By Trublu
PTR Staff Writer
NBC Recap
A million apologies for being so late with this. School rules my life. :D
What an interesting way to start off an episode, don’t you agree? And just about the most interesting thing that happened too, seeing as this story line is getting tired. Not only has SVU covered a killing of a homosexual man to cover up a relationship before, but the original Law & Order series recently aired an episode dealing with a preacher who kills his lover (“Church” 17.14), and so did Law & Order: Criminal Intent (“Brother’s Keeper” 06.15) I’m totally all for episodes that portray gay characters, believe me there aren’t enough shows on television that do that. But why not mix up the storyline a little, or hey, random thought, toss a lesbian character in there?
Captain Cragen: That’s why you’ll all be playing doctor at St. Marks.
And he really does send them to play doctor! They have costumes and everything! (I bet many people had flashbacks to the days when Mariska was on ER.)
PTR Staff Writer
NBC Recap
A million apologies for being so late with this. School rules my life. :D
Melinda Warner: No clothes, no ID, no eyes.
What an interesting way to start off an episode, don’t you agree? And just about the most interesting thing that happened too, seeing as this story line is getting tired. Not only has SVU covered a killing of a homosexual man to cover up a relationship before, but the original Law & Order series recently aired an episode dealing with a preacher who kills his lover (“Church” 17.14), and so did Law & Order: Criminal Intent (“Brother’s Keeper” 06.15) I’m totally all for episodes that portray gay characters, believe me there aren’t enough shows on television that do that. But why not mix up the storyline a little, or hey, random thought, toss a lesbian character in there?
Captain Cragen: That’s why you’ll all be playing doctor at St. Marks.
And he really does send them to play doctor! They have costumes and everything! (I bet many people had flashbacks to the days when Mariska was on ER.)
This was the beginning in a long line of questionable actions taken during the episode, more so than usual. I’m pretty sure that impersonating a doctor is not the way to catch a perp, and as it turns out the only person they caught was the victim’s mother. While it helped them put a name to the face, it was so awful to watch the mother walk into the hospital room expecting to see her son in a coma (how they released it to the press) and instead finding a dummy and a gun pointed at her.
Later, of course, Elliot takes Jeb Curtis to his church in hopes that he will confess to murdering Richard. He does, but is a church the right place to obtain a confession? No witness to the interrogation and Elliot is basically threatening Curtis with his religion if he doesn’t confess which would be a form of coercion, big time. The judge agrees too, and throws out the confession.
The detectives’ other major screw up was in the form of their DNA testing. Again. For some reason over the past few weeks, everyone has forgotten how DNA tests work. Six alleles are definitely not enough to connect two samples of DNA; alleles are a tiny part of just one chromosome, and there are 26 chromosomes that make up a person’s DNA. They caught the wrong perp according to evidence that was very wobbly. They should have realized that his kids could also be suspects the moment those DNA samples didn’t match, instead of waiting until Curtis’s wife shot him to take a guess.
Casey and Elliot’s fight in this episode was so unexpected! They were actually trying to shout over each other at one point, which was totally cool, minus the sexual undertones that came screaming through. At least we were given some solace at the beginning of the episode.
But, here’s the same old, same old. Kathy left Elliot in the first place because of the job, and here it is again, still in the way. Kathy, from the way Elliot was answering her on the phone, didn’t seem too happy with the turn of events. We can only hope that all Kathy really wants is more time than they were spending together.
Overall, I was in no way invested in this story after seeing two ones like it already. Ripped from the headlines loses meaning after it’s been ripped so many times. Perhaps if you don’t watch the original series or Criminal Intent it wasn’t such a bore for you, but even without those episodes it was too easy to figure out what happened. It was definitely one of my least favorite episodes of the season.
Defense Attorney: My client signed that before he was coerced into confessing.
Judge Arthur Cohen: With what, a rubber hose?
Casey: Oh please, what did he do, hurt your feelings?
Later, of course, Elliot takes Jeb Curtis to his church in hopes that he will confess to murdering Richard. He does, but is a church the right place to obtain a confession? No witness to the interrogation and Elliot is basically threatening Curtis with his religion if he doesn’t confess which would be a form of coercion, big time. The judge agrees too, and throws out the confession.
The detectives’ other major screw up was in the form of their DNA testing. Again. For some reason over the past few weeks, everyone has forgotten how DNA tests work. Six alleles are definitely not enough to connect two samples of DNA; alleles are a tiny part of just one chromosome, and there are 26 chromosomes that make up a person’s DNA. They caught the wrong perp according to evidence that was very wobbly. They should have realized that his kids could also be suspects the moment those DNA samples didn’t match, instead of waiting until Curtis’s wife shot him to take a guess.
Casey and Elliot’s fight in this episode was so unexpected! They were actually trying to shout over each other at one point, which was totally cool, minus the sexual undertones that came screaming through. At least we were given some solace at the beginning of the episode.
Elliot: (on his cellphone): I know, I'm sorry. I gotta go.
Olivia: Everything okay?
Elliot: I'm supposed to be meeting Kathy for drinks tonight. I'm moving home.
Olivia: When?
Elliot: I'm not sure, that's why we were having drinks.
But, here’s the same old, same old. Kathy left Elliot in the first place because of the job, and here it is again, still in the way. Kathy, from the way Elliot was answering her on the phone, didn’t seem too happy with the turn of events. We can only hope that all Kathy really wants is more time than they were spending together.
Overall, I was in no way invested in this story after seeing two ones like it already. Ripped from the headlines loses meaning after it’s been ripped so many times. Perhaps if you don’t watch the original series or Criminal Intent it wasn’t such a bore for you, but even without those episodes it was too easy to figure out what happened. It was definitely one of my least favorite episodes of the season.
1 comment:
Definitely not just you adafairy! Curiously enough, ever since Dani came around in here very street-ish clothes, Elliot has been wearing them as well. Hopefully he'll go back to the suits... I like them better!
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