Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Loophole
Overview
Stabler ends out being out of commission after a perpetrator high on PCP throws him through a window at the station, so Benson teams up with Munch and Tutuola to investigate a mysterious packet of photos. The photographs lead them to both a suspected child pornographer and a junkie burgler, but after Benson takes ill during the investigation, the team realises that there is more than child pornography at stake as their investigation soon reveals that Seth Millstead wasn't into little boys at all, but had been using the tenants of the apartment building in an experiment for a new pesticide.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2007-02-06
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Loophole is Episode 13 in Season 8 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2007-02-06. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 12: Outsider
Tutuola reluctantly works on a case involving the rape of a coed after his son Ken feels responsible for catching the rapist. Tutuola trying to solve the case with the rape victim unwilling to cooperate, crosses paths with another detective, Chester Lake, who is also investigating similar cases as part of Brooklyn SVU. The two clash at first but when another rape occurs, the two detectives must work together and pick up the pace before the rapist strikes again.
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