A reality TV family secrets begin to spill when their young teenage daughter learns she's pregnant.A reality TV family secrets begin to spill when their young teenage daughter learns she's pregnant.A reality TV family secrets begin to spill when their young teenage daughter learns she's pregnant.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
- ADA Rafael Barba
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChris Elliott also played a cameraman in Groundhog Day (1993).
- Quotes
Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.: Hey, Lieutenant, how was your weekend?
Olivia Benson: Well, it was good till now. The press find out yet?
Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: No, but America's favorite family. It's just a matter of time.
Olivia Benson: Okay, which daughter is it?
Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.: Lane Baker. Number four of ten. She passed out at her virtue ball.
Olivia Benson: Her virtue ball?
Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.: Yeah, it's a dance where daughters promise their fathers they'll stay virgins till they get married.
Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: And so much for that promise. Doc says Lane is three months pregnant.
- ConnectionsReferences An American Tail (1986)
Despite the lack of courtroom drama, there is plenty of scientific investigation, legal maneuvering, and speculation about the guilty culprit-who appears to be on the cusp of covering his crime as detectives converge. Because it operates like a small community or an extended family, the relatively closed and close (i.e, confidential) nature of the family and its crew limit the pool of suspects to a degree, but also create an unlikely pool and lead to some intense situations.
This episode deserves lots of credit for exposing the acute dangers of monsters who hide in plain sight. Especially when they are skilled manipulators, these are the most dangerous monsters of all because so many people believe they are too intelligent, sophisticated, wise... to be duped.
The story also deserves lots of credit for handling a particularly sensitive issue deftly, per norm for the series, and for showing multiple sides of the same coin. A quote by Carisi near the end of the episode, which isn't shared here because it might be a bit of a spoiler, really accentuates this strength.
- jeffstonewords
- Aug 23, 2021