I've been getting a feeling these days which has been growing over the past several seasons of Law & Order SVU that the show has been a sinking Titanic. Every season, they've been trying to keep it from sinking by bringing in famous guest stars and attempting to come up with exciting storylines, some of which were straight from the headlines, but they haven't really improved the quality of the show. They also aren't helping with the development of the characters who have been constantly ping-ponging between damaged beyond repair and stuck in permanent stasis.
Out of all these characters, this is most true of Benson and Stabler. Their relationship has been constantly messed with by the show's creators who can't seem to decide whether the partners are just close friends or potential lovers with unresolved romantic tension. Stabler is turning into a rage-aholic cop who keeps making the same mistakes and is extremely posessive of his partner. Benson is turning into a damaged soul who is destined for a future of endless misery and loneliness and any hope of freeing her from that like a potential boyfriend or raising a child is torn from her life before she could go any further with it. Also, Benson and Stabler have crossed the line far too many times for them still be on the force and is stretching the believability of the show. I'm wondering when their boss, Cragen, is going to finally throw the book on them because he always giving them time-off or suspension from work as a solution to their behavior isn't helping anything and is making him appear like an incompetent superior officer. It's a wonder he isn't drinking again because of these two.
Now they're bringing back Novack probably as another attempt to fix the show but I'm afraid the show is beyond fixing and will continue its tragic decline into mediocrity.
Thoughts? For or aganist SVU?
Out of all these characters, this is most true of Benson and Stabler. Their relationship has been constantly messed with by the show's creators who can't seem to decide whether the partners are just close friends or potential lovers with unresolved romantic tension. Stabler is turning into a rage-aholic cop who keeps making the same mistakes and is extremely posessive of his partner. Benson is turning into a damaged soul who is destined for a future of endless misery and loneliness and any hope of freeing her from that like a potential boyfriend or raising a child is torn from her life before she could go any further with it. Also, Benson and Stabler have crossed the line far too many times for them still be on the force and is stretching the believability of the show. I'm wondering when their boss, Cragen, is going to finally throw the book on them because he always giving them time-off or suspension from work as a solution to their behavior isn't helping anything and is making him appear like an incompetent superior officer. It's a wonder he isn't drinking again because of these two.
Now they're bringing back Novack probably as another attempt to fix the show but I'm afraid the show is beyond fixing and will continue its tragic decline into mediocrity.
Thoughts? For or aganist SVU?