"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"

"RUSSIAN BRIDES"

12/14/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : CAPTAIN CRAGEN GOES UNDERCOVER WHEN A MURDER IN BRIGHTON BEACH REVEALS A THRIVING BUT DEADLY FOREIGN BRIDE BUSINESS. IZABELLA MIKO AND TIMOTHY BUSFIELD GUEST STAR. When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride (guest star Izabella Miko). Upon questioning her distraught fianc� (guest star Timothy Busfield), they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer. Also starring: Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearances by Stephanie March (ADA Alex Cabot) and Tamara Tunie (M.E. Melinda Warner.)