This episode of "Law and Order:SVU" shows how deep racism poisons society in such an incredibly scary way that there are times that I often wonder if we as a human race will ever accept tolerance in any way, shape or form.
The episode also starts a story arc with Marcia Gay Harden's FBI agent Dana Lewis. Two particular scenes with her stand out: When we first see her, she's a woman named "Star", who's a member of a White Supremacy group that maybe behind the shootings. The look on Munch's face when she makes a very racist comment on his race was so incredibly hateful that you thought that he would lose his cool, even after she slaps him.
The 2nd is in the infamous shoot-out, which still awes me to this day. You don't see it coming, and it's so brutal and chilling as violence spews through the courtroom...and the shocker of 'Star's' true identity came completely out of the blue.
I loved how her story arc would continue through a few more episodes through the series, including the heartbreaking 'Secrets Exhumed" episode (And pretty much every case Elliot would end up getting hurt or shot being around her, like a jinx). A deep and emotional episode with a huge bunch of crazy twists.
The episode also starts a story arc with Marcia Gay Harden's FBI agent Dana Lewis. Two particular scenes with her stand out: When we first see her, she's a woman named "Star", who's a member of a White Supremacy group that maybe behind the shootings. The look on Munch's face when she makes a very racist comment on his race was so incredibly hateful that you thought that he would lose his cool, even after she slaps him.
The 2nd is in the infamous shoot-out, which still awes me to this day. You don't see it coming, and it's so brutal and chilling as violence spews through the courtroom...and the shocker of 'Star's' true identity came completely out of the blue.
I loved how her story arc would continue through a few more episodes through the series, including the heartbreaking 'Secrets Exhumed" episode (And pretty much every case Elliot would end up getting hurt or shot being around her, like a jinx). A deep and emotional episode with a huge bunch of crazy twists.