Episode Report Card Pooh: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Slaves
By Pooh | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.18.2000
Over at some hospital, Stabler and Benson are walking and talking with a lady doctor who says "She's still detoxing," and that "she" was on Ketamine, the animal tranquilizer. Stabler says they're familiar with it, that its street name is Vitamin K. The doctor says it's the "addiction of choice" in vet circles, and that "hers was pretty long-term." They arrive at the room of Dr. Morrow, who is in soft restraints and has an NYPD uniform guarding the door. She tells Stabler and Benson that she already told them everything, but they're not there for her. They want to talk about her husband's crime. "My husband didn't do anything wrong," she asserts. Oh, yeah? I got two words: Fresh Horses. Oh, sorry, they're talking about kidnapping and torturing Ilena. Dr. Morrow: "He disciplined her. He helped. Her. Learn." Like, ew. Benson asks if Dr. M knows that Ilena is missing, and this gets the good doctor's attention. Benson's on a roll: "Yep. You're gone, she's gone. I guess he's all alone now. Except for your daughter." "And all of his toys," Stabler reminds her. Dr. Morrow protests that Andrew treats the daughter like a princess, that she's his daughter. Benson says she's adopted, not even Andrew's own flesh and blood. Stabler: "You know he can't let that closet stay empty." Oh, god. Dr. Morrow bursts into tears, either at the thought of her daughter going through that or the memory of signing on to do that Then Came You pilot. Benson continues, "You know he's gonna do it. He did it to you, didn't he? Didn't he?" Dr. Morrow turns her head away, then turns back to blubber, "He was so good to me at first. And then he started asking me to do things." "So you let him hurt you," says Benson. "I wanted to escape so many times, but I was so afraid for our daughter." Benson is oddly unmoved by this: "So you stayed, hoping things would change, but they didn't, did they?" Suddenly the lights at Yankee Stadium go on over Stabler's head: "Until he abducted Ilena." Dr. Morrow is like, duh. "He said it was so perfect. A woman just in the United States. No one would even know she existed. He kept her chained in a closet for the first six months." OH MY GOD! "Except to rape and torture her," this from Benson. Dr. Morrow is all, "You have no idea what I went through." Stabler again with the big realization, "That's why you never did anything for Ilena. Because he stopped doing it to you. You're gonna help us." Dr. Morrow just blubbers some more. Bitch.
Back in the interrogation room, the director has set up this bitchin' shot where Stabler and Munch are standing against the far wall, and Andrew is sitting in the middle of the room, facing them. The camera is behind Andrew. Munch asks how easy it was to roll Dr. Morrow, and Stabler says it was "like dice down the chute." Munch walks up to Andrew's side as he says, "Ooh, that's gonna hurt. She was your number one submissive, wasn't she?" Andrew insists that she'll never testify against him. Stabler walks up to Andrew's other side and says that she will, because they control her now. "She doesn't even blink without my permission." "She blinked," Stabler informs him, as he and Munch crouch down to be at eye level with Andrew. Munch grabs Andrew's face, turns it towards him and says, "See, that's where you screwed up, Chuck. You broke her down too much, made her pliable." Stabler grabs his face and turns it the other way to tell Andrew, "You made it easy for us." Munch turns him back and says, "Most wives would go to the electric chair for their husbands, but not yours." Stabler tells him, "You really screwed up. Your power is gone, my friend. We took your control." He and Munch walk back to the wall. Andrew's all in a tizzy, trying to prove he's still boss, and busts out with, "I control Ilena! She doesn't eat, sleep, or urinate without my permission. I control her. I do." Like, congratulations on that amazing accomplishment, you slimy little freak. Oh, and my condolences on the size of your penis. Stabler comes back at him, asking, "You like to beat up on women? Huh, tough guy?" He stands right in front of Andrew and tells him to stand up. When Andrew's standing, Stabler tells him to sit. Before his ass hits the cushion, Stabler orders him to stand again. Before he's upright, Stabler hisses at him to sit down. Stabler grins and asks who's controlling whom now. He tells Andrew they've forced every move he's made. Andrew is squinting with hatred as Munch tells him, "Once we've started your run, it's screw-up city, pal." Andrew looks worried as he says they've never forced a move from him. Stabler stands in front of him, arms folded, and says, "Oh really? We forced you to move Ilena, didn't we?" Andrew thinks about this for a second, then kind of smiles and just leans back in his chair. Stabler realizes something and heads out to the squad room . . .