Chicago Crossover

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"Chicago Crossover"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode
Sergeants Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) discussing Voight's illegal interrogation technique.
Episode no.	Season 16 Episode 7
Directed by	Steve Shill
Story by	Warren Leight
Teleplay by	Ed Zuckerman
Production code	16007
Original air date	November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)
Guest appearances
Lou Taylor Pucci as Teddy Courtney/Voight Danny Mastrogiorgio as George Turner Mark H. Dold as Bob Clinton Isabel Shill as Jocelyn Cerpaski Christian Goodwin as Henry Thorne Frank Deal as FBI Agent O’Connell Donnetta Lavinia Grays as Lina Bagley Sal Rendino as Deputy Warden Barberi J.T. O'Connor as Don Joshua Warr as Tombs C.O. Paul Mauriello as Daddy Bear Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight
Episode chronology
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"Chicago Crossover" is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of the American police procedural-legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the 350th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on November 12, 2014. In this episode, the SVU team meets up with the Intelligence Unit of Chicago P.D. to solve a decades-old child pornography ring case, which is personal for CPD's Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush).

The episode was written by Ed Zuckerman, Warren Leight, and Dick Wolf, and directed by Steve Shill. This episode marks an unprecedented crossover in Law & Order franchise history where three shows (all three created by Wolf) crossover with one main storyline. The story began in the 7th episode of season 3 "Nobody Touches Anything" of Chicago Fire where a fire victim was found with child pornography. The Fire Department turn the case over to the Chicago Police, who take on the initial investigation that leads them to Manhattan, where the detectives from Chicago P.D. team up with the SVU in "Chicago Crossover". The story concludes in the CPD episode "They'll Have To Go Through Me", where the main suspect returns to Chicago after leaving behind clues in New York. Filming on "Chicago Crossover" began on October 9, 2014 in New York City. NBC began using the hashtag "#CrossoverWeek" in their on-air promos for the three shows' episodes.

"Chicago Crossover" was seen by 10.01 million viewers making the second most viewed program of the night on NBC and the second ranked program in the time slot. Critical response to the SVU episode of the crossover was generally positive, many critics praising the tension-filled scenes and 'fireworks' between lead actors Mariska Hargitay and Jason Beghe, who portrayed Sgts. Olivia Benson and Hank Voight, respectively; Lou Taylor Pucci was also praised for his portrayal of Teddy Courtney.