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L&O: SVU "Alien"

One reason I haven't been commenting on/reviewing this season's shows so much is because I can't do a linear review, and the "breakup of Stabler and Benson" just continues to bug me.

Last night's ep: a boy is found at a hospital stabbed.  We later found out he's been paralyzed; even later, we find out he was a shit who sounded like he tried to molest a little girl who had a set of lesbian parents.  The little girl stabbed him, and courtroom-conservative/liberal hijinks ensued.

See?  I just can't get past the snark, especially since the first half of this show was pretty good.  And then everyone pretty much disappeared except for Olivia, Casey, and the Special Guest Stars.

What is TPTB's friggin' deal???  Could they not have Stabler and Benson together for one whole hour?  Could they not have Benson say, just ONCE, "So that means that she deserved to be raped?" or "So that means that she deserved this?" It's always a variation, and it's so common that's it probably a macro in the writers' computers.  The bug that bugs me about this just grows bigger and bigger: any other cop says something and Olivia has a retort like that.  Now, I'm not against Olivia being a strong woman.  It's this: Stabler's been an SVU detective for years and years-- longer than she has.  Munch was in Baltimore Homicide and then SVU.  Tutuola was in Narc then SVU.  And Cragen was a Homicide Captain, then IAD, now SVU.  And yet with those lines, Olivia reduces them to guys who have no experience whatsoever in dealing with victims.  The other rotten thing is, I almost never see why she says it; those responses to what they say are irrelevant.  She's not pointing out anything that they don't already know.

Sheesh.  If I didn't get it out of my system now, I would have exploded.  But it leads to more disgust with the show: the showcasing of one detective at the expense of the others.  They've done it to an extent with Stabler this season, and Benson more, but neither works.  A show is allowed to grow, but this isn't growth, to me.

Not much more to comment on.  Some parents are asses, some folks are so insecure in their spirituality that any affront/disagreement with it equative to a threat, and in turn, because of their insecurities, threaten back.  I was a little surprised that the grandparents had been taken by their lawyer, and apologized later; I was also surprised at the kind of therapy the little girl's therapist was recommending.  Um, yeah.  I'm a liberal and I'm not going to take naked pix of me and my kids.

Anyway, we'll see if the new  year has anything better to offer.  I doubt it, though.

Posted by: athenawj at 07:47 | link | comments (3)
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#1  07 December 2005 - 09:41

 

Yeah, I blame the episodes not living up to their potential for my sort of nonchalant attitude about them this season. I'm seeing all these patterns repeat, too. Are TPTB working on some other projects or something? Because they can do a lot better in incorporating the characters and developing the stories. It seemed like the hour wasn't long enough for them to develop the story with all 3 sets of defendants - Zoe, the grandparents, and the lawyer.

I'm guessing they're overkilling on Olivia due to the Emmy that she won. Meh. I like her but it's beyond overwhelming now.

Last night's was interesting in that it stuck a whole lotta SVU themes all in 1. Surprised to see them use molestation and lesbian parents in one sentence. I, too, was surprised that the grandparents were brainwashed by the lawyer so easily. I'm not a parent, but it never ceases to bother me why people choose to go to churches or enroll their kids in schools that obviously don't accept them, especially when the kids are suffering as a result.

merserene

#2  09 December 2005 - 07:28

 

I'm glad you wrote that about Olivia and the Golden Globe, because that's what I think's going on. It's certainly that way in the commercials and previews on NBC. It's almost as if no one else is on the show.

It's really unfortunate, because the quality's gone down because of it.

athenawj

#3  09 December 2005 - 09:30

 

Oops, Golden Globes. I can't ever keep any of the awards straight!

merserene

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