Detective Grace Muncy is a good cop who handles rape survivors with empathy. But SVU’s newest member is also a tough nut with, as Molly Burnett puts it, “anger issues.
Her protective shell cracks a bit on the March 30 episode of Law & Order: SVU after Captain Benson (Mariska Hargitay) has Muncy’s younger brother, Teddy (Michael Trotter) brought in as a person of interest on a case in which women are drugged and delivered to men who pay to sexually abuse them.
Burnett talks about her complicated character and her experience being part of TV’s record-breaking crime show.Muncy is a bit of a mystery so far. She’s cynical and she sometimes seems to be itching for a fight. Who is SVU’s newest detective?
Molly Burnett: I would say that’s true. Her mom died when she was really young and she was kind of forced to take care of her little brother, who’ll we meet. When you lose a parent like that, and you’re in a tough part of the city, you grow up really fast. It’s fun to play this kind of badass character with work to do on her emotional EQ.What’s her relationship like with the brother who could be a possible sex crime abettor in this week’s episode?
She’s still in this mothering role because they live together. Though he’s a troublemaker, she loves him very much and she’s incredibly loyal to him especially after their trauma bond when they lost their mom.
Why is Teddy brought in by the sex crimes unit?
Girls are being dosed with date rape drugs at a bar, and her brother knows a bunch of guys who hang out there. Benson tells Muncy that they need to bring him in so they can question him. She loves and trust Teddy and doesn’t want to believe he’s involved. That causes some good drama.
Does Benson warn Muncy not to contact him?
She tells her not to dare get involved and puts on-loan officer Churlish [Jasmine Batchelor] and Detective Velasco [Octavio Pisano] on the investigation. For all of Muncy’s inclinations to rebel, she always listens to Benson. She really respects her. The color I put in is that the captain is the female figure that Muncy never had before.
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