A doctor who was arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free due to Cassidy's testimony which results in a mistrial.A doctor who was arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free due to Cassidy's testimony which results in a mistrial.A doctor who was arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free due to Cassidy's testimony which results in a mistrial.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
- Lorenzo
- (as Anthony Grasso)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe end scene with Cassidy and Peter Stone explains why Cassidy was unable to deal with the cases SVU handles and offered a transfer by Captain Cragen in "Disrobed (2000)".
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Brian Cassidy: [to Stone] I heard that Reggie confessed.
Peter Stone: Yeah, he did.
Brian Cassidy: I mean, can you cut this kid a deal? Don't you think he's suffered enough?
Peter Stone: So, you total my case, you... uh... run from a murder scene, and hole up with a fellow officer, and now you're telling me how to do my job?
Brian Cassidy: Okay, so then fire me then, all right? I deserve that. I get that, but not Reggie. Come on, man. After what West did to him? This kid's gonna be chasing demons away the rest of his life. Every relationship, every time this kid looks into a mirror, there's just there's gonna be this looming shadow there.
In this ep Cassidy (still easy on the eyes) is again working as a special investigator with the DA's office and is testifying in what seems like a slam-dunk case against a pedophile doctor who'd been arrested by SVU after painstaking work.
Mid-testimony Cassidy inadvertently torches the case -- a screw-up that sends him on a bender. When Liv is summoned by the bartender to come down and get him in a cab, Cassidy erupts, forcing a row between the two that seems to be about years of unaired torment.
Later that night when he rolls up -- desperate and bloodied -- it's clear Liv is still as important to him as ever. But is he still important to her?
Cassidy yearned for and idolized Benson from the earliest moments of SVU, but initially never got further than a one-night stand.
13 years later the two started an actual relationship. Bensidy seemed fun for a while, but flailed as he realized he would never be the great love of her life. Not succeeding with her -- letting her down, then and now, even as colleagues, remains deep among his fears.
Chasing Demons is fleshed out with new turmoil in the squad room and victims absorbing a shock twist in their quest for justice.
As usual Olivia balances it all, while this time forced to confront a lifetime of romantic choices and regrets.
The coda to 'Chasing Demons' is season 20's 'Facing Demons' in which Winters has some of the best screen moments of his career, and Bensidy seems pretty well capped.
Gotta give SVU and L&O franchise credit for playing the long game with so many of these characters, just as they're
doing with return of Stabler now.
- whoneedsascreenname
- Aug 20, 2021