NBCThe Duggars meet Doink Doink. That's the Law & Order: SVU noise, obviously. In "Patrimonial Burden," the SVU team investigates a famous reality TV family when it's discovered that one of the virtuous 13-year-old daughters is pregnant. Lots of secrets come to light in the twisty November 4 episode and E! News has an exclusive sneak peek.
In the clip below, Mariska Hargitay's Lt. Olivia Benson talks with the pregnant young girl about the father of her baby.
"My being pregnant is God's will," Lane says in the clip below. "I just didn't think God would let it happen until I was married."
"Whatever happened, you didn't do anything wrong," Benson reassures her.
"That's what he told me," Lane says.
Who's he? That's what Benson and her team have to find out.
Victoria Leigh plays Lane Baker, with Geneva Carr playing Pam Baker, Christopher Sieber as Frank Baker, Ryan Devlin as Pastor Eldon and Chris Elliott as Pete Matthews rounding out the guest cast. Andy Karl also returns as Sgt. Mike Dodds.
Since it is SVU, they're not going to just replicate the Josh Duggar scandal. Expect twists. Before the season premiered, SVU star Peter Scanavino said he was anxious for the show to take on the famous family. "With the Duggar one, it was like the double-whammy because it was his sisters and the fact—I mean, honestly, I feel like we're dealing with some topics this season that feel a bit meatier than some lunatic fringe family...I wouldn't mind doing one just because I have never been so infuriated with someone's level of hypocrisy, and lying, and then displacement of responsibility onto something else," Scanavino, Detective Carisi on the show, told press. "When I think about that guy, it boils my blood, I will say."
Law & Order: SVU's "Patrimonial Burden" episode airs Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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