In New York City, Sudden Plot Twists Are Considered Especially Heinous

[4thofeleven]

My god, SVU is terrible this season. Last night's episode seemed like a real improvement over the last few - until the last act, when we get the sudden revelation that the real killer wasn't either of the suspects the episode had just spent forty minutes implicating. No, it turns out it was the defense attorney all along! The hell? And how did the detectives work this out? Well, they noticed the victim had filmed a commercial in her apartment. Therefore, she must have a video camera, therefore it must be hidden in the burnt-out ruins of her apartment and must contain footage of her murder! Of course!

And what is the point of the new detective, Lake? Ignoring the fact that the actor is utterly wooden, what exactly is he bringing to the show? I get the impression even the writers aren't sure what to do with him - he's lucky to get more than a single line of dialogue in an episode. On the plus side, at least Munch is getting a decent scene or two each episode again...

At this rate, SVU's starting to rank below CSI: Miami as far as entertainment goes - at least Miami is ludicrously over-the-top ridiculous, rather than just mundanely stupid...

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[sunnyskywalker]

The whole L&O franchise is starting to suck. Bones looks like it's started the downward slide too (seriously, the finale? WTF in so many ways). There goes most of my crime-drama entertainment. If the recent crossover cameo of the In Plain Sight character in... one of the L&Os is any indication, the shows might all be headed toward some massive crossover vortex of crime-drama suck.

All I can do is catch up on Cold Case before it goes bad too, and maybe watch all the CI episodes with Nichole Wallace again. And the one with Michael York!

I love series generally, but the downward slide is a major problem with them. I've actually been holding off on watching the last episode of Space: Above and Beyond because I have started to dread finales.