LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Air Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012 Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on NBC Episode Title: (#1303) "BLOOD BROTHERS" (Repeat)
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"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"BLOOD BROTHERS"
07/21/2012 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Saturday) : AN INVESTIGATION INTO A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S PREGNANCY LEADS DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON (MARISKA HARGITAY) TO UNCOVER FAMILY SECRETS OF A PROMINENT POLITICIAN (GUEST STAR KYLE MACLACHLAN)
When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl refuses to identify her baby's father, Benson (Hargitay) and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to several men in her life including Tripp Raines, the teenage son of high-profile political couple Andrew and Kathleen Raines (MacLachlan and guest star Paige Turco) and Arturo Rivera, the son of the Raines' housekeeper (guest star Judy Reyes.) The detectives uncover much more than they bargained for when a Raines family secret is revealed and a family member goes missing.
Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak.)
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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.
