Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses

are considered especially heinous.

In New York City, the dedicated detectives

who investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

16 murders over fourth of July.

They cut back on the stop-and-searches,

people start carrying.

Well, I'm sure it has nothing to do

with 20 days in a row over 90 degrees.

Okay, folks, listen up.

Looks like we're stuck together a little longer.

What? The captain was cleared a month ago.

Of criminal charges.

1 PP still hasn't declared him fit for duty.

1 PP. Welcome to the puzzle palace.

But they did say that he was coming back.

Far as I know.

Meantime, I've been thinking some things over.

I'd like to move some pieces around on the board.

You can move me back to France.

Actually, I'm just teaming you up back up

- with your old partner. - Really?

- Captain, Fin and I have been kind of--

Getting to that. I'd like to...

pair you up with Benson.

I sense you'll work well together.

Sound good?

Mazel tov.

You got two couples on the floor.

What about Serpico's dance card?

Swing man.

Sometimes on his own, depending on the call.

That all right with you, Nick?

It's all good.

Okay then.

Nick... just so you know,

I didn't ask Harris to make that switch.

I know you didn't. I did.

You did?

Liv... it's no big deal.

One thing about you...

you need to have a partner you can trust.

- There is no there there. - I trust him more

than some guy who claims he was born in Hawaii,

grew up in Indonesia, went to a Madrasah--

Ooh, a Madrasah. Well, that's scary.

That's not like an offshore tax haven, is it?

Punching out, boss.

You an Adam Cain fan?

No, it's just white noise for the paperwork.

Mm-hmm.

So how'd my new lineup go over today?

Like a lead balloon.

They'll adjust.

Heavy lies the crown.

Thanks.

Take the rest of the night off.

Okay.

That's right. That's raising Cain.

That's right. And you know what?

I'd like to raise a little Cain with you.

Lisa, thanks for your usual

compassionate, antebellum analysis.

Folks, four more months of this torture

until the election.

And speaking of torture,

is your local sex shop sold out of whips and handcuffs?

Well, you can blame it on our next guest.

Her runaway bestseller Twenty-Five Acts

follows a woman's journey into a world of domination,

and it's revolutionizing women's attitudes toward sex.

I'm just glad they want it all.

Now her book makes Fifty Shades look like a Disney story.

She is hot, rich, kinky.

I think I'm in love.

Ladies and gentlemen, Jocelyn Paley.

I don't know if I should kiss you or spank you.

Who says you can't do both?

Please.

You did great. The audience loved you.

Only because I had a good partner.

So...

Adam...

what's your fantasy?

Act two. I say when you can touch me.

- Well, I'm sorry, sir. - Turn around.

Get on the bed.

No, no, on all fours.

You need to be punished.

Ah!

That really hurt. S-stop it--

Sto--

Stop!

You don't tell me... what to do.

Sue Raffler. You know, Jocelyn's book tour escort.

Right. You called 911.

I went to her hotel to take her to a radio show.

She was crying--there was blood on her nightgown.

Okay, did she tell you what happened?

She keeps saying nothing happened,

but she has bruises and a mark on her neck.

Okay, and when's the last time you saw her

- before all of that? - She had a taping yesterday.

- Adam Cain. - The talk show host.

He asked her out after. She was sky high.

Today not a word. What's that sound like to you?

I wasn't raped.

I didn't ask her to call the police.

Okay, but there's... paperwork.

Can you just confirm that you were on a date with Mr. Cain?

Just for drinks, then his place.

That bruise on your neck.

That from him?

He got a little handsy.

Because it really looks more like a belt did it.

Did you ask him to do that to you?

No, but I think he thought it was part of the sex.

So you did have sex.

He--he...

put it inside me, but not where I was used to.

Did you tell him to stop?

I tried.

He pulled the belt so tight, I couldn't talk.

I-I had been flirting with him all night.

I told him I wanted him to dominate me.

I don't see how I can call that rape.

Okay, well, we don't have to decide that right now.

But in the meantime... you should do a rape kit.

Just in case.

I won't need it.

Did he use a condom?

Honey, you're gonna need to get tested for STDs.

Scaring someone into getting a rape kit?

Sometimes it's better to build trust.

It's not gonna matter either way.

- Have you read her book? - No.

My sister gave it to me, right?

In act five, the main character

is choked with a belt and sodomized.

She has, like, 18 orgasms.

Great. That's a best-seller.

And for you personally,

how are you dealing with all this attention?

My life feels a little out of control.

Some discipline might help. Or hurt.

Ideally, both.

Well, stay with us, America.

We'll be right back after this break.

Or maybe we won't.

She's giving as good as she gets here.

But it turned ugly when they were alone.

She's not claiming rape, but she agreed to a rape kit?

Well, reluctantly. She has anal fissures

and a severe ligature mark on her neck.

She didn't press charges?

No, she's worried, you know,

because of her book.

Her prose is pretty florid, although I admire any author

who can work in nipple clamps and Albinoni's Adagio

- in one sentence. - You read this?

The yentas at my mother's retirement home

were passing it around and my mother's losing her sight,

- so I read it to her. - Okay, this isn't a book club.

If she's not pressing charges, why are we wasting our time?

Captain, you're new to SVU.

Victims sometimes take time to process.

She said stop. He tightened the belt.

He probably thought that, given her book,

that he could get away with it.

And there are rumors about this guy.

I mean, he's forward with his female guests,

especially the hot ones, and you know what?

There's a possibility that he crossed the line

with a few of his interns.

Hold on. Cain may be a ladies' man,

but he is one of the good guys.

We've seen him at benefits.

Police widows, battered women.

He never says no.

- You mean he never hears no. - Okay.

Fin and Munch, pay Cain a friendly visit

before charges, before he lawyers up.

Benson, Rollins, check and see

if Jocelyn's had time to process.

And I'm what... reading the book?

And you're gonna follow up on the rumors

about Cain and his interns.

If he did do what she says, he's done it before.

You, uh, bringing Rollins up to speed?

- Up to speed? - Mm-hmm.

She's been here a year.

She has a degree in forensic science.

Yeah, but you're not shy about sharing your experience.

Share it with her, not me. Okay?

I know you think it's a joke,

but it's not. It's joke-like.

Please make me funny. Please.