[s4e18] Desperate [WORKING]

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is the 18th episode of the fourth season of the procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , which originally aired on March 14, 2003. Plot Overview [S4E18] Desperate

: Dan Hoffman is a "pillar of the community," making it difficult for the detectives to find anyone willing to believe he is capable of such violence. If you tell me more about what you

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: Dan uses his influence and a high-powered attorney, Priscilla Chaney, to block the detectives from questioning his son.

To secure the case, Stabler eventually tracks down Dan’s first wife, Kim, who had also fled his abuse years prior. Her return provides the necessary support for Tommy to finally testify against his father. Mariska Hargitay : Detective Olivia Benson Christopher Meloni : Detective Elliot Stabler Rob Estes : Dan Hoffman (Guest Star) Sandra Bernhard : Priscilla Chaney (Guest Star) Max Jansen Weinstein : Tommy Hoffman Signy Coleman : Kim Hoffman Production Credits Director : David Platt Writer : Amanda Green

The episode begins when firefighters rescue a young boy, Tommy, from a tenement fire. Inside, they discover his stepmother, Jill Hoffman, who has been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted; she later dies from her injuries. Detectives Benson and Stabler discover that Jill and Tommy were living under an alias to hide from Tommy’s father, Dan Hoffman, a wealthy and well-respected real estate developer from Rye, New York. The investigation reveals a pattern of domestic abuse: