At this point, I think John needs to stop taking road trips.
When Tim picked Lopez as overwatch, it looked like the Metro boys were going to pick a fight because he'd picked one of his old team over them. It was great to see a show go a different route for a change and have the Metro guy apologise for not recognising her because she's known for her skills, as a legend, at the range. No drama, just respect for fellow officers.
Whenever I see "from an X POV..." I cringe in prospect at how bad the episode is going to be. But this was so well done!
Parker was on fire in this one!
Loved the Ferris Aircraft name-drop!
I'd seen so many article titles that complained that the finale of Supergirl was bad for some reason or the other, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was so good!
The previous two episodes felt quite iffy when it came to storytelling, in my opinion, with a few characters including Supergirl, being written out of character. That got brought to the forefront in this episode, tying up the questions that Kara has been struggling with since the start of the series; who is Kara Danvers? Who is Supergirl? How can those two identities co-exist?
Kara's journey in the show is quite different to that of the comics. In the comics, since Rebirth, Kara has struggled as Superman's cousin and has gone from one end of the galaxy to the other in search of who she is. She doesn't settle on earth as Kal does because of various events. Whereas in the show she's the hero of earth while Kal is on Argo City with his family. I'm not surprised that the show ended the way it did considering the writers seem to have taken some of the ideas and themes of Superman's life from the comics and basically put them into the show for Kara. Comic book readers will know what I mean.
The wedding was absolutely beautiful. I have loved watching Alex and Kelly's relationship develop throughout the show.
And honestly, how could you not like this episode just for the pure brilliance that is Calista Flockhart on top form as the fabulous Cat Grant?!
Someone give Smitty a promotion for taking Jubal down a few pegs. Also, well played to the writers because what she said was so on point. It is also so obvious that he's drinking again, when is someone going to call him out on it?
I've loved the way that they have portrayed a neurodivergent character throughout this series, but in this episode they really did a fantastic job with Edward and how he spoke to Nell about Philip.
I don't think some of the men watching this episode realises how absolutely terrifying this was to watch as a woman.
Angela never stops being a badass.
Appreciate that they're following covid and not ignoring it/skipping ahead, especially that they're not forgetting about Annie's cancer leaving her immune-compromised. Hopefully, the storyline will make people more aware of people who are immune compromised.
Fantastic to have Varada Sethu as Harper officially join the team!
I enjoyed the face off between Kristen and Sister Andrea that led to mutual respect by the end of the episode.
It was good to see a TV show representing a trans storyline with a trans actor.
"Watch a show where children think they invented f**king? No, thanks."
Absolutely brilliant episode, the best one so far. Such a stellar cast.
The likelihood of a woman of colour trusting her white boss to "do the right thing" when it concerns a high roller is just not believable. What is believable is that two white men would write and direct it and believe it.
The sword scene was so badly choreographed; you don't use a katana like a rapier and Nightwing would have been taught Iaido.
Loving the name drops everywhere e.g. the clothing van, the restaurant.
There is no way Niles' wheelchair would have made it through all that snow.
With the current political climate in Russia, why on earth would you let your wife visit family there alone AND take your baby with her?! As an FBI agent the guy should have known better.
Well that's one way to end a car chase :satisfied:
Fantastic final episode that wrapped up the Brotherhood storyline and showed the toll it took on the lives of everyone involved.
I feel so sorry for Ayanna. She warned her wife about taking that job and Denise ignored her anyway. When it backfired in her face because she didn't listen to Ayanna she took it out on Ayanna instead of admitting she screwed up, and now there is a kid stuck in the middle too.
I can't believe no one has commented on Smitty. That was the best bit of the episode!
The whole idea of forgiving your abuser just because they're dying is toxic AF, as is the idea that therapy will magically make you forgive them. Tim has every right to feel the way he does. I hate that he was the one that backed down as if he was the one that was in the wrong and had to make concessions rather than his sister admitting that she could do better too.
Never underestimate the power of librarians ;)
Brilliant episode that wasn't a stereotypical token geek one and instead showed why the geek community and fandoms are so important to so many of us.
Let's pull a heist and throw loose hairs everywhere... no one will ever know it's us! Looks pretty, but ridiculously unrealistic.
This episode felt out of place compared to previous ones and last season. I'm not sure if the writers are purposely trying to show underlying casual racism, or they're setting something up where OA is able to infiltrate an organisation as a disillusioned FBI agent. I suggest the latter, not out of naivety, but because the writing in this episode was that sloppy. It felt like a set-up. Previously Isobel and Jubal would have had OA's back, they would have at least said "this sucks, it's not right, but you've got to do it because the system is a mess" but instead they sided completely with Trenholm.
I don't like Trenholm. I feel that she has made her way up the ladder by stepping on people and caring more about making arrests and a name for herself. She didn't give a damn about the arrest they may have messed up, only caring if it could affect her upcoming promotion, and every time she so much as looks at Jubal it feels like she's playing on their past relationship. It really felt like that was what was happening in this episode; Jubal was never going to disagree with her.
I was surprised to see that they actually made Liv accountable for her actions. Most of the time TV shows always make an unknown NPC the scapegoat, so well done to the writers and producers for having the guts for using the main character. Glad to see the show is still keeping up with current issues and not shying away from them after 22 years.
As a survivor of IPV (intimate partner violence) aka emotional abuse, this was a difficult episode to watch and when I saw so many comments here I expected to see people complaining. It was good to see most people complaining about how awful the victim was treated, how characters who previously showed empathy were terrible. The thing is that most people don't consider IPV a thing, just as there are still people who don't consider domestic violence real. While it was horrible seeing Rollins and Stone act as they did they are just surrogates for real people and SVU has always been a way to bring real-life issues to light via the medium of TV. Please remember that. It wasn't a bad script, it was reality being brought to screen.
Thankfully at least here in the UK people have woken up to the reality that IPV is real and it real and lasting repercussions on victims. It's now illegal and a case like this wouldn't have been questioned as much. I hope that this episode made some people realise the reality that some people live/d with every day.
So I saw the comments here before I watched the episode, and found it rather amusing how the only commentators complaining that it was too focused on misogyny and too "obvious" etc. were all men. I still decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and watched it with an open mind.
I'm going to give a minor spoiler outside of a tag here since one of the other commenters failed to use a tag and I feel their comment needs to be explained as it had absolutely no context. Dana did not suddenly have a personality change and decide to break the law. The FBI can hold a suspect for a certain time and she chose to keep one in holding, not because he was an ass, because she felt it warranted it. As the episode summary explains "a serial bomber appears to be targeting Wall Street’s elite" and the suspect is one of those elite with a connection to at least one of the victims. It's not a huge leap in logic to realise that it's safer to keep him in custody - and oh what do you know? He was the last victim. But of course, if you see things from a 'femnazi' perspective the female supervisor must be abusing her power rather than trying to protect a male who makes her skin crawl.
Yes the theme of misogyny is strong from the beginning; the first suspect is a complete misogynist and it isn't toned down at all. I wouldn't say it's overdone or too obvious, because in my experience there are actual men like that in the world, especially in business. They do actually speak like that. Then Dana is immediately usurped from her position as profiler (she's a former profiler but always acts as the team's profiler until now) by her bosses who bring in a special profiler for this case; there's absolutely no need for it and yet this type of thing happens to women every day. It could be argued that this was an important case, but there's been plenty of those and they've not pulled in another profile until now.
I do think that this was sloppy writing. If they had built up a reason for Dana to be replaced on this case as profiler rather than just wanting to have a male character to question her actions by profiling her and assuming that she is treating a misogynist a certain way just because she's been treated that way through her career. The male profiler is not badly written; he's a man who considers himself more qualified than his female boss and chaffs at it and attempts to undermine women at any turn. The problem is that Dana is confident enough in her position to put him in his place - I'm sure some people would say she got angry, but let's be honest, so would any male character if their authority was questioned by a guy who literally walked in the door 2 minutes ago.
At the end of the episode, Maggie saves the misogynist's life by moving a bomb and the male profiler apologises to Dana, she doesn't make a fuss. She doesn't laud it over him how he was a complete ass the entire time, how he needs to change his attitude etc. He just offers his hand (something she pulled him up on previously) and she takes it, shakes it and walks away.
The FBI agents, men and women, all acted professionally as usual.
Dana remained on target, profiling the perpetrator and did not focus just on the one person. She used the guy in custody for information but did not have tunnel vision at all. Maggie and OA also have a conversation about how gender politics in the workplace aren't clear cut and I think that sums it up pretty well.
TLDR: A bit of sloppy writing regarding the introduction of the other profiler but basically the previous commenters here just didn't like seeing themselves mirrored on TV.
