SVU Fills In a Crucial Detail About Curry’s Husband in Law and Order
A case raises questions
In “Arcana,” clairvoyant Beatrice, played by Susannah Flood, reports that she was sexually assaulted in her home. When Capt. Benson and her team investigate, they find no evidence that the attacker entered the house, and Beatrice’s account of feeling possessed leaves them uncertain.
Curry’s skepticism toward Beatrice’s profession becomes clear during the investigation. When Beatrice asks about it, Curry explains that a psychic’s visit after her husband died shaped her distrust. The psychic told Curry that her husband missed her, a claim she dismissed as cold reading.
Curry explains her anger
After the team establishes that Beatrice was telling the truth, they find that her attacker was her mentally ill former high school boyfriend. He had been living unnoticed in her attic for months, and the team arrests him.
Curry later visits Beatrice with an update, and their conversation is warmer. Curry says she and her husband were separated when he died, but they had not told his mother or their son. She tells Beatrice that she was angry at the psychic and her mother-in-law, but mostly at herself for not sharing the truth.
A previously unknown loss
Before this episode, viewers knew Curry was a single mother to teenage Gabe, played by Jay Mack, who had appeared in two earlier episodes. The new disclosure adds context to Curry’s family life and her reaction to the psychic.
Curry’s explanation also clarifies that her resentment was not truly aimed at Beatrice. Beatrice apologizes for how the psychic treated Curry, and the two speak more amicably after the case is resolved.
Key points
- Curry says her husband died while they were separated.
- The couple had not told his mother or their son about the separation.
- Beatrice’s former high school boyfriend had secretly lived in her attic for months.
- The team arrests the man who attacked Beatrice.