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Law & Order: Organized Crime
S1.E5
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An Inferior Product

  • Episode aired May 13, 2021
  • TV-14
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
493
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Dylan McDermott, Christopher Meloni, and Tamara Taylor in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
Law & Order: Organized Crime: An Inferior Product
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Eriq La Salle
  • Writers
    • Dick Wolf
    • Ilene Chaiken
    • Matt Olmstead
  • Stars
    • Christopher Meloni
    • Danielle Moné Truitt
    • Tamara Taylor
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    493
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Eriq La Salle
    • Writers
      • Dick Wolf
      • Ilene Chaiken
      • Matt Olmstead
    • Stars
      • Christopher Meloni
      • Danielle Moné Truitt
      • Tamara Taylor
    • 9User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos5

    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Tiime To Deliver
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    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Tiime To Deliver
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Stabler Needs To Move On
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    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Stabler Needs To Move On
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Stabler Needs To Move On
    Clip 0:53
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Stabler Needs To Move On
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Benson Notices A Change In Stabler
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    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Benson Notices A Change In Stabler
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Benson Gets Justice For Simon With Stabler By Her Side
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    Law & Order: Organized Crime: Benson Gets Justice For Simon With Stabler By Her Side
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: An Inferior Product
    Trailer 0:59
    Law & Order: Organized Crime: An Inferior Product

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    Christopher Meloni
    Christopher Meloni
    • Detective Elliot Stabler
    Danielle Moné Truitt
    Danielle Moné Truitt
    • Sergeant Ayanna Bell
    Tamara Taylor
    Tamara Taylor
    • Angela Wheatley
    Ainsley Seiger
    Ainsley Seiger
    • Detective Jet Slootmaekers
    Dylan McDermott
    Dylan McDermott
    • Richard Wheatley
    Mariska Hargitay
    Mariska Hargitay
    • Captain Olivia Benson
    Charlotte Sullivan
    Charlotte Sullivan
    • Gina Cappelletti
    Michael Rivera
    Michael Rivera
    • Detective Diego Morales
    Ben Chase
    Ben Chase
    • Detective Freddie Washburn
    Ibrahim Renno
    Ibrahim Renno
    • Izak Bekher
    Daniel Oreskes
    Daniel Oreskes
    • Lieutenant Marv Moennig
    Keren Dukes
    Keren Dukes
    • Denise
    Smitty Chai
    Smitty Chai
    • Kwan Chen
    Kevin Craig West
    Kevin Craig West
    • Terrence Bryant
    Demore Barnes
    Demore Barnes
    • Deputy Chief Christian Garland
    Tyler Bunch
    Tyler Bunch
    • Store Owner
    Danny Olabi
    Danny Olabi
    • Damon King
    Lily Rose
    • Giana Chen
    • Director
      • Eriq La Salle
    • Writers
      • Dick Wolf
      • Ilene Chaiken
      • Matt Olmstead
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    User reviews9

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    10yazguloner

    Like a Old Times

    We missed the Benson and Stabler partnership. We missed your suspect chases, too.

    I'm still looking for ice t, munch, and even cragen in their suspicious chases. I haven't gotten used to the new team yet. Just matter of time.
    9Hitchcoc

    Tension Builds

    This episode really gets at the guts of undercover work. Wheatly is getting worse and worse and circumstances make for Eliot and Wheatly to face off. This episode ends with a major surprise.
    permag

    The producer must love the face of Benson and Stabler

    If you cut out the scenes where Benson and Stabler just looks soulful into the camera, the series would be several hours shorter.
    10snowwhiite

    No spoilers...

    If you are a fan of this show, I will make this short and sweet. The writers had their A Game back and it was filled with action and suspense. The actor who played Richie even showed some depth to his character, which was quite unexpected.

    I have never been one to write reviews. I am not a tv snob, but this cast is superb, one of the best I have seen in a number of years!! I am looking forward to the finale tonight, to see if we get the payoff we so richly want, but I am going to miss not having new episodes this summer.

    Thank you Dick Wolf for two amazing hours of tv this Spring! Can't wait for next season!!
    4Ed-Shullivan

    Scary stuff, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hartigay) is slowly interjecting her dour personality into every episode so STOP IT

    If this series is to survive past season one (1) the producers (this means you Mariska Hartigay) need to refrain from easing Olivia Benson into every episode. Benson has her own show already in which she stars in and gazes jaw-a-dropping in far too many scenes which is why I stopped watching Law & Order SVU.

    Please give Elliot Stabler a fighting chance to make a series of his own without literally dumping the pouty faced Olivia Benson into every episode of this new show. She ruined SVU by sucking up all the air time and I would like to watch Law & Order: Organized Crime with fresh faces and new story lines, not the regurgitated crap and woke story lines of SVU.

    I will give this series two (2) more episodes and if the quality does not improve I will call this series unfortunately "Done like dinner".

    I give it a 4 out of 10 IMDB rating for this episode.

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      The title of this episode may refer to a quote from the film American Gangster (2007). The film tells the story of real life criminal Frank Lucas, who sold heroin under the brand name "Blue Magic". In this episode, a group making an inferior version of the drug "Purple Magic" (a homage to "Blue Magic") is shut down.
    • Connections
      References Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Trick-Rolled at the Moulin (2021)

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    • Release date
      • May 13, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Wolf Entertainment
      • Universal Television
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      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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