Law and Order: Sicko Ripoff Unit

[kellinator]

Wow, have the SVU writers been spending too much time watching The Shield or what? That episode was fucked up. (Even more so than normal, that is.)

First of all, I am SO FUCKING SICK of all these Very Special Guest Stars "as you've never seen them before!" It's like a big flashing neon sign that says "I'm playing a really fucked-up psycho killer."

I'm also really sick of being so much smarter than the cops. At first it was an ego boost when I figured the whole thing out by 10:30 while Olivia and Elliott were still trying to pull their brains out of their butts, but now it's just annoying. I was sitting there screaming at the TV about didn't it ever occur to them that his accomplice didn't have to be a man and his brain-dead wife (Cragen's line was the best thing about the episode: "She's almost too dumb to exist") was the most likely suspect. You'd think that they would have seen the Bob-and-Marcia episode of The Shield, especially since the writers were ripping it off.

Michael and I didn't even bother playing the Tick Tick Game, probably because 1). the couple of times we tried, the tick ticks drowned out the latest insane bit of dialogue, 2). we would have been tick-ticking the entire damn episode, and 3). I think we both wanted Stabler to beat the everlovin' shit out of him.

I'd like to add that it is extremely creepy in a bad way to settle in to watch SVU fifteen minutes after having sex.

And the baby bit at the end? Should have been obvious to everyone after we found out Psycho-boy was impotent with his wife.

Though I did enjoy the whole "don't mess with Sister Peg, you sick fuck" attitude.

I bet you're thinking, "well Kelly, if you're SO FUCKING SICK of this show, why do you keep watching it?" Because I'm addicted. Yes, I am a Law and Order addict. I even watch it when it sucks, unless I've already seen the episode three times. And the Tick Tick Game really does grow on you.

Comments

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

We've started playing the Tick Tick game, west coast edition.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Liked this episode. I thought Martin Short was ASTOUNDINGLY creepy, and hey - anytime an actor gets to do something different, I cheer. :) They've had some baaad actors from time to time - you ever watch L&O: CI? I've tried several times, and it's like Vincent D'onofrio sucks all the acting out of the show like a big black hole and everyone else gets to monotone.

Yeah, I figured it out long before they did. I don't know if the show got dumber or we all got smarter. Either's possible. Somehow it doesn't bother me as much - sometimes the show isn't about whodunit as much as a character study, which can be just as interesting to me if the character is interesting enough.

Some of the dialogue really did make me snicker:

SHORT: I'm Sebastian Ballantine.
STABLER: THE Sebastian Ballantine?
SHORT: You've heard of me?
STABLER: No.

Yeah, it's a setup. I don't care. I love smartass. :) And Cragin's line literally made me chortle. She WAS too dumb to exist. Oy.

In all, still so much better than L&O: Original Flavor that I'll watch. Nowhere near shark-infested waters. And yeah, watching it with my brother-in-law? Un!Comfortable!

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

I was talking to my friend LaLa about Vincent, and she said he was of the Captain Kirk school of acting.

Later, totally separately, I was talking to a completely different friend's mother, and she said Vincent was "The Captain Kirk guy". I about pooed my pants.

He's good in "Sultan Sea" at least!

*secretly loves Vincent*

[piratejenny.livejournal.com]

There was also that case in Canada where a husband/wife (the Homolkas) team would pick up girls and rape and torture and kill them. One of the girls was the wife's younger sister. I'm pretty sure that one of the L&Os did an episode much closer to that case. This one was, however, way too easy to figure out.

And Martin Short's always creeped me out.

[bossieboots.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Martin Short sends me screaming from the room even when he isn't technically playing a psycho. I didn't even bother to attempt to watch this ep.

[piratejenny.livejournal.com]

It would have given you nightmares, I'm sure.

[hockeyrules88.livejournal.com]

The sky is blue? I thought it was falling!

[kmeghan.livejournal.com]

oh crap. that was one episode I wanted to see. oh well. I can't stand knowing what is going on in the first half of a show.. I think that's why I like Lost so much.

[alfabettezoupe.livejournal.com]

i just want a repeat of stabler going nuts on the lockers again except this time he goes a little too far and they fall over and kill him! :D

Hmmm...

[scarcrest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw the similarities to that episode of The Shield, too, but it didn't bother me that much -- all these shows either come up with similar plots independently or steal from each other all the time. I've gotten used to it by now.

I liked this one, at least liked it a hell of a lot better than the Matthew Modine episode, because of the snark. "She's almost too dumb to exist." "You've heard of me?" and the whole bit with them kicking the door in with no warrant, Stabler getting mad at Novak playing by the rules, her eventual "I know a judge who's a drunk" bit (a nod to The Wire, I bet).

But what I most liked was the fact this was, in a way, the most realistic episode of a Law & Order series that I can ever recall. Yeah, the plot was outlandish, but the explanations of how "psychics" do their work -- cold-reading, computer research if they're going to approach someone, body language and facial reading -- were a terrific bit of public service.

It was almost like someone at Dick Wolf's company read a few issues of Skeptic and decided to rebut NBC's new ratings hit, Medium. Pointing out that no case has ever been solved using a psychic -- they always say afterward, "Well, I said the body would be near water!" as if three-quarters of the earth weren't covered with the stuff -- and illustrating that if a psychic did perfectly pinpoint a body's location, it would mean he/she was the killer or an accomplice -- that all made me very, very happy.

Given the way they distort the legal profession, given the fact that any ADA who took as many sex crimes to court as these people do would be fired inside of a year for "not being efficient," I was delighted to see them get something completely right for once.

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I'll quit watching when I hear "Next week on SVU... Pauly Shore... as you've never seen him before..."

[jack-mccoy-fan1.livejournal.com]

I thought that Martin Short was fanfreakincreepy!!! Although I must admit, I couldn't help but think that Martin Short portrays Jiminy Glick who never fails to mention his twins Matthew and Modine (Matthew Modine had just been on SVU the week before portraying the freakishlycreepy guy of the week). I must admit, Martin Short beat him on the freakishlycreepy meter.

I have to say that I'm soooo looking forward to the return of the Mack, Vic Mackey that is. Talk about baddass. I do have my reservations regarding Glenn Close joining the cast. I guess only time will tell.

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

I thought of you when I watched last night.

[vertigomac.livejournal.com]

I actually enjoyed this ep, and enjoyed watching Martin Short chew the scenery.

It also had one of the few Fin/Munch scenes in the Classic Snark Style: The questioning of the online bidder at his apartment, surrounded by his mint-in-box crap. While Fin is juggling lava lamps, Munch is commenting on the collectiblity of black lawn jockeys, "Yeah, don't know why they stopped making these babies."

Ah, snark. I missed it so.