Recap:
Ayahuasca! Definitely had to Google that. Sounds interesting. Even more interesting after whatever that was I just watched. Holy hell.
Even though it pains me, here we go.
Abby is raped at Declan Trask's retreat by Declan Trask. At first her description points to her having been drugged, but her tox screen comes back negative, Trask says the sex was consensual, and the detectives go from Manhattan to Jersey to the Hamptons to dig up dirt on Trask who used to be hooked on drugs before hypnotherapy helped him kick the habit but gave him the tools to become a rapist. They go to trial, Abby has an itsy bitsy skeleton in her closet which causes her boyfriend Steven to storm out of court and probably her life, but there's also evidence that Trask is a liar and a horrible person who lets is friends OD and then crashes a car into a light post in Philly, so the jury finds him guilty and we spend the last couple of minutes watching OMB relationship counsel Abby when she coulda been meeting Tucker and Noah at the park.
Ramblings:
Why are the writers this season intent on showcasing MH's reading skills? Is it really necessary to read text when it's shown on screen (or, in the case of Declan's "confession" to Jack, when it had already been said once)?
And DECLAN? I spent half the episode thinking about Lt. Murphy which, I suppose, wasn't all that bad. But why not have Rollins maybe, REACT to the name a little bit? I mean, we have another piece of the #34B puzzle (raw food, ick, I'm with Rollins), and Fin a) went on a Reiki retreat with a girlfriend and b) has a cousin who used to smoke (Tucker, are you still sneaking cigs, dude?) and c) has luxury apartment envy, and Rollins doesn't at least get to roll her eyes at the thought of her absent baby daddy?
I really need to stop using superlatives because every time I type "worst" the next ep just supplants the last as the WORST OF THE SEASON AND MAYBE THE SERIES (I'd rather watch a continuous loop of Beef, Wildlife, the Gaming one, Star Struck Victims, ALL Dani Beckisodes and the ones with Lake...on second thought, that's going too far). First, it was boring. Second, please tell me why we had to follow the squad to all of the interviews with retreat guests? Couldn't we just have debriefed in the squad room like they did anyway and seen Tucker making breakfast for OMB and Noah instead? Third, kudos to the actors. Love love love love you. But even the most prolific acting cannot save a script seemingly written by a ten-year-old (see quotes below).
Where the fuck is Carmen? Did she lose the hypnosis expert's JFK arrival information or something? One would think in a Rohypnol case Barba would have at least grabbed a resident leaving the night shift at Bellevue to testify about the drug's effects. But...hypnosis? Ok, Raffie, you're cute and well-dressed and once unsuccessfully prosecuted a similar case so the jury will believe you. AND THEY DO?!?!?!
*Scratches head
WTF?
And another thing--if Abby was sooooo worried about Steven's feelings, why didn't she tell him about that letter before court?
I cannot believe Rita Calhoun didn't immediately ask the judge to set aside the verdict. Abby's credibility was damaged and the rebuttal witness? Well, come on. How significant is it really that the former heroin addict didn't save his junkie buddy from an overdose when he himself was high on heroin? TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO. And also, during his summation, Barba said Declan confessed to raping Abby which he didn't actually do because he called bullshit on Jack's convo. And we just trust that the recording of Abby consenting is legit? Okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Also, May 1 was a busy fucking day--Duca loses in motions court, Endless Truthers threaten Jesse and Noah, Rollins and Benson ship them to Jersey with Lucy, they track down another hacker and set up Ronald Fleming, AND they are in court for the first day of Trask's trial. Superwomen, indeed.
Ain't No Party Like An #SVU Party:
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| Had a few of these at my pool party earlier in the evening. Drunk tweets have been deleted. I really did think I sounded witty. Even the one with jkdfhksgfgahjrgfiygerhjgblkr :-) |
Fashion:
I think it's time to refresh the wardrobe, people. However, there is something about Rita Calhoun's suits that I sort of love...even her clothes are stern and unrelenting.
Quotable:
"What are we missing?"
"Are you suggesting she was hypnotized?"
"Declan Trask will walk free."
"Do you think you can get this in?"
All of the above are samples from the collection of hackneyed, simplistic dialogue that has come to characterize Eidteen's scripts. Did I miss the article about how they did an audience study and the results found the need to dumb down the lingo? I know they do that type of shit at USA Today but this is SVU, people! Only smart folks watch this show.
LOL.
"If you want him back, fight for him."
"Who knows, maybe it'll all work out."
THIS coupled with the protracted Barba stare got me all Tucksony again. You weren't talking about Abby and Steven, were you Raf?
Is It Next Wednesday, Yet?
Is there a quota of Benson closing her eyes and looking repulsed in reaction to something said or done in court shots? Because if there is, I believe you directors have hit it. Please stop. Once is enough. And you even dragged Rita into it this time.
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