Law and Order: SVU (NBC) -- Series Thread
10-12-05, 03:33 PM
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Law & Order SVU 10/11/2005
I'm surprised there isn't a thread for this ep yet. Excellent performance by Chris Meloni. With all the hype by NBC about last week's ep being an emmy contender, I thought this one was much better.
10-13-05, 03:04 PM
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Great episode.
... and "Tommy" from Everwood makes another guest appearance this season (he was on CSI:NY a week or two ago).
Great episode.
... and "Tommy" from Everwood makes another guest appearance this season (he was on CSI:NY a week or two ago).
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10-13-05, 03:27 PM
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I saw a few minutes of the middle (the beatdown) while it was being DVRd and decided to skip it. I didn't really like Meloni's episode with XFilesT2 guy much, I didn't want to waste 42 minutes. He was great on OZ, but it seems the writers are giving him crap right now.
10-13-05, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
I didn't like this episode at all. It seemed so forced.
10-15-05, 03:33 PM
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I'm only 10 minutes in, yet I had to come post that I was literally 
at Olivia. "He could have killed her or disfigured her face"
please. he should be charged with assault, but he punched her once and walked away. not exactly a murderous rage
at Olivia. "He could have killed her or disfigured her face"please. he should be charged with assault, but he punched her once and walked away. not exactly a murderous rage
10-15-05, 03:59 PM
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god this episode sucks
so stabler hits a guy, then it becomes the stabler shrink session hour
would have been better if when he first told the shrink his dad was dead if he had said his dad committed suicide, then have it come out that in actuality stabler killed him and made it look like a suicide
that would have been good
what we got was crap
Briscoe never would have been fucked up and needed a shrink
so stabler hits a guy, then it becomes the stabler shrink session hour
would have been better if when he first told the shrink his dad was dead if he had said his dad committed suicide, then have it come out that in actuality stabler killed him and made it look like a suicide
that would have been good
what we got was crap
Briscoe never would have been fucked up and needed a shrink
10-15-05, 06:13 PM
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Yet another "&" episode. (An ampersand episode is one that doesn't focus much on the Law or Order aspects, but more on the characters.)
It was alright, but I expected more from the previews. I'd really like to see Stabler truly snap and... I don't know... hump a refrigerator or something.
It was alright, but I expected more from the previews. I'd really like to see Stabler truly snap and... I don't know... hump a refrigerator or something.
10-15-05, 06:16 PM
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Briscoe never would have been fucked up and needed a shrink
Have you actually watched SVU? Stabler's control problems have been an ongoing issue. He's said he's thought about killing perps. This was in line with that whole deal.
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10-15-05, 08:35 PM
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yeah, and I hate every one of the stabler's going nuts episode lately
either have him truly lose it and write him off the show or stop focusing on it
granted it's been years, but I don't remember briscoe "letting" his daughter's death happen
either have him truly lose it and write him off the show or stop focusing on it
granted it's been years, but I don't remember briscoe "letting" his daughter's death happen
10-16-05, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mikehunt
yeah, and I hate every one of the stabler's going nuts episode lately
either have him truly lose it and write him off the show or stop focusing on it
granted it's been years, but I don't remember briscoe "letting" his daughter's death happen
either have him truly lose it and write him off the show or stop focusing on it
granted it's been years, but I don't remember briscoe "letting" his daughter's death happen
I agree.
The only way one can say Briscoe let his daughter get killed is if you want to blame his rotten parenting for her getting involved in drugs/crime.
11-03-05, 02:10 PM
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Didn't see a thread on this.
What a crazy episode. All the racial hate crap, then the court shooting, then the twist with the parents.
One of the most crazy, over the top, Law and Order episodes I've ever seen.
Damn entertaining though.
What a crazy episode. All the racial hate crap, then the court shooting, then the twist with the parents.
One of the most crazy, over the top, Law and Order episodes I've ever seen.
Damn entertaining though.
11-03-05, 02:18 PM
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Yeah, a pretty good ep. I said to my wife after this one, man, every week one of those writers manages to come up with a new low for people to sink to.
Did anyone pick up why the SVU cops were assigned this shooting in the first place? Something as high-profile as a school shooting I can see the CI cops getting, but I didn't see why SVU would get it.
Did anyone pick up why the SVU cops were assigned this shooting in the first place? Something as high-profile as a school shooting I can see the CI cops getting, but I didn't see why SVU would get it.
11-03-05, 02:29 PM
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Did anyone pick up why the SVU cops were assigned this shooting in the first place? Something as high-profile as a school shooting I can see the CI cops getting, but I didn't see why SVU would get it.
They need to change the opening monologue to. It's something like. "In the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are handled by and elite group known as the special victims unit."
They obviously get much more than just sexually based offenses on the show.
11-03-05, 04:11 PM
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And an awfully preachy episode as well. When are we as people going to realize that we all hate each other, and deal with it on that level. All of the detectives were so..."tsk tsk,...bad racists!", instead of treating them like any other criminals. All that self-righteous indignation on the squad was irritating. Race relations today, unfortunately, are a little more complex than the drooling white supremacist bad guys, who have basically become irrelevant. Then again, it's just a tv show. But I'm accustomed to L & O dealing with issues a little more intelligently.
11-03-05, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
On the show they tend to get all cases involving kids. But you're right, I don't see that happening in real life.
They need to change the opening monologue to. It's something like. "In the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are handled by and elite group known as the special victims unit."
They obviously get much more than just sexually based offenses on the show.
They need to change the opening monologue to. It's something like. "In the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are handled by and elite group known as the special victims unit."
They obviously get much more than just sexually based offenses on the show.
11-03-05, 04:58 PM
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Munch got shot in the butt! 
The thing that made me chuckle was that the nazi-Dad was played by J.C. MacKenzie aka Normal, the guy who owned the Pony Express, on Dark Angel (and according to TV.com he's been on all three L&Os now).
The thing that made me chuckle was that the nazi-Dad was played by J.C. MacKenzie aka Normal, the guy who owned the Pony Express, on Dark Angel (and according to TV.com he's been on all three L&Os now).
11-03-05, 06:30 PM
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I liked this episode, and I have seen every episode of law and order (all of the series) and I can usually predict whats going to happen. But I missed the undercover agent, and the courtroom shooting. Also in the past they would of had Fin hit that kid so they did pass up some obvious oppurtunities.
11-03-05, 06:36 PM
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I liked the episode but the shootout was a bit much. Seemed like almost everyone in the courthouse had a gun.
I liked the turn by Marcia Gay Harden. I never suspected that she was undercover. Didn't see the insurance fraud bit coming at the end either. At that point, I thought that they had had enough twists in the episode.
I liked the turn by Marcia Gay Harden. I never suspected that she was undercover. Didn't see the insurance fraud bit coming at the end either. At that point, I thought that they had had enough twists in the episode.
