Night
The body of a woman who was raped is found near a nightclub, and five thousand dollars in hundred dollar bills have been stuffed into her mouth. The victim is Marguerite Beauclair, an attendant for the bathroom at a fancy nightclub nearby. The only lead Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have is the brand new dollar bills that came straight from the bank. Prints from the money lead them to hotshot lawyer Jason Whitaker (Bradley Cooper), and they discover that he was trustee of the Duvall family estate. The detectives talk to matriarch Eleanor Duvall (Angela Lansbury), who leads them to her son, Gabriel (Alfred Molina). Meanwhile, a neighborhood activist, Mildred Quintana (Rita Moreno), is appalled that the rapist is apparently a repeat offender, targeting defenseless immigrant women. One of these victims, Nina Zergin (Anya Midgal), is hesitant to help because she is deathly afraid of her brother, Milan (Stelio Savante). It is against her religion to lose your virginity before marriage, and even though she was raped, her brother and her community will blame her. Nina however, agrees to help, but she is mysteriously "kidnapped."
