Savant
- Episode aired Oct 16, 2007
- TV-14
- 43m
The only witness to a mother's beating is her mentally disabled daughter who is suffering from Williams Syndrome. The husband is an early suspect, but he is protected from prosecution becaus... Read allThe only witness to a mother's beating is her mentally disabled daughter who is suffering from Williams Syndrome. The husband is an early suspect, but he is protected from prosecution because of the Patriot Act.The only witness to a mother's beating is her mentally disabled daughter who is suffering from Williams Syndrome. The husband is an early suspect, but he is protected from prosecution because of the Patriot Act.
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- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
- (credit only)
- ME Dr. Melinda Warner
- (credit only)
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- TriviaFort Detrick is a U.S. Army base and is where most of the government's research on biological warfare is done. It's also home to the USAMRIID (United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) which is the U.S Army's main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare.
- GoofsAt the start, Katie is holding the phone with 9-1-1 on the phone. You can hear the operator making a comment that they are going to hang up. When a call is made to 9-1-1, then the operator won't hang up when the nature of the call is unknown since it could be a legitimate emergency but the caller is unable to talk on the phone for some reason.
- Quotes
Katie Nicholson: [Judge Petrovsky bangs her gavel, hurting Katie's ultra-sensitive hearing] AHHHHHHH!
Judge Lena Petrovsky: [horrified] I'm sorry.
Katie Nicholson: That's okay. Can I have a hug?
Judge Lena Petrovsky: [taken aback] No.
[Katie frowns]
Judge Lena Petrovsky: Well, maybe later.
In terms of research and tact, "Savant" is one of the finer examples. As an episode of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' or for anything, "Savant" is exceptional. It is by far the best episode of Season 9 up to this very early point (despite the higher rating, "Alternate" was for me a case of the guest performance being better than the overall episode), the only outstanding one, and overall it is one of the best and few exceptional episodes of Season 9.
"Savant" works in every way. All the regulars are on top form. Especially Christopher Meloni and Diane Neal, who have the meatiest material. It is a case though of the guest performances being even better, here the major standouts being Aidan Quinn and Paulina Gerzon. Quinn expertly makes one unsure of whether he is capable of something so terrible or not. Even better is the revelation that is Gerzon, one of the show's best ever child performance. She is both adorable and very moving.
Katie as a character is very cute and very relatable, as well as inspirational as it is always wonderful to see people that have struggles also have wonderful abilities. Something that resonates with me, being someone that struggles with a number of things but excels (apparently) in music.
There are a few particularly fantastic scenes. Namely the heart-breaking ending and the hilarious part with Lake (in one the few episodes where there were no issues to be found with him) and Fin in the waiting room. Those two also gel so much better in this scene alone than they did in the whole of Season 8's "Outsider".
Moreover, the story is very powerful and the script is taut and intelligent. The production values are slick and have a subtle grit, with an intimacy to the photography without being too claustrophobic. The music isn't used too much and doesn't get too melodramatic. The direction has momentum while being accommodating.
Overall, brilliant episode and one of the very inconsistent Season 9's best. 10/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 1, 2021
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- Runtime43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD