So much to get through, this is only scratching the surface:
- Law & Order: CI: We don't open on a musical montage for the first time in a while. Lee Tergesen, Chet on the TV version of Weird Science/Toby on Oz, guest stars, as does Chris Bauer, Faith's husband on Third Watch/Lee Nickel from Tilt... two great TV That Guys. The plot took a major left turn, going from standard "reporter working on a story somebody wants to keep covered up" to "other reporter on a whole different story somebody way scarier wants covered up, complete with a creepy Man in Black from an unknown agency." All very Cloak & Dagger. And the new Captain (who I'm still not sold on, maybe he should wear an eyepatch for a while) gets some rare actual action. A decent episode, especially for a non-Goren one.
- Law & Order: SVU: We pick back up on the whole "Olivia has a brother" thing. I can't say the Olivia family issues are really my favorite storylines... it's a little too heavy for me. Weirdly, Olivia's brother is played by Private Dancer from the current Scrubs story arc. NBC must like this guy.
I tend to prefer the more traditional L&O storylines about following just one case. But it was interesting to see Olivia really screw up, what with being on the phone so she misses directions and ends up letting a couple of rapists escape. But I guess given all the episodes this season where Benson and Stabler have worked alone, this one gave them plenty of partner bonding time, with Stabler doing a lot of covering for Olivia. Still practically no Munch or Finn. They used to get part of every case. Like Elliott and Olivia would go interview the victim's friends, while Munch and Finn would root through trash or whatever. Now they're hardly part of the show anymore.
Fortunately (sort of), there are mostly reruns tonight, so I'll probably get caught up.
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