Debt
- Episode aired Sep 28, 2004
- TV-14
- 41m
The detectives are stumped by cultural barrier when smugglers hold illegal Chinese immigrants captive.The detectives are stumped by cultural barrier when smugglers hold illegal Chinese immigrants captive.The detectives are stumped by cultural barrier when smugglers hold illegal Chinese immigrants captive.
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- Detective John Munch
- (credit only)
- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
- Li Mei
- (as Ming-Na)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaBD Wong, Ming-Na Wen, and James Hong have previously appeared together in, or rather lent their voices to, Mulan (1998) the 1998 animated movie about a girl named Mulan (Ming-Na) who impersonates a soldier to save her father from going to war, but falls for her superior officer Shang (B.D. Wong) while saving China from invaders.
- GoofsDuring the arrest scene in the pool hall, Stabler "hand cuffs" Ricky but you can see as Stabler leads Ricky out of the pool hall Ricky is holding the cuffs in his hands and wasn't actually handcuffed.
- Quotes
Elliot Stabler: Li Mei, you gotta trust me.
Li Mei: I am afraid.
Elliot Stabler: I understand that you're afraid, but I can't help you, your sister, or her daughter unless you do trust me. You've gotta tell me everything. Now let's start with Ping. How old is she?
Li Mei: Fifteen. Ping was only a baby when Jiao and her husband came here. They couldn't take her on the boat. We saved every penny to bring her to America. And then Jiao's husband left and took all our money.
Elliot Stabler: Where's Ping now?
Li Mei: I don't know.
Elliot Stabler: Come on, Hannah told you Jiao paid the man to bring her over here from China.
Li Mei: Yes, but I don't know if Ping is here.
Elliot Stabler: And the wedding money is for the smugglers, right?
Li Mei: These snakeheads charge $50,000 and until you pay off the debt, they own you.
Elliot Stabler: Now, these snakeheads, I need names.
Li Mei: I don't know.
Elliot Stabler: Li Mei, these are the people who have your sister. Now, every second you waste keeps us from finding her.
Li Mei: Please, you must believe me. I don't know. I begged her not to go. I told her that these people kill if you don't pay them back.
Elliot Stabler: Your sister took a huge risk.
Li Mei: Do you have children, Mr. Stabler?
Elliot Stabler: Yeah, I've got four.
Li Mei: Then wouldn't you deal with murderers to get your baby back?
- ConnectionsReferences The Lion King (1994)
Whoremaster in this investigation is a smug, arrogant Chinese gangster played by Jack Yang. He's one of the most evil villains ever in the history of the show. His alpha male front with Mariska Hargitay while being interrogated really makes you want to smack him.
Ming-Na Wen plays the sister of the woman whose children were abandoned and there's an older child about 14 no doubt being pimped out. It's all a race against the clock because Yang really has the system wired.
A good episode with SVU taking on the issues of illegal immigrant exploitation and child sex exploitation.
- bkoganbing
- Jan 29, 2015