Patricia Arquette gives a touching and strangely pathetic performance as an aging prostitute. Granted that there's all kinds of needs out there, but Patricia Arquette as an aging prostitute turns out to be the key to catching PJ Downs who is one of her johns. It seems as though Downs who could be violent at times has gone off on a killing spree and before the episode is over has about 10 bodies all over the city including his family.
The FBI task force as headed by Jason Gedrick wants this guy dead or alive. As for Arquette she had one encounter with him, but he was short on cash. So Down went looking for some dough and the SVU squad got to her.
Why SVU is there is that Olivia Benson has some history. Way back in 1992 when she was in uniform and in the South Bronx, Benson broke up a fight between Downs and Arquette where he knocked her around. In any event she's got more empathy for Arquette who is asked to set up Downs.
Arquette is fascinating as this 40 something prostitute who hasn't risen in the ranks of that profession. She's still out at Hunt's Point competing with the younger women and drag queens and there are always more of them coming along. It's all she knows. She's even got a family including an aged mother Anne Meara who would like to see her quit. But what does she put on a resume and what job skills does she have and what employment history can she show?
She's lucky in that she does have a support system of people who care about her including Mariska Hargitay and the whole SVU squad.
The FBI task force as headed by Jason Gedrick wants this guy dead or alive. As for Arquette she had one encounter with him, but he was short on cash. So Down went looking for some dough and the SVU squad got to her.
Why SVU is there is that Olivia Benson has some history. Way back in 1992 when she was in uniform and in the South Bronx, Benson broke up a fight between Downs and Arquette where he knocked her around. In any event she's got more empathy for Arquette who is asked to set up Downs.
Arquette is fascinating as this 40 something prostitute who hasn't risen in the ranks of that profession. She's still out at Hunt's Point competing with the younger women and drag queens and there are always more of them coming along. It's all she knows. She's even got a family including an aged mother Anne Meara who would like to see her quit. But what does she put on a resume and what job skills does she have and what employment history can she show?
She's lucky in that she does have a support system of people who care about her including Mariska Hargitay and the whole SVU squad.