And Saint Olivia strikes again this week. She must go read to the King of the Moon to Bradley Whitford. Yes, it was an emotional sequence, but they paid for Nancy Travis. Why not have her reading the story to him in a flashback-esque sequence? No, Benson had to do it. I think her ultimatum to Velasco was a little much. In order to regain her trust, he must betray the guy that literally saved his life because that is "what cops do?" And he will be lauded for making a choice that is literally give up your friend or I will hold this over you and possibly turn over to authorities in another state? She is so damned sanctimonious. These two scenes ruined what was otherwise a very good episode. Bradley Whitford knocked it out of the park, even though his lawyer seemed more concerned with getting him off a dementia defence than proving his innocence. The Fin, Velasco and Churlish scenes were also strong. I don't know how they are going to balance all of them and Bruno and Muncy when Benson takes up so much screen time. I'm still disappointed that they wrote off Tamin, a character who was complex and an actor who wanted to stay, when they were just going to bring on other characters.
They had a dedication for Richard Belzer at the end of the episode. Instead of showing Olivia reading the story to Bradley Whitford's character I would rather have seen a little Munch montage.
That whole sequence nearly made me want to puke. Not as much as that stupid bit I keep seeing on ION Television where Saint Olivia whispers "You're gonna be FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE......", but close! OC, on the other hand, was great. Michael Biehn especially. Unfortunately it doesn't look like this will be another arc.
Sean Jablonski has bailed as OC showrunner before the end of the season. He's the fourth showrunner to depart in the last year, and the fifth overall through three seasons. David Graziano takes over.
The concept works as mini-arcs, but we keep getting random one off episodes that are better than the arcs.
This isn't terribly promising, as Graziano has multiple allegations of workplace aggression against him during his time on SVU. Five showrunners in three years. I'm starting to think there's something in the water at the OC offices (and I'm wondering if Meloni has let his creative control go to his head).
There is only so many organized crime storylines and they've ignored extending storylines that could be interesting, like biker episode. They spent way too much time with Dylan McDermott.