LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT [UPDATED] Air Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on NBC Episode Title: (#1317) "VALENTINE'S DAY"
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"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"VALENTINE'S DAY"
04/18/2012 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : A RAPE INVESTIGATION IS SET INTO MOTION AFTER A HUSBAND SEES HIS WIFE (GUEST STAR CHLO� SEVIGNY) BEING ATTACKED WHILE VIDEO CHATTING.
While video chatting with his wife (guest star Sevigny) on the way home from an international business trip, a Wall Street executive watches an intruder assault and abduct her. The kidnappers demand ransom, and Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Amaro (Danny Pino), Rollins (Kelli Giddish), and Tutuola (Ice-T) are on the scene when the missing housewife arrives to pick up the money. She frantically tells the detectives about her ordeal, but Benson grows suspicious of her story. The SVU squad and Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak (Diane Neal) dig deeper to find out who the real victim is in this increasingly complicated case. Also starring Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen.) Appearances by returning guest stars Ron Rifkin (Counselor Marvin Exley) and Laura Benanti (Maria Grazie.)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES: renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's 15th of 22 episodes) on 4/26/13
DESCRIPTION: (from NBC's press release, April 2013) NBC has announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: "Revolution," "Chicago Fire," "Parenthood," "Grimm" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." All have been given 22-episode orders. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" will enter its 15th season for NBC. The series chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Television. Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer. Warren Leight, Julie Martin and Peter Jankowski are also executive producers. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" originals this season have improved the time period versus year-ago results by 70 percent in adults 18-49 ("live plus same day") and are building on the time slot's lead-in by 31 percent in 18-49 and 70 percent in total viewers.
