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You don't draw a weapon unless absolutely necessary. Trent's life wasn't in danger. Why does Zeke check the Ring camera before opening the door to Trent but not to Sir? Did all of Zeke's computers just grow back? Why would Margaret not drive to the beach?

I'm as conservative as they come but I wish there weren't so many references to the Venezuelan woman as being an illegal immigrant. She was there on a student visa. She was not in the country illegally. I didn't feel sorry for her because the condition of her visa was "stay away from encampments". She chose to violate that. Jack McCoy would have argued either "Inevitable discovery" or "exigent circumstances" and the sweatshirt would be in.

I really hated both Margaret and Zeke this episode. They're both mentally ill but have moved into an environment that indulges it. This might be comfortable in the short term but eventually they've both become dangerously self centered. Why would you be allowed to physically injure a bus station employee and then cry because the bus station won't allow you there anymore? Why should you be allowed to illegally hack into the DC police department files and then cry because they cut off your Internet? There are consequences for actions and unfortunately both Margaret and Zeke have been coddled for too long to the point where they believe their accountability should be erased. I also won't jump on the anti Trent bandwagon. The M&A crew seem to expect him to be at their beck and call when they want the police department as their muscle and enforcement, but they get resentful when the police have to do their jobs like arrest kidnappers and hackers. They're like teenagers expecting an allowance and a ride to the mall but they want to break curfew and misbehave without consequences.

What was up with them screaming at Trent "I thought you were my friend"? Zeke was hacking into Trent's private notes; was he supposed to overlook that? Trent went to the trouble to accommodate Zeke's agoraphobia, was he supposed to tell police brass that Zeke is his pal so they just let this one slide?

The writing on this show is ridiculously weak. How the AF did the girls get a corpse out of the house and into the car and up the clock tower? Nobody noticed Kenzie was dead? Then they somehow are strong enough to heave a dead body away from the tower? Wouldn't they just sort of drop her? It strikes me as stupid that Dr Mercer is continually having students run these experiments. He's an expert in the field, wouldn't he already know the random things the assistants find? Are there any lawyers or LEO on here? I'm wondering if Marisa could have claimed exigent circumstances and searched Kenzie's room, because obviously she knew the girls would go clean it up and destroy evidence? Minor flub. Virginia doesn't have statewide ballot initiatives. The only statewide ballot questions are constitutional amendments and those are reported from the Legislature, they're not something for which you'd be able to collect signatures. (Super geeky knowledge. I used to work as a political organizer.)

Did anyone else think it was insane to say you kept a field hockey stick in a backpack?

Is there any computer anywhere that Zeke can't hack? At some point it's ridiculous. Are they really so casual about hacking into the DC police system? STFU Margaret. Gabi deserves prison but you can whack people on the head and stalk them for no reason? Is anyone else weary of the final scene in prime time shows where the cops wonder out loud where a kidnapper would take a victim and someone notices a framed photo of a cabin? Do all kidnappers just happen to own remote cabins in woods?

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.