Legislation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 3 is…an episode of tv, we guess. After a robust second episode, we have been hoping the collection’ twenty sixth season would follow the constructive momentum. Sadly, that’s actually, actually not what occurred right here. It’s simply that this case ought to’ve felt large, particularly with the opening sequence that may or won’t take many years off one’s life to observe it. And, nicely, it wasn’t. Actually, the extra we heard in regards to the rape sufferer’s husband, who needed to watch and obtained shot, the much less we cared about him. Particularly with Nora, the precise rape sufferer, focusing extra on him than herself.
Which, look: That’s…it’s what it’s. Trauma responses don’t are typically rational, so Nora focusing a lot on James isn’t essentially an issue. It simply turns into one, once you discover out that the wealthy white dude, who believes “a person has two jobs: to guard and supply for his girl” (ick) bought an AR-15 after a random sucker punch within the park — that’s day-to-day life within the huge metropolis! — as a result of “he’s anxious this nation goes to descend right into a civil struggle.” Like, that’s an enormous crimson flag and no. And…you’re alleged to…prioritize his feelsies over his spouse’s? No thanks.
Additionally, not for nothing? Even when he sounded like he regretted telling Nora to simply do regardless of the dudes of their home needed, he by no means really apologized on to her. If something, it’s simply extra of the “boohoo, poor me” of all of it.
Ugh. Hardest of onerous passes, y’all.
However!
If we completely take the main points of the case out of the image and simply view Legislation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 3 by way of the plain objective — to get Benson and Rollins being bestie cops and fixing crime collectively once more — it’s a win. If we sound irritated and judgmental in regards to the episode itself, please remember that we actually don’t care if followers who love Rollins, Rollisi, or simply what Rollins is meant to be to Benson are in love with “Divide and Conquer.” Actually, we hope they’re. The second on the very finish is cute and undoubtedly units up the concept that these two characters will work collectively once more. To not point out, that complete heart-eyes, “there’s the hardball ADA I married” Rollisi nugget is strictly what the individuals deserve.
…however that is Season 26. And, truthfully, we are able to do so significantly better. Additionally: Is it significantly nonetheless bizarre to completely nobody else that Liv is endlessly texting however solely appears to ever meet up with Amanda at/by way of work? The scene after they — oops! Handy! — run into one another on the elevators at 1PP simply looks as if, largely, small discuss the 2 ought to have already had many occasions over, off display. Get artistic! Give it some substance! Or not. Simply hold telling us how shut they’re whereas kinda exhibiting us the alternative. Fic is extra enjoyable for character-driven tales anyway.
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- I do know I’m normally very “present, don’t inform,” however like. I promise they may’ve simply informed us about most of what we noticed on the very starting. That features the entire nagging wifey/kitchen knife lesson. Nora beating herself up over being “mad at him for placing knives within the dishwasher” later within the episode works whilst only a inform as an alternative of a present. Promise.
- Full offense: I’m nonetheless mad at NBC for canceling Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. So, initially, seeing John Clarence Stewart right here simply made me need him to start out singing and dancing to F up the case. As soon as the case already proved it was a large number with out his assist, I simply needed him to start out singing and dancing to maintain my consideration.
- “Have we met?” Properly, Liv, your face is on the information continually and has been for many years. So, he in all probability is aware of who you might be due to that. IDK.
- The second they talked about Albanians, my first thought was “Officer Monte Cristo.” By no means getting over it.
- “However my principal concern, Sergeant. Is getting the person who raped Nora.” I truthfully want they’d leaned into this tiny second the place it appeared like Liv and Amanda have been going to butt heads on this case. It might’ve actually given Giddish and Hargitay some good materials to work with and arrange this concept that they’ll’t all the time be on the identical “workforce.” However we needed to rush by way of every thing as a result of we spent 84 years exhibiting the 1PP factor and the house invasion as an alternative of doing…something of substance. So, wasted alternative.
- “I don’t care what occurs to me, okay? I simply need my marriage to outlive this.” This, I kinda understood regardless of it sort of butting up towards my private “girls first. Sufferer first” mentality. “James can by no means know that I informed you ways he reacted.” Nevertheless. This…is 100% a no from me. Like, this man shouldn’t be her principal concern after what occurred to her, particularly not in terms of him being embarrassed he reacted the way in which he did. Come on.
- “Welcome to the cesspool of human depravity.” Fin discussing SVU? Or me at Twitter below Musk. (No, I’m nonetheless not ever calling it “X.”)
- The cuts from Nora getting the telephone name about James’ blood clot, again to Liv’s workplace, to the following factor, to the following…chop, chop, chop.
- “Give attention to the eyes.” You imply…cops can nonetheless establish masked people, so of us carrying respirators to guard their well being — and yours — aren’t routinely criminals attempting to keep away from being caught for doing crimes? THAT IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION.
- Think about if the brand new lady was wherever, in any respect, studying something, in any respect, from the notorious Captain Benson.
- “I’m in Intelligence. We hold it clear.” So, New York and Chicago are, uh, totally different.
- “I used to be attempting to have a plan to guard you sooner or later in case the world collapsed.” Bro, cease following Twitter Blue (or no matter he calls them now) customers and contact grass.
- That’s…fairly a chase after a man with a tousled leg, by way of a bunch of crowds no much less. Additionally, Amanda simply…manifests out of nowhere when Liv catches the man. Once more with the bizarre enhancing.
- However it’s enjoyable seeing them run after a dude collectively once more!
- “However you have been the one which was victimized.” That half.
- “I used to be being robust.” “That’s not power, Nora — that’s avoidance.” If I communicate on pots and kettles each being black…
- Liv chooses after the buddy calls her to the bar (huge theme with vics and ingesting currently) to inform Nora they caught her rapist as an alternative of, like, telling her earlier than that?
- “…can’t actually help one other individual till we take care of our personal, particular person trauma.” I…don’t know the way I really feel on this one. In some methods, that might be one thing that, as Liv says, is from her expertise and has labored/is sloowwwwwwlllly working for her. However in others, the implications…eh. Typically, of us who’re nonetheless hurting nonetheless deserve to like and be liked, really.
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