Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Dreams Deferred
Overview
A man goes on a killing spree, but he has links to a prostitute that Benson encountered in an earlier investigation, so the FBI contacts SVU for information.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2012-12-05
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Dreams Deferred is Episode 9 in Season 14 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2012-12-05. The runtime is 43 min.
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As the detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school, decades of secrets are exposed.
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Holiday celebrations are interrupted when Detective Tutuola's ex-brother-in-law is arrested for attacking a priest; during the investigation, a church scandal is uncovered.
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Episode 12: Criminal Hatred
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Episode 13: Monster's Legacy
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Episode 4: Acceptable Loss
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Episode 14: Secrets Exhumed
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Episode 15: Deadly Ambition
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