History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS6E2Debt

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: The pretty girls who owe ricky money are sexually enslaved, all the other debtors only have to work ordinary jobs.

* MissingMom: Jiao abandoning her two young daughters is what kickstarts the episode.

* ShootTheHostageTaker: The police raid a brothel run by a Chinese gang. In one of the rooms a gang member takes one of the prostitute hostage and uses her as as a HumanShield. The prostitute is saved when Detective Elliot Stabler dives through the door of the room and shoots the gang member in the head.

* UndercoverAsLovers: Stabler pretended to be Li Mei's Caucasian lover while searching for both Jiao and Ping Wu.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: the squad has only two asians available, li mei and huang, so they get used in multiple undercover ops through the episode even though neither of them is qualified (apparently nobody else in the NYPD was available to join the case).

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: the squad has only two asians available, li mei and huang, so they get used in multiple undercover ops through the episode even though neither of them is qualified (apparently nobody else in the NYPD was avsilable to join the case).

* MainCharactersDoEverything: the squad has only two asians available, li mei and huang, so they get used in multiple undercover ops through the episode even though neither of them is qualified (apparently nobody else in the NYPD was avsilable to join the case).

** And this was kind of lampshaded with this exchange:
--> '''Huang''': What, you ''assume'' I speak Chinese?
--> '''Stabler''': No, I heard you order take-out once.

The disappearance of an Asian mother and her teenaged daughter sparks to an investigation that uncovers a conspiracy between a corrupt immigration attorney and gangsters running a prostitution/brothel ring staffed by women working to pay off their debts from having been smuggled into the country.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Roger Baker]]. He succumbs easily to Stabler's intimidation and gives up the location of Ricky's brothel. He's also an OpportunisticBastard, [[spoiler: promising immigrants he will help them get asylum but he in fact is the supplier for Ricky's brothels]].

* ShoutOut: The episode has shout-outs for ''Mulan'', of all things. The VictimOfTheWeek was searching for her daughter, Ping. There are no fewer than three Asian-American actors in the episode who also starred in the Disney film.
** Ming-Na portrayed Mulan herself, B.D. Wong is Captain Li Shang, James Hong (the sweatshop owner) was Chi-Fu.
** Disney was also referenced at least twice.
%%* SmugSnake: Ricky Yao.

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A child abandonment incident prompts Benson and Stabler to investigate the disappearance of a mother. They learn from her sister (Creator/MingNaWen) that she made a deal with human traffickers to have her teenage daughter (Creator/JennyWong) smuggled to New York from China. It is revealed that the teenage immigrant has been forced into prostitution and her life is subsequently used as a bargaining chip by the gangsters to avoid prosecution. When the squad captures the gang's leader (Creator/JackYang), Detective Stabler is able to get help from one of his junior members (Creator/AaronYoo) by convincing him that the bright future he was promised is a lie. After arresting a corrupt immigration attorney (Creator/LorenDean), the NYPD finally learns where the captive women are being held. Detective Stabler arrives just in time to keep the promise he made.

* ShoutOut: The episode has shout outs for ''Mulan'', of all things. The VictimOfTheWeek was searching for her daughter, Ping. There are no fewer than three Asian-American actors in the episode who also starred in the Disney film.

* SmugSnake: Ricky Yao.

* NotHisBlood: SVU breaks up a sex slavery ring in New York City, ending with a raid on one of the brothels and a ShootTheHostageTaker resolution. As Agent Benson escorts one of the women—who was splattered with the criminal's blood—away, she reassures Agent Stabler, "Don't worry, it's not her blood."

** Disney was also referenced at least twice.

* ShoutOut: The episode has shout outs for ''Mulan'', of all things. The VictimOfTheWeek was searching for her daughter, Ping. There are no fewer than three Asian-American actors in the episode who also starred in the Disney film.

* NotHisBlood: SVU breaks up a sex slavery ring in New York City, ending with a raid on one of the brothels and a ShootTheHostageTaker resolution. As Agent Benson escorts one of the women—who was splattered with the criminal's blood—away, she reassures Agent Stabler, "Don't worry, it's not her blood."

** They do discuss the possibility of using Huang, but they decide it would be too easy to make him as a cop (a Chinese man not part of the community asking questions); Stabler supposedly being a local girl's white boyfriend lets him keep an eye on her while she (a familiar face) asks the questions. Huang does play a critical role in a sting later on.

As Benson and Stabler investigate the disappearance of a mother and her teenage daughter, they uncover a conspiracy between a corrupt immigration attorney and gangsters running a prostitution ring that is staffed by women they have smuggled into the country.