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Unfortunately sometimes the news is depressing.... RIP Actor and Comedian Richard Belzer, Munch of “SVU” and “Homicide,” Famous for Dry Sense of Humor

Xeliou66
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Damn, RIP Richard Belzer/Munch. He was an absolute legend. Munch was such a great character on both SVU and Homicide, one of tv’s most memorable detectives.  I really hope SVU pays tribute to him be

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John Munch and Richard Belzer gave this show a much-needed sense of levity amidst the sorrow and despair. And it was invaluable, as we now see how dreary the show has been without it. John Munch

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11 minutes ago, preeya said:

FOUND THIS ARTICLE THIS MORNING:

https://bityl.co/O5ba

Ugh, as if they haven’t shoved everything about St Olivia down our throats already, they are giving her even more angst and screentime to make over dramatic faces and play the savior. Blah. Her crap has dragged the show into the gutter, which is a shame because if they focused less on trying to make Benson look like a saint and making everything revolve around her, and more on the cases, and gave the others some more screen time, the show could be good.

I like the squad of detectives SVU has now, Fin/Bruno have great chemistry and are really enjoyable to watch, and I like Velasco as well. They could use another detective or two, not sure where Churlish went, and it’s bizarre the IAB Captain in making a lateral move to work with SVU, but I like this squad of detectives, and of course Carisi is good, I hope to see him in court more soon. But the non Benson cast doesn’t get much to do, while Benson is more annoying than ever.

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wknt3

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2 hours ago, gesundheit said:

Well this should be... bizarre! 

Rockefeller Center will turn into an SVU-immersive experience

The area will temporarily be renamed "Olivia Benson Plaza."

 

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The unofficial area renaming is part of a wider activation that will last two days, March 14 and March 15 from 10am to 6pm, and will include complimentary coffee and tea beverages at the Benson & Co. Coffee truck

Let me guess - the Iced-Tea will be really good, and the Peter Scone-ivino will look great, but you only get tiny servings because they insist that what you really want is more of the Captain Liv Flat White...
 

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2 hours ago, Sake614 said:

So as if Mariska’s ego wasn’t big enough, the NY MTA just entered a licensing deal with Wolf to sell an SVU metrocard.

 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-mta-is-releasing-a-limited-edition-law-order-svu-metrocard-040424


Wow. I guess we know that whatever other failings the writing may have, trading positive portrayals for sponsorship isn't one of them. I mean this is only slightly less surprising than finding out one of the local colleges is rebranding as Hudson University for a week...

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I know a lot of people don’t like MH, but I thought this was sweet:

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While filming one of the final episodes of season 25 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in New York City on April 10, Hargitay, 60, was approached by a little girl who believed her to be a real police officer based on the badge she wore as part of her character’s outfit.

A witness tells PEOPLE that the little girl had been separated from her mother in the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park and enlisted Hargitay for help. The actress obliged, halting production for 20 minutes to help the child locate her mother and to console them both.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mariska-hargitay-dressed-her-svu-154056441.html

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slowpoked

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I just read the article. She does confirm Kelli’s departure was out of her hands:

 

But Wolf still has the final call. Which means that Hargitay couldn’t stop him from writing Kelli Giddish off the show at the end of Season 24, after she’d portrayed Det. Rollins for 12 years. “Kelli is my favorite actor to work with,” Hargitay says. “Kelli is my heart. It’s a sore subject. I have a lot of say on the show, but I didn’t have enough there.”

Hargitay says she fought to keep Giddish and is trying to get her back next season. “I don’t like not being listened to, especially when I’m right,” she says. “That relationship was one of the most powerful relationships in television because you saw these two badass women, so flawed and so there for each other.”

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Xeliou66

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5 minutes ago, slowpoked said:

I just read the article. She does confirm Kelli’s departure was out of her hands:

 

But Wolf still has the final call. Which means that Hargitay couldn’t stop him from writing Kelli Giddish off the show at the end of Season 24, after she’d portrayed Det. Rollins for 12 years. “Kelli is my favorite actor to work with,” Hargitay says. “Kelli is my heart. It’s a sore subject. I have a lot of say on the show, but I didn’t have enough there.”

Hargitay says she fought to keep Giddish and is trying to get her back next season. “I don’t like not being listened to, especially when I’m right,” she says. “That relationship was one of the most powerful relationships in television because you saw these two badass women, so flawed and so there for each other.”

Interesting, I had a feeling that Mariska didn’t want Kelli Giddish to leave, Mariska seemed to push for more Benson/Rollins scenes - I always figured it was a cost cutting move by Dick Wolf and network executives. It will be interesting to see if she comes back to SVU, I doubt she will given how cheap the show is, I mean they won’t even bump Bruno up to opening credits even though he’s in almost every episode. 

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2 hours ago, slowpoked said:

I just read the article. She does confirm Kelli’s departure was out of her hands:

 

But Wolf still has the final call. Which means that Hargitay couldn’t stop him from writing Kelli Giddish off the show at the end of Season 24, after she’d portrayed Det. Rollins for 12 years. “Kelli is my favorite actor to work with,” Hargitay says. “Kelli is my heart. It’s a sore subject. I have a lot of say on the show, but I didn’t have enough there.”

Hargitay says she fought to keep Giddish and is trying to get her back next season. “I don’t like not being listened to, especially when I’m right,” she says. “That relationship was one of the most powerful relationships in television because you saw these two badass women, so flawed and so there for each other.”

 

2 hours ago, Xeliou66 said:

Interesting, I had a feeling that Mariska didn’t want Kelli Giddish to leave, Mariska seemed to push for more Benson/Rollins scenes - I always figured it was a cost cutting move by Dick Wolf and network executives. It will be interesting to see if she comes back to SVU, I doubt she will given how cheap the show is, I mean they won’t even bump Bruno up to opening credits even though he’s in almost every episode. 


I thought we pretty much always knew Mariska didn't really like it, but she wasn't willing to do what was needed to keep her - take a pay cut or do some sort of deal with NBCUniversal where she produced her own docuseries about abuse or her work with Joyful Heart so she made the same salary, but Dick Wolf didn't have to wait for the reruns to recoup his costs like every other producer in network television. And seeing as how Mariska has shown no inclination to put her money where her mouth is and there really is much they can do to earn more money from the network run short of some sort of truly horrendous product placement ("I think we found our suspect Captain. Her driver for the CarshareEats delivery we found outside her apartment was fired from Door Dash becuase their background check found he was on the registry. Another Carshare Eats perv? That's why I stick with HelloFresh. The foods a lot healthier and it's safer too!") or making streaming illegal on Thursdays, I don't see that changing. And it was actually the right move creatively - as bad as the show is today it would be worse if we had Rollins instead of Bruno etc. I mean I don't want to even think about what the Maddie arc would have been like...

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Xeliou66

Xeliou66

19 hours ago, illdoc said:

Dear God: NO! https://tvline.com/interviews/law-and-order-svu-season-26-mariska-hargitay-wants-organized-crime-crossover-1235244051/

I have no idea how a crossover would work with OC on Peacock and SVU on NBC, given that not everyone has Peacock. The truth is, OC has run out of stories pretty much - I feel like OC was just created to bring Stabler back so he could inevitably hook up with St Olivia. 
To be honest I don’t care at all about the whole Stabler/Benson will they/won’t they drama that’s been dragged out for years, I don’t like either character and I’m at the point where I don’t care whether they end up together or not, I usually dislike having romances between main characters on crime procedurals but I just do not care about Stabler or Benson anymore. 
I won’t be watching OC, I’ve only watched it half the time anyway, and I’m honestly not sure if I’ll continue with SVU - some of the episodes this year were just painful to get through the St O worship was so heavy. I really only watch for Fin and Bruno, they really need to bump Bruno up to opening credits, makes no sense that’s he not in them given that he’s in as many episodes as everyone else and seems to be universally popular with the fans - from what I’ve seen online liking Bruno is one of the few things most SVU fans agree on. Fin is of course the anchor of the show and pretty much the only character who can connect with Benson as an equal now. I like Carisi as well of course but they don’t know how to use him at all most of the time - they rarely go into court, probably because it means less focus on St Olivia, and the legal stuff is frequently poorly written, and they seemed to slip back into the bad habit of writing Carisi as more cop than lawyer towards the end of the season. Velasco is fine but isn’t really used much it seems, and the revolving door of female investigators in the squad don’t make much of an impact for me, it’s nice to see a bigger squad again but it’s weird having an IAB captain and an FBI agent working there and sometimes the squad dynamics are screwy. 
So I’m not sure if I’ll watch SVU when it returns or not.

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Xeliou66

Xeliou66

SVU has started filming for season 26 this week. I see that both Bruno and Curry are back - I’m very glad Bruno is returning, he’s one of the only good things about modern day SVU and they should bump him up to opening credits. Still not sure if I’ll watch regularly this season as last season was painful at times with the St O worship, I guess I’ll tune in to start the season at least to see if it’s any good.

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wknt3

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7 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Bruno is now a series regular. Also, yet another new female detective: https://tvline.com/casting-news/law-and-order-svu-kevin-kane-series-regular-season-26-bruno-1235285335/


Yay! He certainly deserves it. I wonder how they are going to make the numbers work budget wise? Is there a writers room meeting right now trying to figure out how they are going to work in Fin's product placement scenes with Tide and CarShield?

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Xeliou66

Xeliou66

Great news that Bruno is a regular - he’s the best thing about modern day SVU and he adds a real spark to his scenes that the show frequently lacks. Bruno is about the only thing almost all SVU viewers agree on it seems - he’s very well liked. Also curious about the new female detective, and I wonder what will happy with Curry now? And will Velasco stick around - he has some potential but they don’t know how to use him well. Anyway I’m glad that Rollins isn’t going to be a regular again - I know some of the more vocal portions of the fanbase want her back but I’ve never liked her.   
SVU could be good again if Mariska’s ego wasn’t in the way, but Mariska’s demand to be front and center all of the time and to have Benson portrayed as a superhero/holy figure who can do no wrong has made the show a joke much of the time, and I don’t even think Mariska is aware of this.

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Xeliou66

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32 minutes ago, illdoc said:

And for those who want Rollins back---https://tvline.com/news/law-and-order-svu-rollins-season-26-kelli-giddish-episodes-1235326580/

I figured she would make appearances again this year. Oh well, I don’t really care - I was never a Rollins fan when she was a regular, and I don’t like her relationship with Carisi - not much romantic chemistry there, they were forced together IMO. I’m not even sure how much of SVU I’ll watch this year - the St O worship last season reached an all time nauseating high. I honestly think last season may have been SVU’s worst season ever - small sample size so it might not be fair but there were some truly awful episodes. It seems like the show is just a monument to Mariska’s giant ego. On the positive side my man Bruno is now a regular and he adds a lot to the show. I’m of the believe that SVU could still be good if someone could reign in MH’s ego.

Xeliou66

Xeliou66

I’ve seen a promo pic that shows Nick Baxter from the Mothership crossing over to SVU - he’s meeting with Carisi/Benson in a garage. I look forward to that, I like minor crossovers showing that the Mothership and SVU share the same universe, and I like that Baxter will continue the tradition of the DA making a cameo on SVU - Schiff, Lewin, Branch and McCoy all made appearances. So that will be interesting. Makes me wish we had gotten a Carisi/McCoy scene at some point though, too bad we never did. But it will be good continuity to see Baxter pop up. 

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‘Law and Order: SVU’ Names Michele Fazekas First Female Showrunner in Series History

Law & Order: SVU Names Gen V EP Michele Fazekas New Showrunner

Hmmmm. Perhaps this will mean they will continue going back to basics? I wonder if she has enough pull with Mariska from their previous relationship to keep her ego in check at least some of the time?

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‘Law & Order: SVU’: Juliana Martinez & Octavio Pisano Leaving After Season 26
 

Well doesn't this just suck. Another young female case member unceremoniously booted without being given a chance. While I've often thought we had one too many detectives this year (after so long having too few) this is not necessarily whom we need to cut. No news yet on if they are bringing in someone new, but this would mean we are left with a team of grizzled veterans. I do like them all,  but that is bad for storytelling. Both in having mostly leads too old to chase down perps and being heavy on characters who have already been through most of the variations of depravity already. They would be better off keeping Silva and going back to the original idea of Curry pulling strings to come to SVU as a second captain with no command responsibilities to change the system and work outside of the usual procedures. One episode a month when Ice is in South Beach or one of the others is furloughed. If they are so hard up on budget, maybe we don't need so many Rollins special guest star episodes? They could then use OP's salary to pay for some recurring specialists like MEs, CSU, a counselor, etc.

It seems like a step backwards, just when things are looking up with a new showrunner and a decent season. ☹️

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Xeliou66

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39 minutes ago, wknt3 said:


‘Law & Order: SVU’: Juliana Martinez & Octavio Pisano Leaving After Season 26
 

Well doesn't this just suck. Another young female case member unceremoniously booted without being given a chance. And while I've often thought we had one too many detectives this year (after so long having too few) this is not necessarily whom we need to cut. No news yet on if they are bringing in someone new, but this would mean we are left with a team of grizzled veterans. And while I like them all that is bad for storytelling. Both in having mostly leads too old to chase down perps and being heavy on characters who have already been through most of the variations of depravity already. They would be better off keeping Silva and going back to the original idea of Curry pulling strings to come to SVU as a second captain with no command responsibilities to change the system and work outside of the usual procedures. One episode a month when Ice is in South Beach or one of the others is furloughed. If they are so hard up on budget, maybe we don't need so many Rollins special guest star episodes? They could then use OP's salary to pay for some recurring specialists like MEs, CSU, a counselor, etc.

It seems like a step backwards, just when things are looking up with a new showrunner and a decent season. ☹️

A real bummer that Silva won’t be back - so stupid to cut the best female cop they’ve had in years - if the actress wanted to leave it’s one thing but I doubt she did, they probably are cutting her because Mariska’s ego won’t allow another strong female character and they have to pay her so much they can’t afford to pay the others. This show doesn’t know what’s good for it for the most part and everyone involved has their head so far up MH’s ass they can’t see straight. I don’t really care about Velasco leaving, he never really made a big impact on me, he wasn’t bad at all but he didn’t have a lot of personality either, but Silva is great and it really sucks that as soon as they finally get a strong female cop they cut her. So so stupid. At least Bruno will return, he’s the best thing about the show, but this is a bad sign after a solid season that they are getting rid of Silva, the show finally had a strong cast and has had their best season since season 17 this year and they manage to fuck it up. Disappointing but not surprising. 

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12 hours ago, Xeliou66 said:

I don’t really care about Velasco leaving, he never really made a big impact on me, he wasn’t bad at all but he didn’t have a lot of personality either,

Pisano will probably get work from Wolf elsewhere as long as he doesn't complain publicly. He was good when they actually bothered to write something for him even when the material wasn't good.

Speaking of which isn't it time for a new generically good looking vaguely ethnic younger male detective on OC? I think so since I just changed my oil...

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Xeliou66

Xeliou66

11 minutes ago, wknt3 said:

Pisano will probably get work from Wolf elsewhere as long as he doesn't complain publicly. He was good when they actually bothered to write something for him even when the material wasn't good.

Speaking of which isn't it time for a new generically good looking vaguely ethnic younger male detective on OC? I think so since I just changed my oil...

Yeah Velasco was fine when he got some focus but he didn’t make a huge impact on me, he was kind of underused and didn’t get a lot of focus. But Silva was a great addition and I have no idea why they are getting rid of the best female cop they’ve had in a long time - I honestly wonder if MH doesn’t want another strong female cop in the mix taking the spotlight off of her? 

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On 5/6/2025 at 6:27 PM, wknt3 said:


‘Law & Order: SVU’: Juliana Martinez & Octavio Pisano Leaving After Season 26
 

Well doesn't this just suck. Another young female case member unceremoniously booted without being given a chance. While I've often thought we had one too many detectives this year (after so long having too few) this is not necessarily whom we need to cut. No news yet on if they are bringing in someone new, but this would mean we are left with a team of grizzled veterans. I do like them all,  but that is bad for storytelling. Both in having mostly leads too old to chase down perps and being heavy on characters who have already been through most of the variations of depravity already. They would be better off keeping Silva and going back to the original idea of Curry pulling strings to come to SVU as a second captain with no command responsibilities to change the system and work outside of the usual procedures. One episode a month when Ice is in South Beach or one of the others is furloughed. If they are so hard up on budget, maybe we don't need so many Rollins special guest star episodes? They could then use OP's salary to pay for some recurring specialists like MEs, CSU, a counselor, etc.

It seems like a step backwards, just when things are looking up with a new showrunner and a decent season. ☹️

Bummed I like them both.  At least we have Bruno.

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Amazee-Dayzee

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 Wow. I did not expect Silva to be dumped again when the show came back for the next season. I mean WHO could see that coming? 🙄Also we are losing Velasco who I like along with Bruno. LOVELY.

Seriously, what the hell is going on with this show? Why are they bringing actors on for one season then dumping them when the season ends? They are WASTING characters. Not to mention that it is getting so very annoying. If it isn't one season the characters are dumped after then it turns out to be within 2 or 3 seasons while they are underutilized. What are they even thinking with this?

We have lost some good characters because they are dropping them after not using them and quite honestly it is starting to get really annoying and making me wonder why should I get invested in new characters? I knew that Silva was gonna leave at the end of the season.

Silva, Muncy, Garland, Stone Jr., Tamin and Velasco have all been wasted and it is getting on my nerves. I know at some point they are going to bring Rollins back in full time SOMEHOW and I expect Bruno also to leave at some point. The only change that seemed to stick was Carisi being the DA. Is the budget that bad they can only have these characters for 2 or 3 seasons? Yet we still get a LOT of Benson in the episodes.

 Wow. I did not expect Silva to be dumped again when the show came back for the next season. I mean WHO could see that coming? 🙄Also we are losing Velasco who I like along with Bruno. LOVELY.

Seriously, what the hell is going on with this show? Why are they bringing actors on for one season then dumping them when the season ends? They are WASTING characters. Not to mention that it is getting so very annoying. If it isn't one season the characters are dumped after then it turns out to be within 2 or 3 seasons while they are underutilized. What are they even thinking with this?

We have lost some good characters because they are dropping them after not using them and quite honestly it is starting to get really annoying and making me wonder why should I get invested in new characters? I knew that Silva was gonna leave at the end of the season.

Silva, Muncy, Garland, Stone Jr., Tamin and Velasco have all been wasted and it is getting on my nerves. I know at some point they are going to bring Rollins back in full time SOMEHOW and I expect Bruno also to leave at some point. The only change that seemed to stick was Carisi being the DA. Is the budget that bad they can only have these characters for 2 or 3 seasons? Yet we still get a LOT of Benson in the episodes.

Somebody please tell me that the actors are leaving on their own accord.

wknt3

wknt3

‘Law & Order: SVU’: Two Executive Producers Depart Ahead Of Season 27

It seems like the turnover continues. I like this change a lot better than the cast cuts - if there is going to be an EP departing on the technical side I'd prefer a new editor as the directing has been mostly good, given the limitations of budget and a lead that doesn't seem to always take direction, but it says he'll still be around on a per episode basis and it's not necessarily a great loss - the folks behind the cameras are still solid pros and I'm sure they will keep doing fine as long as Mariska stays too busy with OC to decide she wants to direct more than once a year or so. However cutting a high salaried writer who is obviously out of fresh ideas and has spent most of the last 10 years as part of the problem and not the solution is a good move and increases the odds that a new showrunner can build on the momentum they have developed this season.

 

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Xeliou66

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17 minutes ago, wknt3 said:

‘Law & Order: SVU’: Two Executive Producers Depart Ahead Of Season 27

It seems like the turnover continues. I like this change a lot better than the cast cuts - if there is going to be an EP departing on the technical side I'd prefer a new editor as the directing has been mostly good, given the limitations of budget and a lead that doesn't seem to always take direction, but it says he'll still be around on a per episode basis and it's not necessarily a great loss - the folks behind the cameras are still solid pros and I'm sure they will keep doing fine as long as Mariska stays too busy with OC to decide she wants to direct more than once a year or so. However cutting a high salaried writer who is obviously out of fresh ideas and has spent most of the last 10 years as part of the problem and not the solution is a good move and increases the odds that a new showrunner can build on the momentum they have developed this season.

 

Yeah I’m kind of glad to hear Julie Martin is gone - she seems to be one of the biggest writers of personal melodrama and Benson worship. I hope the new showrunners keep the show going in the right direction, this season has been the best season since 17, but losing the two youngest detectives doesn’t bode well. I kind of wish the Mothership would get a couple of new writers too just because I don’t like how they’ve infused more personal drama into the show this season, that’s a sign of lazy writing. 

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Rollins Returns: Kelli Giddish Rejoins ‘Law & Order: SVU’ As Series Regular For Season 27

‘Law & Order: SVU’ to Bring Back Kelli Giddish as Series Regular for Season 27

And there goes my hopes for them to build on the momentum of a good season. Not seeing how this works creatively unless you replace Curry with 2 young theater actors trying to break into TV. And even then it probably means Fin and Bruno are there even less...

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Xeliou66

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4 minutes ago, wknt3 said:

Rollins Returns: Kelli Giddish Rejoins ‘Law & Order: SVU’ As Series Regular For Season 27

And there goes my hopes for them to build on the momentum of a good season. Not seeing how this works creatively unless you replace Curry with 2 young theater actors trying to break into TV. And even then it probaly means Fin and Bruno are there even less...

Yeah this is what I was afraid of. I’m afraid season 27 will be the Benson/Rollins super mommy hour with everyone else as just a background character. I’ve never liked Rollins and I’m not happy she’s being brought back, I just hope she’s written as a regular cop and not some super profiler psych expert genius, it’s absolutely laughable how they’ve tried to make Rollins that. I’m afraid the show is just giving in to what the loudmouths on social media want, which is a ton of Benson/Rollins stuff and a ton of personal melodrama. Too bad the show screwed up after its best season in ages. At least Bruno is sticking around, if he wasn’t, I might not either. 

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SummerDreams

SummerDreams

On 5/16/2025 at 4:25 PM, EtheltoTillie said:

Rollins is back

It reminds me when they "killed" Caroline on "The Bold and the Beautiful" (I'm not THAT old, I was a kid back then and my grandmother was watching) only to make her come back years later. I mean, when you kill a character, literally or metaphorically, leave it there. Why are you bringing her back after you ditched her?

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