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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 12

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 12 episode 20: Totem

Aired 30 March 201143 minRated TV-14

7.1TMDB · 7 votesMark watched

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What happens in “Totem”

When a young girl is found dead with a doll that is believed to have been left as a totem, detectives Benson and Stabler team up with Captain Jackson, a psychologist who assisted them with a recent case, to investigate her murder. Jackson joins the detectives as they retrace the girl's last steps and go to meet with her piano teacher June Frye. Jackson's skills prove to be invaluable in deciphering the meaning of the totem and ultimately finding her killer.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 20 of 24 of season 12, so watch episodes 1 to 19 first.
  • It runs about 43 minutes.
  • Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, written by Jonathan Greene.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.1 out of 10 (7 votes).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailer

The official trailer for the series (no preview of this episode has been published).

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Jonathan Kaplan
Writer
Jonathan Greene
Guest stars
Jeremy Irons as Dr. Cap JacksonLisa Banes as Elanie Frye CavanaughHeidi Armbruster as Susan FosterDoug Wert as Chester HadlerElizabeth Mitchell as June FryeCarmen López as Rosita VasquezAndrew Firda as ShaneAgatha Nowicki as Katie Cavanaugh

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 12

S12E19Previous · S12E19Bombshell23 March 2011
Next · S12E21Reparations6 April 2011
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Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.