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

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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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At this point, what is Dick Wolf's role in Law and Order overall and how has it changed throughout the years?

If we can pinpoint episodes with a sentence worth of information, I'm sure someone here knows these details. Either that or multiple people know enough to piece something cohesive together.

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2025/01/03
14:22 UTC

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Does anyone know the big announcement coming from Mariska??!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgY4jQBJnmE

Mariska said in a interview 2 months ago that there was gonna be a big announcement this year??

I hope the show isn't ending. :(

{EDIT: The link I posted was to E! News with her interview lol.}

5 Comments
2025/01/03
11:36 UTC

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Looking for a particular episode?

Hi all!! I’m looking for a particular episode and hopefully someone will know what I’m talking about!

There’s an episode where Rollins is looking at her computer in the squad room and Carisi walks up to her and says, “What, are you looking at art?” I know it sounds very fly by and simple and just random, but my husband and I quote it all the time as a joke between us. We’ve been binging the Carisi seasons so far trying to find it with no luck.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

2 Comments
2025/01/03
11:24 UTC

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The theme song pictures

Anyone know where they came from, or if they're from any specific episodes ?

0 Comments
2025/01/03
07:32 UTC

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S19 Rant

I've gotten to episode 18 of the season and this has genuinely been a rough season to watch. It's been the first season I can't watch. Some of the episodes are so hard to watch, as it feels like serious character derailment. Olivia episode with the harvesting organs, Barbara write-off, Amanda CONSTANTLY victim blaming(it feels worse this season than others) especially episode eighteen it's so awful, Carisis' niece episode are all just so rough to get through as they feel like major derailment. Is there an explanation for it? The only good character left feels like Fin..

7 Comments
2025/01/03
07:22 UTC

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Did I miss something about the sergeant stuff?

So back when I believe Munch was still on the show, at least Cragen was, Fin took the Sargeants exam.

How did Liv get every single promotion and Fin didn't get promoted above her?

Shouldn't he have made Captain or did he ever say he wasn't interested?

They never showed Fin moving up, literally no one besides Olivia did.

I think they should have had Fin as Captain for a season or two.

Olivia as Captain sucks. She also wouldn't be as involved, not with more detectives than Cragen had.

It may not be a spoiler, but I wanted to be respectful to those that aren't that far yet!

11 Comments
2025/01/03
05:05 UTC

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Lead S10x15

I just finished watching this episode and it hit me so hard in the feelings when Jeffrey’s father visits him while he’s locked up in holding and Jeffrey asks his father why he’s crying and his father simply replies “I’m crying because i didn’t do enough for you”. As a parent this episode triggered me because it’s hard not to think of the worst possible scenarios. imagine having a perfectly fine baby and then because of lead poisoning or being sexually abused your child turns into a killer. Obviously in the episode it’s dragged out but still I got so sad for the poor guy who was robbed of a normal life because his doctor molested him and never detected him having lead poisoning. I am glad with the way this episode closed out because ultimately Jeffrey was found not guilty due to mental defect.

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2025/01/03
04:36 UTC

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Actors who played awful SVU characters in other roles

I just started watching “The Calling” on Peacock, and Noel Fisher—aka Dale Stuckey—is in it. I swear I broke out in a cold sweat as soon as I saw his face.😅 I don’t think I’ll ever be able to see him as anyone but Stuckey now.

Same with Pablo Schreiber/William Lewis. I’d seen him in other things before SVU, but he’ll always be William Lewis to me.

Anyone else come to mind?

18 Comments
2025/01/03
04:32 UTC

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Ice T goes off on a cop

He got 7 damn cars!

1 Comment
2025/01/03
00:38 UTC

6

Holding doors

Just watched the end of Hunting Ground. Brewster rants about how he’d hold doors and buy dinner, but none of the women — escorts — would have sex with him until he paid.

First of all, gosh, sex workers expect to get paid? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.

But that quick rant? All too real. The incels always mention how they hold doors, as if that’s some huge thing that should make a woman fall for them. I am literally a little old lady — 66, 5’2”, 125 lbs. I’ve held the door for someone in the past couple of days. The person in front holds the door for the person right behind them. General etiquette.

And if you don’t want to pay, don’t make dates with sex workers. And ask her to do something else on the first date — “There’s a street festival this weekend, wanna go?” “The library is showing <old classic movie> Thursday night. Do you like Hitchcock?” Etc.

I just think it’s a very realistic piece of dialogue.

2 Comments
2025/01/03
00:16 UTC

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Random trope in police dramas I find hilarious

You know the moment when migrants from an international country are illegally held hostage by a crime syndicate (human trafficking, prostitution etc) and the team find them locked in a basement, container etc and the lead character of the show says a random word/phrase in their native language in the most American accent ever… I know it’s supposed to be an emotional moment but I find it so funny idk why. Anyone else or am I wired a bit wrongly?

0 Comments
2025/01/03
00:14 UTC

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Parents’ Nightmare episode

The father was very unhinged in his actions lol but what’s really the part that grinds my gears is the mom. She’s a lazy, clown bum who doesn’t need to be anyone’s damn mother smh

1 Comment
2025/01/02
23:05 UTC

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When Fin gets pulled over IRL

29 Comments
2025/01/02
22:19 UTC

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Episodes you skip/dislike

I’m currently watching episode 11, season 8, burned. The one where the spouses go black and forth and one gets acid thrown on them. I forgot how meh I felt about this episode and was curious if there are other ones people really dislike.

43 Comments
2025/01/02
21:26 UTC

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Dickie Stabler owning the screen!!!

I'm watching S11E8 "Turmoil". Is this episode Richard "Dickie" Stabler (Elliot's son) is missing for part of the episode. At some point he has this interactions that blew my mind because how chaotic they were:


Olivia ask him how strong the bond between Dickie and his male friend was, subtly suggesting some romantic involvement

Dickie: "How about YOU? Ever slept with YOUR partner, detective? "


Elliot: "Have you lost your mind?"

Dickie: "Well, I'm not the first Stabler to do that now, am I?


He was so good, the actor worked really well with the rest of the more known cast. Hope he comes back in the future!

4 Comments
2025/01/02
20:13 UTC

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Small inconsistencies

Has anyone noticed any inconsistencies in the writing like in the same episode?

I’m watching Season 26 episode Episode 4 and there are little things in the plot that they don’t keep consistent.

In the beginning of this episode, Ryan said that some of the older guys on the fencing team showed him how to choke and that “girls like it.” When Carisi briefed the team a few minutes later, he told them that Ryan said he saw it online.

Closer to the end, Olivia asked “time to let me buy you that drink?” And Carisi agreed, but then next scene they’re in his office drinking. Maybe she bought the drink? They usually go to the bar when she says that, though.

I’m really just bored and noticing little things like that today.

13 Comments
2025/01/02
19:07 UTC

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The Sharon Tate episodes are so bad, they should be destroyed and erased from everybody’s memory.

What do you think?

27 Comments
2025/01/02
18:56 UTC

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New Promo

The new promo has been released on Twitter, and it’s brought up an interesting question.

People are convinced that >!Baxter from mothership!< and Olivia will now be a thing. What do we think?

82 Comments
2025/01/02
18:55 UTC

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Why did Alex get almost attacked SO often

I’m rewatching the show from season one right, and now I’m up to season 5 and man, out of all the DAs, I feel like Alex gets threatened by/almost straight up assaulted the most out of all of them! Granted, Casey does actually get assaulted and Sonya straight gets got, but goddamn, it seems like Alex is dodging a bullet every other episode (except the one where she literally didn’t)

Put this under spoilers bc some people haven’t been watching from the beginning. Longest running show on tv right? There’s bound to be new gens that don’t even know who Sonya is

20 Comments
2025/01/02
18:19 UTC

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i want to knock rollins out sometimes

i’m on S20 E14 (part 33 is the episode name) and i literally cannot stand her this episode. is it just me or does she act like stabler at times? for a woman she degrades some of the victims SO BAD and makes them feel worse than they already do, she acts like she can never just look at stuff from a different perspective and it’s so irritating for me. the whole reason she wants annabeth to be found guilty is solely because her husband was a cop, not that the guy didn’t deserve it just that he had a badge. they’ve had cases with other cops involved and she’s gone after them HARD so why not hear annabeth out?! i especially hate when she acts like this because we share the same first name🙄 i can think of so many examples of her acting heartless and it just feels like they made her act like stabler in these times to me. like the one with the escort that got absolutely brutalized by the 3 military guys, i wanted to cold clock her SO BAD that episode. liv constantly has to remind her that she has to have compassion and be understanding and it’s so annoying because she usually acts like that when the victims (sometimes the perps) don’t even deserve it. rant over

25 Comments
2025/01/02
18:09 UTC

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