Someone is secretly videotaping ballerinas having sex. SVU then discovers the dancers are being blackmailed into getting prime roles if they sleep with the highest bidder at the gala auction. Cue the undercover sting!

We're talking about SVU season 21 episode 17 "Dance, Lies and Videotape." Our guest is June Thomas from Slate's Working podcast. 

This episode is inspired by the controversary around the New York City Ballet.

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SVU: Ballerina sex trafficking ring!

Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie invite special guests to talk about ripped-from-the-headlines episodes of Law & Order, SVU, and Criminal Intent. It's the f'ing OG of police procedurals!

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Shots ring out during an argument in a restaurant. Was the movie producer an innocent bystander? Or did a hit man pick the perfect moment to act?

L&O: First the singing, then the gunfire

A teen fakes her death to run off with her teacher, only to later learn they're actually father and daughter.

SVU: Ooops. I slept with my daughter!

A doctor, the husband of a conservative congresswoman, is beaten to death in his home. He'd been treating a transgender teen against her father's will. Which will win in court: justice or politics?

L&O: The politician's husband was bludgeoned protecting a trans kid

A high school kid thinks he's leaving for a weekend with his pretty teacher, but it's really the wrestling coach who's been sending him the dirty photos. Later, a past victim gets his revenge.

SVU: It's not the hot teacher! It's the catfishing wrestling coach!

The squad looks for victims of a man with fantasies of torturing children. When he's acquitted, Amaro takes matters into his own hands.

SVU: Ballerina sex trafficking ring!

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