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Why call Gabi to come to the station because Margaret got arrested? They're totally on the outs. Why doesn't Gabi just fire Margaret? Margaret is an employee. I don't care how good her stupid Margaret vision is. Nobody is going to see a random lost kid and realize his earlobes look like those of a lost kid from seven years ago. Is a traumatized kid who's been held captive his entire life going to run to some total strangers and be comfortable? That made no sense. He was born in captivity so he's never met them. If Della went to the hamburger place as a regular customer, how did she not recognize the owner?

DAE think this was shown out of sequence with last week? They're talking about Rollins being a Sergeant in the Intelligence Division and referring to it as a new job. Last week they were working together. Also, doesn't the dad at some point say the kid goes to public school, suggesting that's where he's see porn? But he's later shown in a Catholic school. They missed an opportunity to remember that Carisi has a son. He could have reflected on how important it is to raise men to be responsible and respectful. I somewhat laughed when Ryan took out the airplane bottle of rum from dad's "private stash". Dad absolutely fucked up, but it seems like a massive reach to believe he'll be held civilly responsible for the girl getting hit by a car. I can see maybe if she dies from being choked. Lastly, no damn WAY are kids that comfortable talking about sexual activities around their parents.

This was just insanely weak. Among the many problems, aren't sperm donors limited to reduce the likelihood of biological siblings meeting and potentially having a baby together? The bigger and more obvious problem is sperm donors would be tested for genetic diseases. He wouldn't have gotten past screening. If nothing else, wouldn't someone along the way have sued the sperm bank if the baby had a hereditary illness? It's the FBI. Marissa wouldn't find out she's being considered for a promotion because her former sister in law read some emails she wasn't supposed to. Why did Izzy not have any visible burn scars? The new professor that hired Phoebe hired her to not work? How is Phoebe the literal opposite of every other overworked TA? And despite her wanting Phoebe to do nothing, she gives her a paper she plagiarized?

Even worse they let Margaret traipse around the crime scene.

They should have had Liv at the cemetery with him. He says goodbye to Kathy and then walks to his car where Liv is waiting for him.

OMG please no more Maddie. I swear if SNL did a parody of this show it would be that final scene. Excuse my language but fuck Liv giving away Elliot's gift. How the AF do you rationalize that? All the Redditors think it was Dick Wolf closing the door on Bensler and I agree. Giving away a symbol of hope for EO and giving it to Mrs Flynn was the perfect symbolism for this dumpster fire of a season. And to conclude the ridiculous, why did the suspect need the detectives to remind him he worked at a hardware store? Any reasonable person would have realized "hey my fingerprint is there because I worked at a hardware store " Next level cringe having Liv duck bullet fire to drive the shot cop around the corner. And obviously they don't need to wait for the trained hostage negotiators. Olivia will take over.

Does anyone remember that episode in SVU Season 1 where they set up a sting to catch pedophiles and it turns out half of them were FBI conducting their own sting? I feel like that's what the honey farm is. Elliot got close enough to Ayanna at the meeting to tell her where Sam's body was, so why the stupid dramatics about faking the story about burying a friend's body when he could have just told her? So ATF Agent Lady guessed Stabler was a cop after being told the story secondhand, but the guy who recounted the story never guessed? Why was Vargas sent to help search for Sam? He's not even a cop. I just envision him getting super excited that he's being included as part of the team. And how did he just randomly get Elliot's brother out of jail without telling Bell? Does anyone else think Vargas is Redcoat?

DAE have flashbacks to OG "Hubris" with this one? The juror thinking she had a magic connection with the pro se defendant? On every episode where there's a pro se defendant, the judge appoints an attorney as co-council except one where the defender isn't even American? How did Maddie's mom get George's number and how did they get to the point of fucking SEXTING? I wanted to punch something when Liv told Fin to leave the motel room. Why not just say, "Fin. Everything has to be about me. Leave." Curry's neck pillow. I can't with her. Captain and never been on a stakeout? I hate Liv's fucking nodding more than whispering. I hate the ending/fade to black where she looks at Carisi and nods. She did the same at Maddie's press conference. They get a guilty verdict and Liv's first move isn't to do anything as pedantic as let them be together as a family. She has to drag the poor kid away to her special doctor because once again, only Liv can fix anything.

It's necessary suspension of disbelief that everyone in a NYC based prime time TV show is living in an apartment that would cost at least $15,000/month.

How is it that NYC is experiencing a massive shortage of police officers, yet they're able to canvas every shelter and apartment building and bar in the City? Why did they need to canvas construction sites along the subway? Couldn't they just ask him where he went for the job? "My cousin and I are like brothers but I'm not sure where he lives or works or what his phone number is." I love how every cop in a foot chase knows exactly where the suspect will run and can head him off. Olivia standing in front of Ann's wall like an angel. Just... No. She's agoraphobic and she's going to just buzz them in? No way. St Olivia cures agoraphobia simply by lighting a few candles in the squad room. Ugh. Was it just me or did they not show the men holding up numbers in the first two line ups, only in the third? "Oh you're playing bad cop?" "He's not playing." Hee! I can't believe we finally got a good Fin line.

Jet's eye makeup should likely have its own guest star credits. WAY over the top. How the hell do they get away with just setting up a satellite office in Elliott's apartment? Does their acting captain not wonder where her detectives are or what cases they're working on? I loved Elliot not remembering AI guy's first name. Speaking of him, I understand we all need to accept some artistic license but the scene where they're looking for the church and Elliot suggested searching on "churches with choir practices" was ridiculous. Where is Bell's kid? He's just Chuck Cunningham'ed right out of there. Why did Bell have to secretly meet with Cragen? He's retired. They don't need to meet in secret, he can just call or visit her. It looked like unnecessary dramatic effect. When did you last see chloroform? It's like 1970's crime drama redux. Lastly, how did Eric carry a passed out Stabler into a church and bind him up?

I understood it as feeling sorry for her because she was molested. Throughout the series (as pointed out above) there have been numerous victims turned criminals. The one that stands out to me is the kid who was molested by the piano teacher who himself became a rapist. I think in working with victims, Liv has developed almost a sense of survivor's guilt. She sees so many people with terrible upbringings and life circumstances who wind up going down negative paths. She seems to want to grasp why she became a cop rather than a criminal; she tries to help, not ruin.

I didn't think she'd be the killer but I didn't understand Liv's burning questions. Did she think Maria would not remember her, or that she wouldn't have positive memory of being saved from being raped and buried alive? I don't understand why not have Liv reflect on victims. It's always been an underlying theme that Liv was the child of rape and had an alcoholic mother. She didn't turn out like Simon or become a criminal, she became a Saint. Both Tori and Maria were victims, yet one became a cop and the other a murderer.

Who else thought Maria was going to answer the door and say, "Oleeeeeevia?" I get suspension of disbelief but it doesn't take 10 minutes to get a no knock warrant, and given how woke the SVU crowd is, I'm surprised by featuring it. Who else thought Liv was going to adopt the younger kid? Liv diving under the car and shooting around under there was practically satire. Maybe the mechanic is (or looks) young but FFS what's up with Liv derisively telling him he looks too young to drive and just being like "you can't possibly know how to do your job." When they found the second victim, was the tracker just laying there on a table? How was it used? Do we really need Curry baking things every week? Doughnut. Coffee Cake. I'm surprised the promo doesn't show her in the break room with Fin saying, "lemon bars?"

DAE wonder why he thought he'd die jumping into the river from a ledge which was around two feet from the water? Maybe if he couldn't swim but that's not a suicide leap. There's no way that a trained LEO is just going to let a suicidal man walk away. He was intending to kill himself but as long as he says he's fine, Jalen just shrugs and lets him go? The kid's mom, aunt's sister, and suspect's wife died yesterday and they're not planning a funeral or grieving or even not going to school? They make her death sound like an inconvenience.