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.

Are you my appendix?

Excuse me?

Because I want to take you out.

Oh, that's..

That's not nice, that's my drink.

Not anymore.

Okay. Don't you know?

Possession is 9/10 of the law.

Where'd you get your law degree,

College of Staten Island?

These lips could give a guy like you

a hell of a 21st birthday.

Who told you it was my birthday?

What did I tell you?

Hey.

Hey, hey, hey.

Oh, come on, what's the matter?

What, did she spill your gin fizz?

It was a tequila Negroni, you philistines.

A what? It ain't an insult

if we never heard the word before.

Whose idea was that? Relax, kid.

Mandy's a catch. A good, Irish Catholic girl.

All right, that's it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, what do you mean that's it?

What are you doing? Where are you going?

I'm going back to the city.

What do mean you're going back to the city?

We're playing a game.

I told you I wanted to keep my birthday low key.

Oh, come on, turning 21 is not a low-key birthday.

These guys watched you grow up.

Come on, they just bought you a drink, that's all.

Aidan!

Aidan!

Son! Hey!

These guys didn't mean anything by that.

They just wanted to celebrate with you.

By getting me laid.

What's wrong with that?

If I have to explain it to you,

then you haven't been listening.

I gotta go. No, no, no, wait.

Just give me one second, okay?

I have your suit for Aunt Pammie's wedding

in the trunk of my car. Give me one..

My car is literally right here,

and I didn't pick out that suit; you did.

Don't start with that.

You want me to wear it so bad, you drop it off.

You want me to drive into Manhattan

to drop off your suit?

Aidan!

Oh, come on.

Hey. Oh.

There you are. Sit down.

And, uh, ask me why I'm popping a bottle of champagne

in the middle of the day.

You won a big case?

No. No.

We are celebrating.

Okay, I figured that out.

Okay, listen, stop being a detective for five seconds.

You blew those kids at Fordham away,

and my old college roommate was impressed.

And he called me today to put out some feelers.

For what?

The way he puts it,

they're gonna approach you with a job offer..

a teaching position.

I'm not a teacher.

No, but you are an expert in forensic psychology.

After you got shot, you've been all but hinting

that you might need a change.

I thought this might be perfect.

Carisi, stop being a lawyer for five seconds.

I didn't mean leaving SVU.

You can say no if you want.

Just don't say no right now.

Right now, enjoy your champagne,

and then after that, sleep on it.

To the future.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Aidan?

Yo?

Aidan!

Aidan, come on, it's getting late.

We got to be suited up in the church by 9:00 a.m.

Aidan!

Aidan, if you don't show up, your aunt

is gonna absolutely lose it.

I can hear your cell in there.

I know you're in there, come on!

Aidan!

Aidan?

So the victim is the kid of one of our own?

Detective Mark McDaniels, Grand Larceny division.

The same McDaniels who collared the postal inspector

a few years back? Special Frauds.

That phony check scam case, right?

Mack's a good man.

What can you tell us about his son?

The kid just turned 21, lived alone, went to FIT.

Worked for some high-end clothing brand in Soho.

And his father is the one who found him?

He called it in.

I called you guys.

What's the sexual component?

I found bite marks on his genitals.

I couldn't get him out of the house.

We'll talk to him.

Detective McDaniels?

I'm Captain Benson.

This is Detective Rollins.

Can you tell us what happened?

Yeah.

Uh...

We were celebrating my son's, uh, you know, 21st birthday,

and, uh, you know,

he used to be such a good bowler

when he was a kid, so we..

And I was just trying to drop off his suit.

You know, uh,

you know that expression one day at a time?

I think today

it's one minute at a time.

He had.. he had bite marks on him.

On his back, on his upper thigh,

and, uh,

all over his, uh, his groin area.

Yeah, Detective Fernandez brought us up to speed.

I mean, as far as I know, my kid was a virgin.

What kind of.. what kind of monster does this?

That's what we're gonna find out.

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

The door, was it broken like that when you got here?

No, I did that.

I didn't know it was a crime scene, but, you know,

when I looked in and I saw my.. my son dead on the..

on the floor, you know, I kind of lost it, okay?

Is there somebody that we can call for you?

Your wife?

My ex, Laura.

Yeah, I should call her.

Yeah, if I was his mother, that's what I would want,

and I'd want to hear it from you.

Yeah.

Oh, God.

We came as soon as I got your text.

This guy's in bad shape.

Look, father to father..

Okay, I'll keep an eye on him.

This kid, it's awful.

He crossed paths with a monster

at some point last night.

Look, go outside and check if there's any security cameras.

Check his phone, his social, and tell me what you find.

Did the perp place the towel like that?

I asked Mack about it.

He said he did it to preserve the kid's dignity.

Okay, well, that's gonna mess up the case,

but I certainly get it.

Half the closet's empty.

Drawers too.

Kid was an art school student.

Probably on a shoestring budget.

Probably didn't have much to begin with.

That may be something.

May be nothing.

Thanks, Fernandez.

Can you imagine if it was Jessie or Billie or Noah?

We're used to seeing this stuff all the time.

I can't.

Thanks for coming in on your day off.

Well, what can you tell us about Aidan McDaniels?

Well, in addition to bite marks,

he's got quite a few injuries.

Cause of death, head trauma, internal bleeding.

So he was beaten?

More like tortured.

Whoever did this started with the biting,

then switched to some kind of object.

Do you have any idea what the object was?

Blunt force, four inch diameter

with a significant taper.

Off-hand, I'd say it was a wine bottle.

Likely the same one he was sodomized with.

So it was a rage attack?

He's got quite a few internal ruptures.

Ooh.

Do you know if this happened antemortem or post?