/r/SVU

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A place to discuss one of the greatest TV Dramas, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

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  • A Note on Differing Opinions About the Show. Hate that it has to be said, but personal attacks, racism, slurs, etc are not allowed and will lead to a ban. Let's just enjoy SVU.

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  • SVU has always had politics within the show. So some political posts are allowed, but if you're completely changing a quote/image just for political reasons it can be removed.

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Missing Child Episode

I’m certain it’s an SVU episode. It involves missing child and a girl gets charged. A priest knows info but can say. It turns out the pictures were photoshopped and there was no child or something along those lines. Does anyone else remember this?

0 Comments
2024/11/04
08:59 UTC

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Garland should have been cast as a detective, not iab.

Edit: deputy chief, not iab

He’d be in more scenes. He appears closer to a detective in age than a Deputy Chief. He played Deputy Chief as well as the show allowed and did okay - had he stayed he’d be a decent choice to eventually take the reins from Olivia. He and Finn could’ve been a cool duo

4 Comments
2024/11/04
05:27 UTC

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What villain do you find the most sympathetic?

I'd say Emma from Wet,as her grandmother was just SUCH a loathsome piece of crap.

0 Comments
2024/11/04
05:23 UTC

3

Similar shows?

Pretty much what the title says. What are some other police procedural shows that would be good to watch?

9 Comments
2024/11/04
03:31 UTC

10

The organ donor episode (s19 E16)

I’m so annoyed and confused as to why everyone is acting like the mom is a terrible person for being upset that a doctor cut up her child, took her organs out without no permission?! She forged 32 signatures, and admits she doesn’t ask because she can’t “afford for them to say no”. Regardless it helped someone out there it’s insane to me this is like a debate???

5 Comments
2024/11/04
02:55 UTC

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We need a new Chief!

I miss the dynamic of Liv and a Chief of SVU! Dodds was my favorite! Garland was an interesting change of pace. McGrath was a good ol’ boy jerk, but it was fun to see the tension between him and Liv.

I hope we see a new Chief soon! I actually wish they would have promoted Curry to Chief (or will soon). I like her character but 2 captains at SVU is weird. I’d also be interested to meet Kate Silva’s dad (he’s a deputy commissioner).

8 Comments
2024/11/04
01:42 UTC

3

Season 8

Does anyone know why Season 8 has a completely different theme and opening credit text? Every time one of these episodes comes up it makes me wonder

3 Comments
2024/11/04
01:36 UTC

5

Is it hard to get back into SVU?

I mainly have only watched SVU in out-of-season reruns, mostly from the 2000s.

The plot point I remember of SVU, Benson adopted a son. I think the last new episode I watched was one where Cabot came back for an episode.

From what I have seen, SVU has gotten a bit less episodic in the past few seasons. It's also more focused on Olivia and her life. Is it still easy to jump in without watching the last few seasons?

10 Comments
2024/11/04
01:08 UTC

6

Bart B*ss and Olivia Benson 😭

Why did they have to break them up. Probably the best relationship Olivia has had. It actually really makes me sad :(

Also I don't know why I can't use B A S S lol

9 Comments
2024/11/03
22:24 UTC

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SVU Signature (09x22)

I’ve watched this episode a while back, and i just read about the toolbox killers, and it’s not related, but i remember the SVU episode had torture on at tv screen? I understood the plot (the vengance of the FBI agent etc.) but til this day the vivid thing about the episode of this that i remember, is that the fbi wanted to remove the tape on the girl found in the secret torture drawer, but Benson tells her to stop as it may be rip her lips off (from what i remember she might have said something about not knowing if she has been in a chemical solution) I still don’t understand this.. it looked like her mouth was covered in ducktape, so was it the strength of the glue / tape or what did she mean? Because when I was younger I played a lot with ducktape but it didn’t rip my lips or anything.. maybe a little stinging when ripping it off.. idk that whole part of the scene where they found the last woodsman victim was a bit chaotic for me. Don’t like the torture chamber and the fact that she got hidden in a drawer but I just don’t understand the tape situation. If someone knows what the science behind it is, it would be nice to get this answered 😅 idk if I should put a trigger warning. For me it’s quite a disturbing episode.

2 Comments
2024/11/03
16:37 UTC

2

Episodes to watch

Hi! I am new here and I do not have access to all the seasons (only 6 to 11). What are the best episodes I should watch?

2 Comments
2024/11/03
14:57 UTC

9

I wish they would have done the walking down the hallway shot for the Season 9 opening credits.

The season with the most cast members in the opening credits, 9. A lot had 8, but only Season 9 had 9.

9 cast members walking shoulder to shoulder down a hallway would be sick. We get a taste of this in Season 21 to present of the mothership with the Detectives, Lt, ADA, EADA, and the DA walking down the hallway. But that's just 6 people.

2 Comments
2024/11/03
06:40 UTC

4

Late to the party….

….but Mike Doyle was on the OG this week! I squealed, NGL.

2 Comments
2024/11/03
04:42 UTC

4

Season 22

I just finished season 21 (what was that finale? It felt so chaotic. And we didn’t even get to see the Tobias trial - it was all the other cases rushed to get resolved). I’m on season 22, episode 1. The show has always been political in a sense, but it feels like they are getting more in your face about it and preachy and politically correct. I’m tempted to skip this episode.

3 Comments
2024/11/03
02:54 UTC

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How yall feeling about Kathy's death?

Doing a rewatch and finally got to Kathy's death episode and now I'm thinking back to all the eps about Stabler and hers marriage and how he should've went home more and cherish the time he had left with her 😭😭

Im also second guessing the necessity...How do you guys feel about killing her off?

50 Comments
2024/11/03
02:37 UTC

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Few thoughts on watching SVU season 21 and beyond for the first time

I’ve been a fan for years now. i just stopped finding the new episodes all that appealing sometime during season 21/22 and never watched past it. Been rewatching lately and decided to just keep going past that point and…wow. They certainly make some choices

  • barba representing the guy who had kathy stabler killed and dude keeps asking him to be his consigliere…what?
  • simon didn’t just OD…ok sure. he and his friend just got a bad batch from the girls running the trick roll scheme that just so happened to use a stepped on version of none other than Wheatley’s drugs? quite a coincidence. not sure which ending for Simon i prefer to be honest
  • a highlight! amaro and cragen showed up in another episode! cragen with remarkable recall of a case from the 90s!
  • burton lowe sucks out loud
  • dodds > garland > mcgrath
  • i have no idea what’s going on with stabler and liv i can’t watch every OC crossover episode. i tried but OC is just maybe too serialized to jump in and out of. he just kinda pops up every now and then and i can never tell how mad liv is with him or for what
  • barba is back again! wait unconditional love for liv?….what?
  • burton still sucks out loud
0 Comments
2024/11/03
01:54 UTC

21

Toxic trait

My toxic trait is jumping back to season 1 after season 21 hits because I miss the nostalgia of the OG cast and seasons so much lol

3 Comments
2024/11/02
22:25 UTC

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