Quarry
- Episode aired Jan 25, 2005
- TV-14
- 1h
An old body of a young kid is found and there seems to be a link to a soon-to-be-executed pedophile. Can the squad find the link between him and the body, or is there a more sinister link?An old body of a young kid is found and there seems to be a link to a soon-to-be-executed pedophile. Can the squad find the link between him and the body, or is there a more sinister link?An old body of a young kid is found and there seems to be a link to a soon-to-be-executed pedophile. Can the squad find the link between him and the body, or is there a more sinister link?
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- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (credit only)
- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
- Julia Brinn
- (as Angelica Torn)
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- TriviaThe events of this episode are later referenced in Season 13's Justice Denied (2012), in which it is revealed that the suspect Benson got the confession from was Omar Pena.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the episode, the photo of the missing boy on the flyer is supposed to be from 1980. The photo is very obviously not from the 1980's, such as the hair style of the boy, and the image quality is far more enhanced than it would have been in that time period. Likely a photograph from 2005 was used, when the episode was set.
- Quotes
Detective Olivia Benson: Before you had kids, you ever worry what they'd be like?
Detective Elliot Stabler: All the time, I still do.
Detective Olivia Benson: At least you and Kathy know what you're passing on. Half my genes are drunk and the other half are violent and cruel.
[she walks away]
Detective Elliot Stabler: And look how great you turned out. It's not all about the genes, Liv. All you can do is love your kids.
- ConnectionsReferences America's Funniest Home Videos (1989)
"Quarry" continues the exceptionally high quality shown in all the previous episodes in another excellent episode. Almost everything is brilliant about it, especially the emotional impact, its approach to the very sensitive subject matter, Mariska Hargitay and John Savage, and even the thing that stops "Quarry" from being a perfect score isn't that catastrophic. It is not quite one of my very favourite episodes of the season, but it is very close.
The production values as ever are slick and with the right amount of muted grit, the photography doesn't try to do anything too fancy or gimmicky while not being claustrophobic and keeping things simple. The music doesn't overbear with the theme tune still memorable. The direction doesn't let the tension slip while still giving enough breathing space to the drama. The script is a mix of thought-provoking, unsettling and raw emotion, all wrapped up in a taut, very appetising and not too neat package.
Really admired that "Quarry" was another story that deals with a heavy subject in a pull no punches way, but avoids going too heavy handed and mushy. Everything with the trophies was truly disturbing, the interaction with Briggs chills and engrosses and the truth is a massive shock and made me feel both angry and sad on first viewing and still feel this way.
Olivia plays a great role in "Quarry", authoritative and conflicted without being over-angsty. Her (too briefly seen) chemistry with Stabler is sweet. Mariska Hargitay is excellent, but am going to agree that Savage's magnificently spine chilling performance is the highlight.
For my liking, there were a couple too many twists later on, which complicated the story a little.
In conclusion, truly excellent. 9/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 17, 2021
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