We don’t learn (for sure) who the culprit is at the end of the pilot for Organized Crime. The mystery of who put a hit on Stabler, resulting in the death of his wife, is introduced in the SVU episode and is then used as the basis for the entire plotline of Organized Crime. When I put on an episode of Law & Order, I expect the case to be solved by the end of the hour-or, in the case of a crossover event, at the end of the crossover. While I may be a fan of serialized television, I don’t watch Law & Order shows for those kinds of stories. The plot, on the other hand, is less good. The scenes they shared, and the way the two episodes dig deep into that trauma, make the whole event worth watching. And I appreciated the way the show embraced the idea of Stabler’s sudden disappearance (he was unceremoniously written off the show between seasons when Meloni didn’t renew his contract) having weighed heavily on Benson. As a fan of those older episodes, there’s a certain nostalgic joy found in simply seeing the two of them interact with each other again. You can feel the years of chemistry they’ve got, mixed in with the years of tension caused by Stabler’s disappearance from her life. On the good side, it’s nice seeing Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson reunited with Meloni’s Stabler. There’s a lot of stuff I liked and a lot of stuff I didn’t like. And, as expected, it’s a bit of a mixed bag. I haven’t regularly watched SVU since Christopher Meloni’s Detective Stabler left the show, so I was pretty excited to see his long-awaited return in this two-part crossover/pilot for the latest Law & Order spin-off.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |