Scourge
- Episode aired May 11, 2001
- TV-14
- 43m
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A disturbed man is arrested after a murder spree. Alexandra Cabot comes under fire for seeking the death penalty.A disturbed man is arrested after a murder spree. Alexandra Cabot comes under fire for seeking the death penalty.A disturbed man is arrested after a murder spree. Alexandra Cabot comes under fire for seeking the death penalty.
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BD Wong
- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
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Did you know
- TriviaPrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (January 8, 1864 - January 14, 1892) was the grandson of the reigning monarch of the British Empire, Queen Victoria, and the second in line for the throne of England in the late 1800's. He was rumored to have sexual tendencies that were considered deviant at the time, including homosexuality and frequenting prostitutes. It was because of these rumors that some people (mostly amateur historians and serial killer fans) believed Prince Albert to be the notorious serial killer "Jack the Ripper". However military and royal travel documents show that Prince Albert was out of the country during the murders of the prostitutes in 1888 attributed to the "Ripper". Most reputable historians believe the rumors about his sexual proclivities and the rumors about him secretly being the "Ripper" were started by political rivals of the royal family, there was never any evidence that even remotely tied the Prince to the 1888 murders.
- GoofsWhen Benson and Stabler are getting up off the floor of the church after handcuffing the suspect, Daniel Varney, you can see 2 crew members off to the right of the shot.
- Quotes
Detective Elliot Stabler: [to Olivia] I know you're working off some nervous energy, but you don't have to read every one of them out loud.
Detective Olivia Benson: Aren't we in a mood?
Detective Elliot Stabler: You know, it's the middle of the night and I'm sitting here realizing I spend more time with you than I do with my own family.
- ConnectionsReferences Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Featured review
A new Jack the Ripper?
This episode of SVU finds the squad on the trail of a man who the press is labeling a new Jack the Ripper. Not that he's following any kind of pattern that our Whitechapel legend used, but the viciousness of the knife attacks even has the veteran police officers reaching for the barf bag.
Four victims including a child are done in by this man before the SVU squad after following a couple of false leads arrests Richard Thomas. Of course the public is demanding the never used death penalty in New York and Stephanie March is following those dictates not to mention her own personal revulsion.
Insanity is the issue here and Thomas finds an advocate in the consulting psychiatrist B.D. Wong. There is something wrong with Thomas, something preventable and curable way back when. There is a responsible party and Thomas truly is not competent to stand trial.
For that you watch the story. When watching you will appreciate the performance of Thomas and Karen Allen as the loyal wife who stands by her man under trying circumstances.
Four victims including a child are done in by this man before the SVU squad after following a couple of false leads arrests Richard Thomas. Of course the public is demanding the never used death penalty in New York and Stephanie March is following those dictates not to mention her own personal revulsion.
Insanity is the issue here and Thomas finds an advocate in the consulting psychiatrist B.D. Wong. There is something wrong with Thomas, something preventable and curable way back when. There is a responsible party and Thomas truly is not competent to stand trial.
For that you watch the story. When watching you will appreciate the performance of Thomas and Karen Allen as the loyal wife who stands by her man under trying circumstances.
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