SVU returned this week and, you guessed it, folks: another “ripped-from-the-headlines” case! Most seasons feature a few episodes that allude to real current events, but this season, week after week, viewers are seeing quite familiar plotlines on SVU.
“Glasgowman’s Wrath” was a startling episode from start to finish. In the first moments, we see the scene from the perspective of three young girls’ video camera as they prepare for “their mission.” They head to central park the night after Halloween to find “Glasgowman,” a frightening spirit that supposedly dwells in the woods. Soon enough, the camera ends up on the ground as the girls scream and run, shouting that Glasgowman is upon them.
The detectives find the youngest girl, Zoe, stabbed and bloodied in the park. Zoe tells the detectives that she was attacked by Glasgowman, a big guy with an eye patch. They set off to the park where they find a crazy homeless man, Charlie Dorsey, who matches her description. After a series of interviews where Carisi really connects with Dorsey, the detectives find the girls’ camera—and a bloody knife—in Dorsey’s woodland “house.” Over and over, Dorsey states that he did not harm the girls; he only found Zoe and saved her life.
Zoe hesitantly answers the detectives’ questions in the hospital
Charlie Dorsey: “Don’t threaten me with pills…treat me like a man.”
The detectives again interview Zoe, but she is hesitant to give more information about Glasgowman, fearing that he will kill Mia and Perry if she says too much. Finally she admits that she first heard of Glasgowman from Perry’s babysitter, Leslie. Rollins, Benson and Amaro then interview Leslie, who explains that he made up Glasgowman as a scary story for Perry. He has several elaborate drawings and maps on his wall that the detectives use to eventually find Mia and Perry, who are both near death.
Leslie’s maps
The detectives find a dead cat and more bloody knives with Mia and Perry but struggle to find out what actually happened to the girls. At the hospital, the doctor reports that Perry’s wounds are from just hours before, not matching with the girls’ story that they had been attacked the previous night. As if that’s not enough, the fingerprints found on all of the knives match Perry and no one else.
Benson’s shock to find out about the DNA evidence
Soon, the detectives separate the girls for interrogation. Mia immediately turns on Perry, saying it was all her idea and that she had stabbed Zoe. Perry then tells a frightening tale of her dreams of Glasgowman, saying he made her do everything.
Perry spins her yarn
The girls go to court where the judge lets Mia off the hook and sends Perry to Creedmore Psychiatric Center. Nothing seems out of the ordinary until the detectives, Mia, Perry and their mothers enter the court’s elevator to leave. As the episode closes, Carisi catches Mia and Zoe linking pinkies behind their backs. Absolutely chilling.
What…what…what???
Carisi #spymode
Two thumbs up on this exiting plot! And you know what, that Carisi is really growing on me 🙂
What do you think really happened that night in the woods? Any thoughts on Detective Carisi’s performance?
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