Seaduse nimel: Seksuaalkuritegude uurimisüksus Slaves (1999– ) Online

This was an excellent episode. First of all, it is better quality than a typical TV episode, and seems more like a suspense or thriller movie, albeit a short one. It involves a woman who has been held captive and abused, hence the title, "Slaves." The detectives investigate, and the suspects seem like successful, healthy people, who would blend in easily at a party or other social gathering. They live in Manhattan, a crowded and civilized part of the world, and have their own evil little kingdom going on. It is disturbing to see people, who seem ordinary and have lives that seem enviable, who have a darker side and private life involving unspeakable acts. This insight that psychos hide in plain sight in our society, perhaps very near us, is disturbing. Another plot line involves Detective Stabler causing those around him to worry about his psychological well being, as he seems extremely fed up with the people he arrests. Well done NBC!

A passed note and a conversation in Romanian to a fellow countryman sends SVU on a hunt for a missing Romanian immigrant who never showed up at college for the classes she registered for.

It's a pretty slim lead and Dann Florek is ready to pull the squad off the case when the missing woman's aunt is found dead after being dumped on the Henry Hudson Parkway. Now the NYPD is very interested.

The trail leads to white shoe lawyer Andrew McCarthy who with his wife is keeping the young woman both a prisoner and a slave. McCarthy is one cool customer himself, establishment preppy type with a nasty taste for sadism.

McCarthy is one of the scariest villains SVU ever featured. Try not miss him in this SVU story.