Young Jesse Schwartz is found eating out of a garbage can and the SVU squad is brought in. Turns out that his mom Diane Venora keeps him on a strict leash and food is one of her rules. Venora believes in health foods only and the 6 year old is rebelling. But they can't keep him because of her food rules and after big meal of pancakes, courtesy of Christopher Meloni, the kid is sent home. Nevertheless the antennas are up around the squad.
Later on the kid is found shot to death and his older brother Joseph Cross is charged with the crime. But there is far more to it than that. Venora is not wrapped too tight.
The one who really pushes this is B.D. Wong and he makes a believer out of ADA Diane Neal. Venora keeps her kids way too close, she home schools them and her lawyer is Dixie Carter who represents home schooling parents and their kids on any number of matters. And in an arena that's not her usual venue she does pretty good for a while.
Venora is whom to watch in this episode. She's one frightening woman, the paranoid monster mom from hell.
Later on the kid is found shot to death and his older brother Joseph Cross is charged with the crime. But there is far more to it than that. Venora is not wrapped too tight.
The one who really pushes this is B.D. Wong and he makes a believer out of ADA Diane Neal. Venora keeps her kids way too close, she home schools them and her lawyer is Dixie Carter who represents home schooling parents and their kids on any number of matters. And in an arena that's not her usual venue she does pretty good for a while.
Venora is whom to watch in this episode. She's one frightening woman, the paranoid monster mom from hell.
