I Don't Care What Anyone Says, Darlings, The Much Anticipated 'SVU" Season Finale Ended With More Of A Whimper Than A Bang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Things were highly charged at our house last night, as we got ready to plunk ourselves down in front of the TV, and watch the much anticipated Season Finale of "Law And Order SVU."

                                     Which turned out to be anti-climactic, at best.

                                       Before I go on, it would be remiss of me not  to mention that, while I was on the edge of my seat, my beloved Monsieur had pretty much figured out what was going to happen, at least by the halfway point.  What disappointed me was not his being right, but the writers going with such a contrived, predictable outcome.

                                       Nevertheless, there were two superb guest performances by Lauren Ambrose as a defense attorney, and Pablo Schrieber (younger brother, or is it half-brother? of actor Liev Shcrieber!!!!!!) as sicko William Lewis, if that is, indeed, his real name, which I am still not certain of.  What I am certain of is he is a real piece of work, the kind you want to put your fist through the TV set, and strangle, and I kept wondering where I had seen Pablo before, and finally figured out--in the episode where Marian Seldes was the matriarch of this Irish mob type family, Pablo was the non-biological father of the baby, fighting Seldes' son, Paddy, for custody--and he won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Though he had a shady drug past, he was basically a decent guy. Here, he plays a real piece of work!!!!!!!!!  And does it superbly!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         As does Lauren, who, I predict, is going to end up as fish food for the denizens of the Hudson, when this story picks up again.  Even in today's modern era, the Hudson yields up as many secrets as the Thames did, during the era of Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend."  And Lauren will be one of those secrets.  Better that  than her doing "Funny Girl," which she had absolutely no business even attempting anyway,(especially with ME out there, darlings!!!!!!!!!) but who seems to have made a nice recovery, with her appearance here.

                                         And someone on the camera crew of this show is just a bit too enamored with "The Blair Witch Project."  Because the same hand-held, revolving camera technique used in that film is used here, especially during the opening montage!  Even I was getting dizzy, darlings, and I LOVE "The Blair Witch Project."  But it was a little too much here, and this was not the first episode that did this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           I'm not even going to reveal the cliff hanger, because, frankly, there really was none! OK, there was this one moment when, for a second, you jumped, but the minute you saw Olivia being made a victim, you knew things were going to turn out OK.  Mariska has renewed for a 15th Season, and for them to get rid of her would be nailing a coffin in the show, especially since so many, including myself, have not gotten over the departure of Elliot!!!!!!!!  Never mind Sister Peg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                            And another thing.  Good as Pablo and Lauren were, it looks like the days of big name guest stars on this show have vanished.  Time was when you would have the likes of Martha Plimpton, Mary Steenburgen, Ellen Burstyn,  even Robin Williams on this show.  Not to diss Pablo, who did a fine job, but, in another time, someone like, say, Jake Gyllenhaal might have been playing this part.  But those days have gone, as have the days of fine writing.

                                              IF the writers are smart, they will come up with something truly impacting next season, or whenever this story resumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               Like, maybe, Elliot, doing a cameo??????????????????????