I just finished all 27 seasons + the new episodes in seasons 28.

What do I do? I go back to season 1, episode 1.

I have done this before. I am a geriatric millenial, so I was around these things IRL at the time.

But it looks ancient now? The computer screens, the way they test for DNA, the outfits (some of the suits), some of the haircuts, the massive paper archives…

Not to mentioned the unhinged dialogue, this would have been reported to HR if it happened today. He-she-wars? Lol.

I guess the world has moved forward in certain ways in the past 28 years.

Me personally would like to see Hunter Mazelon (S12E23) make a return. He kind of reminds me of Henry Mesoner who got more of a story line later on.

Went to work and my colleague said they were setting up L&O SVU trailers to shoot near one of the streets by my office! I’ve seen other shoots, of course around NYC area, but not for one of my favorite shows! I really hoped to see Ice T or Mariska, but to no such avail. I did see some DPs and caught a glimpses of their badges with SVU printed on them. It was exciting to go check out the scene during my breaks! I love New York.

His third ever acting credit too! Good luck, JBD!

Rollins has finally put a picture on her desk but sadly it’s a very old one!

This is the same picture she had as phone screen when Bucci was smashing her phone 8 years ago.

A recent picture with Nicky would be better but in this soulless Michele Fazekas seasons the bar is low.

So even a very old pic is better than nothing.

I can't think of anything else that the fans been waiting on for years other than for eo to happen.. so it might be a possibility this time for sure.

I’m rewatching and I’m currently on season 8 episode 22 Screwed (season finale) and oh my god the writers today could never write an episode like this and it’s such a shame.

The ideas are there and I’ve seen glimpses of good writing but the way the old seasons were able to tell 7 stories in one episode and tie up lose ends from old seasons is truly something that needs to be brought back to make this show good again.

The writing has been so bad it’s honestly boring.

To preface this I haven’t watch the new season episode yet.

The trial felt completely rushed? Like they just chopped it up and rushed to the verdict directly? What happened? I am so confused!!!

Liv: How bad was it?
Barba: The Titanic meets the Hindenberg meets my first year of Little League.

Barba, I love you the most. And now I’m in the episodes with the sad baby story, and Raul Esparza is KILLING me. Oof.

Now I know this episode has been talked about before but I want to give my fill into this episode I really don't like the fact stabler throughout the whole episode was questioning the man who got raped motives and thinking that he is less of a man because he got raped there's such a outdated type of thinking that it just really made me dislike him in this episode.

And they wonder why male victims of rape don't want to come out because of stuff like this it's really upsetting and I'm glad that we have gotten better as a society I hope when it comes to male victims of rape.

TO BE CLEAR I LOVE ICE-T IN THIS SHOW. HE'S REALLY FUNNY I JUST THINK IT'S SILLY HE ALWAYS DOES THIS

Been watching on and off for quite some time, and I swear every other scene with Ice-T is him going off at ANY suspect they find, with barely any rage directed towards the actual guilty party. He's using up his rage meter on everybody except the actual perp. 😂

"What were you doing yesterday morning?"

"I was eating sausage at home"

"WAS THAT BEFORE OR AFTER YOU STRUNG UP THAT CHILD BY HER ORGANS?!"

Is this an actual tactic police use? Just blatantly accuse every suspect of doing the crime? Cause half of these people would likely wall themselves off and lawyer up, right?

I didn’t watch last season as it aired (27) so I started watching it via Hulu this past week… Why they just write him out of the show? Anyone know?

UPDATE: maybe I should have been more clearer in my question. I’m aware Cragen retired from the show in the 10’s. But, opening season 27 with a memorial to him, was kind of jarring and weird. Like, “what did I miss?”

And Derek Poole looks exactly like Charles Grodin. It's actually bugging me for some reason lol. I tried to look up if that was his son but couldn't find anything.

In a hypothetical episode let’s have Rafael Barba return to free Victor Tate to provide a massive, emotionally charged resolution to one of the most frustrating cliffhangers in the show's history. Let have him rip both the DA office and NYPD(Stabler in particular) a new one on how they handled the case. Have Tate’s mother approach Barba to help exonerate her son Have the legal strategy be him attacking the original legal technicality that blocked the true confession, arguing that keeping Tate imprisoned violates his constitutional right to due process.

Starting Law & Order: SVU from Season 1, Episode 1 and WOW, this show is gritty!

It's fascinating seeing how raw and intense those early episodes are, and I'm constantly spotting actors I recognise from other shows. It's like a time capsule of television.

I'm settling in for the long haul. For those who've watched from the beginning, does anyone else love going back and seeing how it all started? 👀🚔

Okay so I wanted to get some opinions on season 27 because I have a few I wanna share.

Overall, great season! I liked it. It kind of brought me back to old school SVU, just new detectives.

I love Griffin, he’s turned out to be one of my favorites so far. I’m glad Rollins is back. My only hang ups…

Why didn’t we get more background on Tynan? I felt like she was only in like 5 episodes before we found out she was a POS. Also, did Olivia need involvement in absolutely every case? We didn’t see Cragen involved to her magnitude. I feel like we could have used a little more character development here. But overall, good season, really like the introduction of Griffin and I hope he sticks around for a while. Curry really grew on me too.

What do yall think?

I searched through the sub a bit but only found a post from five years ago that a different user copied word for word and reposted a month ago so I figured a fresh discussion couldn't hurt.

Full disclosure and potential trigger warning but I am a spousal rape, domestic violence and attempted murder survivor so that may skew my viewpoint here.

First, Michael Michele and Blair Underwood put in absolutely stunning performances which makes this difficult episode easier to watch.

Now, the question: did Miles rape Valerie? Based on nothing but finding out she had a casual sexual relationship with someone, Olivia does a 180 and decides she was a liar. But why? Just because Valerie had consensual sex with someone doesn't mean Miles didn't rape her later. How many real victims are raped within hours of having sex with someone else? Miles was clearly angry and violent and lied multiple times during the investigation.

The ending makes it seem like we're supposed to think they're both bad people or at least both at fault, but only Miles illegally tracked the social worker's car. Only Miles violated a protective order and broke into her home. Only Miles committed assault. Only Miles lit his wife on fire and murdered her.

Yes, there is doubt because Valerie recanted but SVU detectives know how often rape victims recant out of fear. (I did.) It just seems so odd to me that Olivia said so decisively "Valerie wasn't raped" just because earlier she'd slept with someone else.

I'm still not sure, but given his history and later actions I'm inclined to believe he did.

My two favorite TV dads Dodds Sr. and Sandy Cohen!

Benson gave Carisi that “look.” Carisi has also been challenging her left and right. He’s going to be the new Benson. If Mariska says it’s time, then Carisi is next in line imo.