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| “ | How does it feel, Detective Benson, to have your credibility shattered and your life in ruins? | „ |
| ~ Detective Eric Plummer taunting Detective Olivia Benson while holding a woman hostage. |
Eric Plummer is the main antagonist of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Wrath". He is a serial killer who murders people connected to cases investigated by Detective Olivia Benson as revenge for Benson's role in his unjust imprisonment years earlier.
He is portrayed by Justin Kirk, who also portrayed Jeryd Mencken in Succession.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Plummer had been investigated by Detective Olivia Benson of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit for rape and attempted murder. He was innocent, but due to mistaken eyewitness testimony, he was falsely convicted and sent to prison. During his incarceration, his wife divorced him, and he was regularly beaten, raped, and tortured by the other inmates. He was also given a cellmate, Russell Williams, whom he talked to about getting even with Benson. Williams sent Plummer's letters to his ex-wife without the warden knowing.
Seven years later, Plummer was exonerated due to new DNA evidence. He changed his name and got a job at Baseline Labs, but he hated Benson for her unwitting role in ruining his life, and planned revenge.
In "Wrath"[]
Plummer begins stalking Benson soon after being released from prison. He rents an office space, and lures three people connected to cases she had investigated there by sending them a letter claiming that they had won a computer. Once they are in his office, he kills them by drugging them with Valium and potassium chloride. He views them as Benson's victims who need to be put out of their misery. He then plants their bodies on a federally funded area to ensure national attention.
While SVU is investigating the murders, Plummer follows Benson as she questions Bruce Derricks, the abusive father of one of his victims, while he is in jail for drunk and disorderly conduct. He pays Derricks' bail and then kills him. Because Plummer views Derricks as an abuser, he makes sure he dies a slow, painful death. He then puts his body in front of Benson’s apartment door for her to find.
Plummer is eventually identified as a suspect and brought in for questioning. He denies everything, and since there is not enough evidence, the detectives are forced to let him go. Benson later sees Plummer on her way back from a bar and attempts to get a search warrant for his house, but Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot says that there is not enough evidence against Plummer to justify such a search. Later, Cabot convinces an Executive ADA to give Williams, who is currently on trial for another murder, a reduced sentence in exchange for information that could lead to Plummer's arrest. Williams tells them about the letters, which Benson's fellow SVU detectives later find at Plummer's ex-wife's apartment. Then, while searching Plummer's apartment, they find the drugs that he used to kill his victims.
However, before he can be arrested, Plummer leads Benson to his apartment, where she finds him holding a woman at gunpoint. She offers to testify on his behalf if he stands down, but Plummer rejects the offer and prepares to shoot the woman, only to be shot dead by Benson. It is then revealed that his weapon is not loaded; Plummer used Benson to commit suicide-by-cop.
External links[]
- Eric Plummer on the Law & Order Wiki
