Xeliou66 November 7 Share November 7 Episode description Agent Clay consults with Benson when a woman is found gravely injured at a remote campground and the suspect could be anywhere along the Eastern Seaboard; Bruno and Silva take a chance on an odd hunch to see if it becomes a lead Link to comment
wknt3 November 8 Share November 8 The Good: They actually gave us some proper "new to SVU" character development work with Silva! Some nice interactions with Bruno who is awesome as usual. FYI writers - this is the kind of thing we should see in episode 1 or 2, not 6. We even got her being a little younger than the rest of the team being a good thing! Hopefully we can build on this and they don't feel a need to trash her like they have all of the other new female main cast members added since KG. It's nice to see Graham Patrick Martin getting work. Apparently he is carving out a niche for being involved in sketchy activity in parks on procedural dramas... The whole squad was involved again with Benson mostly leading and dealing with the victims. I do wish we had gotten a little more of substance for Fin, but at least he got to call bullshit on the ridiculousness of the setup. The Bad: They can't even be bothered to find a reason to bring in the squad? It's just "Liv you're so special that nobody else can solve this"? And now Benson is just calling up the Commissioner? I was half expecting the doctors at the hospital to ask her for medical advice. All of the scenes in the hospital. The epitome of late season Benson worship and lazy cliched SVU writing. Watching it I considered following the episode's lead and stabbing myself, but I decided to just drink half a bottle of whiskey instead. Overall this was uneven, but most of the COTW elements and the fieldwork was pretty strong. If you FF through the scenes of Benson in the hospital it might even be actually good. Unfortunately those scenes are a pretty big chunk of the episode so we just have to settle for competently mediocre with some actual good parts. Which means it's probably one of the better episodes of the season so far. 9 Link to comment
The Wild Sow November 8 Share November 8 2 hours ago, wknt3 said: It's nice to see Graham Patrick Martin getting work. Apparently he is carving out a niche for being involved in sketchy activity in parks on procedural dramas... Ha! But really, who didn’t see that coming? 1 Link to comment
Xeliou66 November 8 Author Share November 8 Okay episode - Benson at the hospital was annoying and had all of the usual St Olivia worship and cliches that have plagued SVU since Mariska became the de facto showrunner, but the case was pretty good. Good investigative work from everyone and nice to see the whole squad, I enjoyed Bruno and Silva working together and I’m hopeful Silva becomes a solid addition to the show. Fin and Velasco were good as well. But the case was dead obvious - it was clear from the start the boyfriend did it, no suspense whatsoever. I wish they had at least done something to try to make it suspenseful but this was one of the most predictable SVU’s ever 8 Link to comment
preeya Saturday at 12:24 AM Share Saturday at 12:24 AM (edited) Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie On 11/7/2024 at 10:50 PM, Xeliou66 said: But the case was dead obvious - it was clear from the start the boyfriend did it, no suspense whatsoever. I wish they had at least done something to try to make it suspenseful but this was one of the most predictable SVU’s ever Loosely copied from the Gabby Petito / Brian Laundrie case. St. Olivia's last scene at the hospital nearly made me vomit. Edited Saturday at 02:54 PM by preeya 3 2 Link to comment
EtheltoTillie Saturday at 02:54 PM Share Saturday at 02:54 PM On 11/7/2024 at 10:08 PM, wknt3 said: It's nice to see Graham Patrick Martin getting work. Apparently he is carving out a niche for being involved in sketchy activity in parks on procedural dramas... I just realized he's Rusty from The Closer/Major Crimes. (I had to look it up, realizing he looked familiar.) 1 1 Link to comment
Sake614 Saturday at 06:11 PM Share Saturday at 06:11 PM Well I’m sure the rockland County PD was just thrilled to have Manhattan SVU take over their case. And of course the ONLY sex crimes expert on the entire east coast is Olivia Benson, victim whisperer. 🙄 Admittedly I’m not much of a drinker, but how did they expect Chris to identify the type of liquor on the alleged perp’s breath? I couldn’t tell you scotch from whiskey to tequila! i was quite surprised that Ellie didn’t immediately squeeze Benson’s hand and suddenly wake up. I mean,St Olivia can perform miracles, right? gah! This show just gets more heavy handed with each passing season. At least this was a full team effort. 6 Link to comment
MediaZone4K Sunday at 01:27 PM Share Sunday at 01:27 PM Good episode but no suspense. Since stabler left the entire team --even the captain now-- not just the two central detectives investigate crimes. I understand the show had to be restructured so Olivia could be the captain but do 5 detectives really work on a single regular profile rape case? Why do they keep trying to add two extra detectives? I think Finn, Velasco and Bruno are enough. If they needed a female presence they had Rollins and I don't know why they got rid of her. SVU is still an enjoyable Thursday watch, but clearly past its prime. 2 Link to comment
The Wild Sow Sunday at 06:31 PM Share Sunday at 06:31 PM On 11/9/2024 at 9:54 AM, EtheltoTillie said: On 11/7/2024 at 10:08 PM, wknt3 said: It's nice to see Graham Patrick Martin getting work. Apparently he is carving out a niche for being involved in sketchy activity in parks on procedural dramas... I just realized he's Rusty from The Closer/Major Crimes. (I had to look it up, realizing he looked familiar.) I recognized him from the preview the week before! Link to comment
Zaffy 10 hours ago Share 10 hours ago (edited) ok.. am I the only one that I expected the victim to miraculously wake up while Olivia was holding her hand? I had this nightmare... There was crossover with LO SVU and ST Discovery, full with moments of Benson and Burnham dramatically whispering to each other and then the universe imploded. Brrrrr!!!!! Edited 10 hours ago by Zaffy Link to comment
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