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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Season 26, Episode 9 First Light

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Season 26, Episode 9

First Light

Aired Jan 16, 2025

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An abhorrent web of lies and betrayal is uncovered when a woman is confronted with video of a night she can't remember; Carisi struggles to move on from his ordeal when the suspect changes his plea.

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3/5

Even though the storyline is handled with respect and the episode itself isn’t bad, there’s still a sense of failure to the survivor.

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01/17/2025

4/5

Episode 9 depicted his [Carisi] PTSD almost perfectly until the end.

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An abhorrent web of lies and betrayal is uncovered when a woman is confronted with video of a night she can't remember; Carisi struggles to move on from his ordeal when the suspect changes his plea.

Director: Norberto Barba
Creator: Dick Wolf
Executive Producer: Dick Wolf, Warren Leight, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski
Screenwriter: David Graziano, Julie Martin
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-14 (V|D|L)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jan 16, 2025

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