Chicago Crossover

"Chicago Crossover"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode

Sergeants Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) discussing Voight's illegal interrogation technique.

Episode no.

Season 16
Episode 7

Directed by

Steve Shill

Teleplay by

Story by

Production code

16007

Original air date

November 12, 2014

Guest appearance(s)

Lou Taylor Pucci as Teddy Courtney/Voight
Danny Mastrogiorgio as George Turner
as Bob Clinton
as Jocelyn Cerpaski
as Henry Thorne
Frank Deal as FBI Agent O’Connell
as Lina Bagley
as Deputy Warden Barberi
as Don
as Tombs C.O.
as Daddy Bear
Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead
Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight

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"Chicago Crossover" is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of the American police procedural-legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the 350th overall episode of the long-running series. It originally aired on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the United States on November 12, 2014. In this episode, the SVU team meets up with the Intelligence Unit of Chicago P.D. to solve a decades-old child pornography ring case, which is personal for CPD's Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush).

The episode was written by , Warren Leight, and Dick Wolf, and directed by Steve Shill. This episode marks an unprecedented crossover in Law & Order franchise history where three shows (all three created by Wolf) crossover with one main storyline. The story began in the 7th episode of season 3 "Nobody Touches Anything" of Chicago Fire where a fire victim was found with child pornography. The Fire Department turn the case over to the Chicago Police, who take on the initial investigation that leads them to Manhattan, NY where the detectives from Chicago P.D. team up with the SVU in "Chicago Crossover". The story concludes in the episode "They'll Have To Go Through Me" back to Chicago where the main suspect returns after leaving behind clues in New York. Filming on "Chicago Crossover" began on October 9, 2014 in New York City. NBC began using the hashtag "#CrossoverWeek" in their on-air promos for the three shows' episodes.

"Chicago Crossover" was seen by 10.01 million viewers making the second most viewed program of the night on NBC and the second ranked program in the time slot. Critical response to the SVU episode of the crossover was generally positive, many critics praising the tension-filled scenes and 'fireworks' between lead actors Mariska Hargitay and Jason Beghe, who portrayed Sgts. Olivia Benson and Hank Voight, respectively; Lou Taylor Pucci was also praised for his portrayal of Teddy Courtney.

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