SVU S5 E19 “Sick”
“Don’t worry. It only takes me about two minutes to identify and cure the mental and emotional issues you’ve been hiding all your life.”
A boy says a rich toy store owner molested him during a children's party and paid his parents hush money. Novak is thwarted when the victim recants and leaves town. Then a woman tells Benson and Stabler her dying granddaughter was also molested by the billionaire. Her story falls apart when it's learned the girl doesn't have cancer; she's being poisoned by her grandmother who suffers from Munchausen syndrome.
We're talking about Special Victims Unit season 5 episode 19 "Sick." Our guest is Adam Schwitters from the "Munch my Benson" podcast.
Some plot points of this episode come from the story of Beth Thomas.
