LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured (l-r): Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
Warning: General spoilers ahead
In this week’s episode, a starving toddler found wandering the streets alone leads detectives to the home of Manuela Ozuna (guest star Jessica Pimental) and another child in grave condition. The police question Department of Child Services caseworker Keith Musio (guest star John Magaro), whose vague and backdated reports on the family suggest he hadn’t checked on the children in months. When the overworked Keith accuses his supervisor, Janette Grayson (guest star Whoopi Goldberg), of orchestrating the false reports, Chief Dodds (guest star Peter Gallagher) promises to conduct an internal investigation. But when neglect leads to death, Barba (Raúl Esparza) takes matters into his own hands and arrests them for manslaughter. Meanwhile, Dodds indicates some changes coming to Benson’s (Mariska Hargitay) squad.
Episode 17.04 of Law & Order: SVU is titled “Institutional Fail” and airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.
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LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: Ice-T as Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r)Ice-T as Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson, Peter Gallagher as Deputy Chief Williams Dodds — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Joseph Lyle Taylor as Counselor D’Angelo, Josh Marcantel as Dale Sheridan, Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, John Magaro as Keith Adkins — (Photo by: Tom Zubak/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured Peter Gallagher as Deputy Chief Williams Dodds — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Peter Scanavino as Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, John Magaro as Keith Adkins — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Raúl Esparza as A.D.A. Rafael Barba, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Josh Marcantel as Dale Sheridan — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured: (l-r) Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Peter Scanavino as Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, a Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Institutional Fail” Episode 17004 — Pictured (l-r): Whoopi Goldberg as Janette Garner, Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)
