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Olivia Benson
Law & Order character
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
First appearance
September 20, 1999
(episode 1.01: "Payback")
Portrayed by
Mariska Hargitay
Time on show
1999–present
Seasons
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Credited appearances
423 episodes (SVU)
3 episodes (L&O)
1 episode (L&O:TBJ)
3 episodes (CPD)
1 episode (CF)
431 episodes (total)
Preceded by
Sgt. John Munch (as Sergeant of SVU)
Capt. Donald Cragen (as Commanding Officer of SVU
Lt. Declan Murphy (as Commanding Officer of SVU)
Sgt. Mike Dodds (as Commanding Officer of SVU)
Succeeded by
Lt. Declan Murphy (as Commanding Officer of SVU)
Sgt. Mike Dodds (as Sergeant of SVU)
Sgt. Mike Dodds (as Commanding Officer of SVU)
Information
Title
NYPD Detective
(seasons 1–15)
NYPD Sergeant
(seasons 15–17)
NYPD Lieutenant
(seasons 17–)
Family
Joseph Hollister
(father) (deceased)
Serena Benson
(mother) (deceased)
Simon Marsden
(paternal half-brother)
Tracy Harrison[citation needed]
(sister-in-law)
Ty Harrison
(step-nephew)
Olivia Marsden
(paternal half-niece)
Noah Porter Benson
(adopted son)
Partner
Elliot Stabler
(seasons 1–12)
Fin Tutuola
(seasons 3, 4)
Nick Amaro
(seasons 13–15)
Amanda Rollins
(season 13-present)
Signature
Olivia Margaret Benson[1] is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Benson holds the rank of Lieutenant and is the Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, which operates out of the 16th precinct.
When the series begins, she holds the rank of Detective and is partnered with Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). Following Stabler's departure at the end of the 12th season, she is partnered with Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino). During the 15th season, she is promoted to Sergeant and appointed as acting commanding officer, in the wake of the retirement of both Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek). During the 17th season, she is promoted to Lieutenant and becomes the squad's official commanding officer.
The character first appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit pilot episode, "Payback", which aired September 20, 1999. Hargitay remains the only original cast member still present on the series. Benson has been credited in 411 episodes of SVU (419 in the franchise/universe), and as of season 19, she is currently the second–longest serving character in the Law & Order universe, behind SVU's Munch. She made her 400th credited appearance in the third episode of the eighteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, surpassing Donald Cragen as the character with the most credited appearances in the franchise.
Hargitay's portrayal of Olivia Benson has received critical acclaim, and she has been the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Contents
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1 Character overview
1.1 Relationships
1.2 Sexual assault storylines
1.2.1 William Lewis storyline
1.3 Character development
2 Service
2.1 List of assignments
2.1.1 Temporary assignments
2.2 Ranks
2.3 Partners
2.4 Awards and decorations
2.4.1 As a Sergeant
2.4.2 As a Lieutenant
3 Development and casting
4 Reception
5 Appearances on other shows
6 References
7 External links
Character overview[edit]
Series creator Dick Wolf named his two lead detectives after his son, Elliot, and his daughter, Olivia.[2] Wolf conceived Benson as a detective in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit, which investigates sex crimes. For the first twelve seasons of the show, she is partnered with Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni); after he resigns (offscreen) at the beginning of season 13, she is partnered with Nick Amaro (Danny Pino). She is tough, empathetic,[3] and gets emotionally involved in cases.[4] Executive producer and head writer Neal Baer has explained that she is "the empathetic, passionate voice for these victims",[5] in contrast to Stabler, who embodies "the rage we feel, the 'How can this happen?' feeling".[5] Of their partnership, Baer assessed that: "They both represent the feelings that we feel simultaneously when we hear about these cases. That's why they work so well together."[5]
In the episode "Paranoia", Benson described how, despite the difficulty she faced in dealing with a two-year-old female rape victim on her second case, Karen Smythe (Khandi Alexander), who trained her, praised her for displaying a talent in dealing with victims.[6] Benson herself is a child of her mother's rape. Her mother’s rapist later committed suicide.[7] Benson's mother Serena (Elizabeth Ashley), an English professor, was an alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused Olivia. In the season 2 episode "Taken", Serena Benson dies falling down a flight of subway stairs outside the entrance to a bar. In a later episode, "Intoxicated", Olivia mentions being engaged briefly when she was 16 to one of her mother's students; when her mother found out, she broke a bottle of vodka and went after Olivia with it. Olivia fought back, kicked her mother twice, and ran out of the house.
Benson is a graduate of Siena College.[8] While there, she held a membership in a sorority.[9] In addition to English, Benson speaks Italian,[10] some Spanish and French, and is able to read the Miranda warnings in at least two other languages.[11] She owns a black 1965 Ford Mustang convertible but rarely drives it.[12]
She has a younger half-brother named Simon Marsden (Michael Weston). Simon, whom she found by illegally running her DNA through the system, was thought to be a rapist. However, his name was cleared after it is revealed that he was framed by Captain Julia Millfield (Kim Delaney).[13]
Benson's life is further complicated when she is named the legal guardian of a young boy named Calvin Arliss (Charlie Tahan). Calvin's mother, Vivian (Maria Bello), abandons him and flees when Benson's investigation uncovers that Vivian (also a child of rape) may have killed her mother's rapist. Vivian names Benson as Calvin's legal guardian.[14] Calvin lives with her for a while, until she finds Vivian and her lover Sara have relapsed into drug use. Sara confesses to murdering Vivian's father and is then shot dead. Vivian revokes Benson's parental rights and sends Calvin to live with his grandparents. Both Calvin and Benson are devastated by the separation.[15] In season 13, she is seen with Calvin and his grandparents during or right before Halloween.[16]
In the season 13 episode "Child's Welfare", Simon reveals to Benson that she has a niece and a step-nephew named Olivia and Ty, and that he is planning to marry a woman named Tracy. When the children are taken by the City because of Simon's criminal background, Benson calls Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher), with whom she has become good friends, to help Simon and Tracy get the children back. When a judge denies the Marsdens their children back, Simon kidnaps them. Ellis makes a deal to have Simon serve a 60-day sentence, knocking his charge down from kidnapping to a misdemeanor, custodial interference. One of the conditions of the reduced charges is that he must give up his custody petition and agree to visit his daughter only in a supervised setting for the next three years. Simon is reluctant, but Benson tells him it's better than his daughter visiting him in jail.[17]
At the conclusion of the season 15 finale, Benson becomes the court-appointed custodial guardian of Noah Porter, an orphaned baby. The appointment is for a trial period of one year, with the option to apply for legal adoption at the end of that period.[18] Although the year is rocky due to Noah's health issues and the demands of her job, Benson formally adopts Noah a year later.[19]
At the end of season 17, Sergeant Mike Dodds (Andy Karl) is taken hostage by Corrections Officer Gary Munson (Brad Garrett), who ultimately kills him. As a result of the incident, Benson blames herself for not checking Munson for weapons before leaving him alone with Dodds.
Towards the end of the 18th season episode "Next Chapter", Benson has her first on-duty kill when a rape suspect, former police sergeant Tom Cole (Chris Bauer), becomes dangerously close to shooting Detective Dominick “Sonny” Carisi (Peter Scanavino).
At the end of season 19 premiere "Gone Fishin'", Brian Cassidy, now as a DA Investigator, tells her that she is being investigated by the DA's office on suspicions of child abuse against Noah. The investigation was dropped in "Mood". In "Contrapasso", Trevor Langan returns to tell her that Ellie Porter had lied about having relatives and discovers that Noah has a grandmother, Sheila Porter. In "No Good Reason", she brings Benson to family court on grounds that she is an unfit parent and it goes on in "Complicated". In "Unintended Consequences", Benson lets her visit and spend time with Noah. At the end of "Intent", she gets a call from Sheila telling her that Noah had been kidnapped in the mall, while Sheila was picking a sweater for him. In "Gone Baby Gone"; upon further investigation of Noah's kidnapping, it was revealed that he knew the kidnapper, which was Sheila's gardener, and Sheila was behind the kidnapping with the intent to fly across to Manchester with her grandson. And when she goes to the cabin in Vermont to rescue Noah, only to be hit from behind by Sheila and disarms Benson. When Noah unexpectedly comes from the bedroom, he goes to Benson in which she rushes him outside. Sheila ends up getting arrested. In "Pathological", Benson struggles to let Noah overcome his nightmares when he has her sleep next to him.
Relationships[edit]
Hargitay has characterized Benson and Stabler's relationship as "very complicated".[5] Her assessment is that:
“ Sometimes it's very much like brother and sister, and I think the reason that they're so close is that they share a passion for their jobs and for the people. They have a mutual respect for one another. I think that the average lifespan of an SVU detective is four years because of the difficulty and stress involved. They've been doing it for longer than that, so they feel like they're in their own world almost. There's also sexual chemistry between them, it's so loaded and layered. People ask me if they'll ever get together—and people want that, and sometimes I think even Olivia wants that—but I don't think that will ever happen.[5] ”
Baer agrees that a romantic relationship between the two is unlikely, though commented: "You never can say never".[5]
Hargitay has stated that her favorite SVU scene occurs in the season 7 episode "Fault", when Benson is faced with the possibility of losing Stabler: "Lou Diamond Phillips [who played a child killer] has a gun to Elliot's head. I'm negotiating [with him to drop the gun]. It was a painful, high-stakes scene. Elliot and I have to admit what we mean to each other... He is everything that [my character] Olivia has. So this was where we really got that to pay off."[20] In an episode where Stabler goes undercover, Benson tries to talk him into coming back; but they are interrupted by Stabler's targets, and she undresses and pretends to be a prostitute.[21]
Benson takes it hard when Stabler resigns from the NYPD in the 13th season opener, "Scorched Earth", and takes a while to warm up to her new partner, Nick Amaro. While Stabler has yet to appear again in the series, Benson frequently mentions him in both a professional and personal context; she tells the squad's newer detectives what Stabler would do in a given situation, and says more than once that she is "getting over someone".[22]
In season 1, Benson has a sexual relationship with one of her SVU colleagues, Detective Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters). In the episode "Closure", Benson refers to it as a drunken one-night stand. It is implied that the relationship continued based on comments in the episode "Disrobed". Cassidy leaves the precinct at the end of that episode. In the season 5 episode "Lowdown", it is revealed Benson had a relationship with a murder victim who turned out to be homosexual and HIV positive. Medical Examiner Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie) immediately tests Benson and the results come back negative. In the season 9 episode "Closet", the SVU squad are surprised to find out that Benson has been in a relationship with journalist Kurt Moss (Bill Pullman) for several months. It comes out only because Internal Affairs is investigating Benson and Stabler in a case in which the department accidentally outed a professional football player. By the end of the episode, she breaks up with Moss.
While Benson has only been portrayed in relationships with men, she has, according to lesbian entertainment website AfterEllen.com, "attracted a large lesbian following". Fan speculation exists over alleged sexual tension between Benson and Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March), which Baer admits to indulging: "We read the fan sites. We know that people are into the Alex-Olivia thing. All the codes are in there."[23]
In the middle of season 13, Benson enters into a relationship with a new prosecutor to the District Attorney's Office, Executive ADA David Haden (Harry Connick Jr.). Hargitay has said that Connick, who is a friend of hers, improved the show to a more romantic advanced stance. "This is a home run on so many levels," she said. "The show is very fortunate to have Harry's extraordinary talent, and I'm lucky because I get to work with my friend. I think Olivia couldn't have asked for a better companion to take her through a new stage in her life and career." Haden and Benson begin their relationship at the end of the episode, "Official Story". In the episode "Hunting Ground", she decides to take it slow with Haden, claiming she needs time to see if their relationship will last. That night, they end up sleeping together in her apartment. This makes her late for a case, which is frowned upon in the NYPD.[24][25][26] In the episode "Justice Denied", Benson and Haden end their relationship due to a conflict of interest.
In the season 14 premiere, Benson shares a kiss with Cassidy after she tells him she is not the same person from 13 years before, when they had a brief sexual relationship. Later that season, in the episode "Undercover Blue", it is revealed that Cassidy and Benson had been seeing each other for quite some time. Their relationship hits a rough patch in the episode when Cassidy is accused of rape, which results in their relationship becoming public. The charges against Cassidy are later dropped when the SVU detectives discover that he was being set up. In season 15, Benson stays with Cassidy as she recovers from her imprisonment by a serial rapist. A few months after she returns to work, they get a new apartment together. They however break up in the episode "Downloaded Child".
In "Chicago Crossover" and "They'll Have to Go Through Me", Benson strikes up a friendship with Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) of the Chicago Police Department, despite their differing methodologies when it comes to solving crime. Upon the conclusion of their joint operation, the two share drinks before Benson returns to New York.
It is suggested throughout season 17 that Benson is in a relationship with Capt. Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke) of Internal Affairs. In "Manhattan Transfer", they are forced to confirm their relationship when Tucker is accused – by his own cousin, a priest – of being complicit with a sex trafficking ring that has ties to Vice and the Catholic Church. Tucker is eventually cleared, and he continues his relationship with Benson. In season 18, Tucker tries to convince Benson to retire with him, though at the conclusion of the episode "Next Chapter", Benson realizes she is not ready to do so as being a cop is part of who she is. As a result, Benson breaks it off with Tucker at the end of the episode "Chasing Theo".
Sexual assault storylines[edit]
In the season 9 episode "Undercover", Benson poses as an inmate in a women's prison to investigate an alleged rape by a corrections officer. While there, the corrections officer in question, Captain Lowell Harris (Johnny Messner), attacks her and attempts to force her to perform oral sex on him. She is rescued by SVU colleague Fin Tutuola (Ice-T), who gets there just in time to stop the rape. Later, Benson helps convict the rapist by questioning his earlier victim about distinguishing features on his penis, prompting the victim to recall a mole on it, which Benson later explains to Warner that she had also seen. When Warner asks Benson if she had been raped, she replies, "It was the closest I've ever come."
In season 10, Benson is seen struggling with now being a victim of sexual assault herself. She is attending group therapy, something she has not shared with anyone but Tutuola. In the episode "PTSD," while investigating the rape of a Marine, she is pushed against a wall while trying to break up a fight between a suspected rapist and another Marine. She subsequently breaks up the fight by holding her gun to the back of the suspect's head. Later, while in questioning, the other Marine tells Tutuola that, "She [Benson] has PTSD, I would recognize that glassy-eyed look anywhere." At the end of the episode, the original suspect is cleared, and Benson apologizes to him, admitting that she was a victim of sexual assault.
In the season 11 episode "Perverted," Benson becomes the prime suspect in the sexual mutilation and murder of a biker gang member. As more evidence is found linking her to the crime, an Internal Affairs detective insinuates that she may have committed it while suffering from a flashback to the assault. The other detectives eventually discover that Benson has been framed by a man she sent to prison years earlier.
William Lewis storyline[edit]
At the end of the season 14 finale "Her Negotiation", Benson is kidnapped by serial rapist/murderer William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber). During the season 15 premiere "Surrender Benson", Lewis makes her watch while he rapes and tortures the mother of his own attorney and kills a police officer who attempted to pull him over. He then beats and tortures her, burning her with cigarettes and wire hangers, and holds her hostage for four days. Just as he is about to rape her, she breaks free, handcuffs him, and holds him at gunpoint. When he taunts her, she loses control and beats him within an inch of his life with an iron rod. She is rescued by her fellow detectives moments later, and Cragen puts her on mandatory leave so she can recover.[27] She returns to work in the following episode, "Imprisoned Lives", which takes place two months later, but is still haunted by the experience. She begins seeing a therapist (Bill Irwin) to cope with the trauma. It is later revealed that Lewis survived and is in prison awaiting trial.
In "Psycho/Therapist", a visibly injured and still-recovering Lewis fires his new attorney and chooses to represent himself. He calls Benson as a witness and accuses her of assaulting him because he rejected her sexual advances. She vehemently denies it, and lies under oath that he had broken free of his restraints and lunged at her. Lewis is found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting a police officer, but the jury voices doubts about Benson's story and acquits him of attempted rape. The episode closes with Benson weeping on the courthouse stairs and, four months later, Lewis being wheeled away on a stretcher.
In "Beast's Obsession", Lewis uses the distraction caused by his (self-induced) cardiac incident to escape from prison. He then rapes a teenaged girl, kidnaps her younger sister, and threatens to kill her unless Benson tells the truth about her testimony. Benson holds a press conference and admits that she lied on the witness stand. When Lewis does not release the girl, Benson tracks him down and surrenders to him. With his hostage watching, Lewis at first attempts to rape Benson, but changes his mind when she refuses to show him fear; instead, he forces her to play Russian roulette with him. As a police squad closes in, Lewis taunts her one last time before committing suicide right in front of her. In "Post-Mortem Blues", she is brought before a grand jury to explain her admission and Lewis' death. Her career is threatened until SVU's temporary commanding officer, Lt. Declan Murphy (Donal Logue), tells the grand jury that he instructed Benson to lie in her press conference, thus clearing her of Lewis' death and possible perjury charges. Murphy then makes Benson his second-in-command.
In subsequent seasons, Lewis' name becomes a kind of code for an intensely dangerous situation and Benson reveals that her trauma and ordeal with him will always be a part of her. During a heated exchange with Amaro, he pointedly asks her whether she can ever forgive Lewis; she does not answer and he apologizes.
Character development[edit]
Hargitay has deemed the storyline which saw Benson find her paternal family "probably the biggest thing that's ever happened to Olivia".[28] She feels her character is a role model for teenage girls, revealing:
“ I get letters saying, 'I want to do the right thing like Olivia. I want to be strong like Olivia. My friend did this, but I didn't do it because of Olivia.' For me, when a television show has that kind of positive effect on young people, it is great. I think it is a good thing that we are shedding light on darkness. I think it is a good thing to make teenage girls aware.[29] ”
Service[edit]
Benson joined the NYPD in 1992, and was trained by Sergeant Karen Smythe (Khandi Alexander) at the 55th Precinct in the Bronx. After completing her probationary period, Smythe recommended that Benson be transferred to the Sex Crimes Unit (later renamed the Special Victims Unit). From 1993 to 1998, she was partnered with Detective Patrick Griffin (Anthony Edwards), who in 1992 testified on her behalf when she was accused of taking money and drugs during her first bust. However, he lied for her, as he had not actually been with her in the same room at the time.[30] By 1998, she had received her detective's shield and was assigned to the 16th Precinct as a Detective 3rd Grade, where she was partnered with Detective Elliot Stabler. She is promoted to Detective 2nd Grade in 2001, and Detective 1st Grade in 2011. In 2006, she is temporarily reassigned to the Computer Crimes Unit; later that year, she does a stint undercover for the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Unit at the request of her friend, Special Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden).
Benson and Stabler work together for over 12 years, until Stabler retires in 2011 after he kills an 18-year-old girl who shot up the SVU squad room.[31] Following Stabler's resignation, she is partnered with Det. Nick Amaro.[10]
Cragen asks Benson to take the Sergeant's exam following the retirement of Sgt. John Munch (Richard Belzer),[32] and she gets the promotion soon afterward; Cragen congratulates her for placing 48th out of 8,000 applicants.[33] Cragen announces at another dinner party that Benson has been approved to remain at SVU (it was feared she would be reassigned); at the end of the episode, Cragen reveals his impending retirement from the NYPD, making Benson SVU's acting commanding officer.[34] Benson remains in command until Lieutenant Declan Murphy (Donal Logue) takes over the squad; he makes her his second-in-command.[35] When Murphy returns to undercover work, he appoints her acting commander.[18]
Lt. Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke), representing 1 Police Plaza, asks Benson to take the Lieutenant's exam in order to officially take command of SVU before the NYPD appoints another officer to the position.[36] She passes the Lieutenant's exam with flying colors, and is officially promoted to Lieutenant after some politicking by her boss, Deputy Chief William Dodds (Peter Gallagher). Benson had wanted Fin as her second-in-command, but Chief Dodds arranges for the politically unsavvy Benson to be assigned a Sergeant who does know how to play the game – his own son, Mike (Andy Karl).[37]
Following the events of "Manhattan Transfer", Benson is relieved of her duties as Commanding Officer of SVU, largely due to her (personal) involvement with now-Captain Tucker, who becomes a person of interest in a complex corruption case SVU stumbled upon. Mike Dodds is made Acting Commanding Officer.[38] In spite of this, Benson quietly continues to call the shots at SVU since Dodds disagrees with her suspension and continues to seek her advice in secret. Benson is reinstated after SVU managed to bust the sex trafficking ring and Tucker is cleared.[38]
Sometime after Tucker is cleared, Benson and Dodds, on the latter's last day at SVU, are involved in a hostage situation involving corrupt Rikers Island corrections officer Gary Munson (Brad Garrett) holding his wife hostage. Benson takes Munson's children out of the house and Dodds tried to resolve the situation, but while trying to get the gun from the officer, he ends up being shot. He suffers a stroke during surgery and dies. Benson blames herself for Dodds' death because they did not initially search Munson for a weapon.[39]
As commanding officer, Benson has worked cases frequently with each of the detectives under her command: Fin, Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) and Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr. (Peter Scanavino).
List of assignments[edit]
Probationary Patrol Officer, NYPD 55th Precinct (1992–93)[6]
Patrol Officer, NYPD 55th Precinct (1993–98)
Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (1998 – May 18, 2011)
Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 21, 2011 – January 15, 2014)
Acting Commanding Officer (Sergeant), NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (January 22, 2014 – April 9, 2014)
Sergeant—Supervisor Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (April 9, 2014 – May 21, 2014)
Acting Commanding Officer (Sergeant), NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 21, 2014 – October 7, 2015)
Lieutenant—Commander Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 7, 2015 – Present)
Temporary assignments[edit]
Detective, NYPD Computer Crimes Unit (May 2, 2006 – May 9, 2006)[40][41]
Undercover operative, FBI Domestic Terrorism Unit (September 19, 2006 – October 31, 2006)[42][43]
Special Deputy United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York (October 6, 2010)[44]
Public Relations Officer, NYPD One Police Plaza (Public Relations) (March 2, 2016 – March 23, 2016)
Ranks[edit]
Officer
Detective 3rd Grade[45]
Detective 2nd Grade[46]
Detective 1st Grade (Shield number 40115)[10]
Sergeant (Shield number 01139)[47]
Lieutenant[37]
Partners[edit]
Sergeant Karen Smythe, NYPD (Khandi Alexander) – Training officer (1992–1993)[6]
Detective Patrick Griffin, NYPD (Anthony Edwards) – First partner (1993–98)
Detective Elliot Stabler, NYPD Special Victims Unit (Christopher Meloni) (1998–2011)
Detective Nick Amaro, NYPD Special Victims Unit (Danny Pino) (2011–2014)
None (Squad Supervisor) (2014–15)
None (Commanding Officer) (2015–present)
Awards and decorations[edit]
As a Sergeant[edit]
The following are the medals and service awards worn by then-Sergeant Benson, as seen in "Betrayal's Climax" and "Beast's Obsession".
American Flag Breast Bar
World Trade Center Breast Bar
NYPD Commendation—Integrity
As a Lieutenant[edit]
The following are the medals and service awards worn by Lieutenant Benson, as seen in "Heartfelt Passages".
American Flag Breast Bar
World Trade Center Breast Bar
NYPD Combat Cross
NYPD Medal for Valor
NYPD Meritorious Police Duty, w/numeral "2"
NYPD Meritorious Police Duty
Development and casting[edit]
Casting for the lead characters on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit occurred in the spring of 1999. Dick Wolf, along with officials from NBC and Studios USA, were at the final auditions for the two leads at Rockefeller Center. The last round had been narrowed down to six finalists. For the female lead –Benson– Samantha Mathis, Reiko Aylesworth, and Hargitay were being considered. For the male role – Stabler – the finalists were Tim Matheson, John Slattery, and Christopher Meloni. Meloni and Hargitay had auditioned in the final round together and after the actors left, there was a moment of dead silence, after which Wolf blurted out, "Oh well. There's no doubt who we should choose – Hargitay and Meloni." The duo, who Wolf believed had the perfect chemistry from the first time he saw them together, were his first choice. Garth Ancier, then head of NBC Entertainment, agreed, and the rest of the panel assembled voiced their assent.[48] Hargitay trained as a rape crisis advocate to prepare for the role of Benson.[49]
During the last months of her pregnancy in 2006, Hargitay took maternity leave from SVU, and was temporarily replaced by Connie Nielsen.[50][51]
In May 2009, after the show's tenth season, Hargitay and Meloni's contracts expired when they were reportedly making $375,000[52]–$385,000 per episode.[53] During negotiations in April for a new contract, the duo attempted to receive a percentage of the show's profits as other high-profile Law & Order actors had done in the past. It was rumored that NBC threatened to replace Hargitay and Meloni if they persisted in their demands.[54] However, two months later it was officially reported that both their contracts had been renewed for two more years.[53] When the thirteenth season was about to air, initial reports indicated that Hargitay would appear in only the first 13 episodes.[55] However, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt later clarified that she would be in every episode of the season.[56]
Since 2012, Hargitay earns approximately $400,000[57] to $500,000 per episode.[58]
Reception[edit]
Hargitay has won a number of awards for her role as Benson: 'Individual Achievement for Best Female Lead' and 'Outstanding Female Lead' Gracie Awards in 2004 and 2009 respectively, an Emmy for 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series' in 2006, a Prism Award for 'Performance in a Drama Series Episode' in 2006, and a Golden Globe for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series' in 2005. Of her Emmy win, Hargitay commented: "It makes me only want to be better. Now I'm an Emmy winner. I have to step it up."[28]
The San Francisco Chronicle's John Carman called Hargitay "the show's weakest performer" when the series originally premiered in 1999.[4] In 2006, however, fellow San Francisco Chronicle writer Jean Gonick, deemed Benson a suitable role model for teenage girls, calling her "courageous and strong, and unspeakably gorgeous",[59] and writing that "Olivia Benson is our own special hero. She battles evil, avenges her mother, faces her demons but refuses to date them."[59] In 2001, Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker criticized Benson and Stabler as "the most naive, bleeding heart molester busters in America."[60]
A poll on the Hallmark Channel voted her second-greatest detective in the Law & Order franchise, only being beaten by Law & Order: Criminal Intent's Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio). Benson appeared in Comcast's list of TV's Most Intriguing Characters and also in the website's list of TV's Top Cops.[61][62] She was included in TV Guide's list of "TV's Sexiest Crime Fighters".[63] UGO Networks placed "the hard-charging detective" among the "fifty greatest fictional detectives of all time".[64] A 2015 poll released by Trailer Park, Inc. in conjunction with QC Strategy ranked Benson as the No. 1 "favourite female television character".[65][66]
Appearances on other shows[edit]
Benson appears on three episodes of Law & Order, one episode of Law & Order: Trial by Jury, three episodes of Chicago P.D. and one episode of Chicago Fire.
Law & Order: "Entitled: Part 2" (February 18, 2000)
Law & Order: "Fools for Love" (February 23, 2000)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury: "Day" (May 3, 2005)
Law & Order: "Flaw" (September 28, 2005)
Chicago P.D.: "They'll Have to Go Through Me" (November 12, 2014)
Chicago Fire: "We Called Her Jellybean" (April 28, 2015)
Chicago P.D.: "The Number of Rats" (April 29, 2015)
Chicago P.D.: "The Song of Gregory William Yates" (February 10, 2016)
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Dolphin Tale 2
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Dolphin Tale 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Charles Martin Smith
Produced by
Robert Engelman
Broderick Johnson
Andrew A. Kosove
Written by
Charles Martin Smith
Starring
Nathan Gamble
Harry Connick Jr.
Ashley Judd
Kris Kristofferson
Cozi Zuehlsdorff
Morgan Freeman
Music by
Rachel Portman[1]
Cinematography
Daryn Okada
Edited by
Harvey Rosenstock
Production
company
Alcon Entertainment
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
Running time
107 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$36 million[3]
Box office
$57.8 million[3]
Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith as the sequel to his 2011 film Dolphin Tale. Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Juliana Harkavy, Austin Stowell, Betsy Landin, and Austin Highsmith all reprise their roles from the first film, while Lee Karlinsky, Julia Jordan, Taylor Blackwell, and Bethany Hamilton join the cast. It was released on September 12, 2014[4] and tells the story of another dolphin at the hospital named "Hope". After Winter's elderly companion and surrogate mother, Panama, dies, Winter's future is in jeopardy, unless Sawyer, Clay, Hazel, and the rest of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium team can find a new companion for her. The film received positvie reviews from critics and had grossed $57.8 million worldwide.
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2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Marketing
4 Reception
4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Home media
5 Sequel
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Four years after saving Winter, a CMA dolphin who lost her tail, Sawyer, now aged fifteen, gets a chance for a scholarship to the elite SEA Semester program, which involves three months at sea doing marine mammal research, after impressing his cousin Kyle's advisor Dr. Miguel Arroyo when Bethany Hamilton swims with him and Winter. Sawyer is reluctant to go because he is concerned about leaving Winter.
Winter needs attention and shows signs of stress and loneliness, especially after her older companion, Panama, dies. George Hatton, a USDA inspector, insists that Winter must be matched with a new companion within 30 days or be transferred elsewhere. However, Winter's behavior has become unpredictable, even dangerous: when Sawyer tries to get her out of the tank to prepare to make her a new prosthetic tail, she becomes aggressive and knocks him into the water. Dr. Clay prohibits Sawyer from swimming with Winter. Winter spends weeks in isolation, and despite people not being allowed to visit her, Sawyer allows Susie, a new volunteer, and her grandfather to see her; Clay's daughter Hazel becomes slightly jealous, because she has feelings for him.
Prior to these events, CMA rescues a severely sunburned beached dolphin, named Mandy after a little girl who finds her, which Sawyer, Clay, and Hazel hope will become Winter's companion. CMA begins to rehabilitate Mandy, contemplating releasing her soon. Clay, Sawyer, and Hazel test her readiness by giving Mandy three live fish, which she catches effortlessly, so they decide they must release her.
Hazel and Sawyer break the rules and swim with Winter, who appears to be feeling better. Dr. Clay finds them doing so and scolds them, but then states that it does not matter, because George issued an order that Winter be transferred to a marine park in Texas. Meanwhile, Sawyer wins the scholarship to attend the SEA Semester, so his mother and friends arrange a party, which cheers him up a little; but he still cannot decide whether to go. Dr. McCarthy shows him an old watch which must be tapped to keep ticking, and so encourages Sawyer to "shake it up now and then" and try new things in life.
During the party, Dr. Clay hears that another female dolphin has been rescued; one so young that she has not yet learned how to hunt and cannot return to the wild. This offers new hope of companionship for Winter, so they name her "Hope". In addition, Sawyer and Hazel find and rescue a sea turtle from some fishing line. Rufus becomes obsessed with the sea turtle, named Mavis, following her everywhere, even watching her during a CT Scan at the hospital where Sawyer's mother Lorraine works. As Mavis is released, Rufus follows her out to sea.
George gives Clay an extension to keep Winter from being transferred, and CMA tries to introduce Hope as her new companion. Hope panics and circles the pool at high speed, and staff quickly separate the two dolphins. They realize that Hope had sensed that Winter had no tail and moved differently from other dolphins. Sawyer thinks that a new prosthetic tail might have better results.
In her second meeting with Hope, Winter wears the new tail designed by Dr. McCarthy. A huge crowd, including George, is present to watch, and eventually the two dolphins accept each other. Everyone rejoices that Winter can stay at CMA now that she has a companion. With his uncertainty about Winter resolved, Sawyer decides to go to the SEA Semester program, but reassures her that he will be back. Hazel says goodbye to him by releasing helium balloons and holding up a sign, and Sawyer sends her a text message saying, "You're the best", causing her to blush as she smiles to herself and Rufus returns to the aquarium.
Real-life footage shown at the end includes Mandy's actual release, Hope's rescue, a sea turtle named Mavis and her release, Winter wearing the new prosthetic tail, and amputees interacting with Winter.
Cast[edit]
Winter as herself
Hope as herself
Harry Connick, Jr. as Dr. Clay Haskett, Hazel's father who runs the Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Ashley Judd as Lorraine Nelson, Sawyer's mother
Kris Kristofferson as Reed Haskett, Clay's father and Hazel's grandfather
Nathan Gamble as Sawyer Nelson, the boy who found Winter three years earlier and has since then became experted in the fields of marine biology
Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel Haskett, Clay's daughter, Reed's granddaughter and Sawyer's best friend who starts to develop feelings for Sawyer in the movie.
Morgan Freeman as Dr. Cameron McCarthy, the prosthetic designer who designed Winter's tail three years earlier.
Bethany Hamilton as herself
Denisea Wilson as Julia
Julia Jordan as Mandy, a little girl who finds Hope stranded on the beach
Austin Stowell as Kyle Connellan, Sawyer's cousin who has recovered from his injury and depression since he was injured in the army three years earlier
Juliana Harkavy as Rebecca
Austin Highsmith as Phoebe, a marine animal trainer at the aquarium and Clay's assistant
Betsy Landin as Kat
Lee Karlinsky as Troy, Mandy's older brother
Taylor Blackwell as Susie
Carlos Gómez as Dr. Miguel Arroyo, Kyle's advisor at Boston University who's impressed by Sawyer's work with Winter
Dennis Ardnt as Veteran Dennis
Tom Hillmann as Mel Prince
Tom Nowicki as Philip J. Hordern
Charles Martin Smith as George Hatton
Production[edit]
Filming began on October 7, 2013, at Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida.[5][6]
Although they were filming on the site, Clearwater Marine Aquarium is open on weekends to the public. Cozi Zuehlsdorff tweeted on her Twitter account that she is excited that Bethany Hamilton has joined the "Dolphin Tale 2 family".
According to Clearwater Marine Aquarium CEO, David Yates, filming ended on January 22, 2014. It was released on September 12, 2014.[citation needed]
Marketing[edit]
The film's first teaser trailer was released on April 11, 2014, attached with theatrical screenings of Rio 2.[7] A second trailer was released on June 13, attached with How to Train Your Dragon 2.[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Dolphin Tale 2 received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 67%, based on 79 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10; the consensus states: "Much like its predecessor, Dolphin Tale 2 offers animal antics and sweet, old-fashioned drama that the whole family can enjoy."[9] On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 58 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]
Home media[edit]
Dolphin Tale 2 was released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital media on December 9, 2014.
Sequel[edit]
At a press conference speaking about the possibilities for a new Clearwater Marine Aquarium, David Yates, the CEO, revealed that discussions have begun towards the development of a third Dolphin Tale movie and a television series.[11] A web series titled Rescue Clearwater premiered on February 1, 2016, on YouTube.
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Jump up ^ "Rachel Portman to Score 'Dolphin Tale 2′". Film Music Reporter. April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "DOLPHIN TALE 2 (U)". Warner Bros. British Board of Film Classification. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
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Jump up ^ "Dolphin Tale 2 filming in Clearwater; aquarium and businesses thriving". abcactionnews.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
Jump up ^ Anderton, Ethan (April 11, 2014). "'Dolphin Tale 2' Trailer Has More Family Friendly Animal Melodrama". firstshowing.net. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
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Jump up ^ Hopper, Chria (7 March 2014). "Dolphin Tale 3, TV show, being discussed". Bay News 9. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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