Father Dearest (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
"Father Dearest" is the twentieth episode of the thirteenth season of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the 292nd episode overall. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 2, 2012. In this episode, the Special Victims Unit requires assistance from their former forensic psychiatrist, Dr. George Huang, to track down a twisted seducer of young women.
Dr. Huang (B. D. Wong) returning on special assignment to SVU after a transfer to the FBI's Oklahoma office.
James Van Der Beek (pictured) also guest-starred in the series finale of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 13
The thirteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit debuted on NBC on September 21, 2011, and concluded on May 23, 2012. With Law & Order: LA and Law & Order: Criminal Intent having ended in July 2011 and June 2011 respectively, this season of Law & Order: SVU was the first to be broadcast without any other running U.S. Law & Order series, a position the series has held until the nineteenth season, when Law & Order True Crime premiered.
Season 13 U.S. DVD cover
Mehcad Brooks gave a powerful performance in the episode "Personal Fouls", guest starring as a young man named Prince Miller, who was molested by his basketball coach when he was young.
In "Educated Guess", Natasha Lyonne portrayed a mental patient named Gia who was raped inside the mental facility by someone close to her.
Jake T. Austin played Rob Fisher, boyfriend of a girl whose parents are murdered in the episode "Home Invasions".
