This is somethingSVUhas done flawlessly for twenty-five seasons.
In reality, most criminal cases are not solved within hours, and sometimes, cases go cold.
With a reputation for protecting the innocent andputting away the worst of the worst, Capt.
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Olivia “Liv” Benson is the ideal person to find Maddie.
At least, that’s what she believes.
At the same time,a different child goes missing in another part of the city.
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
While shopping with her parents at a craft store, 15-year-old Maddie Flynn (Allison Elaine) is abducted.
Her parents can’t understand what happened.
They were all together, and Maddie wasgone in the blink of an eye.
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The van is a green delivery van covered in brightly colored pictures.
In the front passenger seat is a young girl with blonde hair who looks sedate.
She is alwaysan advocate for victimsof the horrendous crimes she investigates.
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She is dedicated to delivering justice and keeping others safe, and her instincts are impeccable.
Eileen shows Benson a picture of Maddie taken that same morning.
Whenthe SVU team returnsto the precinct, Benson tells the other detectives that she saw Maddie in a van.
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At first, they are skeptical.
What are the chances that Maddie and Benson cross paths in a city of millions?
But Benson knows what she’s seen.
She blames herself and tells him she should have known, that she should have pulled him over.
Fin tells her it’s not her fault, but Benson feels culpable.
The team tracks the purchase of the doll and finds the distributor.
They go through the list of buyers and eventually find a man who claims to know who took Maddie.
She tells Benson that he took Maddie from the motel and left her in the duffle bag.
She doesn’t know where he took her.
She only knows that he likes to take Amtrak trains around the country.
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Itis a very emotional scene, one that tears Benson apart.
