"Chasing Demons" is an episode dedicated to Brian Cassidy and giving his character's story arc some closure. However, this week's case definitely wasn't written the best it could have been. It felt somewhat strung out and not too well executed, and it was fairly obvious that the case was tailored for Cassidy's story arc. It really could have been any case since it wasn't the real focus of the episode.
In this episode, Cassidy had a violent outburst in court which almost cost him his job, and he soon got entangled in a murder investigation when the guy he threatened in court ends up dead. Later, the true perpetrator is found, and Cassidy gets off. He professes his true feelings for Liv and explains why he left the SVU: that the cases, including this one, became too personal for him because he was molested as a child. He also justified his actions in the season premiere and explained why he did what he did to Liv.
The episode's primarily intention was definitely to give closure to Cassidy's character and close off the story arc that the season premiere created with his return when he told Liv she was being investigated for Noah.
What I DID enjoy in this episode was seeing Liv's feelings for him and how she reacted when she saw him covered in blood, how she tried to help him, and then how she couldn't handle seeing him being interrogated. I also liked the way Amanda went to Liv's apartment where Cassidy was hiding out just to let him know that his BS won't be tolerated. It was also nice to finally find out what Cassidy was doing at her apartment, and if he truly was Liv's friend or not.
Not a bad episode, but not the strongest.
In this episode, Cassidy had a violent outburst in court which almost cost him his job, and he soon got entangled in a murder investigation when the guy he threatened in court ends up dead. Later, the true perpetrator is found, and Cassidy gets off. He professes his true feelings for Liv and explains why he left the SVU: that the cases, including this one, became too personal for him because he was molested as a child. He also justified his actions in the season premiere and explained why he did what he did to Liv.
The episode's primarily intention was definitely to give closure to Cassidy's character and close off the story arc that the season premiere created with his return when he told Liv she was being investigated for Noah.
What I DID enjoy in this episode was seeing Liv's feelings for him and how she reacted when she saw him covered in blood, how she tried to help him, and then how she couldn't handle seeing him being interrogated. I also liked the way Amanda went to Liv's apartment where Cassidy was hiding out just to let him know that his BS won't be tolerated. It was also nice to finally find out what Cassidy was doing at her apartment, and if he truly was Liv's friend or not.
Not a bad episode, but not the strongest.