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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 5

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 5 episode 20: Lowdown

Aired 6 April 200442 minRated TV-14

9.0TMDB · 7 votesMark watched

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 5 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription) and Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $17.99 and Prime Video Store from $19.99.

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What happens in “Lowdown”

Detectives try to decipher a motive for the strangulation of a Bronx assistant DA in an area where hookers stroll. When the death of the prosecutor looks staged using information gleaned from a co-worker's caseload, Novak endangers her career to obtain a confession.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 20 of 25 of season 5, so watch episodes 1 to 19 first.
  • It runs about 42 minutes.
  • Directed by Jud Taylor, written by Robert Nathan.
  • TMDB users rate it 9.0 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
Jud Taylor
Writer
Robert Nathan
Guest stars
Diane Neal as Casey NovakTamara Tunie as Melinda WarnerPeter Riegert as Chauncey ZeirkoMarlo Thomas as Mary ClarkBethany Butler as Mary Ellen AbbottMichael Beach as Andy AbbottCaren Browning as Judith SiperMike Doyle as Ryan O'Halloran

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 5

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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.