Turns out, Marcia used to date Noah in college. Nick’s Spidey sense tells him something’s off. The case seems closed, until Kyra’s fiancee, Noah, shows up at the station and greets Marcia with a hug and an exchange of guilty glances. That is, until Marcia comes into the room and, using a voice as soft and creepy as a snake charmer, convinces him to confess to rape/murder #5, the attack on a beautiful young kindergarten teacher named Kyra. But he only admits to four of the five rape/murders.
Olivia and Nick quickly extract a confession from Traymore, who was a serial rapist until a car accident severed his spine.
Olivia happily agrees to work with Marcia, who has periodically guest-starred on SVU over the years. When Olivia and Nick fly to Miami to pick up the suspect, wheelchair-bound Brian Traymore, they’re met by an FBI agent played by Marcia Gay Harden, who cheerfully suggests they all investigate together. Recap: A cold case is re-sparked when a Florida prisoner’s DNA matches a series of five rapes from 25 years ago. Instead, “Secrets Exhumed” eschewed plausibility and focused on creating unbelievable plot twists. After last week’s Mike Tyson debacle, I was hoping SVU would regroup and come back with a strong, realistic episode.
