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Recap / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S17 E1 "Devil's Dissections"

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Written by Kevin Fox

Directed By Jean De Segonzac

The SVU returns to the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts) had buried his victims when another body is washed ashore. However, when SVU visits Yates in prison to obtain a confession for the new victim, he instead provides information that leads the squad to a different suspect: ME Dr. Carl Rudnick, who had performed the autopsy on several of his other victims. ADA Barba must then deal with the possibility of Yates appealing his conviction in court in light of this new suspect..

  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The judge is informed that Rudnick had traveled abroad using someone else's passport and committed 2 murders; he still lets Rudnick out on the condition of surrendering his passport. Rudnick then goes and murders someone else.

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