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Title: Pattern Seventeen (10 Dec 2014)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mariska Hargitay | ... | Olivia Benson | |
| Danny Pino | ... | Nick Amaro (credit only) | |
| Kelli Giddish | ... | Amanda Rollins | |
| Ice-T | ... | Odafin Tutuola (as Ice T) | |
| Peter Scanavino | ... | Dominick Carisi Jr. | |
| Raúl Esparza | ... | Rafael Barba (credit only) | |
| Harry Hamlin | ... | Chief Charles Patton | |
| Jayne Houdyshell | ... | Judge Ruth Linden | |
| Peter Hermann | ... | Trevor Langan | |
| Jordan Lage | ... | Albert Beck | |
| Samantha Futerman | ... | Annie Lin | |
| Myk Watford | ... | Captain Sam Reynolds | |
| Michael Kostroff | ... | Evan Braun | |
| Lou Martini Jr. | ... | Dr. Joseph Conklin | |
| Lizzy DeClement | ... | Beth Burns | |
When a series of young, petite girls are assaulted in the early morning hours, Detective Rollins matches the pattern to several rapes she worked in Atlanta. When she finds that the victims' rape kits were never tested, Atlanta SVU Chief Patton claims none of the cases were worth pursuing. Intense media scrutiny and the lack of a suspect brings the heat down on Sgt. Benson, who has to face Chief Dodds and their commanders in a CompStat briefing. Meanwhile, a family court judge threatens to remove baby Noah from Benson's care. Written by Jiilo_Kim
The most frightening thing about this case is that serial rapist Jordan Lage is able to keep operating for decades by simply moving his act. He also has another thing going for him, he's in a profession where absolutely no one would ever suspect him of any wrong doing.
By changing his residence Lage just keeps going and going. And with their being no national database for reference it's up to the local jurisdictions to process these rape kits and they haven't the funds.
Once again it's Kelli Giddish who notices something from her days in the Atlanta PD sex crimes that brings it to Sergeant Benson's attention. But Mariska Hargitay also has other things on her mind that being an officious social worker from Child Welfare trying to cover the rear ends of herself and her agency who brings Olivia in for a hearing.
In the end Lage does confess, but you have to see how new SVU squad member Peter Scannavino worms it out of him.
The Big Brother aspects of a National DNA database frighten many people including me. Still this episode makes a compelling case for it.