In Tortured, way back in season four, Elliot's on about how -- unlike a victim's husband -- he'd be out looking for his spouse if she didn't come home. It's not normal to be unbothered.

Olivia's like, dude, there are lots of nights you don't go home and don't even call.

Part of the reason I'm writing this down is it sort of puts Kathy's reaction in ( Read more... )

Paternity enjoyed a nice 11 day run as my favorite SVU episode, but it's over now; my new favorite is Lunacy.

IMDb was like, "Stabler runs into an old friend when the team investigates the rape and murder of an astronaut," and I was like, "Boring, I have already seen the X-Files episode Space and do not need to do that again, ever," but it turns ( Read more... )

Meanwhile, on Organized Crime... ( OC spoilers for this week and next. )

( SVU spoilers, this week and last week. )

If I fixate on a different detail of ROTPS, Kathy's last moments annoy me less.

She makes that comment about how Olivia and Elliot were still so in sync, just like the old days, and then is like, "You two really haven't spoken in ten years?"

When Olivia says she hadn't even known Elliot was back on the job, Kathy says Elliot had told her that and ( Read more... )

I have seen it! Finally! Paternity! The best episode of SVU!

The thing is, sometimes when you're trying to up the drama on your show by throwing ridiculous shit at the wall -- hello, guy in the previous episode who jumped off a building and got crushed in a garbage truck -- you hit something brilliant. Something like "What if Elliot isn't there for ( Read more... )

Hey, quick question about season eight of SVU: what the fuck?

I feel like we'd all be better off if we placed this season directly in the bin and set it on fire. No Simon, no Stabler marriage reconciliation, no Olivia whimpering Elliot's name in her sleep, none of it. Just -- garbage, fire, scatter the ashes. When Dallas did that, they lost some ( Read more... )

Ilene Chaiken has indeed ruined Christmas forever, just as she promised. There is no gift that can ever compete with The Christmas Episode.

But let's back the truck up. ( Spoilers for SVU 23 x whatever The People vs Richard Wheatley and OC 2 x whatever The Christmas Episode. )

( Spoilers for L&O: OC 02x08 Ashes to Ashes, plus speculation. )

( Cut for mentions of sexual assault. )