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[marvelousgeeks]

Chicago Fire Season 12, Episode 1, “Barely Gone,” is a bittersweet homecoming that almost feels like the beginning of the end, even if that’s unlikely with the show. With Law and Order: SVU’s track record and the One Chicago universe still performing as well as they do, it sometimes feels like these shows could go on forever. Still, there’s something intrinsically sad about the episode, and it’s not just because it preludes two character exists with one happening within the show’s forty-minute run. 

If, for instance, this is the start of the show’s curtain call, then I personally wouldn’t be mad about it. (I spend almost every episode too stressed out about character deaths, and I’d like to pretend they all live happily ever after.) But Chicago Fire “Barely Gone” does what the show does best, and it reminds us of the prodigious heart present inside Firehouse 51. The show is hard to escape, largely because of the dynamics and part of what made Season 11 as frustrating as it was is the sheer absence of these more somberly wholesome moments. 

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[hithelleth]

For the fandom year in review: 1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16

Favorite fictional characters this year Remy Scott from FBI: Most Wanted, Elendil from TROP Favorite books read this year: Archangel's Resurrection (Guild Hunter, #15) by Nalini Singh Wrapped In Black (The Original Sinners #6.4) by Tiffany Reisz The Gangster and The Doctor (Magic and Steam #2 & 3) by C. S. Poe

Favorite movies of the year Enola Holmes 2 (2022) 20 ans d'écart (2013) (I watched so few movies this year, I have a lot to catch up on.)

Favorite TV show episodes of the year SVU 24x9 (rollissi wedding, duh!) The Rookie 5x9 Yellowstone 5x6, although I think it was the season 5 premiere that got me thinking how the fuck is this particular freaking show of all the one making me grin like an idiot. TROP 1x3, 5, and 8 (5 if I have to pick one)

Favorite villain of the year Well, that's either easy or hard to pick, depending if you count our completely unsuspecting-but-absolutely-very-sus-Halbrand-but-oops-actually-Sauron a villain??? I know, I know, Sauron=evil incarnate, except, well' nothing is evil from the beginning' and TROP delivered on this tenfold.

If not, then Robert Kamdar (or Kemdar? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) from The Cleaning Lady. Hats off to the writers for the story arc and the actor for pulling it off. He really was a villain-villain that I hated but loved to hate.

Favorite m/f ship of the year Gladriel/Elendil, Galadriel/Sauron, Elendil/Miriel from TROP Thony/Arman from The Cleaning Lady (but also Arman/Nadia, a bit yeah.) Always Beth/Rip from Yellowstone Rollisi (obviously) (oops, wait I was supposed to just pick one. Well, you know me. :D)

Favorite f/f ship of the year I really, really could ship Nadia/Thony (and of course Nadia/Arman/Thony but alas I'm gonna have to do something about it myself if it's gonna happen in fandom-ish way)

Favorite m/m ship of the year Um, so this fic sold me on Sauron (Annatar)/Celebrimbor and now I'm not okay. And, this other fic is very much selling me Elendil/Valandil (from TROP, obviously not from the Silm), ahem.

Whew, this took me a long time. But thank you for indulging me, it was a lot of fun reminiscing! :D

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#4

Too 5 books you were not expecting to be as good as they were

1. Vincas Mykolaitis - Putinas "Altorių šešėly". The way this book resonated with me is insane 🤯

2. Antanas Škėma "Balta drobulė"

3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

4. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK ENOUGH!!!

5. The Book of Life by Deborah Harknes! The first two books were good, but this one was my favorite, I didn't expect the last book of the series to be that good!!

Thank you so much for asking, dear anon! ❤️

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Can I just say you have the best URL.

Aww, thank you very much!! Back in the day I was very proud of it! 😅

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#2

In case no one told you today, I’m proud of you! Don’t forget to hydrate and smile ☁️

Wow! I didn't expect this. Thank you so much! ❤️

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My #1 post of 2022

Hello! I started watching Law and Order SVU this year and now that the new season is coming up, I would like to meet people in the fandom to fangirl with about all the new Chriska and EO stuff. If you'd like to be friends, like this or reblog or just message me!! 🙈 Let's taaaalk!!!

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I tagged 681 of my posts in 2022

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#it’s about how happy they are to act married when they are married

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#5

This Abbott episode was so good it had 10/10 laughs, shipping fuel and a heart warming message. Making new friends is hard and it’s still hard but you gotta take the first step and sometimes it sucks. The unknown is so scary and sometimes I really hate it. My comfort zone is where I want to stay sometimes but getting out is good to. I get the feeling that Janine was only friends with Erika and the others out of association so I hope that after this party she genuinely makes some new friends. She’s so relatable to me and I love her so much!

On another note she looked really good in this dress and my man Gregory could not look away ahh I love them! The banter talk that they had earlier it was all so good ❤️

45 notes - Posted October 29, 2022

#4

Her reaction is very bashful and longing, she’s fantasizing about it while she tucks her hair back as her smile widens. She’s so happy, she wants to Mrs. Carisi

He’s so proud and honoured to be married to her even if it’s for a little bit. It won’t just be for a little bit for long he’s going to marry her he was imagining it than just like he always was.

Gifs by @shania-twain

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I can’t believe this they almost kissed it was so magical! Janine came out of her comfort zone and danced with him and they shared this moment and they both leaned in!!! They would have both started dating if they kissed definitely but Ahh the text I’m here for it though. Slow burns are the best we’re gonna be here for a while. They were insane this entire episode from the awkward/ I’m so into you talk in the club to the dancing and Greg indirectly calling her beautiful it was perfect 😻 I have a feeling they might not talk much during the break and maybe things will be awkward once they get back. Janine might wonder if he’s still dating Amber and what if Janine dates someone. Janine has this new confidence that I love so I wonder how that will factor in the second half. I’m so proud of her for making the first move and I’m so ready for what comes next ❤️

68 notes - Posted December 7, 2022

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Carisi addressing Amanda’s parenting even before they got together is so personal because he could see from the start that she was great. He experienced it and now he gets to see it everyday while being an awesome dad💕

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Amanda Rollins is a special, well developed, complicated and wonderful character who went through so much hell but found happiness and love. This was the beginning of her journey with Carisi the love of her life and just the start of her happiness. I love Amanda and I’m sad that she’s leaving she was beloved by many. I love her and Rollisi and it hurts that come mid season she’ll be gone. I’ll still write fic though because I’ll always love Rollisi. Wishing all the best to Kelli and I hope Amanda’s last episode does her character justice

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[milquetoast-on-acid]

Milquetoast watches Stalked

Stalked   S1xE8 Special Victims Unit: Episode Review

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What this Episode is About: Stabler fears a combative Benson will be the next victim of a real estate agent suspected of sexually assaulting and murdering a lawyer.

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Olivia knew the victim. Interesting.

So Munch thinks this guy is a serial killer...um...is that picked up again later on in the episode?

Elliot: “Rewalk the crime scene with Benson.” BENSON!? I don't think I've EVER heard Elliot call Olivia by her last name. It’s either Olivia or Liv. 

Olivia found that book very fast.

Oh Jeeze! This guy is so indecisive. "Get me a coke...pepsi...coke."

White: "She was confused she didn't know how the world worked." Lets just blame everyone else but yourself. OOOh Elliot says that to him!

I like Munch is all like I'm not going to let you walk all the way home through the south bronx.

"I don't just want to rain on your parade. I want to blow up all your floats." Munch really has the best lines on this show.

Munch just says Madigo's crime, right in front of all his coworkers. Gotta love Munch for toying with people.

"Oh would you look at this what a cliché, he shaves his head trying to make himself look different but he makes himself look more and more ugly." Cassidy you could really just go for the obvious skin head remark but instead he just comes out swinging some softballs instead. I don't know how you go from witty Munch to Cassidy who is the opposite of smooth.

Munch is really enjoying messing with this guy.

White’s Partner: "Richard could be a really sweet man but he could be abusive." Sounds like the classic manipulative psychopath. Charismatic on the outside but then he shows his true colors.

White was clearly stalking her and instead of reacting the way the ADA normally would have by flashing her badge and telling White to get lost. She leaves instead, as he rattled her. Did this women go to the police about him?

Olivia: "He's stalking her." Cragen: "Impossible. We don't have a stalking statue in New York. Ergo there's no way to stalk anyone." OMG is this true! There's not stalking statue. HOW IS THIS NOT A THING!? Like stalking is a serious crime that can (and in this case resulted in murder). That's so messed up.

White stalked his real-estate partner too!

Why are Cragen's handcuffs hanging on this lamp....? Was he having some sexy times in there?

Olivia is really inside this guy's head. She really understands what makes him tick. Control. I love how they start this conversation all relaxed leaning back but then both Elliot and Olivia lean forward towards Cragen.

Why is White so suddenly hot and bothered by Olivia? Because she's a strong woman and he wants to control her?

"Your alibi is shredding. Yeah the lockbox. It seems like anybody could have used it if they had your code. You don't have to be there." OOOH so it was his partner who covered for him.

OOooh so he's fixated on Olivia now. He has already looked into her background.

Olivia: "Your a nosy parker." hahaha What!? Who says that? Who wrote this dialog!? Olivia isn't crass but she's not so prudish that she'd say something like that. Who talks like that?

White's partner isn't even a partner in their real estate firm!? So he pays her under the table 3 grand to not be a partner?

So she did call the cops. And that's where that scene with Olivia and Cragen comes in. "There's not law against what he did." No law against stalking is so beyond messed up. And this is happening in the year 2000.

She found a map of central park under his couch. That's a new hiding spot.

White is up in the wind...so where did he go?

Awwwe Munch, offering to give Olivia a lift home because he's concerned about her. That's so sweet.

There's a picture of a guy on Olivia's desk...is it...Elliot?

He found a list of places on a pad of paper in White's apartment. Elliot thinks they were places the victim frequented turns out they are places that Olivia's been. So he's officially stalking her now.

Hahah Elliot came to Olivia's place to take her to work. They are all so concerned for her. I love how she calls him out on his little lie.  You were totally not in the neighborhood. You came all this way from the station and back to my place. She's too smart for you Elliot.

And Olivia honey, you are in denial. He is totally stalking you.

I also love how the two of them are just drinking out of the same glass. Like it's an everyday normal thing. Sharing food. They've been working together for a year and a half now. The two of them are already really great friends. I really want to see what they are like when they first met.

So White kills this woman just to mess with Olivia? What a crazy psycho.

That's a WHOLE lot of blood.

It's eight episodes in when I realized that Jeffries partner is Lenny Briscoe's nephew. I wonder why we don't see him all that often.

Cragen showing his dad love to Olivia. Everyone is so concerned for her. It's really sweet.

OH shit! Flowers!

This woman is such a cliqued rich bitch baddie.

White’s rich mom: "He was going to look up some special lady friend. A police woman." OMG!! It's Olivia!!!!

White’s rich mom: "I told him he should drop her, before she started taking from him. No offense but I understand that you people don't make any real money. And for that, you get to deal with filth all day." Elliot: "All shapes and sizes." I love this dialog!!! She's such a bitch. And Elliot is a bitch right back to her. 

With a little smirk on his face. Like I got you, Bitch!

Elliot: "Blink your lights when you get inside." He is so scared that White is going to come after her. And she knows that he won't leave until he knows she in there. Like hot damn! These two.

She has no bedframe. What are those sheets?

She looks so scared but of course Olivia isn't alone here. I mean she's not alone like when she goes to met Lewis.

I love how Elliot is the first one to burst out! Like he can’t wait any longer. LOVE that Cragen is the one to knock him down with a kick to the legs. 

White: "You lying coward bitch!" Of course she's going to lie to you.

OMG they are so close to each other. They are in each other's faces. Who talks that close!? On the other hand you could get closer.

So that's why he fixates on Olivia. She's exciting, especially after he killed the ADA. He talks like she's so boring going to the park at the same time everyday reading.

Chanting...? huh?

So that's how he keeps control with Olivia. He's not going to confess to how he killed her.

White: “Detective Stabler...How are Kathy and the kids?” OOOOh he looked into Elliot too! It’s creepy but...not his usual MO. 

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Final Thoughts: Well, I enjoyed this episode. Olivia's first stalker...not sure how many there are but I hear there are a lot. I always thought that this guy was going to come back at some point, but he never did when Elliot was still there.

Love seeing the squad rally around Olivia, being super protective of their girl. Munch offering her a lift home, Cragen not wanting Olivia to continue with the case after knowing White was stalking her. I love that Olivia uses the his own words against him to let him keep her on the case. Most especially love Elliot being super protective. He won't let her go home on the subway, made sure to get her to blink her light so he knew she was inside. And then he came to pick her up by a really round about way.

I think the one misstep about this episode is the actor who played White. In this last scene he seems, not so intimidating. I get it, he’s too smart. He know’s what she wants, he knows she wants a confession and the correct details. And so he’s making fun of her because he won’t play her game. But...I think they could have cast him better. 

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Fandoms I'm currently in!

- My Hero Academia (Seen all of S1- S5 and the two movies, working on seeing the third!)

- Demon Slayer! (Have seen all of S1 and a couple spoilers, working on S2 and the movie)

- Haikyuu (Have seen all of S1- S5)

- Harry Potter (Have seen all movies and read the books)

- Percy Jackson (read book 1, working on book 2 and getting other books)

-Inuyasha (need to rewatch but can still rp and write for!)

- DSMP (Still new to it but ye!)

- Flash //CW Show// (Don't like later seasons but ye!)

- Young Justice (Need to catch up on S2, have seen all of S1 though!)

-MCU (Have seen almost all the movies and shows)

- Fruits Basket //2019// (Have seen S1!)

-Naruto //Shonen and Shippuden// (Have seen all of Shonen! Still working on Shippuden ><)

- Bleach (Have seen S1 and some of S2? Need to rewatch)

-Soul Eater (Very new! Just started S1)

-One Piece (Very new! Started S1 a while ago)

- Fairy Tail (Have seen all Seasons, may need to review certain things though!)

- Assassination Classroom (Have seen all of it!)

-March Comes in Like a Lion (Have seen S1- S2)

-The Mentalist (Started on S1)

-Criminal Minds (Started on S1)

- Cold Cases (Started on S1)

- Law and Order (Started on S1)

-Law and Order: SVU (Started on S1)

- Chigaco PD (Started on S1)

- Grey's Anatomy (Started on S1)

-The Good Doctor (Started on S1)

- Chigaco Med (Started on S1)

-NCIS: Los Angelos (Started on S1)

- Blue Bloods (Started on S1)

- Hannibal (Started on S1)

I'm probably forgetting some @@ But yeah! Feel free to DM me for rp! Feel free to message for scenarios, imagines, and HCs!

- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Have seen all of it and would LOVE a rp with it!)

-Supernatural (Started S1)

Edit: I will update this when remembering more fandoms and join more.

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#5

I'm about to binge watch law and order svu for the first time ever. It's going to be the first time i watch these episodes. Seasons 1-22 wish me luck.

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#4

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#3

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#2

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#1

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I posted 3,598 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

omg! i know it's obvious to anyone with a brain that elliot and olivia are in love with each other, but richard wheatley dropping the news to angela makes me wonder if there is a mole inside the police department who is aware of elliot and olivia's closeness? i will throw hands if richard hurts olivia. 🥺

41 notes • Posted 2021-05-28 03:12:33 GMT

#4

nick be popping his coat like the badass that he is on the way to acquire scummy fred for fred's punishment. 🥵

june giving nick a passionate "yeah, we fucked under your roof" kiss in front of fred. 🤩

i hope june and everyone abused by fred and scumbags like him find their peace. 💕

44 notes • Posted 2021-06-17 07:07:45 GMT

#3

so, are we getting a real kiss between elliot and olivia next week, or are we gonna have to wait another 22 fucking years? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i'm not saying that they have to make love with each other, because i still feel it is too soon. like, save that for next season. however, a kiss? bring it on! 🖤🥀

46 notes • Posted 2021-05-28 09:16:16 GMT

#2

i cannot say that i am surprised to learn that some of the rebels are not any different from the scum of gilead when it involves disrespecting females. all i have to say is that janine has a special place in my heart. 🥺

49 notes • Posted 2021-05-05 08:53:29 GMT

#1

my queen, captain olivia benson was not fucking bluffing when she was more than willing to retire her badge and gun if chief mcgrath dared to cross her again. 🙌🏽

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Hulu New Releases: September 2021

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September usually means the beginning of the traditional fall TV season. As such, Hulu’s list of new releases for September 2021 contains some impressive TV swings.

For starters, all of ABC and Fox’s (both now united under the Disney banner alongside Hulu) fall season offerings will be made available to stream on Hulu the next day. More impressively, however, two FX on Hulu originals make their way to the streaming world this month.

The first is the long-awaited adaptation of the classic comic Y: The Last Man. The story of a virus that destroys every mammal with a Y-chromosome (save for one escape artist and his monkey) is set to premiere on September 13. Shortly after that, the B.J. Novak-produced anthology series The Premise arrives on September 16. Even those who are fatigued from timely anthology concepts will want to check this one out.

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Nine Perfect Strangers Review: Hulu Series Achieves Wellness

By Erin Qualey

There aren’t any original movies of note coming to Hulu in September but that’s alright as the library titles are uncommonly compelling. Edward Scissorhands, Gattaca, The Interview, Office Space, and Raising Arizona are just some of the library films this month.

Here is everything else coming to Hulu this month.

Hulu New Releases – September 2021

September 1 50/50 (2011) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Anaconda (1997) Angel Unchained (1970) The Apparition (2012) At the Earth’s Core (1976) Blue City (1986) Bull Durham (1988) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Cannon For Cordoba (1970) Cellar Dweller (1988) Cold Creek Manor (2003) Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) Crazy Heart (2009) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Edward Scissorhands (1990) El Dorado (1967) Election (1999) Exterminator 2 (1984) Free Willy (1993) Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove (2010) Friday the 13th – Part III (1982) Friday the 13th – Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984) Fright Night (1985) Gattaca (1997) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) The Glass House (2001) Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) Hoosiers (1986) I Spit On Your Grave (2010) I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013) I Spit On Your Grave 3 (2015) Internal Affairs (1990) The Interview (2014) Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Just Between Friends (1986) The Killer Elite (1975) Kiss the Girls (1997) The Last Castle (2001) Magic Mike (2012) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) The Mexican (2001) McLintock! (Producer’s Cut) (1963) Miss You Already (2015) Mommy (2015) Mosquito Squadron (1970) Mr. North (1988) Much Ado About Nothing (2013) New Year’s Eve (2011) Nixon (1995) Office Space (1999) The Omen (1976) The Patsy (1964) Phase IV (1974) The Possession (2012) Priest (2011) Raising Arizona (1987) The Ring (2002) Road to Perdition (2002) Salvador (1986) Secret Admirer (1985) Shaun The Sheep Movie (2015) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Solace (2016) Stephen King’s It (1990) Sucker Punch (2011) Tears Of The Sun (2003) The Tenant (1976) Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005) Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (2008) Under Fire (1983) Vantage Point (2008) Volcano (1997) The Wedding Plan (2016) The Wrestler (2008) The X-Files (1998)

September 2 Trolls: TrollsTopia: Complete Season 4 (Hulu Original) Death in Texas (2021) The Unthinkable (2021)

September 3 The D’Amelio Show: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original) What We Do in the Shadows: Season 3 Premiere (FX) Bolden (2019) Undine (2021)

September 4 Flower (2017)

September 8       Wu-Tang: An American Saga: Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original) La La Land (2016)

September 10      The Killing of Two Lovers (2020) Transporter 3 (2008)

September 11       High Ground (2021)

September 13       Y: The Last Man: Three-Episode Series Premiere (FX on Hulu) Colette (2018)

September 15      Dark Side of the Ring: Season 3A (Vice) Joseph: King Of Dreams (2000) Love, Simon (2018) Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

September 16       The Premise: Series Premiere (FX on Hulu) Stalker (2021) On Chesil Beach (2018) Riders of Justice (2021)

September 18       Dark Side of Football: Complete Season 1 (Vice)

September 20       Grown Ups (2010)

September 21 9-1-1: Season 5 Premiere (FOX) The Big Leap: Series Premiere (FOX) Dancing with the Stars: Season 20 Premiere (ABC) Ordinary Joe: Series Premiere (NBC) The Voice: Season 21 Premiere (NBC)

September 22 New Amsterdam: Season 4 Premiere (NBC) Our Kind of People: Series Premiere (FOX) The Resident: Season 5 Premiere (FOX)

September 23 A Million Little Things: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) Alter Ego: Series Premiere (FOX) Chicago Fire: Season 10 Premiere (NBC) Chicago Med: Season 7 Premiere (NBC) Chicago P.D.: Season 9 Premiere (NBC) The Conners: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) The Goldbergs: Season 9 Premiere (ABC) Home Economics: Season 2 Premiere (ABC) The Masked Singer: Season 6 Premiere (FOX) The Wonder Years: Series Premiere (ABC) The Eric Andre Show: Complete Season 5 (Turner Networks) Funhouse (2021)

September 24 Law & Order: Organized Crime: Season 2 Premiere (NBC) Law & Order: SVU: Season 23 Premiere (NBC) An American Haunting (2006)

September 25 Gemini (2018)

September 27 Bob’s Burgers: Season 12 Premiere (FOX) Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: Season 2 Premiere (ABC) Family Guy: Season 20 Premiere (FOX) The Great North: Season 2 Premiere (FOX) The Rookie: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) The Simpsons: Season 33 Premiere (FOX) Supermarket Sweep: Season 2 Premiere (ABC)

September 28 The Good Doctor: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) Felix and the Hidden Treasure (2021) Home Run (2013)

September 29 La Brea: Series Premiere (NBC) Minor Premise (2021)

September 30 New Order (2021)

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Leaving Hulu – September 2021

September 1 The Iron Lady (2011) Our Family Wedding (2009) Young Adult (2011)

September 2 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)

September 23 An American Haunting (2006)

September 29 Destination Wedding (2018) Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) One For The Money (2012)

September 30 2012 (2009) 50/50 (2011) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) A Hard Day (2014) A Perfect Day (2006) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Anaconda (1997) Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) Anacondas: Trail Of Blood (2009) Angel Unchained (1970) The Assassin (2015) At the Earth’s Core (1976) Australia (2008) Bad Teacher (2011) Beasts Clawing At Straws (2020) Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) Big Fish (2003) Black And White (2000) BOY (2010) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Breakdown (1997) Bruno (2009) Bull Durham (1988) Burning (2018) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Caddyshack (1980) Caddyshack II (1988) Cannon For Cordoba (1970) Cellar Dweller (1988) Charles and Diana: 1983 (2020) Charlotte’s Web (1973) The Chumscrubber (2005) The Condemned (2007) Contagion (2011) Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) Coyote Ugly (2000) Dangerous Minds (1995) Daredevil (2003) Desperate Measures (1998) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) Don’t Think Twice (2016) Dumb & Dumber (1994) Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Eliminators (2016) Exterminator 2 (1984) Fired Up! (2009) Foxfire (1996) Fred Claus (2007) Fright Night (1985) From Paris with Love (2010) Galaxy Quest (1999) Grandma (2015) Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) The Grudge (2004) Gundala (2019) Hard Romanticker (2011) Hideaway (1995) Himalaya (1991) House of the Dead (2003) House of the Dead 2 (2006) Housesitter (1992) I Do…Until I Don’t (2017) I Wish I Knew (2010) Ice Age (2002) In The Cut (2003) Indignation (2016) Intolerable Cruelty (2003) It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (2010) Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Johnny English (2003) Just Between Friends (1986) The Killer Elite (1975) Knowing (2009) Lady Vengeance (2005) Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018) Lost in Hong Kong (2015) Machines (2016) The Man From Nowhere (2010) Maximum Risk (1996) Mercury Rising (1998) Mosquito Squadron (1970) Mountains May Depart (2015) Mr. North (1988) The Nightingale (2013) Nixon (1995) Old Stone (2016) The Omen (1976) Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) Open Water (2004) Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) Places In The Heart (1984) The Polar Express (2004) Pop Aye (2017) R.L. Stine: Mostly Ghostly (2008) R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: The Cabinet Of Souls (2015) R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014) R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly: One Night In Doom House (2016) R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007) Raising Arizona (1987) Reno 911!: Miami: The Movie (2007) The Ring (2002) Rookie of the Year (1993) Salvador (1986) Scent of Green Papayas (1993) Secret Admirer (1985) Sk8 Dawg (2018) Sleeping With The Enemy (1991) Sleepwalkers (1992) The Soloist (2009) Somewhere (2010) Sorority Row (2009) Space Jam (1996) The Stepfather (2009) Sunshine (2005) Super Troopers (2002) Sweet Bean (2015) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Take Shelter (2011) Taken (2009) This Means War (2010) Thunderheart (1992) Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005) Tokyo Rising (2020) Tooth Fairy (2008) Train to Busan (2016) Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (2008) Under Fire (1983) Universal Soldier (1992) Virtuosity (1995) The Wailing (2016) Whip It (2009) Wilde (1998) Wings Of Courage (1995) The Woman Who Left (2016) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

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Tiptoeing through the “Raising the Dead” guest cast.

Frank Military as David Kessler Before he was electrocuting Sam, drilling Deeks’s teeth, blowing up the team in Mexico and coming up with the band of streaming serial killers (still an open storyline), Frank Military was a working actor.  He had guest roles in Miami Vice, C.A.T. Squad, Superboy, The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, CSI and Windfall.  Appeared in a few feature films as well.

I checked out the AV Club review of “3”, The X-Files episode with Military.  They were not a fan but it is a retro review (it wasn’t as good as Buffy – well, Buffy wasn’t on in 1994).  Their look at Military’s character John:

“The trio of vampires that Mulder tracks down aren't exactly Anne Rice heavy, but they are pretty tedious. The only one we get to know at all, John, looks like he just got thrown out of a Creed concert. During interrogation he spouts the usual religious rhetoric, and in one of the ep's few cool moments, Mulder doesn't buy it–believing John's faking his condition, Mulder has him put in a cell with a high window. The sun rises, and John burns. Later on he comes back, which is about the only interesting thing he manages to accomplish, even if it a little vague.”

The Creed concert line has some real truth to it.

Izabella Miko as Michelle Boucher Played Raja in The Cape and Katya in Chicago Fire.  Appeared in episodes of Deadwood, Chaos, Love Bites, Law & Order: SVU, Supernatural, Anger Management, Scorpion, The Mick, Criminal Minds and The Hunters.

Angel Parker as Secret Service Agent Alicia Monroe Was Tasha Davenport in Lab Rats, Shawn Chapman in American Crime Story, Alex Green in The Strain, Heidi Baker in Trial & Error and Catherine Wilder in Runaways.

Guest roles include Angel, Criminal Minds, ER, Eli Stone, The Young and the Restless, The Closer, Castle, Hannah Montana, Days of Our Lives, Soul Man, Sean Saves the World, Gang Related, Rebel, Teachers, Rel, 9-1-1: Lone Star and The Rookie.

Parker in her trailer.

Matt Peters as FBI Agent Michael Rudolph Was in Joel Luschek in Orange is the New Black and appeared in episodes of Weeds, Santiago, Rush Hour and Superstore.

Bojesse Christopher as Deputy Warden Max Fielder Played Billy O’Connell in Picket Fences and Det. Richard Kitting in True Detective.

Guest roles include Married with Children, Ferris Bueller, DEA, Silk Stalkings, Quantum Leap, Beverly Hills 90210 (1994), Unhappily Ever After, Pacific Blue, High Incident, Land’s End, Good vs. Evil, Strange Ones and Deputy.

Christopher provided multiple photos of his time on set with this Instagram post.

Daryl Crittenden as Randy Sinclair Played Chris Bowman in Heroes.  Guest starred in Nip/Tuck, The Young and the Restless, Torchwood, Friends with Benefits, Desperate Housewives, CSI, Franklin & Bash, Black & White, Justified, Days of Our Lives, Hart of Dixie, 2 Broke Girls, Hench, Criminal Minds and Hot in Cleveland.

Critteden also had a few photos with an Instagram post.

Adam George Key as LAPD Officer Harrison Back from “Murder of Crows” last season.  Key co-wrote “Monster” with Frank Military.

Jason Medwin as Prison Guard #1 A rather large fellow, Medwin appeared in episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Torchwood, Scandal, Shameless, Baskets, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Glow, Lethal Weapon, Jane the Virgin, Single Parents, Euphoria and The Kominsky Method.

David Proffitt as Prison Guard #2 Guest roles in General Hospital, Veep and SWAT (2020).

Written: Frank Military wrote/co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels" and "False Flag" (the season 11 finale), "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" and “Code of Conduct”.

Directed by:  Terrence O’Hara directed “The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon” (written by Military), “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent” (written by Military), “Ascension” (written by Military), “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching" and “Yellow Jack”.

[dovebuffy92]

https://www.fanbolt.com/114407/clarice-season-1-review-promising-notes-of-clarice-starling/

Clarice Season One, created by Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, has a promising start, but there are some weaknesses in the television show’s tone. Rebecca Breeds portrays Clarice Starling as a brilliant profiler and a woman struggling with mental illness. In addition, the television show captures the FBI during the 1990s. The governmental institution wrestles with racism and sexism. However, until the last couple of episodes, the main issue is that it feels like a glossy procedural instead of a dark and gritty horror crime drama.

Hannibal, developed by Bryan Fuller, does a better job of creating a coherent stylized story while digging into the dark mind of psychopaths and the FBI agents who get lost in their twisted psyches to track down the serial killers.

The CBS television show feels too much like a polished procedural. Part of the problem is that Clarice doesn’t enter the world of psychopath Alastor Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Nigel Hagel until the last two episodes. For fans of the Hannibal television series, the interest is not in solving the mystery but instead unraveling the psychology of the twisted killer.

Following both the FBI’s investigation and the serial killer in Clarice would be especially interesting with Hagel because his psychopathy remains linked with Capitalism. Fuller’s Hannibal was so successful because Mads Mikkelsen as forensic psychiatrist cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter, manipulated his friend FBI Profiler Will Graham during his cases while killing people under his nose.

Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman miss that whole point by designing the show like a police procedural that contains well-lit scenes, and the investigative style is a lot like Criminal Minds or Law and Order: SVU. Like network crime shows, the story focuses on the sexual tension between Clarice and her partner, former sniper Agent Tomas Esquivel.

Some early episodes are structured based on solving one case per week instead of figuring out who’s making it look like a serial killer in Washington D.C. It does not help that two of the central characters in the television show are performed by actors who have been in shows Like Criminal Minds or Southland. Both Michael Cudlitz and Jayne Atkinson harken back to classic crime dramas.

The best part of the series is Rebecca Breeds as Clarice Starling. Breeds capture the West Virginian accent perfectly. More than that, she expertly shifts Clarice from a calm agent to spiraling into a PTSD episode within a couple of minutes. For example, later in the season, Clarice runs through the park trying to remember her past. She calmly jogs, holding the necklace her father gave her. Clarice starts to have flashbacks of her therapy sessions, her father calling her his little deputy, and him using her to get out of being beaten up by drug dealers. She speeds up, then suddenly falls. Clarice can’t stand up because she is so overcome by emotion.

The character spends a lot of the first season suppressing the anxiety and emotional pain from her time with the killer Buffalo Bill. Clarice seems to the put-together agent the exact opposite of the young woman she rescued, Catherine Martin, a mentally broken recluse. When Clarice starts her therapy with Dr. Renée Li, she has confusing flashbacks about her beloved deceased father. She suppresses all these traumatic memories from her childhood. Clarice’s father, a West Virginian town marshal, had her deliver partial payments to these local gangsters. One time the gangsters almost shot young Clarice.

These re-awaken memories don’t just further traumatize Clarice but make her realize that she built her FBI career on a lie. Clarice’s ability to understand human nature allows her accurately profile psychopaths, even when they are wearing their disguises.

The television creators could have chosen to write Clarice’s weakness as her small stature or nativity, but the writers made a more exciting choice. Her weakness is her unwillingness to deal with her feelings and PTSD that crystalized before meeting Buffalo Bill.

The sexism and racism that the characters experience bring a sense of realness and drama to the television show. Clarice’s first sexist incident is in the pilot episode when a colleague hides cream and tissues in her desk. The most egregious moment is when a male agent massages her in a surveillance van without any solicitation. While Clarice suffers discrimination in the FBI, her Black best friend, Agent Ardelia Mapp, is doubly oppressed. First, using forensics Ardelia helped solve the Buffalo Bill case but never received the same level of fame as Clarice.

Then during the show, Ardelia solves the cold case of Bobby Larkin’s murder, wins funding for a task force, builds a DNA database for investigations, and applies for a leadership position for a task force involving her expertise. She isn’t even appointed as the senior agent. Instead, Ardelia works under White “senior agent” Eddie, who doesn’t know the first thing about DNA or her database. Eric Phalen, Anthony Herman, and Eddie take credit for her forensics work in the FBI newsletter.

Earlier, Herman criticized her for the newsletter article about her work on the Bobby Larkin case. Being a Black woman traps Ardelia in the basement, working grunt jobs for the cold case unit. It’s uplifting to see the friendship between Clarice and Ardelia despite all the oppression they face. Clarice endorsees the fact the Black FBI Coalition is suing the FBI for racially discriminatory actions using her and Ardelia as an example. The FBI and press dubbed Clarice the poster child for Criminal Profiling while ignoring a Black woman’s significant contributions to solving the case. The television show depicts a loving female friendship but doesn’t ignore the real sexism and racism that FBI Agents who were not straight White men faced during the 1990s.

Clarice Season One is not what I would call “quality television.” Still, it’s refreshing to see Clarice Starling depicted as a complex female character who deals with trauma while still being one of the best criminal profilers in the world.

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TV Guide, October 12-25

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Michael Weatherly of Bull 

Page 1: Contents, Editor’s Letter, Supernatural (the November 9 cover of TV Guide will feature Supernatural)

Page 2: Ask Matt -- Stumptown, Lovecraft Country, Your Feedback, Coming Next Issue -- Fall’s Top Shows 

Page 3: Milestone -- Curb Your Enthusiasm 20th anniversary 

Page 6: Ratings -- Emmys’ big drop, a successful Transplant

Page 7: What’s next for the cast of Schitt’s Creek, Commercial Watch -- Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard vs. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker for Uber Eats, Series Scoop -- Ty Pennington, Lorraine Bracco, Lisa Edelstein, Liv Tyler, Alan Arkin, Supergirl 

Page 8: The Roush Review -- The Haunting of Bly Manor 

Page 9: The Right Stuff, Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip, Next 

Page 10: Cover Story -- Bull’s new normal -- Bull as a family man? Chunk a lawyer? Marissa arrested? The TAC team faces a mountain of changes in Season 5 -- Michael Weatherly previews the drama 

Page 12: Returning Favorites -- Monday -- Freddie Highmore previews season 4 of The Good Doctor 

Page 13: His Dark Materials 

Page 18: The Neighborhood, Bob Loves Abishola, The Voice, Below Deck, All Rise 

Page 20: Tuesday -- This Is Us 

Page 21: Ellen’s Game of Games, The Curse of Oak Island, Tell Me a Story 

Page 22: NCIS 

Page 23: Chris Harrison on The Bachelorette 

Page 24: FBI, FBI: Most Wanted 

Page 26: Wednesday -- Chicago Fire, Chicago Med 

Page 27: Chicago P.D. 

Page 28: The Conners 

Page 31: S.W.A.T. 

Page 32: Seal Team, For Life, Tyler Perry’s Sistas, The A Word, Baroness Von Sketch Show 

Page 34: Black-ish, American Housewife, The Goldbergs 

Page 35: Phil Keoghan on The Amazing Race 

Page 36: Thursday -- Grey’s Anatomy 

Page 37: Law & Order: SVU 

Page 40: Station 19 

Page 41: Young Sheldon, Ben Feldman on Superstore, Mom 

Page 42: Sonequa Martin-Green on Star Trek: Discovery 

Page 43: A Million Little Things, Supernatural, The Unicorn

Page 44: Friday -- Blue Bloods, cop shows’ new look -- here’s how police dramas are changing the way they tell stories about law and order 

Page 45: Magnum P.I., The Blacklist 

Page 46: MacGyver, Shark Tank, The Mandalorian 

Page 47: Tis the start of the Christmas movie season -- your days and nights will be merry and bright when these annual film fests return beginning October 23 -- yes, before Halloween 

Page 48: Sunday -- Chelsea Field on NCIS: New Orleans, R. Scott Gemmill on NCIS: Los Angeles 

Page 49: The Crown -- costume close up, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Card Sharks, Who Wants to be a Millionaire 

Page 50: Fear the Walking Dead, The Spanish Princess 

Page 52: Calendar of all your returning favorites 

Page 54-68: TV listings 

Page 70: Stream It! Your guide to the best streaming available -- Netflix -- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Rebecca, Evil season 1

Page 71: Prime Video -- Mr. Robot, The Glorias, Hulu -- Treadstone, Terminator: Dark Fate 

Page 72: New Movie Releases 

Page 73: Series, Specials and Documentaries 

Page 74-94: TV listings 

Page 100: Cheers & Jeers -- cheers to Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Buteau, Dancing With the Stars, jeers to too many name changes, Big Brother, L.A.’s Finest 

[douxbebearchives]

Meet the Author: ScarlettKate1013

Hi, ScarlettKate1013!

Stories can be found here.

Twitter.

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When did you start writing Olitz? Summer 2020

Tell us about yourself! What do you want readers to know about you? I’m an avid reader. I love music and have classical voice training, but I can’t play a single instrument. I’m a mom to two, an “evil Queen stepmom” to three and a grandmother to two, and I’m probably too old to read fanfiction, never mind write it, but it’s a lot of fun, so I do it anyway.

What drew you to Olivia and Fitz? I didn’t discover Scandal until the beginning of season 5, but I was hooked after one episode and quickly gobbled up the first four seasons. Olivia and Fitz were just everything - romantic, beautiful, angst-filled and gut wrenching at times, but what a ride!

What made you want to write about them? I started rewatching from episode 1 during quarantine and I’d started writing again, so I decided to jump in the deep end of the pool and write a one shot set during the early days of Fitz’s first term. I  just wanted to see a tender moment between Olivia and Fitz before they - and we, the viewers - got blitzed by B6-13.

How would you describe your writing? I’m a pessimist by nature, but my writing tends to be fairly fluffy. I do enjoy writing smut. Don’t look for many earth-shattering plot lines from this gal because I’m only good for some fluffy, oftentimes smutty, goodness with a tiny bit of angst on occasion.

What inspires you to write / create? Usually, I envision a quick scene in my head, or I’ll dream up a short verbal exchange between characters, and I start making notes.

Favorite movies, shows, music? Too many to name, but I can’t live without the Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Marvel Universe or the Star Wars films. Favorite shows are JAG, The Last Ship, Law & Order: SVU, Angel, Seal Team, Bones, X-Files, Once Upon a Time, Army Wives, This is Us and, of course, Scandal. I love pretty much all music.

How long does it take you to write a chapter? If I’ve kept up with my notes and I can carve up a bit of alone time, I can normally do a chapter in an hour or two...but it’s rare that I can carve out alone time.

Did the show’s themes and plots encourage you or discourage you from writing? Encourage.

Writing AU or Canon? Canon.

Reading AU or Canon? Canon.

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A favorite line, scene, or paragraph you’ve written.

From “A Lifetime Waiting” 

His entire life, he'd been taught to accept what was dangled in front of him, to follow orders, do what was expected of him. He'd lived his life always afraid, hesitant, to get what he wanted. He'd never just stepped up and seized what he wanted, until Olivia. With her, he didn't have to wonder where he stood; he didn't question his worth. For the first time in his life, he loved and was loved, only for himself. His life had been spent waiting – waiting on his father's approval, waiting to be governor, waiting to be president, waiting to be happy. But one petite, raven-haired beauty had changed all that. It had been Olivia who'd broken the cycle of waiting and helped him start living.

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Fave Olitz moments? The Trail, Closetgate, Vermont, “Watch me choose you” from both Liv & Fitz, every single “one minute.”

Fave Olitz fanfic moments? There have been so many amazing stories I’ve had the pleasure of reading, both canon and AU. They’re all my favorites!

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Do you like it when readers engage with you via comments / social media? Yes.

Story Reviews: Love them, hate them? I like reviews, even if they’re critical. I welcome constructive criticism - it’s the only way to improve - but if the review is just flit-out mean and spiteful, well, I simply invite the reader to move along and find something to your liking. There’s enough hate in the world; no need to make it grow with a mean spirited review.

What advice would you give to a new Olitz writer? Do it. You won’t regret it.

Outside of your fics, do you have any fave Olitz stories or authors? I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read in this fandom.

Do you talk to other Olitz authors? If so, do you like the camaraderie? A little bit, through a Facebook group. Everyone has been so friendly and supportive.

Before you go, anything else you’d like to share? This was an amazing idea. I just want to say thank you to everyone who welcomed me into this fandom. Because of the encouragement I’ve received, I’m going to expand one of my stories and I’ve got an outline going for an AU of the season 3 finale.

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Thank you, ScarlettKate1013, for allowing us to feature you!

[emilyccannings]

Grey's Anatomy Season 1 PT1 Ep 2-5 Review

Greys Anatomy Season 1 PT1 Ep 2-5 Review The best medical TV show on the planet (in my opinion)! Filled with heart break and heart throbs!

Info= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Where you can watch it = Amazon Prime and also on Star on Disney+ on the 23rd of this month. Where you can buy it = Amazon Prime Season 1 Episode 2 I love talking about Grey’s anatomy to me it is my favourite TV show alongside Charmed, Buffy and Law and Order SVU. Oh almost forgot Supernatural, Poirot and CSI Miami! This episode…

[milquetoast-on-acid]

Milquetoast watches SVU

A Single Life S1xE2 Special Victims Unit: Episode Review

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What this episode is about:  Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who fell to her death wearing only a slip.

Grocery guy: "Two for a dollar!" Olivia: "I only need one." That's a HUGE bag for like three items.

Girl tomatoes last a long time, go ahead and buy two.

Olivia is pissed and dishing it out and I AM HERE FOR IT! Elliot is over here backing her up! I LOVE how Elliot is like: "Detective Benson" whenever someone disrespects Olivia. Like yo! show her some respect! She's not some civilian or a beat cop. 

They (this whole cast) really have a great rapport. 

Jefferies is always heckling Munch. And I am also here for that too!

"The Subway Stroker" hahahaha, that’s a clever name.

They (this random couple) want to move into this dead girls apartment! That's so tacky! 

This episode was written by a woman and directed by one too!!! 

YEss!! Girl power!

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Olivia: "I'm never home. I'm always with you." What do we learn in this scene? Elliot and Olivia spend more time together on the job than, she does at home. And more time than he does with his family. After a wonderful scene of Elliot and Olivia, bantering light heartedly. He opens up the car for Olivia to put her case files in and proceeds to stare at her. Until she notices and calls him out on it. I thought this scene was romantic then someone pointed out to me that Elliot was seeing Olivia in the victim. Which makes hella sense. 

There are define parallels between the two. Olivia lives at home, has no family except her mother. And they have a strange relationship. So if Olivia died who would care? Well...we know Elliot would.  BUT...speaking of which. When Olivia is kidnapped in season (oh god, I don't know a season that Elliot is gone) No one knows until 2 days later. 

Elliot sticking his hand into the drain to unclog it. Then looks so smug to have fixed it, only to later realize that it was Dickie's turtle that clogged it. Not food! Oh Dickie, why did you put your turtle in the sink and leave it there?

I think it's interesting they pair up the scene with Elliot and Olivia bantering immediately followed up with a scene of Elliot and his family. I feel like a scene with Olivia at home paired with a scene with Elliot and his family; might be more effective at showing how Olivia is so much like the victim. 

Cassidy in court is a much better scene of him than we have seen so far. He's telling the jury what happened at a crime scene and he's having to censor himself. It's kinda funny.  He's been in the unit for eight months? I think Olivia's been their a year. So that makes them both rookies but she seems so much better suited for this squad than he is. 

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Shrink Doctor to Elliot & Olivia: "I don't accept walk ins or couples." Olivia: "We're not a couple." IT's THE SECOND Episode and they already having to tell people their not a couple. 

"Meh" OMG hahahahah what the hell is that!? Dr Mark Daniel's you crack me up! What is sort of noises are those coming out of your mouth? He sounds like a duck quacking. Do yourself a favor when you watch this episode watch the first scene with Dr Mark Daniels.

"Dr patient blah blah blah" lol OMG Olivia!!! I totally think Dr Daniels was the victims boyfriend. I haven't seen this episode in years so I don't remember if is or not. 

Cragen is eating again...

I was right! He was her boyfriend (casual or not)

Elliot's partner retired and moved to Florida. His name was Alfonz and he was a big guy. That's a big change from him to Olivia. 

"Guess she was his boss. I love that." Girl, I do too! It's Michael Nouri!!!! As the News Anchor that thinks he's gods gift to women! He's an asshole but a beautiful one. I feel like L&O loves hammy acting and at this point is a really great fit for broadway actors.

Cassidy doesn't know what n3croph*** is!? How is he a Special Victims Detective? That's like sex crime 101.

  "In the jungle..." Cragen was a war vet!? I did not remember this! Maybe this is why he's a dry alcoholic. 

That scene with Elliot and Kathy is kinda sweet. And Kathy calling him "El" Also Elliot stripping down to his underwear! HOT!!! Lets rewind that...

Olivia really lives and breathes her job.

Why does a dry alcoholic have a bottle of whiskey in his desk? I remember he was a widower. I didn't remember Mrs Cragen's name is Marge. Or that she was a flight attended that went down with a plane. He says she went down and that’s when he wanted to drown himself in a bottle but that he couldn’t. 

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Final Thoughts: 

Often times SVU uses cases to tell us about the main characters. In this particular one we get more insight into Olivia and Cragen. It was good seeing a few faces I recognized. Overall, not a very memorable case or episode. 

We learn so much about Cragen’s character here. Things I didn’t remember. His wife dying in a plane crash and that he was a war vet. I had forgotten about him having a bottle of alchy stashed in his desk for his detectives. HE is still tempted to drink so why does he keep it? That sounds like such a bad idea to me. 

Cassidy is an idiot, why is he here? This episode highlights the fact that Olivia and Cassidy are new to the squad but that Olivia fits in way more than Brian does. Brian is pure butt monkey and comedy relief. 

This episode highlights just how alone Olivia is. Who would notice if she died? Or if something was wrong with her. Just like the victim. Elliot would be the first one to notice. This is why I wanted them to show Olivia at home alone just being alone. In contrast with Elliot’s very loud household of six people.