26 Season
564 Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 7 Episode 22 Influence
Hope in the darkness.
After Jamie Hoskins falsely accuses two classmates of rape after a consensual act then hits nine pedestrians during an attempted suicide, medical tests reveal she has been taking medication for bipolar disorder and stopped her pills a week earlier. Jamie is charged with murder and released on her own recognizance after she agrees to take her medication, but after rock star Derek Lord, who is well known for his negative views on psychiatry, gets involved and begins spearheading her defense, Jamie again stops taking her medication. Novak is sympathetic to Jamie, but Jamie's insistence on following Derek Lord's advice leaves Novak with no choice but to take the case to trial.
- Year: 2024
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: detective, sexual abuse, sex scandal, domestic abuse, sexual violence, domestic violence, criminal, sex trafficking, interrogation, district attorney, courtroom, assistant district attorney, sex crime, sexual assault, sex trade, sex slavery, sex offender, informative
- Director: Dick Wolf
- Cast: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino, Octavio Pisano, Kevin Kane, Juliana Aidén Martinez