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(narrator)
In the criminal
justice system,
sexually-based offenses
are considered
especially heinous.
In New York City,
the dedicated detectives
who investigate
these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad
known as
the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
Double chai latte,
half caf, whipped cream.
Bathroom this way?
[People chattering]
[Cell phone ringing]
Hold on.
Hello?
The quarterly reports
aren't on your desk
'cause you asked me
to pick them up
on my way in.
Not good.
They spiral-bound them.
Yes, I know
that makes you crazy.
That's why
they're redoing them
as we speak.
I told him, velo binding.
No, I can't hand him
the phone.
He said it'd take 20 minutes,
so I ran next door
for a cup of
Damn it!
Oh.
[Lana grunting]
(Lana)
What?
What the hell is this?
(Morales)
Digital CCD,
waterproofed,
pinhole lens.
A spy camera.
Taking some
very candid photos.
Video, actually.
High resolution.
Do you have any idea
how long it's been here?
These puppies burn
batteries pretty quickly.
Three, four hours, tops.
remaining.
It was set up
less than two hours ago.
So where's the video?
The camera was hooked up
to this micro-transmitter.
Could've been recording
as far as a block away.
Or as close
as the next room.
Getting way too easy
to invade someone's privacy.
A guy just has to turn
on his computer
and pick up the signal.
Peeping Toms
have gone high-tech on us.
You used to have to go outside
and hide in the bushes.
Now you can violate somebody
by sitting in front
of your computer
enjoying a cup of coffee.
Which one of them
is a pervert?
The guy who downloaded
the most crap.
Where are we
on the potty perv?
I've got a thumbprint on
the bottom of the transmitter
but no matches.
Any of the cafe patrons
looking good?
The ones that'd used the john
just looked freaked out.
TARU searched
the hard drives.
Nothing.
Figure our guy
was watching it live,
high-tailed it out of there
when the complaining witness
found the camera.
Gives a whole new meaning
to "live, streaming video.
"
You're either looking
for a urophiliac,
that's a *** attraction
to urine
or a copraphiliac.
That's
Okay, let's not go there.
This stuff
I just don't get.
Well, these aren't
heavily-studied paraphilias,
but they're often the result
of an abusive childhood.
The outside world
is so hostile
that these kids
turn inward on themselves.
And then they become fixated
by their bodily functions.
This guy dangerous?
Probably not.
But he's antisocial.
The crime's voyeuristic
and he didn't have
any physical contact
with his victims.
Still, we've already got
more calls on this guy
than on the Midtown ***,
and I'd like to put
him out of commission.
Maybe we can track him down
through his spy-cam equipment.
(Vic)
You name it,
we can put a camera in it.
Alarm clocks,
buttons, shoes
Now what do you need
a camera in your shoe for
unless you gonna
look up a girl's dress?
Hey, this is a legit business.
I sell a lot
to the Department.
I'm a licensed PI myself.
(Munch)
What's this?
Hmm, pedophiles must
love this thing.
(Vic)
It's a nanny-cam
in the left eye.
Who knows how many
young lives this has saved?
We talked to one
of your competitors.
He said he thought
this looked like your work.
Well, it could be.
I don't do
the special orders myself.
(Munch)
Who does?
Charlie.
Works in the back.
Parts are from various kits.
No serial numbers.
Really no way of tracin' it.
Did you put it together?
Look, I do
so many custom jobs,
it's really hard
to keep it all straight.
Charlie, unless this is
a cleverly disguised camera,
that information
should be in here, right?
Let me try
searching for an order
using the same
various components, okay?
[Keyboard clicking]
No, no.
How many itty-bitty cameras
could you have made?
In the last year?
About 500.
Well, this one was waterproof,
so that's got to
narrow it down.
Hey, wait a minute,
this might be something.
Six months ago,
a customer came in
and he ordered five of them.
What's his name?
"F.
E.
Tischman.
"
"Fetish Man.
"
"Fetishmanor.
Net.
"
Are you in charge here?
I'm the production manager.
Gil Tanner.
Oh, your call
was a half-an-hour ago.
Get your *** in there.
Keep your pants on.
We're coming.
Gil, what exactly are you
shooting in there?
(Gil)
***.
All perfectly legal.
Broadcast live
over the internet 24l7.
(Fin)
Anything goes?
As long as no one gets hurt.
We supply the models,
you direct the action.
We've got more positions
than the Kama Sutra.
You must have
a lot of cameras
to catch all those angles.
Closed set.
Uh, yeah, the house
has over a 100.
Including five toilet cams?
There's only one
in the bowl itself.
Our heavy hits
are in the showers
and the hot tubs.
(woman on PA)
Gil, we've got a situation
with the Chinese
Spinning Basket.
Copy.
I'm on it.
Hey, Gil.
You ever shoot
on location?
Like, say,
a coffee house?
Why? I've got a one-stop
fetish shop right here.
It's an f'in cash cow.
So all of your toilet cams
are accounted for, huh?
Believe me,
I'd be the first to know
if that website went dark.
Feel free to check it out.
Can you believe
this fetishmanor.
Net
had over 300,000 hits?
Casey says
we don't have enough
to subpoena
their subscriber lists.
(Stabler)
No, ma'am, we haven't
recovered any videos yet.
To be honest, I have no idea
how we're going
to identify the victims.
Liv, uh, Mr.
Carson here
saw the video ***
on the news.
He needs to talk
to somebody about it.
I take it you used
the facility at the cafe
yesterday?
No, I work in the building
next door.
He believes he might
have run into our perp.
A gentleman with a laptop.
Where?
On the sidewalk.
I was getting off a taxi
and this guy practically
knocked me over
getting into it.
What time?
How do you know
he was coming from the cafe?
I recognized their logo
on the coffee cup,
which he spilled
all over me.
Okay.
Can you describe him?
White, late 20s,
dark hair.
About my height
and wore glasses.
Are you on
an expense account?
Yeah, why?
Well, your receipt
can tell us the cab number.
The dispatcher
should be able to tell us
where he dropped him off.
We're looking
for a computer geek
who carries a laptop?
I don't know his name,
but sounds like someone
I've seen in the building.
Do you know
which apartment?
First door on the right.
That'd be 1A.
Know anything else about him?
Just that he creeps me out.
He never makes eye contact,
just stares
at people's ***.
Mr.
Donato!
[People chattering on TV]
TV's on.
Somebody's home.
If there's any
poetic justice,
we caught him
in the bathroom.
Hey, if it isn't
Charlie the spy girl.
You know her?
She's the technician
from the camera shop.
What do you want now?
Let's take another crack
at who you made
that toilet cam for.
Here's a clue:
He lives in this apartment.
It's my baby brother Wade.
You live together?
Well, I'm actually
He has trouble
holding down a job
and he asked if he could
spend a few weeks on my couch
and it turned into
three years.
Now that's sisterly love:
Free room, and board,
and surveillance equipment.
Look, you guys,
this is my fault, you know.
I should have
never made it for him.
You knew that
he was a pervert.
He's not.
He he's just troubled.
I've always
had to look out for him.
We didn't have
a pleasant childhood, right?
You seem to be
high functioning.
Wade took
the brunt of the abuse.
He's a very sensitive boy.
I think the people he caught
with their pants down
might disagree.
Is this where
the little peeper
keeps his stuff?
Please don't,
Wade doesn't want anyone
touchin' his things.
Just a peek.
No.
Charlie.
Your brother is sick, okay?
You're not doing him
any favors.
Help us stop him
so we can get him
the counseling he needs.
(Benson)
"Urine Luck"?
(Munch)
It must be good.
They're sequels.
What are you doing?
Admiring your
video collection.
Wade, these are detectives.
They know.
I didn't break any laws.
You did if you took
any of these
without the subject's consent.
Now, uh,
these look homemade, Wade.
I can explain.
Let's go back
to our place.
You'll love our facilities.
Seriously, Wade, just tell me.
What do you get out of it?
I really don't feel
like discussing it.
Wade, I've got to commend you
on your fine penmanship.
Our friend here has been
keeping a journal,
detailing his toilet tour
of Manhattan.
You had no right
to read that.
You had no right
to shoot the crap.
The witness you ran over
fleeing from
the scene of the crime
positively ID'ed you.
That's how we got
our search warrant.
I can't stand people
touching my things.
Did you get anything
off his computer?
Footage from the cafe, yeah.
Oh, did he write
about it in his journal?
Try May 2, 8:05 a.
m.
Please don't do this.
"Female subject,
fat butt.
Urination,
marigold yellow.
"
I wasn't hurting anyone.
No, you violated
hundreds of people.
The videos were
for my own private use.
No one else
was ever gonna see them.
Just let me pay the fine
so I can go.
It doesn't work
that way anymore.
They passed
Stephanie's Law in August.
(Benson)
Video voyeurism
is now an E-felony.
One to four years.
Per count.
No way.
You serve those
consecutively,
you're lookin' at
a life sentence.
I wanna make a deal.
(Stabler)
Well, unfortunately, you don't
have anything we want.
No, I do.
A real crime.
Yeah, what is it?
If you catch the guy,
will you reduce my sentence?
Depends.
What have you got?
Check out DVD 62
about an hour in.
(Munch)
This is from two weeks ago.
(Stabler)
"Saturday, 1:00 p.
m.
"
I'll spare you the details.
The next one's three minutes
after this.
It's marked "NS.
"
What's "NS"?
"No Specimen.
"
Here we go.
(Fin)
Oh, no.
Not a kid.
(Benson)
Check out his right eye.
It looks like
he's been attacked.
(Cragen)
Recently.
Maybe he ran
in there to hide?
Look, the door's shaking.
(Stabler)
Someone must have
followed him in.
(Fin)
Don't open the door.
The camera's going out.
The toilet perv
caught a *** assault.
And didn't do a thing
to stop it.
You watched that boy
being molested?
What are you doing?
Look.
Oh!
Where were you?
Where were you?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
You were
standing right outside.
No.
Watching.
No, no.
I saw it later.
Wade, don't lie to me.
That's not your MO.
You like a live show.
You saw that
whole thing go down,
you didn't even help?
What was I supposed to do?
Help him!
Yeah, I told the cops
that I caught the whole thing
on my toilet cam.
Where did it happen?
Central Park.
The camera didn't catch
the guy's face.
Describe him.
I was on a bench
I never saw him.
(Morales)
Can't get what's not there.
All we have is the perp's
blue sweatshirt and jeans.
(Fin)
What about the boy?
We'll never get an ID.
It's too grainy.
We have some new technology
on loan from NASA.
Let's see what it can do.
The software is a video image
stabilization system
called VISAR.
(Munch)
That's what they used to solve
that car wash abduction
down in Florida.
That's amazing.
You could see just how fresh
the cut over his eye is.
Not to mention
eye color: Blue.
(Morales)
I'll print it out for you.
No, hold on, hold on.
Go back out.
There's a section
that we kept replaying.
We couldn't
quite make it out.
Right there.
Go back a few frames.
[Keyboard clicking]
Zoom in.
Something
in the perp's hand.
Can you enhance it?
[Computer beeps]
That's an athletic cup.
He must have been playing
some kind of sport
in the park.
He's wearing
a soccer jersey.
Well, that explains
the cut over his eye.
Probably got injured
during the game.
Yeah, which the ***
may have been watching.
(Morales)
Guys, we've got
something else.
(Munch)
What?
The nails are manicured.
The tips are white.
Our molester is a woman.
[Sighing]
Well, that certainly
narrows the suspect pool.
Only 10 percent
of all pedophiles are female.
That we know of.
It's definitely understudied
and probably
underreported.
Patrol had a walk
in the park that day.
No one reported
so much as a mugging.
Which bathroom
are we talking about?
Wade says that it was close
to the Boathouse Cafe.
The nearest facility
is Midtown here.
There're a lot
of practice fields
in that area.
The journal said the attack
occurred around 1:03 p.
m.
I checked the team schedules.
The closest field
reserved for soccer
was Vipers vs.
Bulldogs.
The boy's jersey
was red and black.
That's the Bulldogs.
(Cragen)
Talk to their coach.
(Phil)
That's Shane Madden,
our star forward.
Anything unusual
happen at that game?
Yeah, we were
actually winning for once
until Shane got thrown out.
For what?
Fighting with
the other team's sweeper.
Any adults get involved?
Shane's mom ran
onto the field:
A real piece of work.
How so?
She's got a little
too much team spirit
in the liquid form.
So she was drunk.
Sure wasn't
feeling any pain,
not even
when she fell on her ***.
Trying to break up
a fight?
No.
Joining in.
She assaulted a kid?
Verbally.
She slipped in the mud
before she could reach him
and then she teetered off
to clean herself up.
I assume
to the nearest restroom.
How long after all
that did Shane leave?
Right away.
He never came back.
Any other women
leave the game
around that time?
Not that I noticed.
What school
does Shane go to?
Trumpet section,
last chair on the right.
You noticed
any behavioral changes
in the last two weeks?
I don't have much
interaction with him.
Shane's a good student.
Only problem cases get sent
to the principal's office.
We're gonna need to speak
to his homeroom teacher.
Uh, Fred Moynihan, Room 109.
Do you have a place
where we can speak
to Shane privately?
You're welcome
to use my office.
Go ahead and pull him out,
please.
I don't know
what you're talking about.
Shane.
It was caught on tape.
There was a hidden camera
in the bathroom.
It wasn't me.
(Stabler)
Well, it looks
just like you.
Even wearing
your jersey.
Who was it?
Is it a stranger
or someone you know?
A stranger.
(Benson)
Can you describe her?
Why? I thought
you had her picture.
We do.
We just need you
to tell us anything
you can remember about her.
You know what,
l I really don't
want to do this.
Shane, you have nothing
to be ashamed of.
You didn't do anything wrong.
You guys suck.
What happened?
We're gonna need to talk
to his parents.
I don't know.
There's just a mother
and I use the term loosely.
So you know
about her problem?
She came to speak
to the kids on Career Day.
It was horrible.
Great lesson on the perils
of drinking, though.
What exactly
is Mrs.
Madden's career?
A beautician.
She works at a place
called Creme de la Crop.
The little girls
just love him.
They call him all the time.
Ma'am, do you understand
what happened to your son?
He's a gorgeous kid,
just like his father.
Girls couldn't keep
their hands off him either.
Well, we're talking
about an adult.
Who would do
something like that?
(Benson)
We understand that you had
a little mishap at the game.
Some idiot knocked me
in a mud puddle.
Where'd you go
to clean yourself up?
Bathroom.
Happen to run
into your son there?
No.
Would you mind
if we took a look
at your nails?
Why? What the hell
are you implying?
Just that you both
were in the restroom
at the same time.
I used the one
at the Boathouse Cafe
and then stayed for a drink.
All right, how long
were you there for?
Oh, let's see.
I was finishing
my second beverage
when Shane came
and pulled me out.
Did he say anything
about what had happened?
No, but who talks about sex
with their mother?
Did you notice any
female spectators
who didn't have a son there?
Cindy Bellamy.
(Benson)
And who's that?
Shane's babysitter
until about a month ago.
Used to love her, but one day
ups and throws a fit.
Says he doesn't
need her anymore.
What was she doin' there?
I have no idea.
[People chattering]
I went to more
of Shane's games
than his own mom.
Uh, while I was there,
I networked a little,
picked up three other gigs.
So you were babysittin'
another kid that day?
Yeah, Davey Auerbach.
(Cindy)
Come on, Alex, Dylan?
Five minute time-out.
Separate rooms, come on.
Told you.
(Munch)
You've got quite a way
with the boys there.
Yeah, I'm strict,
but I always make sure
they have fun.
And 12 to 15 hours
is nothing to sneeze at.
Shame you were fired
from the Madden gig.
Shane said he was too old
for a babysitter.
(Fin)
But too young
for a girlfriend.
[Birds chirping]
I'd never do that to a kid.
I'm dating one
of my professors.
I like them older.
Now if you'll excuse me.
Did you talk to Shane
at that game?
Yeah.
I asked if things
had gotten any better
with his mom.
(Munch)
There was a problem?
She's a total alky.
I heard she was
really knockin' them back
at that game.
I can't tell you
how many times
I was babysitting,
she showed up
hours late, blotto.
A lot of times
with a younger guy
than who she left with.
Must be rough on Shane.
God knows what he's seen.
When she's drunk,
Mrs.
Madden has no idea
what she's doing.
We're seriously
looking at the mother?
She was in the vicinity
at the time of the attack.
Witnesses say
she was drunk.
And when she drinks,
she gets ***
for younger guys.
When I was on the bottle,
I woke up
with my share of
regrettable bedmates.
But her own son?
(Fin)
The more you drink,
the blinder you get.
And her alcoholic blackouts
are legend.
We canvassed the building.
Everyone had a horror story.
Like the time she woke up
so drunk
she couldn't find
her own bathroom.
Ended up pounding
on a neighbor's door
at 3:00 a.
m.
,
asking to use his.
Naked.
So at the very least,
we're looking at
an unfit mother.
Where's the father?
Babysitter said
he split years ago.
Apparently Shane took over
some of his duties.
Okay, but in the bedroom?
You know how big a role
alcohol plays
in *** assault.
Before we stagger down
this road,
let's not rule out
other possibilities.
Shane's team
has a game tomorrow.
It should be the same crowd.
Chat up the cheering sections,
see if anybody saw anything.
[Children chattering]
Check out the redhead.
Blue sweatshirt
and jeans.
Just like the perp
in the video.
Ma'am?
Yes?
"Soccer Mom.
"
That's what it says.
You got a boy
on the team?
Do you?
No, but we'd like to talk
to you about your outfit.
What about it?
Did you wear it
to the game two weeks ago?
I wear it
to all the games.
The Booster Club pushes them
to pay for the pizza parties.
Every mom
in the league's got one.
Of course
I bought a shirt.
Got to support
my little man!
[Cheering]
Probably appreciate it
a lot more if you were sober.
Screw you.
Ma'am, have you been
drinking?
No.
No?
Mind if I examine
your travel cup?
Oops.
Okay, Mrs.
Madden,
you're in violation
of Code 10-125
and we could arrest you
right now.
What do you want
from me?
Is this a school team?
No, it's sponsored
through the city.
Shane's principal, Mrs.
Rice,
does she have
a son on the team?
(Jackie)
No.
[Children shouting]
What's she doing here?
Awfully close
to the student body.
She's awful popular
around here.
Looks like she has a thing
for young boys in uniform.
Principal Rice?
Hey, good to see you again.
Detectives.
(Stabler)
Who's this young man?
Jason.
My son.
Really?
You look way too young
to have a son this age.
Stepson.
(Benson)
Oh.
His team just won.
Congratulations.
Do you play
in the same league as Shane?
Jason's 14.
He's in an older division.
But it's the same league.
(Stabler)
Where's your
"Soccer Mom" shirt?
I'm not big on sweatshirts.
What are you
talkin' about?
You wear that stupid thing
all the time.
Yeah? Does your mom come
to all your games?
Oh, yeah.
She's a diehard
soccer fan.
Must be.
We saw you hanging out
at the Pee-Wee League.
I ran into a student.
(Benson)
Shane Madden.
Did you run into him
two weeks ago?
No.
I'm sorry.
We're late for a pizza party.
[People chattering]
What do we know
about the principal?
No criminal records.
Just a lifetime of good deeds.
A stint in the Peace Corps,
volunteer work, set up
an adult literacy program.
She was IS-41's
Teacher of the Year
in '96 and '98,
promoted to principal
three years ago.
Nice gig for a ***.
Absolute power
over all those kids.
It's just odd
that there's never been
so much as an allegation.
What about
her personal life?
Married seven years
to an architect, one stepson.
Who happens to be two years
older than the victim.
Well, most pedophiles
don't get caught
with their first victim.
Maybe she was fooling
around with the stepson.
Easy access.
That's assuming
that she's our perp.
Can we place her
at the game in question?
We just sat through
two riveting hours
of a soccer video
that I wrangled from some dad.
No signs of the principal,
but he did catch Shane's mom
fallin' on her ***.
Well, the outfit's a crime,
but it's not a match.
Rules her out.
Principal Rice
had to have been there.
Her kid said she goes
to all of his games.
We checked out
where her stepson plays.
The restroom
is between the two fields.
Come on,
that's circumstantial,
at best.
Captain, you weren't
there today.
She couldn't get away
from us fast enough.
She never gave us
a chance to find out
what she and Shane
were talking about.
Ask him.
Check out the stepson.
(Fin)
How do you get along
with Meredith?
Great.
For a stepmom.
Well, for any mom.
I really got lucky
with her.
It sounds like you two
are pretty tight.
Well, I was a brat
when she first moved in,
but she's totally cool now.
How so?
Well, she helps with homework,
comes to all my games,
boring school plays,
exciting stuff like that.
Sounds good.
No, it doesn't.
What are you doin' here?
Just checkin' in.
You always come
to school early to practice?
Well, the noise, it, uh,
gives my mom headaches.
Well, I don't think
it's your playing
that gives her a headache.
You know, Shane,
I know you've got
a tough situation at home.
My mom, she, uh,
she just needs
extra help, you know?
She gets sick a lot.
Yeah.
When you feel like
talking to someone,
that's my business card
and you can give
these people a call.
Alateen?
What's that?
It's a support group
for children of alcoholics.
Thanks.
[Sighing]
Let's talk about
your situation here at school.
There's no situation.
With Principal Rice.
What about her?
[Bell ringing]
I have to get to class.
We have her on tape.
No, you don't.
In that restroom.
Yeah, we do.
We talked to her.
She won't say
anything to you.
Well, she has been getting
a little weird lately.
How so?
She and my dad
have been fighting.
That's what
married folks do.
Yeah, but not them.
They never fought before.
[Children chattering]
It's getting
really bad, too.
She even yelled at me.
What did you get
from the stepson?
Nothing to indicate
he'd been molested.
What about Shane?
He give her up?
As good as.
I just
couldn't get him to say it.
Not enough to remove
a principal from school.
Which way
is the teacher's lounge?
Meredith Rice.
She's as straight-laced
as they come,
but the kids still love her.
Did you ever see her interact
with Shane Madden?
Actually, she's pulled him
from my class
a couple of times recently.
For what?
I don't know.
Shane handed me a note
excusing him from gym class.
Tell you the truth,
I thought it was fake.
Why is that?
Looked like
a kid wrote it.
But I double-checked.
Mrs.
Rice confirmed
it was her handwriting.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
If Shane Madden
passed through here,
odds are he was written up.
Should be here
in the Disciplinary
Action File.
[Children chattering]
(Benson)
Principal Rice didn't
write all these, did she?
(Williams)
In a public school,
a lot of at-risk kids.
I mean the handwriting.
It looks like
different people wrote these.
No.
Meredith meets
with each one of them.
[Children chattering]
You're right, she is getting
a little sloppy.
Something weighing
on her mind?
She has been distracted
lately, but aren't we all?
So close to summer break.
Hmm, nothing on Shane.
Is Principal Rice available?
Oh, I'm sorry.
She's not back yet.
Where is she?
Home.
Family emergency.
(Stabler)
Mr.
Rice, have you had
any contact with your wife?
No, just tell me.
Is she in some
kind of danger,
one of her problem students?
Mr.
Rice,
how's your marriage?
W-What?
What are you talking about?
We heard you were fighting.
That's none of your business.
Well, actually,
it might be.
At the time that
your wife left school,
a young man, a student,
also went missing.
So what, you think
he kidnapped her?
We think
she kidnapped him.
What are you talking about?
Your wife's been
molesting that boy.
That's a lie.
We have it on tape.
I'm sorry.
Have you noticed
any inappropriate behavior
between Meredith and your son?
[Grunting]
Now, I've got
a 12-year-old boy
who's in danger out there,
and I need you to tell me
what is going on
with your wife!
What is going on
with her?
I don't know.
She's changed.
No.
She's changed, hasn't she?
Yes.
Yes.
Please let me go.
Relax.
[Panting]
She's changed.
She hasn't been
herself lately.
She
She's preoccupied.
She snaps at any little thing.
She's
And in the bedroom
she's insatiable.
Are you telling me
that she's screwed
She's not getting enough
so she's screwing
a little boy on the side?
We just need to find her.
Now do you have any idea
where she might go?
No.
Does she have
access to a car?
We have a car,
but we don't use it
very often.
Could you check
with the garage?
I got 911'ed out
of my VICAP meeting.
We got a cluster?
Shane Madden went missin'.
As did Principal Rice.
We're thinking
they're together?
Yeah, and getting out
of Dodge.
Husband hasn't heard from her
and she took his car.
Long gone by now.
We get out an APB?
And an Amber alert.
And unfortunately,
the blue Ford Taurus is a very
popular make and model.
We're getting
possible sightings
from highways
in the Tri-State area.
She's gotta stop for food
or gas at some point.
We're tracking her
ATM and credit cards?
So far, no pops.
She's either using cash
or Shane's piggy-bank.
Husband said
the tank was near-empty.
We've got a sighting.
Where?
Edgewater, New Jersey.
Trucker's right behind them
on the exit.
Well, that's just
outside the city.
How sure is he it's them?
He gave me
the full plate number.
Get movin'.
[Police siren wailing]
(policeman)
Get out of the vehicle!
Move in!
(Stabler)
Shane?
(Benson)
Back seat!
(Stabler)
Shane!
(Shane)
Help!
(Benson)
Exit the vehicle!
Hands where we can see 'em!
Go away!
(Benson)
Comply, now.
Buddy, are you okay?
I'm fine, but she's not.
She she's been throwing up.
Please don't
let them hurt her.
Let's go.
She's sick.
All right.
She's sick.
You're under arrest
for *** assault
and kidnapping of a minor.
You have the right
to remain silent.
You give up that right,
anything you say
can and will be used
against you
in a court of law.
My head is splitting.
I think I need a doctor.
(Stabler)
We've got a great
company shrink you can see.
You've got to be out
of your mind
to be running off
with a sixth grader.
I am not crazy.
I know it's wrong.
Good.
Taking responsibility.
That's the first step
to setting it right.
Look, you don't understand.
That day at the soccer field
was the first time.
So help me understand
what happened.
He was crying.
I followed him in there
to make sure he was okay.
The next thing I know,
we're having sex.
And that seems
like a perfectly natural segue
to you?
Yes.
You didn't notice
that Shane was trying
to get away from you?
The first time.
But after that,
he couldn't get enough.
It was his idea to run.
You always take orders
from sixth graders?
My life is fallin' apart
and I don't know why.
Now look,
what are you gonna do?
You're obviously attracted
to young boys.
This is a nightmare.
I swear I have never done
anything like this before.
What, being caught? You have.
On tape.
Now you've to deal with it.
I am not a ***.
I love my husband.
I love my job.
I'll bet you do.
A lot of young boys
to choose from.
Stop it.
Tell me what you did
to the child.
That's a bad idea.
Come on, let's get it on.
Are you crazy?
You're out of your mind!
[Groaning]
Is there a problem here?
No problem.
I think she's going
for an insanity defense.
[Grunting]
She's having a seizure.
Call an ambulance.
(Benson)
The tox screen is clean.
We're still waiting
for the head CT.
Oh, yeah.
I don't know
what the hell
happened in there.
It was an accident.
She assaulted you
and you have witnesses,
Elliot.
Rat Squad IAB
at 2:00.
Sgt.
Tucker.
Det.
Stabler.
Sorry to interrupt
your beauty sleep,
but I'll be waiting
for my union rep.
Smart move if you got
something to hide.
He was sexually assaulted.
Oh, what a surprise.
The partner's gonna
back him up.
Yeah, how would you feel
if a perp had your boys
in a vise grip?
Cuff her,
not bash her brains in.
I thought I used
appropriate force.
I was just reading up
about your thoughts.
Suspended four years ago
for tellin'
the company shrink
you, uh, dreamed about
killin' pedophiles.
Thought about it,
never did it.
You're gettin'
closer and closer.
(Beresford)
Detectives?
How is she?
Not good.
We found
something in her CT.
We're rushing her
into surgery right now.
From a blow to the head?
No.
This was
a pre-existing condition.
Brain tumor,
the size of a baseball.
[Woman chattering
on PA system]
We were in there
eight hours.
It looks like we got it all.
Great.
Now here's
my problem.
The law says
she needs to be arraigned
within 24 hours
of her arrest.
Uh, I just opened up
this woman's skull,
and excised
a malignant lesion
I'm afraid you're gonna
miss that deadline.
Well, I've gotten an abeyance,
but I still need
to proceed
in a timely manner.
She'll be in the hospital
for five, six days.
All right, that's fine.
I can get a judge and a clerk
down here for
a bedside arraignment.
I wasn't aware that
judges made house calls.
Just tell me when she'll be
lucid enough to be swearable.
May I ask what exactly
is she charged with?
She molested a 12-year-old
whom she
subsequently kidnapped.
[Sighing]
You do know that
frontal lobe damage
can diminish
impulse control.
This woman knew
what she was doing was wrong.
You know, that's right.
The area of the brain
that stores moral knowledge
is not affected,
but look at this.
This is Meredith's head CT.
The tumor is here.
In the right
orbitofrontal cortex
which controls behavior.
That's fascinating,
but I'm not performing
brain surgery here.
I'm just trying to get
a *** off the street.
Without the tumor,
she might not be one anymore.
So what?
Give her a doctor's note?
"Please excuse
Meredith for molesting boys.
She had a bad tumor.
"
To tell you the truth,
this looks like
a textbook case
of acquired sociopathy.
Well, how do I know
the tumor caused it?
Maybe she'd been
a predator all along,
and the tumor just
made her sloppy?
I doubt it.
Shane is our
only known victim.
Not as of this morning.
Three additional boys
have come forward.
***?
No, one sent to her office
was hugged and kissed.
The other two
were fondled.
When?
All in the last month.
She's committed
multiple felonies.
She has to pay
for them.
Not if she lacked
the mens rea.
It's obvious that
the lesion disinhibited her.
The question
you have to answer is:
Did she act on these
pedophilic tendencies
before the tumor?
And are those
tendencies still there?
Understand, this test is still
in the experimental stages.
So we'll be viewing
her PET scan in here
while she's watching
the *** videos
on those goggles.
Yeah, brain-mapping is not
an exact science yet.
But we do know
the areas of the brain
that respond
to arousal and pleasure.
And we'll be able
to view activity
on the anterior singulate?
Trust me, you won't.
I no longer have
those feelings.
What is that exactly?
It's a very tiny amount
of radiation.
The same exposure you'd get
flying across the country
five times.
We're good to go.
How're you feeling?
Like my old self again.
Well, we really appreciate
your cooperation.
I want to do this.
Hopefully, this test
will give us some answers.
Please believe me.
I tried to stop.
Did you?
I knew it was wrong.
But the urges were so strong
that they just took over
my mind, my body.
L I couldn't control myself.
Every day it got worse.
I am the last person
who would ever do
anything like this.
Why?
I know the damage
it can cause.
When did it happen to you?
It started when I was eight.
It lasted four years.
Was it someone
that you knew?
Someone I loved.
My grandfather.
(Dr.
Morella)
Ready?
(Stabler)
So that's
a ***'s brain, huh?
No, this is.
One who's
currently incarcerated.
According to Meredith Rice's
PET scan,
she's no longer
a threat to society.
She showed no reaction
to the pedophilic stimuli.
If she had, the area
right in here would be red.
Unless it meets
the Daubert test
for scientific reliability,
it's not admissible in court.
Well, look at the handwriting.
I mean, it went back to normal
as soon as
the tumor was removed.
So what do we do,
we let her go?
Oh, if we let her off,
it opens the door
for every ***
and violent criminal who wants
to find a medical excuse.
Yeah, and tomorrow there'll be
a run on the PET scan lab.
Wouldn't it be great
if that was true,
if we could actually
isolate the part of the brain
that makes somebody
a ***?
And they could be fixed.
How? Mandatory screenings
at birth to zap
some part of the brain
we don't even know exists?
The tumor changed
her behavior,
but that alone
didn't make her a ***.
She had a lower set point
to begin with.
(Benson)
What the hell is that
supposed to mean?
She was molested
as a child,
and like having
any predisposition
to high blood pressure
or cholesterol,
she had a higher risk
of becoming an offender.
But she never acted on it
until the tumor wiped out
her impulse control.
I found a similar case
in Virginia.
Upstanding citizen,
loving husband and father,
became a ***
out of the blue.
Let me guess.
Same brain tumor.
It was discovered in jail.
It was removed
and he was considered cured.
(Benson)
Did they release him?
Yeah.
A year later,
he molested again.
So it wasn't
the tumor at all?
No, it was the tumor.
It had just grown back.
So it's not her fault
and she's perfectly cured,
but if the lesion recurs,
she'll do it again.
What are you gonna do,
Counselor?
She pleads to *** Three,
five years probation
and periodic psychiatric
and medical evaluations.
We might be amenable
to that.
I'm not done yet.
She's also not to have
any future contact
with any of her victims.
Of course not.
There are already
restraining orders in place.
We're not contesting them.
And she registers
as a sex offender.
What?
Come on, Casey.
Is that really necessary?
(Novak)
Yes.
The registry was set up
to protect the public
from *** predators
at risk of offending again.
But that's not me.
This only happened
because of the tumor.
What are you going to do
if it grows back?
She gets branded
a sex offender,
she can never work
in the school system again.
She can never work with kids.
Better safe than sorry.
Then I think we'll take
our chances at trial.
This is a noble woman
who suffered
a freak brain tumor.
Everyone fears the Big C.
Once I remind the jurors
it could happen
to any one of them,
they'll acquit.
(Rice)
No.
I'll take the plea.
Meredith,
you don't need to do that.
Yes, I do.
She's right.
The children
have to be protected.
It's a responsibility
I need to take.
You're getting pretty good.
It doesn't matter.
I dropped out of band
and soccer.
[Siren wailing]
If I could,
I'd drop out of school.
Kids giving you a hard time?
Jason Rice slugged me
in the cafeteria.
He said he'd kick my ***
for busting up his family.
He said he'd kill me.
I'll talk to him, okay?
Why won't she talk to me?
I must have
called her a 100 times
and she never picked up.
Shane, she can't.
She goes to jail if she does.
She talked to me.
She cared about me.
I thought she loved me.
Shane, she was very sick.
And what she did,
it's it's not your fault.
And she's better now,
but I gotta tell you,
I'm more concerned about you.
[Sobs]
I just wanna die.
Then we're going
to get you some help.
Trust me,
you're gonna get over this.
The real damage
hasn't even begun
to set in for Shane.
This kid's gonna need
extensive therapy.
And a strong
support system.
He's not gonna
get that at home.
Not with his mother.
I think she's the reason
why Shane was susceptible
to a mother figure
in the first place.
The kid's so screwed up,
he doesn't even know
he's a victim.
He still thinks
he's in love with Meredith.
It's unfortunate that
his first *** experience
was non-consensual.
But it's even worse
that he developed feelings
for his abuser.
(Benson)
What are the odds
that he's going to have
a healthy sex life?
Not good.
But they're ideal
that he'll become
an offender himself.
The cycle of abuse
just keeps turning.
So when he grows up,
he's gonna have
a low opinion of women
and be able to rationalize
having sex with a child.
How do you stop that
from happening?
(Huang)
I think the answer lies
in Meredith herself.
If she truly
wants to help Shane,
she'll let us
study her brain.
Maybe we can
really locate the part
that creates a ***
and then fix it.
Meredith Rice hasn't changed.
Patrol just responded
to an incident at her address.
(Bamford)
My partner's
with the victim.
She took
a pretty bad beating.
She's going
after another boy?
This one fought back.
You've got it backwards.
There's no boy involved.
So who attacked her?
You heard the woman.
She's not pressing charges.
I am.
Oh, Mrs.
Madden,
what happened here?
That perverted *** is still
chasing my little boy!
Is that true?
I can explain.
Tell it to the judge.
She broke
her restraining order.
I want her arrested.
What did she do?
She called Shane, in my home.
Thank God I happened
to pick up the extension.
What's wrong with you?
Everything.
And you think the best person
to commiserate with
is your 12-year-old victim?
That's not why
I called him.
Tell them.
Tell them
why you called Shane!
It doesn't matter
why she called him.
You broke one
of the conditions
of your probation.
Which means
you're under arrest.
I thought
he had a right to know.
Know what?
I'm pregnant.
And I did agonize,
but I felt like
he needed to know.
He is the father.
She's having my baby's baby.
(Stabler)
Let's go.
I want it terminated.
It's not
your decision, ma'am.
You have no say
over her reproductive rights.
You didn't need to lay this
on the little boy.
What were you doin'?
I don't know.
My husband's leavin' me,
my stepson
won't even talk to me,
I've lost my home, my job,
and the irony is,
all I've ever wanted
is a baby of my own.
Be careful
what you wish for, huh?
