Seven-Year-Old Falls Into A Coma | Law & Order SVU

[@thomasplouffe1363]

Emily’s father is definitely the good guy. Definitely a amazing caring father who wouldn’t ever hurt his little girl

[@alex73217]

And kidnapping her, while not legal, was his last resort. Nobody would listen to him that his kid was being abused. There was another case where the father kidnapped his kid cause the mom/step-dad were abusing him and he was suicidal and nobody would listen and the mom had custody cause women almost always get custody. They got caught after some time and the kid got sent back to the abusive home and the dad went to prison. Kid killed himself not too much later. The father did the right thing. He tried every legal way first. But then he chose his kids life over the law. Probably the only reason the kid didn't kill himself sooner

[@BillyButcher90]

Too bad he had to endure fights and bruises from the girl's biological father.

[@godscissorer]

he saw the bruises and never reported them? father of the year

[@kyndrablankenship1758]

​@@godscissorerI think he tried but no one believed him.

[@addisonwelsh]

@@godscissorer He said in the clip that he tried to report them, and the wife accused him of hurting the daughter.

[@sagelg]

Love the detail that when Stabler is interviewing the father at the hospital he’s laid back kinda not taking the dad seriously (as in since he first heard the wife’s accusation he’s interviewing based on that) but as soon as the husband says that another man was touching/assaulting his daughter Elliot immediately perks up & gives his full attention

[@kkelseym]

The brother caring more about his test than his little sister being in a coma is suspicious as hell. If nothing else it screams there's majorly something going on with this family that he's so disconnected and narcissistic.

[@curtiswatling2709]

Yep I agree

[@Jack0Corvus]

Reminds me of a junior in uni that I helped for a bit. Kid fainted and her friends were too confused to do anything or ask for help, probably new to the uni. I helped move her to the office so the staff could take care of her. Kid came to, we called her brother and the guy just told us to make her some tea or something. YOUR BABY SISTER JUST RANDOMLY FAINTED FFS. Security staff ended up driving her to her usual hospital. It was close to my house. I never heard anything since.

[@Jessaroonie23]

No he’s just a teenager, it was the mother that hurt the child to get full custody. She hated the father more than she loved her daughter.

[@miranda13c]

I think they just played up the whole uninterested teenager bit to make it seem like he could be a suspect when in reality the mother was the abuser all along. Plus, that little girl was his stepsister and I know the teenager hated the stepmom so probably didn’t care enough to even know his stepsister.

[@alexandramoyer8785]

Not really

[@killingerk]

if you like to know it was mom who did it she wanted full custody even if it killed the little girl she didn't want the dad to have her

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Thanks. I was wondering whether it might be her. I can't say I guessed it right because she was just one of the suspects in my mind.

[@Rumkitty2000]

Sick. Did she sexually abuse her as well?

[@swordsmith2576]

The mom was molested by her father who was an ambassador and her family covered up the crime despite an investigation against the father. Her mother, whose a snarky, uptight woman who only cared about her social status and looks down on most people, covered up the abuse by sending her to boarding school. As an adult she abused her daughter and son to get attention from people concerned about her and her children. As described she didn’t care if her children died because she’d get attention either way. It’s sad she didn’t get the help she needed but that doesn’t justify almost killing her children.

[@thewkovacs316]

@@swordsmith2576 munchausen's by proxy. both svu and the reg law and order did a few shows on this

[@mohwe1007]

I Fucking knew it

[@droganovic6879]

Lmao "Munchkins" 😂 Surprisingly fatherly for a conspiracy theorist hard-boiled detective 🤣

[@metalltitan]

There's nuances to everyone, even the best and the worst.

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

He's seen the way the world works. He knows it's horrors. It makes him incredibly protective of the innocence of a child. He wants to protect her from the horrors of the world. It makes perfect sense. He actually an extraordinarily well written character. And the perfect casting.

[@ricksimon9867]

Munch is not a conspiracy theorist at all. Those are defined by seeing conspiracies everywhere, and sticking to wild theories long after they have been debunked. Munch merely reminds people of the facts. Not his fault that Americans in general don't care. Remember, Trump is on tape admitting that he knew right from the start how dangerous Covid19 was, and the he "always wanted to downplay it". 100,000 Americans died on 2020 because of that. No one ever even talks about that these days. Americans are he weirdest people on the planet, that's for sure. _

[@wolfmantheimpaler]

The ending of this episode when he broke down and later went to the girl to read to her was one of the best in the show

[@teslagirl1]

My paternal grandfather was a tall, strong man whose reputation was that of somebody you did NOT want to cross...but the truth was that every fight had something to do with defending a woman or a child. Only those hurting somebody smaller and weaker had anything to fear, but people who didn't know him still found him very scary. They didn't see him sitting at a child's table, drinking pretend tea out of tiny cups and sampling mud pies...which he did often at his small farm when his granddaughters were there. He had endless patience with us. I adored him...little kids inevitably did. So I always love seeing the tender side of a man that nobody expects to be good with kids...but who very much is.

[@KristiContemplates]

The mum did it. The mum was "disciplining" (punishing, aka torturing) her daughter the way her mother did to her. Just listen to the maternal grandmother. She didn't want her granddaughter anywhere in her upscale world. The mum wanted to forget her fmr husband, reinvent her history, and get her own mother's approval. The mum was "disciplining" her toddler son too. The trauma resulting in his nonverbal affect. The dad (bio) adored his little girl and was doing his best to make her life a happy one without fears and insecurity. Intergenerational trauma enabled by money for the purposes of appearances

[@ciobalina7445]

I don't understand why the mom wanted the kid in these conditions. If she wanted her mom's approval, why ask for the kid back from her dad? Her mom never wanted that grandchild. It doesn't make sense. To me it seems more like the mom became a pedophile like her own mom and both wanted the kid to satisfy her urges and at the same time hated her daughter because of what she represented.

[@austereartist1781]

It’s so upsetting how much this episode displayed accurately how the real case went down. I can’t remember the little girls name but she unfortunately didn’t survive the abuse her step family put her through.

[@KittyKat-ky5us]

Then may her spirit forever be in peace

[@piratesswoop725]

Is it Elisa Izquierdo? This sounds a litrle similar although the mother in that was not wealthy.

[@obliviouz]

This is infuriating. The father is so obviously not the culprit ffs.

[@legoshi9891]

It was the mother.

[@obliviouz]

@@GhostDrummer Thank you for the link!

[@TheBatugan77]

He needs to reel in that Latino temper. You know how they get.

[@justarandomperson5443]

@@TheBatugan77 what do you mean by that?

[@LilKitten9620]

@@TheBatugan77 racist much?

[@ToruKun1]

Aw man, they left out the part where Munch pulled a butt-muscle struggling to get out of that tiny kid's chair and Fin had to help him up 😂😂

[@caitlinthomas1527]

I rolled when I watched that scene on Hulu 😂

[@mistyfuell7921]

You could see the concern in the father's eyes I knew from the start he didn't do it

[@Confetti-God]

I love the little girl Jennifer going “ wanna see my Barbie”!

[@jessimarim_m9387]

I genuinely wanted to see her barbies hair grow 😢

[@miranda13c]

The roof scene with Benson and Munch during the end of this episode after the truth came out (about the mother being the abuser) was so heartbreaking but really a beautiful scene to watch while Munch opened up to Olivia.

[@GreatBigRanz]

"What's all the fuss, I'm the one with a broken window."

[@GameGuyandLuLuPink]

My favorite part of every Law and Order episode: They find some kind of dirt on the slightly browner person and aggressively interrogate him in an attempt to force him into a confession, before realizing they're wrong, and not bringing it up again.

[@marianabobadilla1872]

also that they question the father's custdy rights because of his criminal record, as if half of their cases didn't involve people with criminal records triyng to get their kids back

[@Juls673]

Your right all the suspects should be white so its not offensive 🙄

[@joshuafreeman3609]

While also being snide and condescending to all the people telling them all the perfectly valid reasons they can’t just snap their fingers and arrest said brown person

[@lenabeans]

It's so upsetting. The dad is clearly innocent. And while I'm not saying his past actions were good, I can understand why. Being an immigrant in America is not easy. Most who come here have nothing. Not only is it hard for them to get their foot in the door, but then they also get profiled, blamed, etc. It's really sad

[@JSmedic1]

It's not sad. It's frustrating and infuriating.

[@Cassxowary]

It’s not the same level of difficulty everywhere in America, it IS 57 countries...

[@Cassxowary]

@@JSmedic1 it’s all three and more

[@alexandramoyer8785]

Just come legally then there won’t be problems

[@PokeMageTech]

@@JSmedic1 It can be sad, too.

[@michelleezeugo5098]

Finally. This is why I love Law & Order SVU because I like to see NYC action

[@megan9185]

spoiler: it was the mom. she got mad that her daughter was complaining and threw her on the floor. Later on she threw her against the wall and she also used the hairbrush. she wanted to send the cuban father away and have sole custody and she always fought with her now husband and they neglected the older kid.

[@MunroMcLaren]

Used the hair brush on her?!

[@jessimarim_m9387]

​@@MunroMcLarento make it seem like the father was molesting her, then she'd tell the case worker that he was the one hurting her so she could get full custody 😢 I dont know why she wanted it she clearly didnt like the girl, just let her go kmt but nooo that would be too logical, apparently she was also harming her younger son, its why he doesnt talk 😩

[@XMizzTuraX]

Legit thought it was the brother at first because of how little he cared

[@sdaiwepm]

3:58 Called the father "Desi" ... LOL.

[@wagithiw.7336]

Emily is and was such a good actress 🙂

[@TheAllieKat2003]

This was the first SVU episode I ever watched and was hooked.

[@TheMightyN]

A loving father profiled for his past actions. It's like the Godzilla of Tragic-Hero troupes.

[@TheBatugan77]

He couldn't reel in that latino temper. Lots of them can't.

[@TheMightyN]

@@TheBatugan77 Why would you bring race into the equation? That's if said, "Of course, this man would [insert felon here] because he's [insert race here]. It's unnecessary.

[@evanrose96]

Why does the grandmother’s home have a blatantly obvious stock photo of Bill Clinton in a single frame on the side table? 5:25

[@maximillianparkinson4494]

to demonstrate that they are "high society" insofar as that they have a signed photo of a President.

[@colewood3297]

Her husband was was an ambassador, meaning he probably knew Clinton personally or at least had some connection to him

[@MutteringCondolences]

New money had fancy cars and Rolex's and million dollar apartments. Old money has more subtle displays of power and influence: rotating pictures of the former/current POTUS. I have no doubt that the picture was at one point Bush I, Reagan, Carter, and on and on and on.

[@jadaalexander7973]

Lmaoo am I the only one to notice that the little girls dad in this episode plays the detective on organized crime that arrests Eli???

[@chrissyharrison1400]

it's The Actor Who Portrayed Inspector Cortez In Charmed. "Charmed Again Part 1 " S4 E1 Phoebe: ...We call the spirits to help undo and send him off to… Timbuktu! Woah, it worked! Piper: Timbuktu? You sent him to Timbuktu?! Phoebe: It was the only thing I could think of that rhymed with 'undo'. 😂😂😂

[@maryammure5151]

The dad from the episode I just saw him on last week's episode of law and order OC. I wonder if he joined the cast. He's good actor.

[@StrickerRei-Chn]

7:41 good kid.

[@Kels42]

The finger always gets pointed to the dad whole mom is never looked at like a possible bad guy

[@KristiContemplates]

Abused child becomes an abusive mother. Kids learn to do what works.

[@dntcallmejessie]

Listening to the podcast *that's messed up* and watching these clips is 🙌🏾 perfection

[@aggirl774]

He's way to genuine... That creepy teacher that's buying her toys tho... not so much :(

[@SamNicholson1214]

This was a good episode back in the day when it first came out

[@senjaoneill4861]

The way she talked to her young son was already a little suspicious to me I don’t know maybe it was just the way she said it

[@AngieKawaii01]

Jennifer, was played by a very young Hayden Panettiere. What a great actress even way back then.

[@MyLifeAsMiranda]

That's not her

[@BigFella117]

If I was Munch, and I was interrogating the suspect, the minute they would tell me what they did to that child, I’d slam their head into the table until their nose breaks

[@JoybuzzerX]

That's why you shouldn't be a cop.

[@BigFella117]

@@JoybuzzerX I know. I'd be so emotional I couldn't do it

[@TheBatugan77]

I'd hammer their fingers into the table with the butt of my service revolver.

[@Cassxowary]

Understandable though

[@izzygachadragonpatrol2381]

i would do the same thing if i was told someone i cared about was hurt like that,only i would break their necks as well

[@rmb6550]

What season is this and what is the episode number?? What is the title of this episode?

[@hannahmartin9705]

It's in the description

[@MizLaur]

4:45 Autographed eight and a half by eleven pic of Clinton. 🤣

[@curtiswatling2709]

It's funny that the older seasons of Law and Order had iced T in it American singer and actor funny for him to be in a crime show

[@qb3540]

Orange Juice AND cereal? Boy that kid is about to have a bad day in school.

[@Ez_Brzy]

Let me guess, it was the older son from the different marriage.

[@rayleath73]

Shockingly no, I recommend watching the episode

[@malachiburnett9016]

No actually it’s the mom

[@Ez_Brzy]

@@malachiburnett9016 She would have been the next guess.

[@laksitamochtar]

The Mom did it 👀

[@jaysomdahl8707]

@@Ez_Brzy I couldn’t find the lead up, but here’s the reveal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJSYoniLgM53naM

[@akirarose3947]

This is the kind of mother shouldnt ever be a mother she was litterly yelling at a 3yr old

[@GreatBigRanz]

Munch is so under use. He is so great with children.

[@foolslayer9416]

Spoil me. Who did it? I'm betting money on the mom.

[@gd4344]

You are right sir. If I remember correctly it’s because she was being fussy and she either pushed her or shook her too hard.

[@moderatecanuck]

@@gd4344 she also suffered from Munchausen by proxy

[@SonniiTea]

You are correct. Her mother thrived on people feeling sorry for her ( Munchausen sydrome by proxy, like previously mentioned) and would intentionally make her kids sick/injured for attention. She tried blaming the injury on her ex and her stepson and when she would bring her daughter to the hospital for treatments she would give a fake address (and i think name) so they wouldnt catch on.

[@hollym2579]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJSYoniLgM53naM ----This is the confession from the mom

[@tomwotton9]

Umm, can I see the Barbie with growing hair, beacuse that sounds like magic!

[@nec9le]

5:55 she was in orange is the new black :)

[@jaynehogue2459]

When I can't stand about this show as they always seem to blame the man when in this case it was the mother. You people have to start thinking yeah women do that to more so than men actually......

[@Omega-qi4kn]

@@BooneErica how tf were they being sexist?

[@AnvilMAn603]

@@Omega-qi4kn its not but the screeching harpies just think it is

[@moderatecanuck]

@@BooneErica he’s right

[@gaycatboy69]

@@BooneErica it's your toxic attitude that lands children in abusive households with women in the first place. The courts weigh heavily in favor of the mother every time, that's simply a fact of reality. Thats not sexism. Take your ignorance and petulance elsewhere 🖕

[@gaycatboy69]

the courts weigh in favor of the mother for a reason. it's unfortunate, but necessary in some cases. more often than not, the mother is also a victim, and keeping mother and child together reduces stress in both. that's not to say that this bias doesn't produce extremely unfortunate circumstances like the above. it's just a sad product of imperfect people trying to do right by the child. it'll never be perfect, it'll never save every child, but it'll catch most of them, and that's good enough for now.

[@12thDecember]

When your past comes back to bite you in the butt and you can't convince people who have their minds made up.

[@dragonwarden93]

Fun Fact: Emily's dad played in Twilight, he was the Alpha wolf!! XD

[@xxoxEMxoxx]

🐀?

[@samg873]

Sam?

[@bigdog3628]

anyone else notice the father was the sgt from the last episode of Organized crime?

[@cleo8332]

is the actress who plays the mom in something else, either one of the CSI's or breakfast club?

[@utterlyviolet]

Her name is Jennifer Dundas.

[@alyssamcmillan6007]

What season and episode is that

[@missladyanonymity]

RIP Skye McCole *Bartusiak! aka Jennifer, the child Munch interviewed. Edit*

[@andreweggleston4410]

Yes she died back around 2014 in Texas her home state from a a drug overdose RIP Skye.

[@connermiles7425]

@@andreweggleston4410 Wasn't her death an accident where they said she inhaled cough syrup and some other chemical which got her to OD ?

[@malloryjademoore6227]

@@connermiles7425 late to your question but combine OD effects of a refrigerant gas, hydrocodone, and soma

[@bobbiebutler-w1i]

only if he can get clear clean , like he was when I first meet him myself I will drop the charges , but he has approved , with you all the courts

[@Rary.0]

i thought this was a friend or something. but its some 7 year old kid and the brothers says not my responsibility lol

[@wolffriendinus]

I thought it was the indifferent brother, but comments are saying it was the mom cause she didn't want dad getting custody.

[@makenatush7510]

Which season and episode was this

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

Duh, it’s in the description.

[@MSW96]

@@sarcasticallyrearranged No one ever reads it, it's ridiculous

[@natashajagadhish1887]

Which episode is this

[@hollym2579]

"Legacy" - Season 2 episode 4

[@kaylaroman9675]

And she's done... leave Maria

[@EveryDayGamerMom]

Munch 😭🖤 r.I.p

[@terrynasonisasupervillain9017]

Nice 👍

[@alexandria5955]

we were munch's munchkins

[@lordvadernader1945]

What episode is this?

[@user-cv6kd3vk4g]

“Legacy” season 2 ep 4

[@c0ndinipsd134]

You guys…I do t k ow what happens next but… I love me a non American… the Hispanic father dude whatever ….my god he’s fine like… 👁👁

[@tiffanyingram3444]

Who is Emily friend she looks like Hayden Paniterrie

[@utterlyviolet]

Skye McCole Bartusiak. She was Mel Gibson's daughter in The Patriot.

[@happyj3417]

Después de mirar a su hija herida, la tiró de vuelta a la cama. Que?

[@MaddipiesSpencer]

Could’ve checked out the doll lol

[@mikemartin8461]

Some of the cops on this show really be pist me off they way the talk to people like they so much better then others

[@ImGazu]

I have a feeling that the father is completely innocent.

[@patriciasmith3875]

Poor girl

[@mikemartin8461]

Just don't understand why they believe the her father did that to her just because of his past people do change

[@ozwunder69]

? the uncaring older brother?

[@xLuciferx896]

I think is the father second

[@droganovic6879]

Okay, first off who was it? I _need_ to know, it's too interesting now! I mean, I'mma keep it a buck with you guys... I *don't* believe it's the Cuban dad. He is way too pissed to just be deflecting and too desperate to save her for it to be fake. And the teen boy is painted as suspicious but i think he just doesn't care for the baby step-sister. Anger at the ex but love for daughter, indifference to much younger step-sister. That's not motive... Self inflicted? Unlikely. Autist brother? No, he's like 2. _New_ husband? Nah, he's in D.C.. Henry? Random pedophile? It can't be *that* simple can it? The mother? She's a doormat, doubt it... It's the Mega-Karen of a grandmother, isn't it? 😑 Was i right? Was it the Grandma? That rich bag of bones probably just likes torturing people, _especially_ the poor. It's that isn't it? I bet she kicks puppies and kittens too ☹️

[@PastryChick]

It was the mother. She’s been abusing her for a long time.

[@bizm]

No, it was the mother.

[@droganovic6879]

@@PastryChick bruh it was the _mother?!_ not the Grandma? The Hell?

[@droganovic6879]

@@bizm what, munchausen by proxy?

[@obliviouz]

@@droganovic6879 No, to frame the father so she could get custody.

[@ricksimon9867]

3:15 is such a dumb trope in these shows. Boss comes out to get briefed, you do not walk over to the coffee machine if you like your job. Could she be any more disrespectful? The only justification for her behaviour would be if she were the boss in this group.

[@bardgold4553]

lol. actors and directors have never worked in a office. they dont know.

[@machine1685]

Every office is different. Cragen may not have cared as long as the work got done. Where I work everyone, including the boss, is real casual and laid back. As long as the work gets done and is done right, who cares?

[@youtubestaffareairheads631]

Munchiepooh💚😍🥰💛🎃💙🤗!!! Emma loves you

[@User89574]

LOOK AT CORTEZ FROM QUEEN OF THE SOUTH

[@rosedark718]

I spy Miss Claudette from OITNB.

[@Izz99f]

The actor who plays the father looks more italian than cuban 🤔

[@americansmark]

How the hell would an Ex-con get a job at a school?

[@themermaidstale5008]

Munch’s interview with Emily’s friend felt awkward to me.

[@winsomefoster]

The brother or step-father did it

[@amandahunter9186]

Im sorry I don't know how to be a detective so I really don't understand this

[@rizqeenurhani3683]

it was the mother. the mom used to be abused when she was a kid and she hit the kid with a hair brush just like how her mom used to do to her

[@rachelgarber1423]

I wonder if it was her brother

[@xxoxEMxoxx]

Was the mom.

[@stephanecantrell952]

This sounds like Thomas Ravenel and his ex baby mama Catherine just saying

[@Yaya2214CJ]

Gee, anyone looking at one of the sons.

[@uniqueLeo08]

Father is 32?

[@destiny75743]

who did it?

[@dragonstouch1042]

The mom

[@cr2381]

Another part of the episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJSYoniLgM53naM

[@kirsyrosa2595]

Good Morning Girls

[@charlizeyung2553]

I have a feeling its the brother

[@isabellamorgan285]

It was the mom

[@brianellinger6622]

All of this is bulshit and I was never given a chance to defend myself I was never given due process or even notified that anything was going on

[@AkatsukiReka]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJSYoniLgM53naM

[@BiggestSniff]

kinda smitten by the dad ngl

[@faithrobinson4168]

What season and episode is this

[@lisetravis]

Season 2, Episode 4