# Law & Order:SVU 4/29 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432 "2008-04-30T03:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/1 "2008-04-30T03:37:54Z")
Did anybody else watch this? WOW. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/2 "2008-04-30T04:26:54Z")
I haven’t seen SVU in a while; caught bits and pieces of the one tonight. Olivia can’t arrest a guy who is standing perfectly still in Grand Central Station! What the hell? And they simultaneously ripped off Improv Everywhere and _The Fisher King_. At least Casey was back to being a redhead. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/3 "2008-04-30T07:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Olivia can’t arrest a guy who is standing perfectly still in Grand Central Station! What the hell? And they simultaneously ripped off Improv Everywhere and _The Fisher King_. [/QUOTE] And true to SVU fashion, despite seeing Olivia get abducted after an arrest attempt with no backup, Stabler naturally… goes to find her without backup. Good episode, though. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/4 "2008-04-30T11:27:42Z")
What was up with the end? Did Robin Williams jump in the water or not? And BTW, it was nice of them to handcuff him in the front so he could kneel down and hit his detonator. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/5 "2008-04-30T12:06:22Z")
I thought it was a good episode overall. Robin Williams is, of course, an incredible actor. At the end of the show, I felt sorry for his character but then I remembered the Happyburger girl. Now, I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about him. The whole “well, if he jumped in the water, he’s dead” thing seemed like quite a copout. I think they could have done better. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/6 "2008-04-30T12:20:25Z")
I found it weird that they incorporated 2 newmindspace events into the episode and they weren’t shown in the most positive of ways. They really are a lot of fun. I found it to be an OK episode; I think I’m losing interest in the show. The Elliot/Olivia Supercop Bonanza just doesn’t interest me, I need more Fin and Munch. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-4-29/447432/7 "2008-04-30T15:58:14Z")
Hated it. **SVU** has made the transition from gritty police drama to over-the-top action show with this one, and that’s not a step up. \*\* Homicide: Life on the Streets\*\* made a similar arc. The best episodes portrayed the suspects as sad, ordinary and desperate. To goose the ratings, they injected Luther Mahoney, a super-villain who wouldn’t be out of place in a Batman movie, and the show’s appeal dwindled as it limped along for two more seasons. I think we’re seeing the beginning of the end for **SVU**. ( **Criminal Intent** , my current favorite, also has a scarcely-believable super villain in Nicole Wallace, but they use her sparingly enough; anyway, Bobby Goren needs a Moriarty figure.) I’m surprised that only Munch had ever heard of Stanley Milgram; the name is very familiar to anyone who has taken Psych 101, as I’d assumed most sex crimes detectives have.