Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

- In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses

are considered especially heinous.

In New York City, the dedicated detectives

who investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

I am so sorry.

- Take it easy. You made it, you made it.

Come here. Sit down.

Excuse me, can I get a glass of wine here?

- Uh, did you hear from your mother?

- Yeah, the last report from Staten Island

is that the kids are making popcorn,

they're watching movies

that they probably shouldn't be watching,

but everybody's happy.

- Thank you. - Uh...

Liv keep you late, or...?

No, she had to kick me out.

I--I just-- I lost track of time.

I'm really sorry. - No, no, no.

Relax, relax. Look.

Sounds to me like you're finally back

in a job that makes you happy.

I am.

Happy.

It's just weird.

- Why is that weird? - I don't know.

I'm just-- I guess I'm just used to

hopping around different jobs, and this feels...

permanent.

Enjoy it.

Be bored.

- Mm. - Just for a minute.

Here.

Happy second anniversary.

Yes.

I don't think that's how it goes.

Uh, silence is almost eerie.

Hear me complaining?

Hey, I'm gonna take a shower.

Don't you go anywhere.

Mm.

Sonny?

Sonny?

Drop it.

Lower the gun.

Drop it or I'll shoot.

- Shoot and Counselor Carisi dies, Sergeant Rollins.

It's okay, it's okay.

- Put it on the ground. Kick it to me.

- There's still time to get out of this.

Do it!

I said to me!

Just forget about the gun.

Just--just tell us what you want.

Back up.

All right.

He walks over slow.

You tie him up.

I'm not doing that.

I'm in control.

Amanda.

Do it!

Unravel it.

No.

Unravel it!

Don't move.

- Are you okay? - I'm okay, I'm okay.

Go, go. Go.

- Amanda, it's funny. - Anything?

Uh, not yet,

but we have every cop in the city on the lookout.

- Okay, just make sure that they have his full description.

Um, he was white.

Um, he was young, 20s, probably.

He had medium build. He had brown eyes.

Okay, Amanda, we got it.

Why don't--why don't you have a seat, honey?

Okay?

Look, is there anything at all familiar about him?

Did you--the sound of his voice, a familiar scent?

- No, if we know him, we didn't recognize him.

No.

- But he sure as hell knew who we were.

- Yeah, he knew our names. And he knew how to break in.

He was waiting here for us, Liv.

- Did he say anything that gives us motive, anything?

Oh, he wanted us both dead.

Okay? He didn't need to say it.

- And the way he referred to us, Sergeant, Counselor--

like, I know that we're looking at a targeted attack,

but I think it could be revenge.

- I'm sending a protective detail, okay?

To Staten Island for your kids and your parents.

And I'm putting you two in a hotel until we know more.

- Good. - This could've--

this could have been really, really bad.

- And it wasn't because you kept your head about you

and you protected yourself.

And you are safe and your children are safe.

We're gonna- - Widen the perimeter.

And I want a patrol car on every block

a mile out until we say otherwise.

Hey, uh, I just wanted to see with my own eyes

that you were all right.

We're fine. Thank you, Chief.

The department is devoting

every available resource to this.

We will be meticulous and swift.

Um, my personal number.

Call any time. - Appreciate it, Chief.

Yeah.

- - You all right?

You want the honest answer?

- Me neither. -

- When it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.

Yeah.

- I'm here to support you, whatever you need.

- Well, I want is for you to take the lead on this.

And before you answer--

Done.

Wow, okay.

Uh, thank you.

- She'll, uh, need to be on modified

while the shooting is being reviewed.

Of course.

Give up her gun,

which I imagine will go over like a lead balloon.

- She-- she understands protocol.

- Still, if you need me to be the bad guy, I'll take the hit.

Tell her I won't listen to reason.

I appreciate that.

I'll handle it. - Sure.

- And, um, I'll get her on top of the list for the psych eval.

You just find who did this.

I will.

Hey, what did we get from the witnesses?

Neighbor's a bust.

He heard the guy in the fire escape.

He couldn't get a good look.

But the Amazon driver did,

said that he saw a man in a COVID mask

get into a blue Honda.

We get a license plate?

No. Let me show you why.

The plate's got some kind of cover on it.

The guy knows what he's doing.

- It's too far away to ID the driver,

but the perp gets into the passenger side.

- Which means that he had an accomplice.

- Did any other cameras pick this up?

No, none better than this.

We'll put out an APB on what we got.

- Okay, did we get anything back from the labs?

- No prints on the cord that was left behind,

but they're pushing his blood through CODIS.

- Hey, where's-- where's Rollins?

So tell me you wanna be alone

without telling me you wanna be alone.

I just needed to focus.

- Yeah, focus on your old cases?

I've got it narrowed down.

- Based on what? - Motive and recent releases.

Here's Robert Watson.

He was a fire escape peeping Tom

we collared few weeks ago for the third time.

Somehow he made bail.

Michael Simmons, a rapist who was escalating

when I arrested him ten years ago.

He was released last month.

Then we got Bruce Ingram.

He threatened to kill Carisi after his arraignment.

Um, he was just found not guilty at trial.

Yeah, I remember him.

He had a bogus alibi. - Mm-hmm.

- But then DNA exonerated him in the final hour.

- Could still hold a grudge, so I figured I'll run 'em down,

uh, rule 'em out with their voices.

- Yeah, okay, so, uh, we knew that the review of the shooting

would come back clean. - Yeah.

- But you still need to clear psych.

- Yeah, but look, Bruno's out, you know, for a funeral.

We're down a man, so I just figured--

You figured--figured what?

You figured I'd just let you skip that part?

No, that's--that's-- it's just not good for anyone.

Plus, Tynan, uh, is expediting your appointment.

- Great. - Yeah.

- All right, so the quicker it's done, the better.

- Yeah, the quicker you talk to someone, the better.

Because, if you don't, it'll only get worse.

In the meantime, I'll have Curry and Griffin...

Pay these three a visit.

Talk to my attorney.

- Not the best way to start, Bruce.