Character Overview
Dr. George Huang is introduced in the Season 2 episode "Pique". He is an FBI Agent, who is originally loaned to Manhattan SVU, and later becomes their the resident forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler. He provides them with expert analysis of crime scenes and suspects. His vast knowledge of forensic psychology and psychopathology lends him a preternatural ability to understand, empathize with, and predict the actions of suspects as well as victims. He also has extensive knowledge in the fields of theology, ethnic studies, and forensics, and speaks fluent Chinese.
Despite a rocky start with the SVU detectives, they seem to have come to trust Huang implicitly. However, his opinion is not always appreciated; he sometimes agrees with the diagnoses of mental illness provided by defense attorneys and their psychiatrists, making it harder for the Assistant DAs who work with the precinct to prosecute criminals.
Like the detectives, however, Huang has empathy first and foremost with victims of sexual assault, particularly children. He is usually very calm, soft-spoken, and even-tempered, except in one notable occasion (see below). As a psychiatrist, he sometimes offers his expertise to the detectives themselves, by helping them with any emotional problems they may have. One notable example is the Season 6 episode "Charisma". After the detectives see that several children have been murdered in a cult leader's home, Huang sits down with each of the detectives individually. He also does not believe in the death penalty.
Early in his career as a psychiatrist, Huang worked as a counselor for sex offenders, motivated by a genuine belief that he could rehabilitate them. He quit after a few years, however, frustrated by his patients' unwillingness to truly participate in the therapy.
Dr. Huang is SVU's resident psychiatrist from seasons 3 through 12. He left the main cast after the season 12 episode "Bombshell" and no reason was originally given for his departure. However, Dr. Huang returns to aid an SVU investigation in the season 13 episode "Father Dearest"; he facetiously comments that his new assignment in Oklahoma City is fun for a gay single Chinese-American.
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