Law & Order: SVU (2003)

ROLE: Dr. Garret Lang
EPISODE: 1 Episode in Season 4 (See Below)
CREATED BY: Dick Wolf
WRITTEN BY: Robert F. Campbell/Jonathan Greene
CO-STARS: Christopher Meloni (Runaway Bride), Mariska Hargitay (Lake Placid)
STATION: NBC
SITE: http://www.nbc.com

SUMMARY
This show delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit, investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives.

EPISODES
>> 4×24 Perfect – Air Date: May 9, 2003
- Summary: After exchanging shots with armed-robbery suspects fleeing down a dark alley, the police discover a dead fourteen year old black female with a bullet in her skull. Autopsy reveals that she was dead hours before being accidentally shot. This case, which started out weird, becomes weirder at every turn. The dead girl, Samantha, who died from dehydration-starvation, was covered in filth and cockroach bites, but had nice ribbons in her hair, covered with a nice blanket, wearing a necklace sporting an infinity symbol worth almost a grand, and pregnant using a fertilization process that caused her to release many eggs at one time. Using the custom-made jewelry, SVU Detectives back-trace it to a Doctor Lang, and his non-profit organization Lang-Foy (Fountain of Youth). Several other teen-age runaways are discovered along with a chilling secret about Dr. Lang, his employees, and his organization.

GALLERY

TRIVIA
- Former regular Chris Orbach, who plays Ken Briscoe, is the son of Jerry Orbach, who played Lennie Briscoe on “Law & Order” (1990). Ken Briscoe is Lennie’s nephew.
- After the World Trade Center attack in September 2001, NBC ordered the opening credits for the 2001-2002 season reedited to remove images of the ill-fated building.
- Richard Belzer carried his role of Det. John Munch over from the series “Homicide: Life on the Street” (1993). He also played John Munch in “Law & Order” (1990) which had several crossover episodes with “Homicide”, an episode of “The X Files” (1993), an episode of “The Beat” (2000), an episode of “Law & Order: Trial by Jury” (2005) and the finale of “Arrested Development” (2003). This is a record for appearances by an actor playing the same character in different programs.
- Many of the actors on the show previously starred on the HBO drama “Oz” (1997) including Dean Winters and B.D. Wong. Most notable, and ironic, is Christopher Meloni (Detective Stabler) who played a sadistic rapist and murderer on OZ and now hunts them on SVU.