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I appreciate the The Third Man reference. I don't know if it was any good, and I don't know if the show overall is any good, but I appreciate the reference.
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MJeff posted:Jack McCoy once reference The Third Man in a cross-examination like 15 years ago! It would be a shame to not learn from the best. Anyway, the first episode had a whole "old vs new" thing going on (heh to Stabler being recruited in a museum) and I'm entirely ready for that to interact with the themes about racial politics to create some stuff that's completely off the walls. We already have the "profiling" conversation and Dylan McDermott killing his dad (Manfreddi Sinatra is an amazing name) for being racist towards his ex-wife. You can already see in the distance an arc of Stabler learning to be modern, but not too modern that he doesn't still have his cop instincts to see through the wokeness of the new rich. In the climax he finally gets his confidence back to take a shot and kill the bad guy.
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MJeff posted:Well that escalated quickly. And also concluded quickly.
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I think I appreciate the stealing vaccines story. Kind of shamelessly topical.
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hell of a way to write "Stabler dating again" in to the show.
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fartknocker posted:That whole scene was lol wtf I guess it's all to set up this contrast in grieving between Stabler and McDermott, and their different approaches to intimacy. But, like, all of what that scene actually was. And ending on the hug. lmao
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MJeff posted:drat Stabler got his rear end whupped. Do we recognize eye scar guy yet?
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MJeff posted:Was the guy in the mask supposed to be Dylan McDermott's driver? I can't remember whether we were shown the driver having an eye scar.
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:https://twitter.com/cher/status/1381489026578833409?s=20 Maybe she is watching the show that has the best instance of the Stabler character: Happy!
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Kid's probably named Forrest after the KKK founder.
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This episode has a great ebb and flow, with Benson giving a stirring speech about implicit bias training for cops, followed by the big break coming from an undercover cop "getting handsy" with a target, and then Benson and Carisi talking tough about the power of the police state.
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MJeff posted:Cripes, I totally forgot about this. You missed Benson giving a speech about how the good cops want implicit bias training while the music swelled. I'll let you decide whether that's a yes or a no. e: I hope Stabler looks like this throughout the rest of the series.
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fartknocker posted:Like, I think the implication is that guy talked and presumably Benson called the EMTs and he lived, but they went from Benson cancelling the ambulance to commercial and then her and Fin off pursuing the other guy without any mention of shot white guy again so I dunno maybe they just stood there and watched him die who knows it’s SVU anything is possible If you combine it with the contrast between Benson talking about departmental changes and Benson threatening the wife with "you're in the police state now" you've got this thing going on with Benson either getting rid of or losing the rules when poo poo gets real, and possibly losing control. But, you know, lol e: this driving montage whips rear end
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I really like the original Law and Order format, but I don't know if the show could be brought back, just on a cultural level. By that I mean partially that in terms of political culture you can't just bring back a 'good cops' show so easily. But, further to that, the original Law and Order show emerged in a cultural context where there was this idea of out of control New York City crime. It was something that was instantly recognizable and compelling in and of itself. And... I think that's kinda gone.
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MJeff posted:Blue Bloods is successful and that show is so much worse about that than L&O ever was./ I only know that from the advertisements but from a distance it seems like a drama about a cop family more than a detective show.
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This episode seems very topical so far.
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MorrisBae posted:I was just going to say, lol Benson is gonna use the power of empathy to defeat all the bad vibes of the coronavirus.
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There's like 5 minutes of this left.
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fartknocker posted:Rofl the literal “and everybody cheered” ending There's so much empathy. Empathy is so powerful.
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Apr 23, 2021 03:00
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Is there a significance to the shoes?
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fartknocker posted:His son has the same pair, they showed them in the recap at the beginning of the episode. I thought so but couldn't remember. Also, I figure there's no way Gina survives this episode.
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MJeff posted:Noooo, she's toast. This guy's hosed too.
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More Benson empathy.
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Apr 23, 2021 03:28
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He finally said it. But then unsaid it, sort of.
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Apr 23, 2021 03:39
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With how much time all the capital-D Drama takes up, I'm not actually sure that this six episode miniseries is going to have more than a regular episode's worth of story.
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MJeff posted:Also, both Gina and foreign guy made it to the end of the episode! I am surprised
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Mooseontheloose posted:I've been reluctant to watch the Organized Crime spin off because It's not particularly good but it's a trip. Of the first four episodes so far, I'd almost say it's worth watching the first episode and then just dropping it.
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MJeff posted:Oh, is there no OC this week? On my schedule it's an SVU rerun and no OC.
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HOLY gently caress posted:I liked Cassidy too, his undercover stuff and trying to come back from loving up and getting demoted made him interesting although i think his relationship with Benson felt a little weird. Definitely wasn't dull, though. I think you're right about Dobbs being there for one season, seemed like a competent but boring dude. Peter Stone's characterization of "extremely ripped former MLB player." In one of the earlier episodes of his run, it opens with him being melancholy during a threesome.
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That's one way to try and adapt to changing cultural mores about the cops.
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Solution to the problematic nature of Elliott Stabler: have him work as a PI for defence lawyers where he beats up corrupt cops to get the real story.
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I am mildly impressed they managed to make this episode of Law and Order (S20E20, "The Taxman Cometh") about the Bush tax cuts. That's a level of contrivance that's worth appreciating.
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fartknocker posted:Admittedly, that was the end of one season/start of the next, so it was less obvious at the time than it is in syndication. Raul Esparza was a Perez Hilton type who killed someone as part of a plot blackmailing Samantha Bee.
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HOLY gently caress posted:Also where are people watching original L&O at the moment in the US? I looked at Netflix and Hulu and over-the-air tv just seems to have constant NCIS on at all times but no L&O It's on YES TV, weekdays at 5. Season 20 ends this Friday. Looks like they start season 13 next Monday.
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Just watched the last episode of Law and Order classic. Two thoughts: One is that the bit at the end with the alarm ringing and no other noise is pretty good. The other is that the big break in the case comes from Lindsay Vonn. Congratulations to Lindsay Vonn, who broke the final case in Law and Order classic.
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