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Detective Brian Cassidy is a fictional character played by Dean Winters in the American crime drama television series ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' on NBC. A recurring cast member during the first season, Cassidy is a young and inexperienced detective with the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit, and the original partner of John Munch (Richard Belzer). The stress of the Special Victims Unit is too much for Cassidy, and he transfers to the Narcotics unit in the middle of the season. Cassidy later returns in the thirteenth season finale working undercover for a pimp the SVU detectives are investigating. Winters had previously worked with creator Dick Wolf, but he was offered a role on ''SVU'' through Belzer, though the role proved to be temporary due to Winters's commitment to ''Oz''. As Winters only remained with the series for thirteen episodes, his character never had much of a chance to develop. Winters wanted to return to the show for a long time, though, and felt the time was right during the thirteenth season finale. Critics were generally negative about Cassidy during the character's initial tenure on the show, but some were glad to see his return in "Rhodium Nights". ==Character biography== Though Cassidy is a dedicated member of the Special Victims Unit, he lacks the emotional maturity to deal with sex crimes and the language to describe them. He views his partner, John Munch (Richard Belzer), as a mentor. Cassidy has a drunken one-night stand with fellow SVU Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), and expressed a desire to pursue a relationship. Benson turns him down, however, citing a policy of not having relationships with coworkers.〔 Years later, Benson expresses regret at the way she handled the situation. This and the stress of the unit wear Cassidy down and, after an outburst in the squad room directed at Benson, Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) sends Cassidy to check up on a teenage rape victim Cragen encountered when he worked in Homicide. After she tells him in detail how she had been systematically violated by her abuser and then gang-raped, Cassidy decides he lacks the stomach to deal with sex crimes, and transfers to the NYPD's Narcotics Division.〔 Munch later laments that he felt abandoned when Cassidy became the latest in a long line of partners who left him. Cassidy returns in the season 13 episode "Rhodium Nights". He has been working undercover for the past three years as a bodyguard for a pimp, Bart Ganzel (Peter Jacobson), his former colleagues at the SVU are investigating, and provides the detectives with information about Ganzel's prostitution ring. When a prostitute named Carissa Gibson (Pippa Black), who had been dating both Cassidy and Ganzel, is found dead in bed with Cragen, Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) believes Cassidy played a role in framing Cragen despite protests from the other SVU detectives. Amaro confronts Cassidy at gunpoint and tries to force information out of him. Cassidy is later shot by a corrupt NYPD police officer after Ganzel discovers Cassidy is working undercover to expose him, and Amaro helps uncover the conspiracy that led to the attack on Cassidy. Cassidy survives, and awakens in the hospital, where Benson tells him she is not the same person she was thirteen years ago and kisses him.〔 In the episode, "Undercover Blue", Cassidy is accused of rape by a prostitute while he was undercover almost four years prior. It is revealed that Cassidy was being set up by the woman and her boss to make money off a lawsuit against the NYPD and the charges are dropped. Also in this episode, Munch says that Cassidy paid the price for having a relationship with a prostitute while undercover with Ganzel, as he was demoted from detective to an officer who works nights at a Bronx courthouse. Benson and Cassidy also are forced to reveal their romantic relationship in this episode when Amaro and Munch go to Cassidy's apartment and find Benson there. In Season 15, Cassidy and Benson are still romantically involved and move in together. In the episode "Internal Affairs", Cassidy is put undercover by IAB Lt. Tucker to investigate a dirty precinct. Lt. Tucker promises that if the operation is successful, he will earn his detective shield back. In the episode, "Rapist Anonymous", after he announces Benson's promotion to sergeant, she announces that he has been given back the title of detective, and will be working in Internal Affairs. Cassidy and Benson break up around the time of the episode "Downloaded Child", after realizing that Cassidy prefers to live in the moment, while Benson still plans for the future. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Cassidy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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