Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Pop
Overview
A young boy is found dead on a park carousel after being dropped off by his uncle Joe Gilbert. When Detectives Benson and Stabler learn that the boy was beaten to death they suspect that it could be the result of a bully at school. The investigation leads to an unsettling gambling ring. Detectives suspect that Gilbert's acquaintance, Joe Roberts is beating his wife Sandra and the case takes a horrifying turn.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2011-01-05
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Pop is Episode 11 in Season 12 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2011-01-05. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 10: Rescue
With young Calvin in her care, Detective Benson continues the search for his drug-addict mother, Vivian, but Detective Stabler notices a strong bond forming between Benson and the boy. When Vivian's name comes up during a rape investigation, Captain Cragen assigns Detectives Fin and Munch to the case instead. However, it will take more than Cragen' s orders to keep Benson away.
Episode 12: Possessed
A young man finds that his girlfriend Larissa Welsh has been attacked in her apartment with evidence that points to her buried past. Detectives Benson and Stabler go in search of her attacker and discover that an elderly man, Orville Underwood, may have been involved in traumatic events of Welsh's past. For the detectives, solving the case comes down to who was in possession of the evidence.
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Episode 13: Mask
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Episode 8: Penetration
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Episode 14: Dirty
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Episode 7: Trophy
A rape and murder investigation puts the detectives lives at risk.
Episode 15: Flight
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Episode 6: Branded
Two men have been branded and sodomised by someone. Is there a connection between these men, and what nut case is on the loose?
Episode 16: Spectacle
After the sexual assault of a young woman is videotaped and featured on a campus-wide intranet feed, detectives Elliot Stabler and Odafin "Fin" Tutuola go in search of the victim and her attacker. As they delve into the investigation, it becomes clear that the perpetrator created a spectacle to draw attention to his own issues.
Episode 5: Wet
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 encourages the cops to dig deeper into her past.
Episode 17: Pursuit
The TV host of a show that spotlights predators receives threats to her safety, and this reawakens her hunt for her sister's abductor. An ADA with connections to the TV host then assists detectives in their investigation.