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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17, Det. Churlish Is Drugged & Kidnapped!

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17 “Lime Chaser.” The search for a suspect who drugs women’s drinks in crowded bars leads the SVU to Muncy’s brother. Churlish makes a risky move to impress Benson. Here’s what you missed!

Air Date & Time: Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 9 pm ET, 8 pm CT, and 6 pm PT on NBC.

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Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17 “Lime Chaser”

Previously on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 16, an internet dating site becomes the source of terror for a young widow. Muncy struggles with Velasco’s absence.

Warning… Spoilers below!

On Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17, a bartender has been drugging women at his bar. He takes requests from bar patrons and scours for their types. His latest victim, Abby Clark (portrayed by Maren Lord), was drugged, sexually assaulted, and left in an alley.

Awkward Pairing

Jasmine Batchelor as Det. Toni Churlish in Law & Order Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17

Jasmine Batchelor as Det. Toni Churlish in Law & Order Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode 17

Det. Toni Churlish (portrayed by Jasmine Batchelor) was demanded to patronize a cop bar despite the fact that she doesn’t drink. Velasco and Muncy were there drinking, so Det. Bruno made her buy the duo a round. This was when she met Teddy Muncy (Grace Muncy’s younger brother, portrayed by Michael Trotter.)

At SVU the office the following day, Benson spoke with Bruno about pairing Churlish and Muncy. It was awkward since Churlish tried to get Velasco to confess to attempted murder. She felts things would restore to normalcy once Velasco straightened his situation out.

SVU got a call to the ER to speak with Abby- she was gang raped. She was celebrating her Covid-divorce with her ex-hubby and friends at a bar. She remembered waking up during the assault, the rapists got upset, they drugged her again, and she woke in the alley to seek help.

Undercover The Entire Career

The investigation zeroed in on a bartender, Arlo Gregory. He had a connection to Muncy’s brother. Muncy wanted to speak with him, but Benson made her follow protocol. When Teddy was interrogated, he heard rumors of Arlo drugging women but kept his mouth shut. They convinced him to probe his friend for intel.

Muncy and Churlish showed Abby Arlo’s photo, but he didn’t fit her attackers’ descriptions. The SVU team suspected this was an operation. The bartender drugged and delivered women to hotels for heinous unconscious acts.

SVU decided to use Teddy as a confidential informant against Arlo. However, the team was at odds with Teddy’s complicity. Teddy met with Arlo with a wire. He pitched his friend a type. In fact, he pitched Det. Toni Churlish. Benson and the team were stunned, so Churlish confessed that she volunteered herself.

Benson was upset with her, but Churlish convinced her that she was capable of handling the undercover assignment. Churlish felt under pressure to impress Benson within her 30-day probation period.

Spiked Limes

The SVU team surveilled Arlo at the bar with Churlish. When she asked for a shot, he gave her salt and lime. Churlish licked the salt, Muncy distracted the driver, Churlish dumped the drink and licked the lime. Soon after, she went to the bathroom, fell extremely ill, and collapsed. A woman found her, pulled her out the back with a man who planned to take her to a party

The couple took an unconscious Churlish Teddy. He thought she was pretending to be knocked until he released she wasn’t faking. When she came too, she was baffled as to how she was drugged since she didn’t drink. SVU arrived to arrest the delivery couple and recover Churlish. She smartly saved a urine sample for the lab.

SVU and SWAT raided a luxurious home and arrested the chemist and leader of the date rape ring. SVU had enough evidence to prosecute several cases.

Churlish was released from the hospital. Instead of Benson transferring her out of the unit for her reckless code of conduct, she coached her on teamwork. This helped her open up to Muncy as she went out for drinks afterward.

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Law & Order: SVU Cast

  • Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
  • Kelli Giddish as Detective 2nd Grade Amanda Rollins
  • Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola
  • Peter Scanavino as ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, Jr.
  • Jamie Gray Hyder as Detective 3rd Grade Katriona “Kat” Tamin
  • Terry Serpico as Chief McGrath
  • Tamara Tunie as Chief M.E. Melinda Warner
  • Octavio Pisano as Detective Joe Velasco
  • Molly Burnett as Detective Grace Muncy
  • Jasmine Batchelor as Det. Toni Churlish
  • Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno

Guest Starring

  • Michael Trotter as Teddy Muncy (Grace Muncy’s younger brother)
  • Maren Lord as Abby Clark
  • Michael John Benzaia as Firefighter

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When is the Season Finale?

The 24th season finale of SVU will air on May 18, 2023, at 9 pm ET on NBC.

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Episode Guide

Season Episode Title Air Date
24 22 “All Pain Is One Malady” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Season Finale May 18, 2023
24 21 Bad Things May 11, 2023
24 20 Debatable May 4, 2023
24 19 “Bend The Law” April 27, 2023
24 18 Bubble Wrap April 6, 2023
24 17 Lime Chaser March 30, 2023
24 16 The Presence of Absence March 23, 2023
24 15 King of the Moon February 23, 2023
24 14 Dutch Tears February 16, 2023
24 13 Intersection February 2, 2023
24 12 “Blood Out” January 26, 2023
24 11 Soldier Up January 12, 2023
24 10 Jumped In January 5, 2023
24 9 And a Trauma in a Pear Tree” (Mid-season Finale) December 8, 2022
24 8 A Better Person November 17, 2022
24 7 Dead Ball November 10, 2022
24 6 Controlled Burn November 3, 2022
24 5 Breakwater October 27, 2022
24 4 The Steps We Cannot Take October 13, 2022
24 3 Mirror Effect October 6, 2022
24 2 The One You Feed September 29, 2022
24 1 Gimme Shelter, Part 2” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 24 Premiere (Crossover Event!) September 22, 2022

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