Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

01x02 A Single Life

When the body of Gretchen Quinn is found wearing only a red slip after having gone through an upper-story window, Benson and Stabler soon find out that 'Gretchen Quinn' has never existed. While trying to piece together her life, the detectives are led to Gretchen's psychiatrist and a well-known television newscaster, both of whom were sleeping with her, and through an overdue library book finally trace Gretchen back to a young woman who changed her name and identity after graduating high school to get away from her sexually abusive father. Cragen and Benson find it easy to identify with the young woman, as they both have ghosts of their own from which they must escape. Detectives manage to contact the victim's sister, who experienced the same trauma growing up.

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Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn As: Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cresswell
Sharon Stone Sharon Stone As: A.D.A. Jo Marlowe
Mariska Hargitay Mariska Hargitay As: Olivia Benson
Dann Florek Dann Florek As: Donald Cragen
Ann-Margret Ann-Margret As: Rita Wills
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Storyline

When the body of Gretchen Quinn is found wearing only a red slip after having gone through an upper-story window, Benson and Stabler soon find out that 'Gretchen Quinn' has never existed. While trying to piece together her life, the detectives are led to Gretchen's psychiatrist and a well-known television newscaster, both of whom were sleeping with her, and through an overdue library book finally trace Gretchen back to a young woman who changed her name and identity after graduating high school to get away from her sexually abusive father. Cragen and Benson find it easy to identify with the young woman, as they both have ghosts of their own from which they must escape. Detectives manage to contact the victim's sister, who experienced the same trauma growing up.


Certification: TV-14

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Aired: 28 September, 1999 at 5:00 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 45m

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Cast

Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn

Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cresswell

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

A.D.A. Jo Marlowe

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson

Dann Florek

Dann Florek

Donald Cragen

Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

Rita Wills

Paget Brewster

Paget Brewster

Sheila Tierney

Ice-T

Ice-T

Fin Tutuola

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Elliot Stabler

Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer

John Munch

Elain R. Graham

Elain R. Graham

Eliza

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Detective Nick Amaro

Allison Siko

Allison Siko

Kathleen Stabler

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley

Danny Burrell

Michelle Hurd

Michelle Hurd

Monique Jeffries

Raúl Esparza

Raúl Esparza

A.D.A. Rafael Barba

Lindsay Pulsipher

Lindsay Pulsipher

Kim Rollins

Jordan Gelber

Jordan Gelber

CSU Tech Layton / Principal Bernstein / Fritz Kestler

Kelli Giddish

Kelli Giddish

Detective Amanda Rollins

Michaela McManus

Michaela McManus

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Quincy Dunn-Baker

Quincy Dunn-Baker

Jimmy Trent

Robert Newman

Robert Newman

Cal Cutler

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