), who deputizes Benson and Stabler as U.S. marshals; also Captain Cragen deals with the 16th precinct falling apart at the seams. 
5 253 "Wet" Jonathan Kaplan Speed Weed October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) 12005 8.13[53]
Detectives Benson and Stabler arrive on the scene where a woman is found dead in Bethesda Fountain. When her squeaky clean image doesn't match up with her promiscuous actions on the night of her murder, ADA Mikka Von (Paula Patton) encourages the cops to dig deeper into her past. When they find out that the woman was poisoned with toxic mushrooms, they suspect a crazed activist and professor (David Krumholtz) is responsible. As the case develops, Benson and Stabler go to dangerous lengths to ensure that justice is served. 
6 254 "Branded" Peter Leto Chris Brancato October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) 12006 8.74[54]

Detectives Benson and Stabler look for a connection between two men (Michael Gladis and Kevin Alejandro) beaten and branded by their attacker.
7 255 "Trophy" Donna Deitch Ken Storer November 3, 2010 (2010-11-03) 12007 8.13[55]
When Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate a young woman's rape and murder, the case puts them in the line of fire and exposes a larger mystery that includes more victims. Benson gains custody of the victim's grandson. 
8 256 "Penetration" Peter Leto Christine M. Torres & Dawn DeNoon November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10) 12008 7.18[56]
Detectives Benson and Stabler attempt to help FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden) when an undercover assignment turns into a rape case. 
9 257 "Gray" Helen Shaver George Huang November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17) 12009 7.65[57]
A local college student is raped. Executive ADA Sonya Paxton (Christine Lahti) returns to prosecute the case. The case takes a sharp turn from the rape case to a case of abortions and miscarriages. 
10 258 "Rescue" Peter Leto & Constantine Makris Daniel Truly December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01) 12010 9.22[59]
Benson searches for Calvin Arliss's (Charlie Tahan) drug-addict mother, Vivian (Maria Bello). Vivian's name comes up during a rape investigation which Cragen assigns the case to Detectives Munch and Tutuola instead. Inspired by the 2010 Duke "Fuck List" PowerPoint controversy.[58] 
11 259 "Pop" Norberto Barba Jonathan Greene January 5, 2011 (2011-01-05) 12012 10.60[60]
A young boy is found dead on a park carousel, the investigation into his death leads to a gambling ring. 
12 260 "Possessed" Constantine Makris Brian Fagan January 5, 2011 (2011-01-05) 12013 10.60[60]
When a young woman is attacked in her apartment, evidence points to traumatic events from her buried past. 
13 261 "Mask" Donna Deitch Speed Weed January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12) 12015 8.39[61]
Cap Jackson (Jeremy Irons) and his estranged daughter are reunited by her partner, OBGYN Debbie Shields (A. J. Cook), under unfortunate circumstances. Benson and Stabler have to figure out a way to get Jackson to help the detectives get the information they need to solve the case. 
14 262 "Dirty" Helen Shaver Judith McCreary January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19) 12011 6.97[62]
Benson questions Detective Saliyah "Sunny" Qadri (Shohreh Aghdashloo), who had possible involvement in the case of a murdered Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney named Page Ferguson. 
15 263 "Flight" Alex Chapple Dawn DeNoon & Christine M. Torres February 2, 2011 (2011-02-02) 12016 8.81[63]
The detectives investigate a sexual abuse case where a teenage girl is suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder; the case goes awry when their wealthy suspect Jordan Kress (Colm Feore) involves his lawyer Dwight Stanitch (Robert Klein). 
16 264 "Spectacle" Peter Leto Chris Brancato February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09) 12014 7.89[64]
Detective Stabler searches for a victim and her attacker after video of a sexual assault is featured on a college campus intranet feed. As he delves into the investigation, it becomes clear that the perpetrator (Spencer Treat Clark) created a spectacle to draw attention to a traumatic event in his past. 
17 265 "Pursuit" Jonathan Kaplan Judith McCreary February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16) 12017 7.31[65]
Executive ADA Sonya Paxton (Christine Lahti) returns again to try to help an old friend, Alicia Harding (Debra Messing), a television journalist who starts receiving personal threats. However, when a cold case within Harding's family returns to the spotlight, she begins to become extremely passionate in the search for the suspect, which places Paxton's life in jeopardy. 
18 266 "Bully" Helen Shaver Ken Storer February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23) 12018 8.02[66]
Detectives Benson and Stabler go in search of a murderer after an art patron named Cindi, (LuAnn de Lesseps) discovers a woman dead in the apartment above hers. One of their suspects is the victim's friend, Annette Cole, (Kate Burton). 
19 267 "Bombshell" Patrick Creadon Daniel Truly March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23) 12019 8.84[67]

After a man (Tom Irwin) is found brutally stabbed in a parking garage; Benson and Stabler discover that the family man might have had an unusual hobby. When Benson and Stabler go undercover at a swingers club they meet a popular lady named Cassandra Davina (Rose McGowan) and her jealous boyfriend, Doug Loveless (Ryan Hurst). As tensions grow, the detectives question just how far jealousy can push someone.
20 268 "Totem" Jonathan Kaplan Jonathan Greene March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30) 12020 8.54[68]
Sex therapist, Cap Jackson (Jeremy Irons) returns to work with Detectives Benson and Stabler when a young girl is found brutally murdered. The girl is found stuffed into a suitcase and the murderer comes down pressuring her piano teacher (Elizabeth Mitchell) taking the fall for her sister. The piano teacher's mother (Lisa Banes) was the one who sexually abused the sisters. The piano teacher's sister (Agatha Nowicki) suffocated the child when she accidentally came to her piano class when it was cancelled. 
21 269 "Reparations" Constantine Makris Christine M. Torres April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06) 12021 8.29[69]

ADA Casey Novak (Diane Neal) returns when Los Angeles prosecutor Joe Dekker's (Terrence Howard) cousin is accused of rape; Dekker comes in from Los Angeles to defend him.
22 270 "Bang" Peter Leto Speed Weed May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04) 12022 8.53[70]
Detectives Benson and Stabler go in search of the child's caregiver when an abandoned baby is found on playground. Upon meeting the nanny and her boyfriend, Ken Turner (John Stamos), they soon realize that he is also engaged to the baby's adoptive mother, Dede Aston (Lori Singer). 
23 271 "Delinquent" Holly Dale Dawn DeNoon May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11) 12023 8.10[71]
A mother, Bree Mazelon (guest star Rita Wilson), is quick to defend her 14-year-old son, Hunter (guest star Sterling Beaumon), who is found naked and asleep in a young woman's bed. However, Detectives Benson and Stabler try to figure out what truly happened. 
24 272 "Smoked" Helen Shaver Jonathan Greene & Daniel Truly May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18) 12024 8.98[72]

Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a woman who was scheduled to testify in a high-profile rape case.

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