I remember watching SVU episodes as a teenager in the mid 2000s.
It was the most batshit insane stuff you could think of. The premise was usually something super serious, and then there added a series of more ridiculous plot twists until the episode ended. At no point did I feel it respected the subject matter or anything beyond the most basic laws governing reality.
For example, there was one episode where a man was accused of raping an underaged woman by her family. The man denies it. There’s a twist though, the man said the encounter happened but was consensual. This wouldn’t matter because she was 14, but the woman is actually 30 and the family just run a shakedown operation. There’s another twist though, because none of these people are related. There’s another twist though, because the “father” groomed the daughter. The episode then ended with someone having a mental breakdown while being arrested.
I can guarantee you whatever culture war issue SVU is trying to cover, they’re doing so in a way that would simultaneously offend both sides, along with anyone that has a working brain. I have no idea how this TV show is still being made, or who keeps watching it.
I remember watching SVU episodes as a teenager in the mid 2000s.
It was the most batshit insane stuff you could think of. The premise was usually something super serious, and then there added a series of more ridiculous plot twists until the episode ended. At no point did I feel it respected the subject matter or anything beyond the most basic laws governing reality.
For example, there was one episode where a man was accused of raping an underaged woman by her family. The man denies it. There’s a twist though, the man said the encounter happened but was consensual. This wouldn’t matter because she was 14, but the woman is actually 30 and the family just run a shakedown operation. There’s another twist though, because none of these people are related. There’s another twist though, because the “father” groomed the daughter. The episode then ended with someone having a mental breakdown while being arrested.
I can guarantee you whatever culture war issue SVU is trying to cover, they’re doing so in a way that would simultaneously offend both sides, along with anyone that has a working brain. I have no idea how this TV show is still being made, or who keeps watching it.