Girls, I was so distracted, being at at post-Yom Kippur dinner, that I completely forgot the 14th Season Opener of "Law And Order SVU" was going to be a two hour segment. I got home about fifty minutes into the action, and you know what? It didn't matter at all!!!!!!!!!!
The episode, entitled "Lost Reputation" was about getting back the rep of Captain Donald Cragen (the wonderful Dann Florek) but by the time things ended, so many others had been brought down that one cheered as much for them being taken in as Cragen being released. Just like what needs to happen in some real life New York City organizations and agencies I could mention.
The best moment was when Olivia hauled in that sly piece of baggage, corrupt ADA Paula Foster, played wonderfully by Paget Brewster (not to be confused with Punky Brewster, lambs!!!!!!), who was one piece of work, let me tell you!!!!!!!!!! Working with that Madame Delia, to set Cragen up in bed with a dead, murdered prostitute, looking the other way at filthy underworld practices and murders....all because she needed money to care for her handicapped daughter. This was no Fantine, darlings; this was a career bitch, on the make!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know what? I did not even buy that daughter story. First of all, as script writing, it was so contrived! Second, that Paula was so fast, when the scene was shown with she and Olivia at the school, and we see the daughter, I did not buy for one second that was Paula's child. Paula is the kind who would hire another child to play the role, stage the whole thing at a school to make it seem authentic, but there is no real child, because the only thing this Gorgon is interested in is money for herself!!!!!!!!!!!!! When she was being led down the court stairs, at the end, I wish Olivia had walked up to her, and smacked her self-righteous face!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is what I would have done, darlings; you better believe it!!!!!!!!!!!
As an actress, Paget made a great impression as Paula, but she will not be back anytime soon! She's going away for a LONG time!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, she was not capable of carrying the entire show herself, and, short of Cragen showing a little style color in his cute, orange, prison jump suit, there was not much excitement. Dean Winters livened things up, and still looks good; I hope he sticks around. Danny Pino was too busy posing and preening, trying to show that HE is now the show's hottie, but for any of us who remember Chris Meloni, that ain't ever gonna be so!!!!!!!!!!! Kelly Giddish looked plain tired, Ice T looked too well fed, and Richard Belzer seemed...bored. Mariska Hargitay looked tired, too, but who cares when you look like her, and, besides, I think that is the way she was playing it. So, she was not genuinely tired, but some of the others were.
Which makes me wonder how things were fare for this season. If things keep on as tired and unexciting as this opener, it could be the Death Knell for this show!!!!!!!!!!!
We will just have to keep watching girl, and pray for the return of Stephanie March!!!!!!!!!! And where is Joan Cusack, when she is needed??????
In the words of that child, who played Mackenzie two seasons back--
"Bite me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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