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Freeway Series

The Freeway Series is a Major League Baseball (MLB) interleague rivalry played between the Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Angels are members of the American League (AL) West division, and the Dodgers are members of the National League (NL) West division. The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams; one could travel from one team's stadium to the other simply by driving along the Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5). The term is akin to Subway Series which refers to meetings between New York City baseball teams The Yankees and The Mets. The term "Freeway Series" also inspired the official name of the region's NHL rivalry between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks: the Freeway Face-Off. It is, and always has been, played as a pre-season series and it is not counted in either teams standings. It is also not to be confused with the regular season games played between the two teams that have been a part of both teams schedules since the introduction of Interleague Play and played during the regular season schedule and that count towards their respective standings.

Background
The rise of Southern California as a major region of the United States brought about a significant economic rivalry between neighboring Los Angeles and Orange counties.

To many living outside of Southern California, the entire region is often simply referred to as "LA", associating Los Angeles and Orange counties with the same stereotypes and preconceptions. However, the two counties differ sharply in political ideology, socioeconomic status, and demographics.

Los Angeles County is considered more liberal, and is represented by a more ethnically diverse population, while Orange County was known to be one of the most conservative areas in the state. This divide led to the Los Angeles/Orange county line being colloquially referred to as the Orange Curtain.

This can be somewhat misleading, though, because the older, more urban, cities of northern and central Orange County (Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Buena Park, etc.) are much more in tune with Los Angeles County cities than their southern Orange County counterparts. These older Orange County cities are much less homogeneous than the south, and the income levels and demographics represent this.

In recent years, coinciding with the postseason success of the Dodgers and the growing postseason drought for the Angels, gameday experiences for each team have drastically changed (with a Dodgers game costing much more money to attend than an Angels game) because of this the economic situations of each fanbase have experienced a sort of role reversal. Another contributing factor of the changing fanbases of both franchises is the ownership of the Angels by Arte Moreno (the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States) which has led to a significant growth of its Hispanic and Latino American fanbase. This has even become a contributing factor toward players such as Anthony Rendon choosing to sign with the Angels over that of the Dodgers. Following the addition of Shohei Ohtani to the Angels in 2018 and the Dodgers in 2023, both teams saw an increase in both Asian and Asian American fans, particularly Japanese and Japanese American fans.

History
The Freeway Series began as a pre-season exhibition series regularly played between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers at their respective regular season ballparks during the final days of each pre-season. The first exhibition game between the two clubs took place on April 2, 1962, which saw the Angels beat the Dodgers 6–5 in Palm Springs, at the time the spring training home of the Angels. The first pre-season series was played at Dodger Stadium, at the time the home ballpark of both teams April 6–7, 1963. The Angels won both of the two games played. The Dodgers and Angels continued playing spring training exhibition games against one another in 1964. On the eve of the Angels' 1966 move to Anaheim Stadium, the series paused for the 1965 pre-season and did not resume until the 1969 pre-season. The exhibition Freeway Series has mostly persisted since its 1969, with only occasional skipped years in 1972, 1980 and 2000-02 pre-seasons, the latter of which was the result of bad blood that developed between the teams' front offices following the Dodgers' late cancellation of the 2000 pre-season Freeway Series to play the New York Yankees, which left the Angels to scramble to find a last minute replacement club to play. While the novelty and transition of the exhibition Freeway Series lost much of its luster following MLB's adoption of regular season interleague play, the exhibition Freeway Series continues to this day. Generally, the exhibition Freeway Series is two or three games, with at least one game played at each of Dodger Stadium and Angel Stadium between the end of the Cactus League and Opening Day, and is extremely well attended for preseason games (for example, the average attendance for the 2023 preseason Freeway Series was 36,108.

In anticipation of the Angels moving to Anaheim for the 1966 season, the Angels renamed as the "California Angels". They would keep this name from late-1965 to 1996 and rename as the "Anaheim Angels" from 1997 to 2004. After the Angels added Los Angeles to their official name in 2005 (as the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"), the rivalry took on renewed interest, as the series took on a more intracity atmosphere. Throughout the 2005 season, Dodger Stadium listed the Angels as "ANA" on its out-of-town scoreboard and team schedules, as it was prior to Angels' name change. However, the Dodgers now post "LAA" on both their scoreboard and schedules. Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully refers to the team as just the Angels when mentioning them on the air. Dodgers tickets still refer to the Angels as the "Anaheim Angels." As of the 2011 season, however, the Angels' out-of-town scoreboard in right field still lists the Dodgers by their pre-2005 "LA" abbreviation instead of "LAD". The Angels' name change was largely opposed by the Dodgers organization, city and county of Los Angeles, Anaheim, every other city in Orange County, and fans on both sides. The prevailing argument was that the Angels did not play within Los Angeles county limits, and that adding LA to the name inaccurately represented the location and background of the team's fans. The Angels' ownership countered that bringing the Los Angeles name to the American League was beneficial to the entire region and organization. Furthermore, the Census Bureau's definition of Greater Los Angeles includes Orange County in its definition, and the Angels have always used Los Angeles stations to broadcast their TV and radio games. The adding of the "Los Angeles" to the Angels name still causes some resentment in the minds of both Angel and Dodger fans today.

Regular- and post-season games between the two teams take place at either Angel Stadium of Anaheim or Dodger Stadium. The two stadiums are located approximately 30 mi apart, and take approximately 40–50 minutes to travel via Metrolink or Amtrak from their closest stations, Los Angeles Union Station and the Anaheim Station.

At one point, both teams were owned by major media conglomerates: the Angels had been owned by the Walt Disney Company, and the Dodgers were owned by News Corporation (each company owned one of the MLB broadcast partners, with News Corporation changing its name to 21st Century Fox in 2013, and subsequently being purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 2019). Both teams have been sold in recent years.

During the 2002 World Series, there was a moment of peace in the rivalry as a result of the nightmares the Dodgers and their fans were facing because the Angels played the San Francisco Giants, the fierce in-state rivals of the Dodgers. The Los Angeles Times called the series "the Dodgers' 'Nightmare Series.'" The New York Post called it "the worst-scenario World Series for the Dodgers." The San Francisco Chronicle called the series "a Dodger fan's worst nightmare." The Dodgers and their fans, including Chairman Bob Daly and former manager Tommy Lasorda, rooted for the eventual champions and attended their games in Anaheim. Lasorda was at Game 2 and stood behind the batting cage and said that he's a big fan of Angels manager Mike Scioscia (Scioscia had spent his entire 13 year playing career with the Dodgers). Daly attended Game 7 and sat near the Angels dugout, as a fan of late Angels owner Gene Autry. This series was the Angels first championship, while the Dodgers' most recent title came in the 2020 World Series.

History was made in when two MVPs were chosen from the same metropolitan area with the Angels outfielder Mike Trout winning the American League MVP and Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw winning National League MVP for the year. This occurred again in when the Angels' Trout and Dodgers' Cody Bellinger won their league's respective MVP awards.

Another recent point of contention between the two fanbases occurred on December 9, 2023, when Angels’ star Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers for $700 million. Ohtani's decision to leave the Angels to sign with the Dodgers led to some Angels fans dubbing him a "traitor" and "sell-out". Following the firing of Ippei Mizuhara in 2024 due to his theft of $4.5 million from Ohtani for sports betting, animosity towards Ohtani's departure from Angels fans only grew. The first regular season meetings between the two teams since the signing took place on June 21, 2024 at Dodger Stadium and will occur on September 3, 2024 at Angel Stadium.

Club success
Note: Dodgers records only from 1958 when they moved to Los Angeles. As of October 2, 2023.

Summary of results
Updated to most recent meeting, June 22, 2024.

Postseason series
As of 2023, the two sides have never met in the postseason. To meet in the postseason would require that they both advance to the World Series in the same year. To date, the two teams have made the playoffs in the same year four times: 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2014. In 2004, both teams lost in their respective Division Series, whereas in 2008 the Angels lost to the Boston Red Sox, 3–1 in the Division Series while the Dodgers swept the Chicago Cubs 3–0 and lost to the eventual champion Philadelphia Phillies 4–1 in the National League Championship Series. In 2009, both teams advanced to their respective League Championship Series. The Angels lost the ALCS 4–2 to the eventual champion New York Yankees, while the Dodgers lost the NLCS to the Phillies, 4–1. The Angels' only World Series win and appearance came in, while the Dodgers' most recent win came in their championship season of.

In 2014, both teams finished first in their respective divisions. However, the Angels were swept, 3–0, by the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS, while the Dodgers lost 3–1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS.

Other rivalries in the Los Angeles area

 * National Hockey League: Freeway Face-Off
 * College Football: UCLA–USC rivalry
 * Major League Soccer: El Tráfico
 * Major League Soccer: Honda SuperClasico (former)
 * National Basketball Association: Lakers–Clippers rivalry

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BBVA USA

BBVA USA was a bank headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. It was a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from 2007 until 2021, when it was acquired by PNC Financial Services. It operated mainly in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas. The bank was earlier named Central Bank and Trust Company, Central Bank, Central Bancshares of the South, and Compass Bancshares.

History
On March 2, 1964, the company was founded as the Central Bank and Trust Company by Harry B. Brock Jr., Schuyler Baker, and Hugh Daniel with US$1 million of capital. Other founding directors included Frank L. Hardy, John R. Israel, Wendell H. Taylor, and Stewart Welch.

In 1967, the company moved into a new headquarters building on 20th Street South, now the University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Building.

In 1971, Central made a hostile takeover bid for State National Bank in Decatur, the only bank that could open branches across county lines. The bid was supported by Hugh Agricola and other shareholders of the First National Bank of Gadsden, which had been bought by State National. It was financed by a US$10 million line of credit from the Bank of Virginia, which was pioneering its own statewide banking company. By July, Central was able to assemble a voting trust representing about a third of State National's shares in advance of a public offering of US$70 per share. The City National Bank of Birmingham, which had also been planning a merger, countered with $80 per share. Central instructed their brokers to buy as many shares as they could up to $85 and ended with enough shares to control State National's board.

In response, Alabama's other major banks filed several court actions in an attempt to block the merger. One action, brought in Federal Court, did succeed in blocking it, on the technicality that Alabama's banking laws, under which the state-chartered bank operated, were incompatible on a few points with Federal banking laws that governed the national banks in the area of mergers. While this finding was being appealed, banking lobbyists were pushing for new legislation that would prevent the merged company from being able to operate in more than one county. Brock and Central Bank's other officers personally lobbied against the bill. Although it would have passed easily, the bill died in committee without reaching the floor for a vote. The result of the failed bill was that statewide bank holding companies were recognized as a legal possibility for the first time, and the other major banks moved quickly to organize while Central was waiting for a decision. Another group, led by Frank Plummer, Norman Pless, and Bob Lowery, formed Alabama's first statewide holding company while Central's appeal was pending. This group even stole Brock's intended name for Central's proposed holding company, First Alabama Bancshares, forerunner of Regions Financial Corporation. Central did win an appeal and reorganized as the Central and State National Corporation, which was soon renamed Central Bancshares of the South.

In 1981, Central and a coalition of other bank holding companies successfully lobbied for the Bank Merger Act, allowing statewide bank branching under a single banking company. The bank began pursuing interstate banking in the legislature, and, in November 1984, was successful, again with the help of other big banks, in passing enabling legislation that took effect in 1986.

The bank's first acquisition out of state was the failing First National Bank of Crosby, Texas in February 1987. Central Bancshares became the first bank in Alabama to own a bank in another state and the first out-of-state bank to own a bank in Texas.

D. Paul Jones took over the CEO position from Brock in 1991.

In November 1993, the bank changed its name from Central Bancshares of the South Inc. to Compass Bancshares to reflect its expansion outside the South.

In 1995, Brock favored a sale of the company to First Union; Jones successfully led a shareholder vote against the merger, saying there was more value to be earned as an independent company.

During Jones's tenure, Compass Bancshares expanded into Florida and the west with the acquisitions of banks in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.

In 1999, the company rejected a merger proposal from AmSouth.

On September 7, 2007, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), then second largest bank in Spain, acquired the company. In late 2008, Compass modified its name to BBVA Compass.

In January 2008, Gary Hegel became CEO of the company.

In March 2008, BBVA announced that it received Federal approval to integrate its four subsidiary banks (State National; Texas State Bank; Laredo National Bank; and Compass Bank) into a single organization initially called "Citation", which would become known as "BBVA Compass".

In December 2008, Manolo Sanchez became CEO of the company.

On August 21, 2009, in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-supervised transaction, BBVA Compass acquired the deposits and other core assets of Guaranty Bank of Austin, Texas, which suffered from bank failure. The deal gave BBVA Compass a presence in California and expanded an existing presence in Texas. In 2009, the bank launched the BBVA Compass ClearPoints Card, a rewards card with an associated mobile app that notably allows for real-time, in-person redemption of rewards points.

In 2010, Garcia Meyer-Dohner stepped down as the bank's chairman and U.S. country manager for BBVA. BBVA Compass president and CEO Manolo Sánchez was appointed to also assume Garcia Meyer-Dohner's role as the U.S. country manager for BBVA. Board member Lawrence R. Uhlick was chosen to serve as BBVA Compass chairman.

In April 2011, BBVA Compass announced the construction of a new-eco-efficient corporate office building in Houston's Galleria area, which would serve as BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc. headquarters.

BBVA Compass was one of over 30 banks accused of improperly manipulating customers’ checking account transactions to generate excess overdraft fees by posting them in highest-to-lowest dollar amount instead of in chronological order. In July 2012, the bank agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle the lawsuit.

In 2013, BBVA further expanded its regional presence with the opening of BBVA Compass Plaza, a 312000 ft2 office building in Houston.

In April 2014, BBVA USA opened its renovated Development Center.

In 2014, BBVA Compass disclosed that the results of its periodic examination for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) would probably restrict its ability to engage in additional mergers and acquisitions until after its next scheduled examination. After that disclosure, BBVA Compass announced several actions to address the issues of community reinvestment, including committing $11 billion to community development lending, and retaining additional staff to manage community development investment.

In October 2015, Money recognized BBVA USA for the best mobile banking app of the year.

In December 2016, Onur Genç became CEO of the company. Manolo Sánchez became non-executive chairman. In 2017, Sánchez retired.

In December 2018, Javier Rodríguez Soler became CEO of BBVA Compass.

In June 2019, BBVA Compass was renamed BBVA USA.

On June 1, 2021 the company was acquired by PNC Financial Services.

U.S. sporting sponsorship
On 13 September 2010 BBVA became an official sponsor of the NBA.

On 12 May 2012, BBVA Compass Stadium was opened in Houston with BBVA USA as sponsor. It was built as the venue for the Houston Dynamo Major League Soccer. Since 2014, the stadium has also hosted home games of the Houston Dash, a team in the National Women's Soccer League owned and operated by the Dynamo.

BBVA also sponsored BBVA Field, a college and lower division soccer venue on the campus of University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. The venue has served as the home field for both the UAB Blazers men's and women's soccer teams since its opening in October 2015 as the replacement for West Campus Field. Birmingham Legion FC, a lower division soccer club playing in the USL Championship also leased BBVA Field from 2019 to 2021 when they ended their lease early.

From 2011 to 2014, BBVA USA was the title sponsor of the Birmingham Bowl (then called the BBVA Compass Bowl), a college football bowl game played annually in Birmingham.

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Talk:L'Age d'Or

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The Spanish Wikipedia has a cast photo which they claim is public domain. See.

Can this be used here? --filceolaire (talk) 16:31, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

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Because of the film's significance this article should be expanded the plot and production for instance.--Paleface Jack (talk) 01:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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This article is underdeveloped and needs to be expanded in more detail than what it currently has since it is so influential and there is far more information on the film that can be added to the article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Toilet
Just watching the film on YouTube I was surprised to see a toilet (or maybe a bidet) clearly visible in one scene. Much has been made of the fact that toilets (as in the utility, not the room itself) generally weren't allowed to be shown on screen in film or TV until maybe as late as the 1960s or even 1970s (All in the Family is noted as the first US TV series to broadcast the sound of a flush, and that was the early 70s). Alongside the other edgy content of this film, does anyone know if it might be the first film to show a toilet/bidet? 68.146.52.234 (talk) 14:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Daker

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The result of the debate was keep. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:51, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

John Daker

 * Delete nn internet phenomenon. Don't see much how this could become encylopedic. Friday 23:10, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup So very sad, but a) true and b) Google indicates that it has indeed become something of a cult item.... sigh. If my delete vote counted for the Net at large, then I'd change my vote. -Harmil 23:54, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, and much of the article approaches original research. I think we've reached the point in Intarweb history where "Video of Guy Embarrasing Himself" is pretty commonplace, no matter how hilarious. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  01:11, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup and expand. I'm with Harmil on this, as sadly, he is somewhat of a popular pheonomina. Wait a few months, then re-VfD (set yourself a reminder or something). -mysekurity 01:20, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly verifiable. If a user were to look up the name on Wikipedia, it would be remiss to allow them to find a redlink. Merging with a broader article on Internet embarrassments would be an alternative. Grace Note 01:24, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable phenomenon. JamesBurns 08:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. Radiant_ >|< 15:05, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup. I don't think Daker is any more or less and internet phenomenon than Star Wars kid or the various other memes on Wiki. IrishGuy
 * Keep Internet notability is fine with me.--Simon.Pole 22:11, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Category 01:24, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand.
 * Delete. Do we really need/want an article on everything that ever showed up in the news or in the net? Is WP a jokes site? - Nabla 03:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Just as worthy as Star Wars kid to be on wikipedia. -- Crevaner 00:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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Compass Bank

Compass Bank may refer to:
 * BBVA USA, formerly BBVA Compass and Compass Bancshares, a defunct American bank
 * Compass Bank, a bank in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA which was acquired by Sovereign Bank in 2004

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Artie Simek

Arthur Simek (January 6, 1916 - February 20, 1975) was an American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books. Along with letterer Sam Rosen, Simek lettered and helped design logos for virtually all Marvel Comics published during the 1960s. Simek's work included such landmarks as The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961) and Spider-Man's debut in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962).

Biography
Artie Simek began his comics career in the 1940s, although credits are hard to determine, as comic-book letterers did not begin to routinely receive published credit until the early 1960s. Inker Joe Giella — who for two years beginning circa 1946 worked on staff at Marvel Comics 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics — recalled "Artie Simek was on staff on Timely. He lives in Queens and he also used to work out of his bedroom; he had a little drawing table in there. I used to drive to his home and pick up the jobs he'd lettered, then take them home and work on them. Fred Eng lettered there, too".

Simek's first confirmed credits are the 12-page lead story "The Three Super-Sleepers", a Batman-Superman team-up in DC Comics' World's Finest Comics #91 (Dec. 1957), and, for the same company, the eight-page backup story "Batman's Roman Holiday", in Batman #112 (Dec. 1957). He went on to letter issues of such other DC titles as Showcase and House of Secrets.

Beginning with his first confirmed Marvel Comics credits, three Kid Colt stories totaling 18 pages in the Western Kid Colt, Outlaw #83 (March 1959), Simek became, with Sam Rosen, one of Marvel's two primary letterers, hand-drawing the word balloons and sound effects for virtually every comic produced by the company, with Simek lettering most early issues of the flagship series Fantastic Four.

Simek's final work was lettering pages 2–8 and 10 of the 32-page superhero story "Eelar Moves in Mysterious Ways" in Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July 1975), which an editorial note on the letters page describes as the last Simek completed before his death while working on the issue.

Personal life
Future Comic Book Hall of Famer Gene Colan, a Marvel mainstay from 1946 on, described Simek as "a real Norman Rockwell character. Artie Simek could play the spoons. He'd have two spoons in his hand, and he would flip them around, they would bop up against each other, and before you knew it, there was a melody there. He was wonderful".

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Warisill did the La joven page. The original link on Bunuel's page had a capitalization error, and sooner or later I'll get around to cleaning that up. I'm still learning Wikipedia's syntax. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Warisill (talk • contribs) 19:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

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"here is the film's only Bunuelism, the shoe fetish"
That is a bold statement. Even if one doesn't hold the theme of a man forcing himself on a woman as a Bunuelism, at least the unexpected shots of insects (loads of spiders and bees) and animals (fox? and chickens) should be considered as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.14.80.152 (talk) 12:48, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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George Huang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

Special Agent George Huang is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He is portrayed by BD Wong.

Character overview
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 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, ethnology, and forensics, and speaks fluent Chinese.

Despite a rocky start with the SVU detectives, they come to trust Huang. 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 squad to prosecute criminals.

Like the detectives, 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 a few notable occasions (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 to talk them through how they are feeling.

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. This is also why he went from helping sex offenders to putting them in prison.

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, 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 "heaven" for a single, gay, Chinese-American man who is opposed to the death penalty.

Huang returns to New York in the season 14 episode "Born Psychopath", and helps the SVU detectives with a case involving a 10-year-old boy exhibiting antisocial behavior. He diagnoses the boy with psychopathy and makes arrangements to get him into a treatment facility. He complains about having to return to Oklahoma near the end of the episode. He also returns in the season 15 episode "Thought Criminal" to evaluate a suspect who has sexual fantasies about torturing and killing children.

Huang does not appear in season 16, but returns in the season 17 episode "Depravity Standard", where he reveals that he took early retirement from the FBI and is now doing consultation work in New York. He testifies in court for the defense of child abductor Lewis Hoda (Tom Sizemore). In doing so, he goes face to face with ADA Rafael Barba (Raúl Esparza) and challenges Lieutenant Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) interrogation tactics, straining their friendship.

Notable episodes
In the episode "Execution" (#58), Huang is attacked by a serial killer while he and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) try to get him to confess to a murder.

In the 2009 episode "Lead" (#217), he is attacked in the interrogation room by a murder suspect who had pica, which indirectly caused the suspect to be violent due to consumption of lead-based paint. His diagnosis of the suspect as being brain-damaged due to lead poisoning also motivated ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) to seek a more lenient sentence.

In the episode "Crush" (#222), he makes his first on-air arrest as an FBI agent after participating in a sting with the SVU squad against a judge who had committed both state and federal offenses.

In the 2009 episode "Hardwired", he mentions that he is gay after becoming involved in a case in which the leader of a pedophile advocacy group argues that pedophilia is an innate sexual orientation; he says that the implied comparison between homosexuality and pedophilia offends him as a gay man; his actor BD Wong is gay in real life.

In the 2009 episode "Users", he illegally administers ibogaine to treat a heroin addict. When confronted with possible consequences, he says that his work as a physician is more important to him than his own welfare. Afterward, he reports himself to the New York Department of Health, and his license to practice medicine is suspended for 30 days; he states that it was worth it.

Credits
Wong has been credited in 230 episodes of SVU (appearing in 143).