"Dear Ben" 'SVU' Should Just Say "Dear John," And Wrap This Thing Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 I am telling you, before Season 20 ends, we are going to see Philip Winchester, in full baseball regalia, displaying his hot, jock workout body.  I know you girls are pining to see this, and all my gay guys, too.  Think how lively it would be, especially in comparison to dowdy Olivia.

                                  When I heard this episode involved a case going back 25 years, I looked up an episode from years back, where Luke Perry played a rapist who ends up marrying one of his victims.  I thought it would be nice to bring Luke back as this criminal, but that is not what it was.

                                     The culprit calls himself "The Infinity Rapist," and in addition to raping and threatening to murder his victims, he leaves the signs seen in the photo.  When one recurs after twenty five years, it leads them to this Queens/Long Island home where a sister is harboring her loser midget brother, who looks something like Peter Dinklage, is just a copycat, then insists he is the real thing.  No one believes him.

                                      Then another attack occurs, by the REAL rapist.  I have to confess, when they visited the antique shop, I thought the sweet old guy there was going to be the culprit.  They go to this woman named Amy, whose uncle, Edgar Noone, was a TV cable installer during the period of the rapist's reign, and would today, be in his late Sixties.  Bingo!  Sweet Uncle Edgar, played sweetly and disturbingly by Jude Ciccolella, is, indeed the culprit, but with the strangest motive.  Obviously, there are Mommy/women issues, but also Daddy ones.  Because Edgar fixates on Peter's father, Ben Stone (played, at one time, by Michael Moriarty) and feels they have a relationship which demonstrates Stone cared more about him, than his son, Peter.  Olivia dispels that, saying Stone cared about justice for the female victims.  That's when he gets all psycho, and says no, Stone loved him; not even Peter was as important to him.

                                    His sorry ass is hauled off. and Peter, having discovered a letter from his father, reads it to Olivia.  It says how important his son's baseball game is to him, but he had to miss it, because the rapist struck again.  Peter is saddened, and walks away.

                                     Lastly, he turns up at Olivia's, in baseball regalia, wanting to take Noah out to play.  Noah can hardly wait to get out of the house; anything to get away from Olivia; he'd go with convict Grandma Sheila, if he could!  Olivia and Peter talk about forgiveness of his father, and of course, downer Olivia gets the last shot.

                                        It would truly have been exciting if this episode had marked the return of Luke Perry.  Instead, they opt for a real downer, all around.

                                         Why not have Rachel Dratch, as Debbie Downer on, as a guest???????????

                                          Now, that would liven things up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!