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

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S25 E9

This was a good episode. Very scary.

Teenagers acting like they have nothing to lose. No thought into how their actions are hurting others and fucking up their own lives.

I do notice that Mariska’s dramatic acting always involves whispering.

Also noticed now that Olivia got a bit of Elliott in her now…thought she was going to take that weasel kid out to the river to end him.

0 Comments
2024/04/13
18:05 UTC

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Looking for an episode

I just watched 1:22 where the psychiatrist interviewed the squad and she and Olivia were talking about an incident where Stabler (almost?) got shot four months earlier? What did I miss and when did that happen?

0 Comments
2024/04/13
17:43 UTC

8

Andre Braughers Character Bayard Ellis is awesome

I get the feeling he’s not staying around for long but the few episodes he’s been in I’ve really enjoyed his performances

1 Comment
2024/04/13
16:44 UTC

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Do you prefer a small main cast or a large main cast?

I saw the opening of a season 25 episode and noticed there was only 4 mains in the intro

The seasons I have been watching (I’m on 13 at the moment) have had anything from 6-9 people in the intro

So do you prefer a lot of cast members or less cast members and more focus on the cases etc

9 Comments
2024/04/13
16:40 UTC

1

SVU Shoot today?

Does anyone know if there is a shoot today my gf is trying to see one?

0 Comments
2024/04/13
13:48 UTC

11

So we were almost there….

I thought here we are…back at it. We were almost there; We had a vic, we had perps, and a witness/hostage. As an added bonus, outdoor scenes, extras and even a mention of TARU. Then it went downhill, the doctor couldn’t care less…The scenes seemed rushed. Additionally, what is with the whisper yelling!?! This does not add to Olivia’s character arc. Is she becoming unhinged? She used to be steadfast and insightful. This was just odd. Please stop this and let Maddie live in peace.

6 Comments
2024/04/13
04:26 UTC

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S7 E11 Alien Plurn

Watching SVU on Hulu, season 7 episode 11 at 29:16 the character clearly says "what do you think it is, porn?" But the audio sounds like a bizarre dub of "Plurn." Is this some weird new rule about network tv?

2 Comments
2024/04/13
03:14 UTC

7

Merchandise (12x4)

Also spoilers if you havent seen this episode:

So it turns out there are a lot of episodes from when Stabler was still in the show (i am so bad at rewatching episodes ive seen a million times with every show i watch), but i just watched this episode for the first time and sweet jesus it was rough.

  1. Gotta long any episode with George Huang in it - i just love his character so much.
  2. When Micah was told his sister might have been trying to get help and he didnt realise that because he was just so scared that if she ran off he and the other kids would get severely beaten was heart breaking. Devon Gearhart who played Micah did a stand up job. Youre just left feeling so hopeless for him even though he ends up in a better situation and free, hes just stuck with everything thats happened to him for the past year or so and it was a horror show.
  3. What annoyed me was Stabler basically blaming the father of Micah and Lizzie for "selling" them when he didnt know thats what he was doing (he was given an advance on the kids pay for their work at the farm). He never would have ended up in that situation having to do anything he did if it hadnt been for the US healthcare system - his wife got cancer and died and he couldnt afford the medical bills and keep a roof over their head and food on the table, so he basically sent his 2 older kids to a farm to work, all things he thought were legal (which sadly are, young kids can do farmwork and make barely any pay and have to pay for things like lodging, food, etc, so the essentially get stuck in debt forever and its legal in the US) and he was living in a car with his 2 youngest kids.

Plus, extra bonus of having Warner in this episode being sassy because along with George, Melinda is my other fav non-main cast.

0 Comments
2024/04/13
02:24 UTC

13

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to do this…

SVU fans. There is a poll at the Law and Order subreddit in an effort to renew OC. Thought you might be interested.

7 Comments
2024/04/12
23:30 UTC

0

nick>>>stabler

amaro won my heart in “funny valentine” that’s papi🔥

0 Comments
2024/04/12
22:14 UTC

9

Thank you!

I’m so glad I got to know Reddit and this channel! None of my friends is watching SVU and I’m currently rewatching most episodes and wanted to chat about characters and situations etc. but none of my friends could talk with me about svu.. So thanks for your tireless will to discuss about different things and thanks for helping finding particular episodes! Love to all of you ♥️

1 Comment
2024/04/12
22:14 UTC

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Captain Renee Curry joining the Special Victims Unit

The entire time Law & Order SVU has been on the air, there has only been one commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit. For the first 15 seasons, Captain Cragen was the commanding officer until he stepped down and Sergeant Benson took over as acting commander before being promoted to lieutenant and captain. The same was true for the original Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

I could understand there being another captain or lieutenant being at SVU for when Captain Benson is off from work, but it makes no sense to have two captains working the same hours in the same unit, especially since the new captain who transferred from IAB never worked in SVU and because of her rank, she should be the commanding officer of another unit.

36 Comments
2024/04/12
21:28 UTC

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How old is Noah supposed to be?

I know that his actor is 14 but Noah is only like 10/11 at the oldest right?

I'm expecting them to magicallt age him up in a bout a year or two when he's 15/16 because it won't be particularly believable to have a kid deep in his teens who is tall and has a deep voice pass for anything but a high school kid

37 Comments
2024/04/12
20:21 UTC

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Season 11:4 Hammered

I ove this episode so much - I know Paxton isn’t a massive fan favourite but I really like the fact she is messy, raw and real. And also, she comes in at the end to own her shit. Also really feel for Olivia attending her Mom’s grave 🥲

3 Comments
2024/04/12
19:21 UTC

6

Episodes Milestones

Yesterday was Joe Velasco 50th Episode. Next Week Will be Carisi’s 200th Episode.

0 Comments
2024/04/12
18:27 UTC

81

What is the Worst Episode of SVU?

Two episodes come to mind: Intimidation Game and Info Wars

Intimidation Game just fails overall by make a composite rendition of Anita Sarkessian and other women but also kinda blanket the gaming community in a terrible light. Honestly this episode need to deal with the real problems that gamergate has like online harassment and how the community varies. Instead, they escalated to a level of violence that DID NOT happen in reality make it insane.

Info Wars made me so mad because of the behavior of Olivia towards the victim but her overall insistence she has to be lying and going out of her way to discredit her. This is while the suspect she pointed out had matching DNA and the instrument of assault on with him. This episode would have been a lot better if they actually talked about this bias and Benson getting lambasted by Dobbs Sr.

But what do you think is the worst episode?

178 Comments
2024/04/12
18:24 UTC

7

Unpopular Opinion

I really don’t get warm with Cassidy and I can’t tell you why 😅 In my opinion, he is not an enrichment for the show 🙆🏼‍♀️

8 Comments
2024/04/12
15:54 UTC

20

Courtroom

Maybe it's just me but this season massive lack of courtroom drama/scenes why is that ?

16 Comments
2024/04/12
15:52 UTC

8

Who’s “R”?

In “Children of Wolves,” in Olivia’s closet, next to one of the locations of The Box, there were a couple of photo albums, and one of them was monogrammed “R.”

Who’s “R”?

5 Comments
2024/04/12
05:57 UTC

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