Acceptable Loss (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
4th episode of the 14th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Acceptable Loss" is the fourth episode of the fourteenth season of the police procedural television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, it is the series' 299th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on October 17, 2012. In this episode, Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) comes back from his suspension just as the Special Victims Unit is being stopped by Lieutenant Eames (Kathryn Erbe) for uncovering a sex trafficking operation, leaving Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) to figure out another way to free the enslaved women.
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Episode no. | Season 14 Episode 4 | ||
Directed by | Alex Chapple | ||
Written by | Ed Zuckerman | ||
Production code | 14004 | ||
Original air date | October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17) | ||
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The episode was written by veteran Law & Order franchise writer, Ed Zuckerman and directed by franchise director Alex Chapple. It marks the first crossover of any kind with SVU and the now-ended L&O spin-off Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Kathryn Erbe reprises her role of Alexandra Eames from that series.
"Acceptable Loss" received generally positive reviews, with critics mostly commenting on Ice-T's performance throughout the episode. According to Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast was watched by 6.25 million viewers and acquired a 1.6/4% share in the 18–49 demographic. It ranked fourth in its time slot, but was the highest-rated NBC program that evening.