Lost Reputation

"Lost Reputation"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode
Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) drawing his weapon on Cassidy (Dean Winters) in a bathroom at the end of the episode.
Episode no.	Season 14 Episode 1
Directed by	Michael Slovis
Written by	Warren Leight Julie Martin
Production code	14001
Original air date	September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)
Guest appearance(s)
Paget Brewster as Bureau Chief ADA Paula Foster Adam Baldwin as Captain Steven Harris Peter Jacobson as Bart Ganzel Brooke Smith as Delia Wilson Pippa Black as Carissa Gibson Jason Cerbone as Terrence Quinn Amy Hargreaves as Iris Peterson Alison Fernandez as Zara Amaro Sue Simmons as herself Reg E. Cathey as Defense Attorney Barry Cuerns Ron Rifkin as Defense Attorney Marvin Exley Mary Ann Hay as Joannie Cassidy Laura Benanti as Marie Amaro Tamara Tunie as Medical Examiner Melinda Warner Dean Winters as Detective Brian Cassidy
Episode chronology
← Previous "Rhodium Nights" Next → "Above Suspicion"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

"Lost Reputation" is the fourteenth season premiere of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the 296th overall episode. It originally aired on the NBC on September 26, 2012. In the episode, the Special Victims Unit detectives try to stop a growing scandal when Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) is arrested for the murder of an escort, Carissa Gibson (Pippa Black). Meanwhile, Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) has to juggle trying to solve the case against Cragen without losing his family in the process.

The episode was written by show runner/executive producer Warren Leight and Julie Martin and was directed by Michael Slovis. The episode picks up where the thirteenth season ended with "Rhodium Nights", Cragen waking up next to a dead escort and the fallout from that, majority of the guest stars from "Rhodium Nights" appearing in "Lost Reputation".

"Lost Reputation" earned generally positive reviews, critics praising the continuation of the storyline, with Paget Brewster's and Adam Baldwin's guest appearances, as well as praising stars Mariska Hargitay and Danny Pino. According to the Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast with "Above Suspicion" following was watched by an average of 7.19 million total viewers and received a 2.1/6% share in the 18–49 age demographic, up slightly from the season thirteen finale.