New Facial Expression Upward Constabulary & Companionship Svu “Psycho/Therapist” Recap & Review

It seems that “Psycho-The-Rapist” William Lewis continues to live on – inwards prison theatre (at to the lowest degree for now).  I wished that someone would select him out earlier the halt of the episode, every bit this would live a goodness means for Benson to displace on from the trauma which he inflicted on her. It’s obvious that he has invaded her mind; she imagines him stalking her every bit she goes virtually her life. While inwards Doctor Lindstrom’s office, she is swept into a daydream (or waking nightmare) that Lewis has breached the security of the doctor’s component to handgrip her at gunpoint.  Her imagination also has her locking lips with the physician when Lewis invades. Does Benson have got genuinely romantic feelings for the physician (ick!) or does he just stand upwards for the safe, protective, together with romantic feelings that she’s non getting from her electrical current human relationship or her life? She imagines Lewis stepping into an lift with her, together with she rapidly realizes that it’s just someone who has a vague resemblance to him. She enters her novel even out together with hears a foreign dissonance together with she arms herself to gear upwards for some other onset only to disclose it’s her live in, Brian Cassidy.  Her reactions are probable due to PTSD, the pressures of the trial,  and the prospect of having to human face upwards William Lewis inwards the courtroom together with keeping upwards her lies virtually what genuinely happened during those lastly hours of her captivity.

Everybody lies, fifty-fifty our honey Olivia Benson, but practise nosotros care? Should nosotros care? We have got the payoff of seeing William Lewis for the monster he is, but nosotros also know that Benson did, inwards fact, musical rhythm out him mercilessly spell he was handcuffed to the bed. Was she incorrect to practise this? Yes. Is it understandable that she did this? Also yes. Everyone has a breaking betoken together with several days of torture would for certain brand anyone snap. It’s clear that the jury saw precisely what Benson did together with had “serious reservations” virtually her conduct. And they should. They don’t know Benson similar viewers know her, nor should they. The jury only has the facts every bit presented at trial with which to base of operations their verdict. Sadly to say, based on what nosotros saw of the prosecution’s case, their instance sucked. It’s a shame that Barba was non able to brand it to a greater extent than helpful testimony from her co-workers to Benson’s character, together with it was a grave error for him to depend thus much on questioning William Lewis on the stand. Maybe he assumed that Lewis had thus big of an ego that he couldn’t top upwards his fourth dimension on the stand, but clearly Barba underestimated Lewis. This turned out to live a he said/she said trial with null hard evidence, together with  Barba brought a only his fists to a gunfight.

During the testimony of i doctor, Lewis made a betoken that whatever i of the injuries he sustained from Benson’s beating would have got incapacitated him. I am surprised that Barba did non counter past times asking how Benson, who is non a physician together with does non have got x-ray vision or an MRI scanner inwards her head, would non live able to run into that she broke or shattered whatever bones. If, for example, she hitting him inwards the ribs first, he could have got all the same live standing or moving which would have got triggered some other swipe past times Benson. Of course, nosotros all know what genuinely happened, but that doesn’t hateful Barba could non have got tried to discredit that witness.

Also, when Amaro together with Benson were both questioned virtually the tactics Benson used when she get-go questioned Lewis, Barba did non select on whatever goodness witnesses afterward to exhibit that using tactics every bit Benson did during the interrogation – together with what she did to brand it his caput during her kidnapping –  was inwards fact normal for a police clitoris officer. But no, every bit far every bit nosotros know, he allow the jury stew over the idea that Lewis pose inwards their heads that Benson was coming on to him.

We also did non hear Barba’s closing argument, thus nosotros don’t know if he made whatever comments virtually Lewis proverb he could non hear well, but together with thus he seemed to hear Benson barely whispering at times on the stand upwards when she testified. Yes, he did lose hearing inwards i ear but it was obvious that he only brought that upwards when it suited him.

The NBC promo tease together with advance photos that were released earlier the episode aired made it obvious that some of the scenes would live either dream sequences or imaginary. It was the absence of scars on Lewis inwards some shots together with big scars inwards others that was the tip-off. Sometimes I wishing they would live a piddling to a greater extent than careful on what they release because I think it spoiled the surprise of the opening scene. By the way, the promo called this the “shocking lastly chapter inwards the Save Benson saga",  but the door is clearly left opened upwards for to a greater extent than every bit it seems Lewis is already working on a means to acquire out.

The big enquiry of course of education is why Benson either didn’t tell the truth virtually what she did inwards her lastly moments of captivity, or, why she didn’t at to the lowest degree think through the beating she was going to give him. If she felt she could non have got explained away her meltdown together with repeatedly beating him after the torture he pose her through, together with thus she should have got been to a greater extent than deliberate inwards her beating. I can’t believe I’m proverb this, but i or 2 blows to the caput in all likelihood could have got incapacitated him together with been explained away, fifty-fifty if it turned out to live fatal. Regardless, having the practise goodness of knowing what he did to her together with the possible charges she may have got faced herself had she told the truth, I don’t have got an number the fact that she chose to lie.

Mariska Hargitay’s performance was remarkable together with I can’t fifty-fifty imagine to what identify an thespian must move inwards their caput inwards gild to clitoris off such a performance every bit she did inwards this episode. Likewise, Pablo Schreiber played evil together with disgusting to the hilt inwards this purpose together with it may live hard for me to scrub the icon of him every bit William Lewis from my mind. This was a good written episode which assist those actors deliver those fine performances together with helped maintain the tension high.   Even though William Lewis lives on together with is probable scheming every waking moment, I tin all the same promise that he makes that i error that closes the  book on him forever.

Here is the recap:

Cast:
Mariska Hargitay – Detective Olivia Benson
Dann Florek – Captain Don Cragen
Kelli Giddish - Detective Amanda Rollins
Danny Pino - Detective Nick Amaro
Raúl Esparza - ADA Rafael Barba
Ice-T – Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola

Guest stars:
Pablo Schreiber - William Lewis
Dean Winters - Detective Brian Cassidy
Renée Elise Goldsberry – Counselor Martha Marron
Bill Irwin - Dr. Lindstrom
John Rothman - Judge Edward Kofax
Jolly Abraham – Doctor
Barbara Jimenez – Viva Núñez
Sarah Street – Dr. Janice Cole
Sarah Bisman – Bronwyn
Zach Appelman – Officer Jimmy Hamilton
Jenna Rampage Rodriguez – Luisa Núñez



In Dr. Lindstrom’s component together with dressed inwards a sexy, depression cutting blood-red dress, Benson talks virtually her dreams together with confirms she is keeping a magazine of the ones she remembers, specially the i recurring dream. Lindstrom cuts her off together with tells her that’s it together with a goodness identify to stop. Benson seems surprised, together with says their sessions seem to move thus fast now. As he helps her pose on her coat, Lindstrom says fourth dimension is speeding upwards unless they irksome it down. He moves inwards to kiss her together with every bit they do, Benson hears a vocalism say, “Hey.” She pulls away from Lindstrom together with sees Lewis, his human face upwards unmarked from whatever injury, standing inwards the office, asking what she together with Lindstrom are doing. Benson looks dorsum to the physician together with he is non there, together with turns dorsum to run into Lewis pointing a gun at her. He says “Welcome home, Detective Benson.” She looks dorsum together with Lindstrom has non reappeared to assist her. Quickly, she snaps dorsum to reality, sitting inwards the courtroom on the witness stand, inwards a prep session with ADA Barba. Barba asks if she is with him together with she says yeah, together with apologizes. He reminds her she was telling the jury what happened when she came domicile that night. She explains she stepped into her kitchen together with sensed a presence together with she went to achieve for her gun but she froze. Barba asks her to leave of absence that particular out to non imply anything was her fault. She goes on to say that earlier she reached for her weapon, the accused William Lewis pose a gun to her head. Barba asks if she needs a break, together with she asks how unopen is the trial. He explains Lewis has i lastly pre-trial motion. Benson asks what is in that location left to combat about. Barba explains it is jurisdiction; Lewis’ attorney wants 3 dissever trials; i for her kidnapping, i for Mrs. Mayer’s rape together with the murder of her husband, together with i for the murder of a Suffolk County police clitoris officer. Benson asks if Mrs. Mayer is willing to testify, together with Barba says she is tough together with she wants him to top inwards prison. He adds he is going for attempted murder together with attempted rape. Benson counters that he did non rape her. Barba replies he understands that is of import to her but he is going to claim those 4 days were consensual. He adds the jury needs to hear virtually the torture together with degradation Lewis pose her through. She is tranquility but seems to acknowledge this.

Afterwards, Benson steps into the courthouse lift together with every bit the door closes, a mitt reaches inwards to halt it. She looks upwards together with sees Lewis enter, his human face upwards unmarked from whatever injury, together with he smirks at her spell she hears the vocal “Ain’t We Got Fun” every bit lift music. Quickly she sees it is some other human being looking straight at her together with smiling, together with and thus he turns around to human face upwards the lift door.

Later, inwards her apartment, she is unpacking groceries together with she hears a foreign dissonance inwards some other room. She pulls her gun together with every bit Brian Cassidy walks through the doorway he is startled to run into her standing in that location with a gun on him. He reassures her it is him together with moves to lower her arm belongings the gun. She is startled together with apologizes. He tells her it is OK together with they encompass every bit she continues to say she is sorry.

In Cragen’s office, Cragen speaks with Amaro, Rollins, Fin together with Barba virtually how the side past times side few weeks are going to live stressful for Benson together with for them. Amaro says Lewis has some stones for putting her through this, together with Rollins comments they can’t think Lewis volition acquire away with this. Barba informs them Lewis is 5 for 5 together with that breeds hubris. Fin says they should have got shot Lewis when they got there, together with when everyone looks at him somewhat stunned, Fin says they were all thinking it. Barba cautions him “not on the stand.” Barba explains he volition live calling each of them together with a big component of his defence is that he thinks the NYPD has a vendetta against him together with to tamp downward their emotions, don’t speak to the press together with don’t select the bait. Rollins says got it. After Barba leaves, Cragen says speaking to taking the bait, he knows they are all on border but whatever is going on inwards the team room has to stop, adding to Amaro together with Rollins he is talking to them. Rollins says got it, together with Amaro replies whatever Cragen says. Rollins says to Amaro that she knows they went at it together with she in all likelihood said some things he misinterpreted, together with Amaro picks upwards on that word. Fin jumps inwards together with says Rollins is proverb she is sorry, together with says “right Amanda?” Rollins looks at Amaro together with says she is sorry. They await at each other together with Amaro says nothing, thus Cragen prompts an reply from Amaro, who says they are good.

At the motions hearing, Counselor Marron explains to the jurist that Suffolk County is 50 miles out of Barba’s purview together with those charges should live tried separately. With Benson inwards the gallery, Barba counters that the murder together with rape is component of Lewis’s course of education conduct inwards a 4 24-hour interval torture together with kidnap rampage that began inwards Benson’s New York apartment. Lewis, sitting at the defence tabular array inwards is orangish jail garb, looks downward together with seems happy with himself. Marron replies that the DA thinks past times piling on charges he tin overwhelm a jury together with this is beyond prejudicial. Judge Kofax states he read her arguments together with agrees binding the cases could pose an unfair burden on the defendant. When Barba tries to counter this, Kofax cuts him off together with adds that since this may come upwards up on appeal, he is ruling inwards favor of the defendant’s motility to dissever the charges. The jurist says he volition allow the jury to hear evidence pertaining to what the detective herself witnessed or experienced. Lewis pipes upwards together with asks the jurist to speak up; due to the beating he received he no longer has hearing inwards his left ear. The jurist asks Marron if this volition live an number at trial, together with she explains that the prison theatre infirmary volition live issuing a hearing assist device. The jurist speaks inwards a louder vocalism together with says the Suffolk County charges volition live separated together with they volition proceed to trial, remanding Lewis until then. He asks Lewis if he heard that, together with Lewis says yes together with cheers him. As he gets upwards to leave, he turns to Benson together with nosotros tin run into the left side of his human face upwards has a huge scar around his eye. Benson looks rattled together with looks away, together with and thus dorsum at him. Lewis whispers something to Marron together with and thus glares dorsum at Benson. Barba asks Benson if she is OK but she doesn’t reply together with just races out of the courtroom. Marron tells Barba she has something to hash out with him, together with he says he doesn’t know if in that location is anything she could say that could mayhap involvement him. She replies, “Oh, this will.”

Later, inwards Barba’s office, Benson is shocked to hear that Lewis wants to plead to rape. Barba says it is multiple counts to rape together with sodomy...and Lewis wants to plead guilty together with live specific inwards allocution. Benson is appalled, asking that he wants to stand upwards up inwards opened upwards courtroom together with give graphic details of what he did NOT practise to her? Barba informs her he would acquire 25 years to life together with he volition top inwards prison theatre together with she volition avoid a trial together with having to testify. Benson looks sick together with every bit she paces, she says, “No, no, no he does non acquire to practise that to me. He did non rape me.  He did non sodomize me. You await at that rape kit after 4 days – he did non have got the balls to rape me. And right away he wants to stand upwards up inwards opened upwards court, now? No. NO!” Barba replies that he had to tell her that. Given the extent of his injuries, they volition move after her for excessive force. He may claim he was handcuffed when she crushed his skull. As Benson looks out the window, Barba goes on to explicate that Benson testified to a police clitoris investigator together with a grand jury that Lewis lunged at her together with she used the bar to defend herself until he was no longer a danger to her. Benson whispers that is what she said. Barba picks upwards a file off his desk together with handgrip it upwards to her, proverb it is her grand jury testimony from lastly May. He tells her to written report those transcripts together with if she deviates from her declaration inwards whatever means it volition create reasonable dubiety on all of her testimony together with he volition utilization it every bit a wedge. Benson continues to stare out the window every bit Barba tells her Lewis could walk again.

In Supreme Court, Barba tells the jurist that the people are satisfied with the empanelled jury. The jurist says right away they’ve completed the jury alternative together with having exhausted all attempts at a plea, a trial was scheduled together with opening arguments start out tomorrow. Lewis stands upwards together with asks the jurist if he may comment, together with and thus says he offered a plea that would have got guaranteed a lengthy prison theatre term together with spared the victim – looking dorsum at Benson sitting inwards the gallery – the hurting of a trial. Benson motions a scoff. Lewis continues that his thus called attorney has failed to acquire the DA’s component to select his capitulation together with he has serious reservations virtually her competence together with requests a alter of attorney. Marron looks stunned together with says she is just hearing this now. Barba counters this is an oft-used delaying tactic of Lewis’ inwards several trials. Lewis interjects he is non asking for whatever additional time. The jurist comments that realistically it would select a novel attorney months to acquire upwards to spend, together with Lewis replies he does non believe it would, if that attorney was himself. Benson glares at him together with Barba says that Lewis is just trying to utilization this trial to publicly humiliate together with re-traumatize Benson. Lewis objects, proverb he was the i who offered to spare her of this burden only but this is non upwards for debate, this is his constitutional right, is it not? The jurist replies it is, but he volition insist that Lewis maintain his electrical current attorney with him to advise together with if whatever of Barba’s fears prove prescient, he volition strike Lewis with contempt. He asks Lewis if that is understood, together with Lewis smirks together with nods yes, proverb “Perfectly.” He looks dorsum toward Benson, with a slight smile. Benson glares back.



In the courtroom hallway. Amaro approaches Benson, who is sitting on a bench together with asks how she is belongings up. He hands her a loving cup of java every bit she replies she is getting through, i hr at a time. Fin, Cragen, together with Rollins approach every bit Fin tells her she is looking strong. She is surprised they came, but Rollins says they have got her back. Barba walks upwards together with asks them what they are all doing there, they know they can’t picket the trial, they are all witnesses. Cragen explains they are in that location for moral support, together with Fin tells Barba non to mess this i up. Barba replies he volition tell him the same thing together with retrieve why they are here.

Later, inwards court, Fin testifies at that betoken he together with his partner broke into Benson’s even out together with it was destroyed; drinking glass everywhere, slice of furniture turned over bloody duct tape. They flora coat hangers together with keys on the stove together with cigarette butts. He volition never forget the odor of burned flesh. Barba cheers Fin for his testimony. As Lewis gets upwards to start out the cross examination, he has difficulty together with limps. He apologizes to the jury, explaining he is moving slow these days due to the barbarous beating he received from Benson. Barba says “Your Honor” together with the jurist tells Lewis to displace it along. Lewis states to Fin that was quite a brilliant description together with i may think he staged the scene himself. He says the scenario Fin described occurred 2 days after a instance against him had been declared a mistrial, due to NYPD lab corruption – together with thus Lewis corrects himself together with says contamination. Lewis asked if Benson told Fin she was upset virtually that mistrial, together with Fin replies they were all upset. Lewis goes on to add together that it took them 2 days to banking concern check her even out after Benson didn’t exhibit upwards for work. Fin explains that Cragen told her to select some fourth dimension off. Lewis counters it was mayhap because she was extremely upset, fifty-fifty obsessed? Barba objects every bit this is speculation, together with the jurist sustains. Lewis says, “My bad” together with and thus goes on to inquire Fin after he together with his partner broke in, how long were they lone inwards Benson’s even out earlier CSU showed up. Fin testifies it was xv minutes, if that. Lewis asks if that is plenty fourth dimension to flora evidence, together with every bit Barba stands upwards together with says “Your honor” the jurist sustains the objection together with tells the jury to disregard. He tells Lewis he volition allow him some latitude because he is representing himself but cautions him to picket it. Lewis says he understands, together with thus asks Fin if the lab that processed the criminal offence scene was the same lab that contaminated the deoxyribonucleic acid inwards his prior case? Fin replies yes, adding that they told CSU together with the lab techs that this fourth dimension in that location tin live no mistakes. Lewis retorts “Did you” – Barba looks annoyed – together with Lewis says Fin made sure the lab knew that an NYPD detective had been assaulted together with Lewis was the only suspect. Fin testifies he followed touchstone NYPD protocol. Lewis, standing inwards forepart of the jury, says he agrees, together with and thus cheers Fin.

Later, Rollins is on the stand upwards explaining what they flora at the Mayer bedchamber together with they flora Mrs. Mayer hanging – live – inwards the cupboard together with inwards the ambulance Mayer told her she was raped past times Lewis. Lewis objects proverb it is hearsay. Barba counters that they volition live calling Mrs. Mayer together with the defence volition have got the chance to cross. The jurist says together with thus allow her tell the jury what she said together with until then, the jurors volition disregard. Lewis begins his cross past times asking how she is, calling her Amanda. He together with thus apologizes, calling her detective, explaining they have got history. He states she sic’ed her domestic dog on her lastly May when he was jogging inwards the park. She says he was running away after an elderly adult woman caught him exposing himself to 2 woman mortal tourists together with she arrested him on the spot. Lewis asks if she could tell the jury what happened to those charges, together with Rollins explains they were dismissed past times the judge. Lewis says she all the same thinks he was guilty, together with Rollins says she knows he was. He states she must have got been angry when his lastly trial ended inwards a mistrial together with he walked away. She says yes, she was. He asks if she was angry plenty that she could have got concocted a plot with her beau detectives to frame him for Benson’s kidnapping. Barba looks squirmy every bit Lewis suggests she faked the criminal offence scene together with prevarication on the stand. She says that is ridiculous, together with Barba stands upwards together with says the whole line of questioning is objectionable. Lewis counters that he is entitled to his cross examination, together with the jurist says he is right together with tells Rollins to reply the question. Rollins asks what question, did she concoct a plot to frame him – no she did not. Lewis shakes his head, together with says no, the enquiry was could she have. Rollins is silent.

Later, Amaro is on the stand upwards together with explains when they came to the scene the Suffolk County patrol officeholder was DOA. Barba cheers him together with Lewis stands up, says “DOA” together with consults with Marron. Amaro clarifies “dead on arrival”. Lewis chuckles together with says “Of course.” Lewis asks Amaro if he thinks he killed that officer, together with Amaro says yes. Lewis rapidly asks if that was because his partner told him thus together with did she tell him if was from her gun. Amaro states it was from the ballistics. Lewis asks when they flora the gun at the beach house, whose fingerprints were on it. Amaro says Lewis’ together with Bensons, but it would brand sense hers would live on it at it was her gun. Lewis says with both sets of prints it can’t live said conclusively who shot that officer. Amaro says in that location was no means she did it, she was duct taped, laying on the machine floor. Barba writes downward some notes every bit Lewis asks if that is because Benson told him. Amaro admits yes. Lewis asks virtually the get-go fourth dimension he together with Benson interrogated him together with how would he characterize her demeanor? Amaro says she was just trying to acquire to the truth. Lewis asks if she was physically unopen together with flirtatious, together with did she seem aroused when she spoke with him? Amaro explains she may have got acted provocatively for Lewis’ benefit, together with looks to the jury explaining that during interrogation, you lot purpose play. Lewis asks if rape is considered a sexual human activeness with SVU detectives, together with Amaro explains it is non virtually sexual practice it is virtually power, control, humiliation. Lewis raises his vocalism together with asks why, inwards his opinion, when Benson was questioning him virtually rape did she sexualize the interrogation? Amaro emphatically states it is a technique to disclose a means to connect to the suspect. Lewis looks dorsum toward the gallery together with comments he would say it worked. Barba slaps downward his pen together with Lewis withdraws that statement.

Afterwards, the SVU detectives are having a repast at a eating theatre together with Fin asks if Mayer volition testify. Benson thinks non if Lewis is interrogating her. Rollins says she can’t blame her, HER peel was crawling. Amaro adds Lewis tin play all the games he wants, the jury is non going to autumn for it. Barba walks inwards together with sees them all together together with questions them eating together, across from the courthouse, when Lewis is accusing them of conspiring. Fin blankly states they are just having dinner. Barba tells them to acquire it to go, together with calls Benson aside.

Outside, Barba asks who is Viva together with Luisa Núñez, proverb that Lewis added them to the witness list, claiming they were inwards the beach theatre together with that cannot live right. Benson admits it is, she is a maid together with her immature daughter. Barba said that would have got been helpful to know together with why she didn’t tell him, together with when Benson says she must have got blanked on it, he tells her delight don’t prevarication to him. He asks if they saw or heard anything. Benson admits she does non know, she heard Lewis coaxing them into the theatre together with got worried for the piddling missy together with that’s when she broke free. Barba questions why they weren’t inwards the theatre when the police clitoris showed up, together with Benson flashed dorsum to when she asked Viva if they were legal together with that if the police clitoris disclose them in that location they volition select the child. Benson tells Barba she idea it was unsafe for them to live inwards t he theatre spell Lewis was all the same there. Barba testily asks if that is her story, together with Benson asks if he is going to select it up. Barba says he has to, earlier Lewis does.

Later, Benson has a flashback of existence inwards the dorsum spot of the machine when Lewis was stopped past times the police clitoris officeholder together with Lewis’ alert to her that if she says a word, he dies. On the stand, Benson explains the officeholder asked a few questions together with became suspicious – she flashbacks to hearing the shot – together with testifies it was horrible. Barba asks her to tell the jury what happened next, together with Benson testifies that Lewis drove them to a vacant beach house, handcuffed her to an atomic number 26 framed bedpost, shoved her gun into her oral fissure together with repeatedly threatened to rape together with kill her. Barba comments that Lewis didn’t shoot, together with Benson explains Lewis said he wanted to select his fourth dimension with her. Then hither was a knock at the door together with she heard Lewis talking to Viva together with Luisa Núñez, a housekeeper together with her piddling missy together with and thus he made them come upwards inside. As Benson testifies, Lewis is feverishly taking notes. She could hear him talking to them together with she was terrified for them, thus she used every scrap of strength she had left together with wrenched the metallic bar from the bed frame. When Lewis walked dorsum into the room she struck him with it together with freed herself of the handcuffs together with restrained him. Barba states that’s when she asked the housekeeper together with her missy to leave, together with she states yes, she feared for her safety. When she was calling for help. Lewis got gratuitous together with lunged at her together with she hitting him with that rod until he was subdued. Lewis smiles. As Lewis stand upwards up for the cross examination, Benson flashes dorsum inwards her withdraw heed to the beating she gave him every bit he was cuffed to the bed. Lewis together with thus states he has aught now, much to Barba’s surprise. Lewis reserved the right to enquiry her at a afterward time. He glares at Benson together with she glares back, together with the jurist states that is Lewis’ right. Lewis gives Barba a satisfied smirk. Barba pauses together with and thus stands to say the people rest.

Later, Lewis questions Viva together with asks her virtually the morning time she came to clean, together with she admits that he did non wound them, he just pose them inwards a bedroom. She did hear Lewis together with Benson yelling together with heard someone getting beaten together with whispering, Lewis asks if it was every bit if he was inwards pain, together with and thus was quiet? Viva says yes, in that location was no sound. She admits that is when Benson came out together with said she was police clitoris together with he was a bad human being together with she volition select attention of it. He asks if Benson said immigration said the police clitoris would select Luisa away from her if she did non practise what she said. Viva is quiet, together with Lewis tells her non to worry, Detective Benson is non inwards the courtroom today, she tin tell the jury the truth. Viva says yes, she did. Lewis cheers her.

The physician who treated Lewis that 24-hour interval testifies that Lewis had a pneumothorax – a collapsed lung – 2 broken ribs, a shattered kneecap, fractured skull, together with a broken orbital socket. Lewis notes she left out his ruptured spleen together with the auditory nervus harm together with adds don’t worry, it is hard to retrieve them all. Barba looks frustrated. Lewis states Benson testified she musical rhythm out him until he was subdued, together with inwards her medical persuasion would whatever i of these injuries live plenty to subdue him? The physician looks to the jurist together with says she is non sure how to reply that. Lewis cites each injury together with the possible effects together with the physician admits inwards her persuasion he could non combat back.  Lewis states that the get-go of these blows, whichever i it was, incapacitated him together with all the residue of them were excessive? Barba objects together with the jurist sustains. Lewis says he has aught further, together with Barba has no questions for the witness.

When the jurist asks for Lewis’s side past times side witness, Lewis asks to approach. The jurist motions Lewis together with Barba to the bench. Lewis requests a time out , proverb he is easily fatigued due to his collapsed lung together with Barba thinks this is some other delaying tactic. Lewis, appearing weak, exhibit a non from his prison theatre doctor, Janice Cole, detaining his medical issues. Lewis states inwards gild to adequately defend himself he needs to select breaks. He tells the jurist it is his telephone telephone but forcing him to proceed is against doctor’s orders may live grounds for appeal. The jurist tells Lewis to acquire a goodness night’s rest, together with grants a time out until 9AM the side past times side morning.

Later, Benson is inwards Dr. Lindstrom’s component together with he assures her that every bit she survived the assault, she tin hold upwards the interrogation. Benson comments she said those exact same words 100 times to survivors. Lindstrom replies it must live goodness advice, together with Benson adds she also said to never prevarication virtually anything because it e'er blows upwards together with right away it volition blow upwards inwards opened upwards court. He cautions he non to catastrophize, but she said Lewis knew she had it inwards her. He could odor it together with he taunted her until she musical rhythm out him together with i time she started she couldn’t stop. He got her to acquire precisely what he is. Lindstrom says she gives Lewis also much credit together with her also little; Lewis kept her drugged together with drunkard with no nutrient together with H2O together with no sleep. Benson counters that when she musical rhythm out a handcuffed human being nearly to death, she was just projecting her anger, together with that makes it OK to prevarication virtually it, nether oath? Lindstrom says he hears her, but asks her would she live with herself knowing she helped Lewis to move free? She closes her eyes, takes a breath, together with does non answer.

Back inwards court, Benson is on the stand upwards together with Lewis is questioning her. He says the trial must live trying for her together with asks how she is belongings up? The jurist orders him to proceed together with Lewis cracks that in that location is no fourth dimension for pleasantries. He comments that they have got heard a lot of testimony inwards this instance but only 2 people know what happened over those 4 days. Benson rapidly replies she knows precisely what happened together with that’s what she told the jury. Lewis counters he tin run into that is the story she wants them to believe, the truth is embarrassing, that her, together with experienced together with lonely SVU detective, consumed past times her work, became sexually obsessed with a human being she believed to live a rapist. Benson emphatically states that’s a lie, but Lewis questions is it? He asks if she tin tell him if she is married together with has children, together with when Barba objects on relevance, Lewis states it speaks to her issues with intimacy together with sexuality. The jurist tells him to tread carefully together with reminds Lewis that Benson is his witness together with tells Benson to reply the question. Benson states she is non married together with has no children. Lewis asks virtually family, adding when they spent fourth dimension together, she said she didn’t desire to speak virtually her manful mortal parent together with why is that? As Benson raises her vocalism together with says it is non of his business, Barba objects. Lewis explains if they desire to empathise Benson’s 4 24-hour interval binge, they demand to empathise what drove her to it together with what psychological demons she has been fighting her entire life. Benson looks to the jurist together with asks “Your honor?" And the jurist tells Lewis to confine his questioning to her professional person experience together with the 4 days at issue. Lewis states he was just getting to that. He adds that due to this witness’ increasing aggression he would similar to inquire the courtroom for permission to care for Benson every bit hostile. Barba objects together with Lewis asks “Again?” The jurist tells Lewis to confine his questions to the witness, together with Lewis apologizes, proverb he is all the same learning together with didn’t move to Harvard similar Mr. Barba. Barba says “C’mon” every bit the jurist tells the jury to disregard Lewis’ lastly remark but allows Lewis to care for Benson every bit hostile. Lewis asks Benson if she has been an SVU detective for xv years together with she says yes. He asks if she has questioned hundreds of rape victims together with interview hundreds of rapists – she says yes – together with worked long hours together with select her move domicile with her – she answers it is component of the job. He asks if she has a lot of accrued opor-garai hours together with Benson looks perplexed but answers she guesses yes. He comments that her life is her move together with over time, her globe view has narrowed to victims together with rapists. She replies she would non say that. He said the jury heard her captain prove he was worried virtually her when the 2d instance against him was dropped. Benson explains the whole team was upset. Lewis states Benson was the only i Cragen ordered to move domicile together with select some fourth dimension off, wasn’t she? Benson looks downward together with smiles but does non say anything, together with Lewis handgrip his mitt upwards to his hard of hearing ear, proverb he couldn’t hear her. Benson speaks real loudly, proverb yes, she was. Lewis says social isolation, long term immersion inwards sexual assaults, together with a recent populace loss of human face upwards proceeded their 4 days together. Benson, speaking loudly, tells Lewis he broke into her apartment, tied her up, together with held a gun to her head. Lewis says that is her story, but none of her detectives could disclose a sign of forced entry, Barba objects but the jurist allows it. Benson says she doe s non know how he got in, but he did. He asks if he teleported himself maybe, or maybe she invited him in. Benson counters he was the lastly mortal she wanted to run into that night, together with Lewis , standing past times the jury, asks it was the dark he broke in. He asks if she was armed when she came home, together with Benson replies yes. He asks why she didn’t just clitoris her gun on him, together with she replies that she froze. Lewis, facing the jury, says an experienced detective didn’t hear him come upwards inwards together with didn’t run into whatever signs of forced entry together with she just froze. He asks that she is proverb she didn’t invite him inwards but clearly she reacts differently to him that she does to hundreds of other men. Benson jumps inwards together with says no, she doesn’t. But Lewis asks what virtually her partner who testified the get-go fourth dimension she interrogated him she flirted with him together with tried to arouse him. Benson calmly states she was playing a role. He asks was she, adding that the get-go dark that they spent together she said he tied her upwards together with that he was forcing alcohol downward her pharynx together with did non resist together with inquire if this is component of her foreplay? Benson emphatically states Lewis had a gun on her. He asks whose gun, together with she replies get-go his, together with thus hers. Lewis said they drank together together with took drugs together together with they played with each other sexually, together with says she gave him her gun…Benson shouts that he took her gun, calling him a frickin insane freak. Lewis begins to cry dorsum at her, yelling that she forced him to necktie her upwards but they never had sexual practice together. Benson shouts dorsum no they did non have got sex. Lewis says this is to a greater extent than of a flirtation or courtship together with Barba objects, telling the jurist he knows he is giving this human being latitude but he has crossed over together with is using this trial to humiliate together with re-traumatize Benson. The jurist sustains the objection together with tells Lewis to proceed. Lewis skips forwards to the lastly 24-hour interval they spent together at the beach house. He questions that fifty-fifty though Benson said he spent 4 days belongings her hostage, forcing her to drinkable alcohol, together with forcing her to select drugs together with belongings her against her will, they all the same hadn’t had sexual practice at this point? Benson states calmly that rape isn’t sex. Lewis asks if they tin concur that in that location was no sexual penetration inwards all this time? He adds he knows this is embarrassing to her – Barba looks a piddling worried – together with Lewis asks Benson didn’t she endeavour to seduce him past times trying to excite him with sexual stories from past times cases? Benson whispers that it was a tactic to remain alive. Lewis asks didn’t she tell him he was the best she had ever seen, that she knew how to acquire him off? Benson whispers yes, she said all those things, she was trying to purchase time. Lewis says that when Benson refused to participate inwards her twisted fantasy she started to acquire angry together with goad him on – nosotros run into s flashback – together with Lewis says he all the same resisted her advances. Lewis limps to the jury together with tells Benson they both retrieve what happened side past times side – she became violent. Benson raises her vocalism together with says she was trying to remain alive. Lewis shouts that they both know that is non what happened, wasn’t he handcuffed together with didn’t she musical rhythm out him together with didn’t she shipping the housekeeper together with her missy domicile together with tell them non to telephone telephone the police? Benson states she was trying to relieve their lives. Lewis looks at her together with screams that she was trying to live lone with him; she came into the bedchamber together with started talking to him virtually her romantic fantasies together with her ex-partner would have got know what to practise to him? Benson nods together with says he would have. Lewis states they shared thus many intimate secrets that 24-hour interval didn’t they? He explains he told her virtually his manful mortal parent together with had asked Benson virtually hers, together with Benson said she told him she did non desire to hear it. Lewis adds when he asked her virtually her father, she got genuinely upset together with that’s when she lost it together with started attacking him together with beating him with that metallic bar. Benson explains she was trying to maintain him subdued, but Lewis asks wasn’t he already subdued enough, He states every bit an NYPD officeholder she would have got handcuffed him earlier she left the room to move speak to the maid together with her daughter. Benson confirms she did handcuff him but when she went to speak to the maid, Lewis had somehow managed to break gratuitous of his restraints. Lewis questions this, him existence handcuffed to an atomic number 26 bed, together with Benson explains that she did it. Lewis should “YOU DID IT? AM I HOUDINI?” WASN’T I ALREADY INCAPACITATED FROM YOUR PISTOL WHIPPING ME IN THE SKULL?” Benson calmly said she did what she had to to subdue him. Lewis mentions his broken ribs, ruptured spleen, crushed his kneecap. As Benson repeats she did what she had to practise to subdue him, Lewis yells that he died inwards the ambulance 4 times together with did she know that? She had a gun, why didn’t she just shoot him. He gets right upwards to the witness stand upwards together with leans inwards on it, getting inwards Benson’s face. He thinks Benson just wanted him to endure together with wanted him to writhe inwards hurting on the flooring together with wanted to hear him scream. Benson repeats i time to a greater extent than she did what she had to practise to subdue him. Lewis states he has a limp right away together with lost his hearing together with is partially blind, together with asks did she or did she non – screaming, with his human face upwards blood-red with anger - BRUTALLY BEAT HIM WITHIN AN INCH OF HIS LIFE WHILE HE WAS LAYING HELPLESS HANDCUFFED TO THE BED? Benson looks at him, speechless momentarily, but together with thus whispers he had broken gratuitous of his restraints - she flashed dorsum to that minute which are non the same every bit what she testifies – together with she did what she had to practise to subdue him. Lewis smiles at her together with calmly says you lot together with I both know that is a lie. Barba objects, but Lewis goes on to say they know thus much virtually each other – the jurist calls to Lewis but Lewis continues to talk, stating they shared a bond over those 4 days. Benson says no but Lewis says it is a bond nobody else tin empathise what she is going through right right away together with he whispers if she admits she is lying virtually beating him, the floodgates just opened upwards up, don’t they? He raises he vocalism together with adds together with thus everything that she said had been a lie. Barba leaps from his spot together with objects together with the jurist sustains. Lewis withdraws his comment together with ends his cross examination.

Later, at a bar, with Barba together with Amaro, Benson drinks a drinking glass of vino together with says Lewis volition walk, the jury knows she lied. Barba counters that the jury saw him onset her together with they didn’t similar it. Benson notes that the forewoman…he’s playing her. Amaro says thus what, Barba is going to tear him apart. Benson looks at Barba together with advise he non risk it, together with to select the deal. If he wants to allocate virtually raping her, he’s already humiliated her, what’s a few to a greater extent than hours. Barba believes he has a bullet-proof reply tree with a hundred questions, together with no affair which means he answers on the stand, he volition halt upwards inwards jail for the residue of natural life. Benson takes some other sip of wine.

Back inwards court, with the SVU team together with Brian Cassidy sitting inwards the gallery, the jurist asks Lewis if he is cook to select the stand. But Lewis informs them that he was, but since the prosecution has failed to brand his case, he is cook for closing arguments together with says the defence rests. Everyone looks stunned.

Lewis makes his closing declaration together with admits he has a temper together with hasn’t e'er behaved similar an upright citizen. He drinks also much together with acts out. He’s human. He says in that location is some other to a greater extent than shocking truth; despite all of her denials, those real qualities is what attracted Benson to him inwards the get-go place. They heard from her partner together with he team mates together with herself that she was a adult woman obsessed with him together with was a adult woman who wanted to experience the thrill of existence sexually involved with the form of human being she has been chasing her entire career – a unsafe man, she wanted all of it. She gave him her gun together with willingly drank alcohol together with took drugs together with was inwards a hyper-aroused frenzy, demanding he necktie her downward together with sexually humiliate others inwards forepart of her for her enjoyment, demanding he have got sexual practice with her. Lewis stands straight inwards forepart of the jury forewoman every bit he makes these statements. He adds when he failed to satisfy her increasingly perverted, desperate demands she became violent, angry. He was handcuffed to the bed frame together with she could have got called for backup or walked away but instead she decided to musical rhythm out him with a metallic bar until he was almost dead. He tells the jury to await at her together with and thus to await at him, together with asks the jury who is the victim here?

Back at SVU, Fin asks Amaro how is Benson doing, together with he says she is a wreck but Cassidy is with her. Cragen says he does non blame her – all this fourth dimension with no decision. Fin asks what does the jury think, together with Rollins, who got a message, holds upwards her telephone together with says they are going to disclose out soon, they reached a verdict.

At Supreme Court, earlier the jury forewoman reads the verdict, she tells the jurist that many of them have got serious reservations virtually Benson’s conduct that they are non sure how to address. The jurist says this is non inwards their purview. She states they all the same desire it on the record. The jurist tells her to proceed. On the accuse of attempted murder together with the accuse of rape they disclose him non guilty – Benson together with the gallery are stunned. On the accuse of laid on on a police clitoris officeholder together with kidnapping, they disclose him guilty. This seems to select some relief to Benson, together with the jurist cheers the jury for their service. He remands Lewis to Rikers to await sentencing. The detectives congratulate Barba together with Benson. As Lewis is existence cuffed, the jury forewoman looks at him. Benson tells Barba she can’t believe it is over, together with Barba says it is over, he volition acquire the max of 25 to life. Cassidy says to Benson, :Let’s acquire you lot home.” He asks if she is coming but she asks for a minute.

Later, inwards a stairwell, Benson sits lone on a measuring together with cries.

Four months later, William Lewis is on a stretcher together with Doctor Cole asks if he tin hear her. He looks one-half out of it together with says he thinks he had a seizure together with his see is racing. She says he is going to brand it together with they volition acquire him out of there. She tells him to remain with her together with it volition live okay. She handgrip his mitt together with he moves to handgrip hers. He together with thus looks upwards with a weird smiling on his human face upwards every bit nosotros cutting to black.


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