Meanwhile back at the station Michelle arrives – she tells Rollins and Amanda about the night that her dad was arrested. Olivia and Nick meet up with a retired cop, they are looking for the DA on the case, a man named Kenneth O’Dwyer. Olivia heads back to the precinct and goes over the case with Carrisi, Nick, and Rollins. Ellis needs Olivia and her team to re-open the 20 year old case, and see if it is possible that Derrick is innocent. Michelle tried to come clean when she was a teenager but no one would believe her, then she fell off the deep end – now she is sober and following a 12 step program and wants to help get her father out of prison. Apparently Michelle’s mother encouraged her to lie to the police and say her dad raped her. He isn’t thrilled to see her, but then Michelle tells him that she told the lawyer the truth – he never raped her.Įllis heads out to lunch with Ellis – he tells her about Derrick Thompson, he was convicted of raping his daughter Michelle. After church Michelle heads to jail with a lawyer named Ellis to visit her father.
Michelle asks the pastor if he knows the famous lawyer that gets innocent people out of jail.
As they are leaving church, a woman named Michelle walks out behind them – the pastor stops her and she cries that her father is still in jail and it is her fault. The rest of the SVU team tags along to support them. Tonight’s episode of Law & Order SVU kicks off in church, Olivia’s son Noah is being baptized. Tonight’s episode begins now – Refresh Page often to get the most current updates! Tonight’s season 16 episode 19 looks like it is going to be great and you won’t want to miss it, so be sure to tune in for our live coverage of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU at 9:00 PM EST! Also guest starring Robert Sean Leonard (ADA Kenneth O’Dwyer), Glenn Plummer (Derek Thompson), Kia Joy Goodwin (Audrey Jones) and Leslie Odom Jr. Amanda Rollins) and Peter Scanavino (Det. When a judge refuses to reopen the 17 year old case, the SVU turns to retired Captain Cragen (guest star Florek), who remembers the investigation and provides evidence that could change the convict’s fate. On tonight’s episode as per NBC’s synopsis, “Bayard Ellis (guest star Braugher) takes on the case of a man incarcerated for incest and rape, whose daughter Michelle (guest star Samira Wiley), the victim and star witness when she was a child, wants to recant her testimony and set her father free.
Did you watch last week’s episode? If you missed it we have a full and detailed recap right here for you. Roman), Stella Maeve (Nadia Decotis), Tamara Tunie (M.E. Rollins), Rael Esparza (ADA Barba), Peter Scanavino (Det. When forced to release their main suspect, the Chicago PD joined the SVU in New York in pursuit of Yates (guest star Dallas Roberts). On the last episode, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Voight (Jason Beghe) lead their teams in the investigation of a rape/murder case that was frighteningly similar to a case from New York a decade ago. Cragen, whose memories of the investigation may help.
On tonight’s episode, a woman wants to recant her testimony in an incest case from when she was a child and free her father from prison, but the judge won’t reopen the case. Tonight on NBC Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf’s crime drama, Law & Order: SVU continues with an all new Wednesday May 6, season 16 episode 21 called, “Perverted Justice” and we have your weekly recap below.