Yes, it was a bit hokey, but it was nice to watch a Dick Wolf show that was not a lecture on the perfection of the progressive agenda.
Mariska Hargitay was back to being the talented actor she was before she climbed up on her soapbox of annoyingly spaced phrasing of platitudes.
The story was wildly romantic and tragic, yet within the purview of SVU, with a small aside about lax investigations and how the past informs the present.
Bradley Whitfield was excellent and if they still give out Emmys for guest appearances, he's got it. He wasn't pathetic or a saintly martyr - just a human being going through something awful and not being too thrilled with it, but not in denial.
Some might dismiss the last scene as a bit much, but it bookended the story nicely and made me cry- even more when the dedication to Richard Belzer- who played the best Character in the SVU universe- came up.
Mariska Hargitay was back to being the talented actor she was before she climbed up on her soapbox of annoyingly spaced phrasing of platitudes.
The story was wildly romantic and tragic, yet within the purview of SVU, with a small aside about lax investigations and how the past informs the present.
Bradley Whitfield was excellent and if they still give out Emmys for guest appearances, he's got it. He wasn't pathetic or a saintly martyr - just a human being going through something awful and not being too thrilled with it, but not in denial.
Some might dismiss the last scene as a bit much, but it bookended the story nicely and made me cry- even more when the dedication to Richard Belzer- who played the best Character in the SVU universe- came up.