aka The 300th episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit! Yeah, I know you guys had no idea I was a fan of SVU, from the way I write and what I write about you’d never be able to tell. Is my sarcasm coming through alright?
So yes, this was the 300th episode of SVU, which I’ve been waiting for like crazy ever since I found out about it. And let me just say, it was a pretty decent episode, especially considering the episode based on Fifty Shades of Gray was mediocre and the one on the prostitution ring with terrorist ties was only slightly better. In this episode, a young boy is kidnapped on a subway on the way to a baseball game, and the neighborhood it happened in reminds Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Captain Don Cragen (Dann Florek), the only remaining members of the original SVU crew since the show began, of a case that would’ve occurred during the show’s first season in 1999. Let’s just say, the similarities between the two cases are more than just coincidences.
What an awesome cast, huh?
The acting was pretty solid. I would’ve liked to see more of Munch (and not just in this episode, but in general; he’s featured in only haf the episodes these days, and he’s a main character!) and of Detective Fin Tutuola (Ice-T’s awesome!). Oh, and somebody bring back ADAs Cabot and Novak(Stephanie March and Diane Neal, respectively), they’re the reason I admire prosecutors so much! But I digress; back to the reviewing.
I thought the way Benson and Detective Amaro (Danny Pino) finally settled their problems–with Cragen’s prodding–was well done. And although some of the connections between the cases took a little work for some to put together, I thought the writing was well done. Let’s keep it up, Dick Wolf and Company!
On my ratings scale, I’m giving this a 3.5 out of 5, showing that while I liked it, I think we need to recapture the energy and tension that we had in the season premiere and lost afterwards.
Rami Ungar The Writer 