Fair rating?Law & Order: Special Victims Unit· Season 10 · Episode 12
Hothouse
When the body of a fourteen-year-old girl is found floating in the Hudson River, Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler think she was smuggled into the country by sex traffickers. To identify the body, Detective Benson goes undercover as a Madame and busts sex trafficker Alik. When Alik makes a deal with ADA Kim Greylek he identifies the body as Elsa Lychkoff. To the detectives' surprise, Elsa wasn't a prostitute, but a child prodigy. Prying more into the victim's secret life, the detectives investigate her elite boarding school and her roommate Jennifer Banks, who in turn, leads them to compulsive gambler, Joseph Lychkoff, Elsa's father. When the motive of Joseph seems obvious as to why he would kill his daughter, Detective Odafin Tutuola discovers some new evidence that could change the entire case.
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#5In Season 10of 22 rated episodes
#242All-timeof 546 rated episodes
+0.9vs season avgSeason 10 averages 6.4
2009First airedJanuary 13, 2009
Guest stars
Gretchen Egolfas Kendra Gill
Sarah Hylandas Jennifer Banks
Aya Cashas Katrina Lychkoff
Enid Grahamas Suzanne Banks
Will Rogersas Danny Burke
Misha Kuznetsovas Alik
Neal Matarazzoas Ezra KriegelFunda Duvalas Mrs. Lychkoff
George Tasudisas Joseph Lychkoff
Steve Zirnkiltonas Opening Narration (voice)Crew
Peter LetoDirectorCharley DavisWriter