21.5: Kat Won't Be Saying That Again

#The42Minutes

The squad and Carisi juggle three cases they caught late on a Friday night because Kat fucked up and said the Q-Word. Each case comes with its own unique snags, tempers flare, coffee flows, and Benson and Rollins have to pay some serious babysitter overtime unless of course Noah was being cared for by...ok, I'm not going to go there quite yet.

The Verdict

A+++++++

There's so much to unpack in this loaded, ambitious episode, I'm certain to miss something. Showrunner Leight had already stated either in a tweet or in an interview that this season will explore how race, power, and class stratify the criminal justice system and determine agency, so, thematically, the episode wasn't a surprise and there was relatively little case-related suspense. Rather than a whodunit with multiple twists and turns, this episode was a raw, real, beautifully written, acted, and directed plea for humanity.

The juxtaposition of the three victims was done in a way that evoked compassion and sympathy without diminishing each woman's inner strength. But, from the outset, race, class, connections, and, in Lakira's case, gender, led them down three very different paths.

After her husband assaults her, Joelle goes to the hospital with her son, and there are apparently no actual rooms available, so she's relegated to a bench in the hallway. Lakira is on a gurney, partially separated from other patients by a curtain. Chloe, whose mother called Benson on her cell phone to report the attempted rape, is treated in a softly-lit private room that would make the occupant almost feel not too bummed out about being in the hospital.

For Carisi, who's assigned to an unappealing newbie role within the DA's office, the cases are difficult to get off the ground. Joelle is concerned with losing Leon's financial support, Lakira doubts anyone will believe her story, and the Hail Me driver Chloe accused appears to have an alibi. The frustration leads to an argument with Rollins and "I would be fine if you were here beside me"...was she exhausted and overly emotional? Simply missing her partner? Or is there a more personal meaning to what she said? I'm sure we'll see this play out over the course of the season. I'm not a Rollisi shipper, but it's certainly probable that Rollins has realized she has developed some complex feelings for Sonny. It's also reasonable to assume Carisi's new job has left him little time to help her out with the girls and she's missing that piece of their friendship.

A little over halfway through the episode, as Chole's case comes together, we're introduced to the fourth victim--Aadesh Patel. My heart absolutely broke seeing this kind man invite the detectives into his house only to witness his son's arrest in the backyard. The writers managed to touch on the peril of medallion owners in the age of Uber and Lyft and also included a reference to the circumstances that led to the murder of Samantha Josephson, who mistook the killer's car for her Uber.

Speaking of hearts, before mine broke it melted at Fin caring for Andre, Joelle's son who is all too familiar with fathers going to jail...see what I mean? There are just too many elements to squeeze into one post!

BTW-Carisi debating the merits of putting Andre on the stand to testify against his father reminds me of the bourbon bar and "Either he has to testify against his father, which is barbaric..."

Carisi applying eyedrops while Rollins does push-ups was such in-character writing it almost hurts.

Finally, I really didn't appreciate Davies sullying Venn Diagrams.

Wardrobe

Not a lot of outfit changes in this one, but Benson sizzled with her hair back in that clip.

Quotable

"Get over it." Badass Boss Benson is back and it's bringing me more joy than a television show character should. There is absolutely no doubt as to who's calling the shots, but OMB being all "hey, kids, shut the hell up, Mama's on an important call" was especially fabulous.

"Women are stronger than men."
"...Andre would be alone."
So well written, compassionate but not condescending.

"Even his eyes shine money." Lakira's no dummy; she knows how the world works. Too often victims have to choose between fighting for justice or basic survival, and Lakira, much to Kat's disappointment, chose survival.

"Already on the street cams." Overeager Kat started to get on my nerves a little bit and I think maybe on Benson's too, but her reaction to Davies' arrest was adorable and I love her.

"Your shoes say police." LOLOLOLOLOL. What a great character. I hope there's room to see her again even though the use of "Moms" sounded awkward every time Lakira uttered it.

"Siddown, Gilligan."

Is It Next Thursday, Yet?

Fuck next Thursday, when exactly is "midpoint of the season"?

Kidding, kidding, well, sort of...in the teaser for next week Benson's crying. WHY IS SHE CRYING? Looks like another good one and I'm wondering if the ghost from the past is someone we know. In the meantime, will Tucker's return be cause for celebration or result in crushing disappointment? For the love of all things good and perfect and wonderful, please let it be the former.

21.4: Platonicaly Shipping TutuTamin

The #42Minutes

A thirteen-year-old girl from western Ohio travels to New York, desperate to get an abortion after being raped by her stepfather. Evangeline is easily tracked down, and once she reveals the abuse and explains why she fled, SVU and Carisi decide the best route is to take emergency custody, so they call in Trevor Langan to assist in family court. The legal arm seems to be swinging Evangeline's way until some very midwestern-looking lawyers from Ohio show up (great job, casting) with a fistful of arrest warrants and their leader, Mr. Graham, parks himself on the courthouse steps and spews all the conservative Christian anti-abortion talking points he can muster. As Benson and Garland stroll by, Garland vows, with cocky disdain, to fight the Ohioans. Garland didn't play a huge part in this ep, but if I can't have Barba as Benson's sparring partner, I'll gladly take Garland.

Anyway,  Carisi and Langan prevail in court, and Benson lays it out plain and simple for Evangeline's mother--believe your daughter or lose her.

The Verdict

A
A+ for directing

I must admit, there was so much hype about this episode, actually, maybe too much hype, that I was certain I'd be disappointed. After the PERFECT opening sequence (damn, that was good), I immediately got Patrimonial Burden vibes. Who can blame me? Pregnant teenager from a rural area, fundamentalist family, and a pastor who's also a lawyer because of course he is. I feared the episode would be #42Minutes of Who's the Father? and that would have been awful because I immediately pegged the babyfaced stepfather as the rapist. When Mrs. Miller objected to the fetal DNA test as too invasive, I groaned. Here we go again.

But I was wrong! The bulk of the episode was devoted to giving the audience a balanced and, at times, rage-inducing, view of all sides of the abortion debate and the implications of "Heartbeat Bills" that have been passed into law in four states and are hung up in appeals courts in several others. I did not expect Carisi would be the one to mic-drop Graham in the final scene, but he distilled the issue down to its most salient point--the decision to abort is painful for everyone; most painful for the mother, but it's a decision women must have the legal right to make.

Officer Tamin wasted no time asserting herself, and I did have to laugh a little when she went nose-to-nose with Carisi in the squadroom. Benson's all, "okay, okay, calm down" but she knows she has a live wire on her hands and it only makes me more excited for how this new relationship with Carisi will develop. Kat and Fin had immediate chemistry; I can't wait to see him take her under his wing and he'll be so proud when she gets her detective shield OMG OMG OMG. I got warm fuzzies each time he said "good job" or "nice work."

Kelli Giddish did an excellent job in this episode. It may have been one of her best. Rollins was clearly in personal agony the entire episode, but she managed to be Evangeline's staunch advocate and friend. Too many times, when Rollins identifies with a victim, her dialogue is mostly snarky, sarcastic digs at the South or the good ole boys club or the world in general. Kudos to the writers for "growing" Rollins--while she'll never be an Olivia Benson, she stepped out of the Angry Amanda persona during this case, and I liked it.

A couple of nitpicks--

No one other than SVU at the Baptism?  No one? I would have preferred substituting the deleted scene for the Baptism scene which seemed kind of pointless other than to emphasize the religious undertones in the ep. And I was very surprised there was zero interaction between Langan and Benson. Not even a "how's Noah?" Nice to see Trevor though! Finally, I was bummed the breakroom convo between Benson and Rollins was cut short. I'm not desperate to see those two become besties, but they were having a moment for Chrissakes!

Wardrobe

Benson in red and in oversized reading glasses? Yes, please!

Quotable

Too many to list.

"...The rest of the world, that's not your responsibility."

"If you have enough money, there's always a way."

Officer Tamin challenging Carisi--"so a woman has to be a victim to control her own body?" Damn, Sonny, buckle up.

"Take some family time." Um, Benson, could you also take your own advice? Even though Rollins didn't exactly go straight home...but still...

If this isn't the most "Bitch, I'm Serious" Faces of all "Bitch, I'm Serious Faces" IDK what is.

And of course Mrs. Miller had to ask Benson about the husband she doesn't have. Or maybe she does? Secretly? :-)

Is It Next Thursday, Yet?

Sir Toby's court battle looms ahead...

As long as Leight's checking off boxes of loose ends to tie up, how about we explore the complications that led to #Tuckson's demise? Thank gawwwwwd the Benson abortion question is put to bed once and for all, and now that I think about it, it's sort of amusing that scene was cut.

Next week looks like the most intense of the season so far. Carisi on the hot seat! I'm here for it!

21.3: Finarisi Is My New Ship

The #42Minutes

In Hell's Kitchen, a serial rapist targeting men on the DL has stymied law enforcement, but celeb Mathis Brooks lands in the hospital with injuries consistent with the serial's pattern and he saw the perp's face, a shred of evidence previously unreported. At first, Mathis, his brother, and manager insist he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time but, in truth, Mathis is gay and turns the vicious attack into a platform for revealing his own truth and for advocacy for the gay community. In the meantime, Ken brings in another victim who provides enough of a description for the squad to create a profile and send new Deputy Chief Garland in on a UC mission to sniff him out. The assailant happens to be at No Inhibitions (The SVU-est of SVU bar names) that night and they get their man...the problem is, Mathis can't ID him and Benson quickly concludes Mathis is, himself, the copycat. With no other victims willing to testify, the case nearly falls apart, but Devon returns to the precinct, having held back key information in his original disclosure. The ADA's office has enough ammunition to force a plea, Garland agrees to let Mathis off the legal hook, and Noah starts dance class and finally smiles at his mother.

The Verdict

A + for reasserting SVU's core values.
B for everything else.

This episode felt like the writers were given a list of everything that went wrong in the past three seasons and were charged with reaffirming SVU's core values. The story fell flat, probably because the plot served mostly to provide an opportunity for Benson and Company to deliver lines such as "We don't blame victims here." That sentence was part call to arms and part slap in the face to the multiple victim-blamey episodes we've to endure, particularly those of Eidteen, and it was refreshing to hear our beloved characters fight the good fight again. The dialogue was on fire. Without it, the case wasn't all that captivating.

I did like that the writers didn't completely riff from Jussie Smollett and crafted a believable scenario--an epically famous pop star wanting to get out in front of potentially damaging personal information before the press drops a bombshell.

OMG. OMG. Fin has come a long way from making wisecracks about Carisi to sharing a table with him in a gay bar. That was hilarious to me. What was not hilarious was Benson shutting down Rollins' opinion on pick up lines because, of course, we all know the greatest pick up line of all time is "I think you should try the bourbon" so that little exchange was really just mean. Unless it's foreshadowing the return of BB, in that case, cool.

Headlining the list of characters I'm starting not to care about is Noah. We had to age him to help him get kidnapped to torture Benson more, then we had to make him into a baseball player to insert Peter Stone's masculine energy, now we're stuck with a too-old child actor who's a dancer so now Noah has to be a dancer. Are we supposed to believe Benson will be uncomfortable with her son's new passion? I don't think so. Will Noah's supposed friends tease him and Benson will have to mother him through it? Maybe. Either way, I don't care. The show does not need to be a Thursday showcase of Ryan Buggle's burgeoning dance career.

Forgive the Noah rant. I'll forever be disgruntled about how 19-20 played that whole thing.

I loved that Fin was the one who went to talk to Mathis. As tough-as-nails as he is, I love it when Fin shows his compassionate side and how he understood though Mathis may not have been a victim in this particular instance, he was battling buried traumas of the past.

Wardrobe

Benson blouses were a mix of something old, something new, and something blue. Mariska looks so good this season I can't stand it. Tucker, where are you?

Courtroom Carisi!

Quotable

"Gets more ass than a toilet seat..." What a perfectly crass comment from the manager.

"She calls her boss and he calls my boss..." I'm all in for Benson and Garland navigating city politics together. I'm 100% on board with the new guy.

"I don't care about her exploding clock. I'm not letting this go." Benson may not be Hadid's boss, but she sure as hell took control of the room. That scene at the end of the episode was Benson at her finest. Well done. On a related note, Benson also showed a hint of being protective of Carisi. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it--I'm eagerly anticipating the unfolding of the tension that's brewing between Carisi and Hadid and Carisi and his former coworkers.

"So why's he a cop?"
"Don't take this the wrong way, Chief, but you're his type." LOLOLOLOL

Is it Next Thursday, Yet? 

Carisi's got that damn camera out again. Are we invited to another Unitarian Church dedication ceremony?

21.2: In Darkness, There's Leight

The #42Minutes

After an alcohol and drug-fueled girls' night out, Raegan James orders a QuikRide (how are they still in business?) and presumably heads home; however, when she wakes up the next morning she knows something horrible has happened. She stumbles into SVU and, little by little over the course of the episode, the squad is able to cobble together the bits and pieces of evidence into a case strong enough to force all four perps into plea deals.

The Verdict

A-

The episode did the "imperfect victim" some well deserved legal and poetic justice. Instead of hammering away at the imperfections, Benson, especially, zeroes in on piecing together the night and identifying the assailants. Had this same plot been the core of an episode in the past three years, we would have endured #42Minutes of the detectives lamenting Raegan's implied mental illness, her drug and alcohol abuse, and her penchant for engaging in casual sex acts in department stores. This episode prioritized the crime and the bad guys. Bravo.

The episode's one drawback was the highly anticipated trauma-based interviewing sessions. First of all, being in that cell-like office should have been trauma enough. WTF?

Rollins' and Fin's segments felt like filler. I know we're a bit overloaded with debriefing in bars scenes, but I would have liked to see the two of them add some after-hours context to what they experienced. As far as Benson is concerned, how many more times do we have to witness the specter of William Lewis come back to haunt her? After (I think it was Part 33?) there was speculation Lewis may have raped her and WL mentioned having to tie up some loose ends lingering from his hiatus, but nothing new came of Benson revisiting her trauma.

On the other hand, her relentlessness and compassion throughout the investigation showed growth and healing (as she mentioned at the end without being preachy, thank you very much writers)...but, then again, the "new interview technique" didn't seem all that cutting edge. It seemed like someone putting a name on an approach experienced detectives already use.

Finally, Lewis is NOT polarizing. He's universally loathed. So, that teaser was disappointing. My personal, and, possibly, futile, #TuckerWatch continues.

Wardrobe

Captain Benson sizzled! Perfect hair. Perfect blue blouses. And was that the Captain in chic sandals? I believe it was!

Quotable

"But I feel like I can trust you." Raegan speaks for us all. 

"Counselor Carisi..." LOL. I don't always love Amanda Rollins, but when I do, it's when she's at her sarcastic, skeptical self.

"That's Dennis, my old boss. I like your hair that way." I sincerely apologize, but I chuckled. BTW-the chemistry between Ariel Winter and Mariska Hargitay was phenomenal. Benson wrangling mercurial Raegan was the show at its finest, and I was worried I wouldn't be able to see Winter as anyone other than Alex Dunphy, but...Alex who?

"I just wanted her to get up." Finnnnnnn! Hugs!

"I drove her home. Who knows what would have happened to her?" Well, you could have driven her home in the first place, scumbag. 

Raegan recognizing Benson having said all of those lines...yes, true, but that doesn't mean they become irrelevant. Nice touch.

Is It Next Thursday, Yet?

I've scratched Uptown Girl from all playlists (thanks, SVU, for casting yet another sinister hue on something beloved).

I'm looking forward to Detective Kat joining the crew (this is all but guaranteed, right?) and watching Carisi settle into his new role. He didn't necessarily clash with Benson, but he was a voice of reason when she was leaning toward going all in with the four perps. I cannot wait to see this new dynamic play out over the course of the season.

21.1: A Safe Step into History

The #42Minutes:

There's no easing into the new ADA job for Carisi when, on the night of his going away (?) party (at a pub where Gunsmoke was playing on one of the screens), a young aspiring actress shows up at SVU and accuses entertainment mogul Sir Tobias Moore of sexual assault during an audition. Most of the episode focuses on how excruciatingly difficult it is to bring the wealthy and powerful to justice and how even people who should be fighting for victims (Tobias' assistant, shame on you!) either actively or passively enable predators. 

The Verdict:

I'm not a fan of carbon copy ripped from the headlines episodes because they're often too predictable than poignant. This episode teetered along that line and, around the thirty minute mark, lost a bit of steam as the detectives and Carisi painstakingly tried to make a case that would stick. Choosing to have a character bring up Weinstein acted as a subtle insistence that this episode, though the players and circumstances mirrored those of the actual case, wasn't about him. It was to point out there are more Weinsteins out there, and, more importantly, more victims' stories that haven't been told. 

Has there ever been a smarmier guest star than Ian MacShane? Damn, he killed that role. Oh, and btw, if anyone was playing Drink when you hear someone say "Sir Toby," you have a vicious hangover this morning, dontcha? Also, is it just me, or is Pilar the default name for Latino women on SVU? 

I'm bouncing up and down with excitement anticipating the new dynamics with Carisi as ADA. He's already rubbed his boss the wrong way and at some point his allegiance to Benson, Fin, and Rollins is sure to cause professional and personal angst. I'm envisioning all sorts of scenarios--Benson thinking she can work him, Rollins assuming she can charm him, Fin getting pissed off at him--I. Cannot. Wait.

I'm also all about Barth-as-Adversary. Not quite Rita Calhoun, but I'll take it. I'll also take Benson's incredulous, WTF expressions directed at Attorney Barth. Pleeeeease tell me she's recurring!

I'm not sad about Chief Dodds leaving, but I have to wonder if his transfer will weigh on Olivia's mind throughout the season. I'm also glad the promotion to Captain wasn't overdone especially since we all knew it was happening. Thank you, Twitter. 

I had to chuckle a couple of times--the pics of moustached Carisi at the bar, and, was that a bit of shade thrown at all the classic-movie remakes out there? 

Baynard Rustin Houses? Intentional error?

Quotable:

"This case blows up, it won't touch her."

"We're NYPD, we arrest people all the time without the DA signing off."

Dodds' little hints at politics...he didn't play nice and got transferred. Buckle up, Captain Benson!

"Guys like this they rule by fear. Nobody likes them."

"Sonofabitch."

"Ugh, I can't."

Thank gawwwwwwd we're back to people writing Benson who write like they know Benson. 

"Spoiler alert..."

Carisi, you're sounding like Barba already.

Wardrobe

It's not quite trench coat season, but COORDINATING POLKA DOTS on party night! How adorable!

And I Cannot Forget About...

I'm thinking Tucker was probably watching Noah when Benson was "up early on a Sunday morning" and goddam, Benson and Dodds in the bar and he says "stick your neck out" and she says he's "a good man" and all of these lines remind me of Tucker who can be considered a polarizing recurring character, no?

Fin and Benson waiting, watching, and listening...reminiscent of Collateral Damages

Is It Next Thursday, Yet? 

The episode looks intense! Bring it!

Cheers to the End!

The #42Minutes

All victims, dead or alive, lead to Rob Miller in the season finale and every time Benson and the squad make inroads, they're derailed either by flimsy evidence or uncooperative witnesses until Peter Stone says "fuck this" (he didn't really say it but he was thinking it) and arranges a series of shady transactions, effectively framing Miller. Even though his attorney busts Staines for her involvement during the trial, Stone flips the script on cross and manages to recast Staines as desperate and terrified (which she is), and the jury shockingly finds Miller guilty.

Verdict

This episode wasn't all that bad and would have been actually pretty good if I felt any affinity for Peter Stone and if the Rob Miller arc were better developed. Honestly, other than raping Staines, I don't remember what exactly he did and, yes, I could have gone back and rewatched but I haven't done that since Heartfelt Passages.

Since Miller's malevolence hadn't yet blotted my soul a la William Lewis, Benson's terror seemed overly contrived at times. Yes, he's creepy. Yes, she's still reeling from multiple Noah-in-danger subplots. Yes, Mariska Hargitay's portrayal of a mother's anguish is Emmy-worthy. Nevertheless, there were times I found myself muttering, "oh, calm down." Nothing was going to happen to Noah (although I did freak at the schoolyard pickup), Benson isn't losing her job...there are some things the audience, with 100% confidence, knows will not happen so venturing into that territory feels silly.

I was happy Philip Winchester got one last chance to overact a bunch of scenes. What was it with all that teary-eyed emotion? God, grow up, Peter. You're a fucking ADA. And also, the melodramatic, I did this for a good friend crap at the end? Good friend? Really? Blech.

I might miss Benson staring down Stone...just a little.

I hope, as the series hits its twilight, we get more dynamic, inventive writing. I had to chuckle a bit at the copycat nature of the finale--a sex trafficking ring run by someone so powerful and recalcitrant they operate beyond the reach of justice (sounds familiar) and an ADA breaching ethics for "the greater good" (did the writers sit around, scratching their heads, wondering how to exit Stone and then say 'what'd we do last time we had to replace an ADA, let's do something like that again')

For a minute I wondered why Miller's attorney didn't make a motion to set aside the verdict but of course he couldn't because then we wouldn't have had time for that gross scene outside of the courthouse. The best part about it was OMB's earrings, a blast from the past.

Ok, maybe I didn’t like it after all.

Quotable

"I shoulda shot the sonofabitch." I welcome Benson saying sonofabitch at any time. 

"Her organs were liquefied." That happens? Yuck.

"Never gets easier, does it?" HATE HATE HATE these lines. She's been doing this for THIRTY YEARS. It may not get easier but does she have to say this every time? WE. GET. IT.

"...Pursue our relationship..." Ewwww Rob Miller and your nasty ass beard...ewwww.

"If you saw him so much as light up a cigarette in a no smoking area..." Get it, Carisi. 

"There are things more important than a license to tap dance around a courtroom." Perhaps...but it's helpful to have that license. Wonder what will happen to Nikki Staines. I liked the character and hope she'll return. 


Finally, kudos to the ME for basically telling Rollins to chill the fuck out.

Wardrobe

Pink blazer and chunky reading glasses? Yes, please!

Is It...21 YET?

Bring it home, Warren!
(and if that home includes RJB I wouldn't exactly mind *wink wink)

Cheers, fans! We deserve a drink or two for surviving this very difficult three years.

Turn that frown upside down, OMB! #LeightsOn!

XX.XXIII: PenUGHtimate

The #42Minutes

After Councilwoman Nahla Nasar is found beaten and raped in a synagogue, Benson and her crew set out to find the assailant amidst a firestorm of less-than-scrupulous media coverage and public outrage. As has been the pattern for most of this season, the audience has to spend almost half of the #42Minutes following the detectives down a dead end path before one of them (Carisi this time) unlocks the mystery box with a piece of evidence that should not have been all that much of a mystery.

The Verdict

It will probably be difficult to find a viewer who hasn't taken issue with part or all of the episode. Lately I've been more annoyed than angry with SVU, and last night's #42 was no exception. I suppose I would have been more exasperated if a) my expectations weren't already dreadfully low and b) if the patchwork of extreme, exaggerated stereotypes hadn't been so, well, absurd...almost comical. The plot was clearly penned by people hopelessly detached from the core issues jolting the world. To make matters worse, nobody apparently bothered with research or took the time to consult people who are currently in the trenches and directly embroiled in the political, social, and cultural cataclysm facing the nation. No, no...instead the writers gathered a bunch of lazy tropes, lampooned sensitive issues, and produced an embarrassing caricature of very serious and potentially devastating
behaviors and attitudes.

Only a Trumpish character was omitted...wait...there's Rob Miller! He fits the bill. Wealthy. Villainous. Doesn't play by the rules. Audacious enough to follow a Lieutenant and her son to a restaurant (yeah right he just happened upon them) and shake son's hand after he touched Benson's shoulder! Her recoil was priceless!

I sort of don't care about this Miller arc especially since Stone's probably going to lose his life or his job putting the motherfucker in prison. Oh, and the insinuation that the evil Miller could arrange Noabduction, Round II, was a cheap shot.

Speaking of Noah, not only is he almost twice the age he realistically should be, can we lose his whiny, inauthentic dialogue next season? Are we supposed to b-e-l-i-e-v-e he's eight or nine? Or a precocious first grader? I don't know...too bad...I loved Liv with little, pajama-ed, correctly-aged Noah. Huge mistake to age him solely because the "creatives" couldn't be more creative in their continued torture of Benson.

Quotable

"If we were in Iraq, they'd throw her off the roof."
"So it's free speech until you piss somebody off and then it's hate speech."
Fin's been extra surly lately. Wonder if that's going some---oh, never mind. 

"I don't know about that but I'm pretty sure she hates you."
Rollins at her best when slapping the cuffs on a perp and adding something snarky.

"You read the memo?'
Oh, fuck that memo. 

Wardrobe

Dodds' ties matched Benson's blouses. How cute.

The ep was spiffily camel colored! I didn't mind!

Nahla's hijab game was strong!

Is It Next Thursday, Yet?

I'm gonna need some expensive booze. I'm sure the outgoing showrunner is determined to give his darling Peter Stone a gushy, melodramatic exit. A pricey bottle oughta dull the dullness...