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Tonight's SVU
Apr. 7th, 2011 10:49 am
I just finished watching tonight's SVU. How on earth did they manage to pull off the best episode of the season and *still* make it suck?
Good points: Casey Novak is back. The prosecutor from L&O: Los Angeles was in the episode and, for the most part, kicked ass. Tutuola was a steady and welcome presence. Not to mention the voice of reason.
Bad points: Completely unbelievable and unrealistic plot. Coincidences too bizarre to believe -- a rape taking place at the same time the victim's room mate is in their apartment practicing anti-rape measures with her boyfriend. The defendant having a secret familial connection to the victim's family. No Olivia Benson (which is really odd given the number of folks who ship Novak with Benson; I think if she'd known Novak was back, you wouldn't have been able to keep her out of the squad room with a court order). The case going to trial in the first place (overall lack of evidence plus a victim who falsely accused another man of being her attacker).
Hidden messages: Three-strike laws are good, prisons have plenty of room for new and returning prisoners, and victims of molestation almost always go on to commit offenses of their own and should never be given the benefit of doubt.
ETA: Darn DDoS attack -- looks like it got worse again and that's why this didn't cross post.
Good points: Casey Novak is back. The prosecutor from L&O: Los Angeles was in the episode and, for the most part, kicked ass. Tutuola was a steady and welcome presence. Not to mention the voice of reason.
Bad points: Completely unbelievable and unrealistic plot. Coincidences too bizarre to believe -- a rape taking place at the same time the victim's room mate is in their apartment practicing anti-rape measures with her boyfriend. The defendant having a secret familial connection to the victim's family. No Olivia Benson (which is really odd given the number of folks who ship Novak with Benson; I think if she'd known Novak was back, you wouldn't have been able to keep her out of the squad room with a court order). The case going to trial in the first place (overall lack of evidence plus a victim who falsely accused another man of being her attacker).
Hidden messages: Three-strike laws are good, prisons have plenty of room for new and returning prisoners, and victims of molestation almost always go on to commit offenses of their own and should never be given the benefit of doubt.
ETA: Darn DDoS attack -- looks like it got worse again and that's why this didn't cross post.
