Fun with SVU!

[kellinator]

Michael and I have come up with a little game to make Law and Order: SVU even more entertaining: The Tick Tick Game.

See, the rumor circulating is that Chris Meloni is planning on leaving when his contract is up. Stabler's always been... less stable than his name would suggest, and all the signs this season -- his separation, his getting suspended at the drop of a hat, ad infinitum ad nauseum -- suggest that he'll be written off the show by completely going postal.

Michael and I regularly call each other after new episodes and start the conversation with "He's gonna blow," so the Tick Tick Game is the logical extension.

Every time we see a Very Obvious Sign of Elliott's impending nervous breakdown, we go "tick tick tick tick tick tick tick." Because he's a ticking time bomb.

Elliott tries to nudge his son away from crime-scene photographs as the kid goes, "Is she dead?" Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.

Close-up of Elliott watching as his son beats up hookers in a Grand Theft Auto ripoff. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.

Elliott staring at a pair of cold-blooded thrill-killers. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.

We are sick fucks.

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[scarcrest.livejournal.com]

That thought popped into my head a few weeks ago when he started freaking out on that one case. Do you think he's got a thing going on with Novak? I certainly do; I don't remember when that popped into my head, but they seem to have a lot of scenes with just those two, often walking into buildings together.

(Of course, I've also had the idea that Benson and Fin have at least spent the night together -- that came from the episode where Fin got shot.)

If Meloni does leave -- and damn, that would suck -- they better find someone with skills to replace him. Of course, for the most part, the men on these shows are really solid. It's casting women lately that's been their problem -- Novak, the last two assistants on the main show, the redhaired temp on CI, for instance. (Eames and Benson are great, and so's Van Buren.)

My pick, if we had to lose Stabler, would be the British actor Damian Lewis. (He was in the film of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, but he really impressed the hell out of me in Band of Brothers as Richard Winters -- the bedrock of Easy Company.) Running a close second behind him, in my book, would be to cast either David Morse (of St. Elsewhere and Hack, plus his role in The Green Mile as Hanks' right-hand man) or Ron Livingston (also in Band of Brothers, plus The Practice, Sex and the City and Office Space infamy).

Hopefully they won't start casting people out of catalogs as they seem to have done with some of the female roles of late. Even more hopefully, Meloni will stay and this will be a non-issue.

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[vertigomac.livejournal.com]

(Of course, I've also had the idea that Benson and Fin have at least spent the night together -- that came from the episode where Fin got shot.)

Well, Benson does have a habit of sleeping with Munch's partners! :-)

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[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Well, Benson does have a habit of sleeping with Munch's partners! :-)

Heaven help us if Stan Bolander ever comes to New York...

Re: Could be...

[vertigomac.livejournal.com]

Thanks for THAT mental image...

Re: Could be...

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

(Of course, I've also had the idea that Benson and Fin have at least spent the night together -- that came from the episode where Fin got shot.)

How so? I didn't catch it and I'm intrigued.

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[scarcrest.livejournal.com]

Her reaction to Fin's shooting was a lot stronger than I thought it would be for anyone except if it had been Stabler. That was the main thing. And the way Stabler then comforted her, it seemed like he knew it was hitting her harder than if it had been someone else.

It was mainly subtext, body language and facial expressions. If there was anything in the dialogue, I've forgotten it.

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[vertigomac.livejournal.com]

See, I read that as a reaction to how similar Fin's shooting was to Alex's. Kind of "Ah, shit, not again!"

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[scarcrest.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Could be, could be.