Law & Order: Special Victims Unit/Awesome: Difference between revisions

 

* The detectives find out that ''Jacob's Ladder''-esque experiments carried out by the army caused a soldier's disturbing behavior and subsequent suicide; Novak wants justice, and she sure as hell doesn't mess around:

'''Novak''': Donald Rumsfeld. }}

* Casey gets another, arguably even better one in "Svengali": she makes a deal with a famous murderer who thinks of his killings as "works of art" to testify against one of his "fans" in a murder trial. The "artist" sandbags his testimony and plays up the drama to the hilt, which results in a huge scene in the courtroom involving the defendant -- but Casey thought he might pull that sort of stunt, so she prepared a special "thank you" for the testimony:

'''Casey''': And it's a masterpiece. How do you like ''my'' work? }}

* Casey gets an entire episode of CMOA to show off her dedication to doing The Right Thing when she tries a case before a biased judge with ''very'' definite views of what makes a good mother; the judge ignores practically all the evidence saying a woman attempted to murder her adopted daughter. Casey soon discovers another case the judge presided over where a junkie mother ended up convicted of her baby's murder despite the possibility of a genetic defect that could account for the death -- evidence the judge had not allowed to be presented. In both of these cases, the right to a jury trial had been waived and the judge made the decision to convict or acquit on his own. Novak goes on a ''crusade'' to get the guilty mother convicted, the innocent mother out of jail, and the judge thrown off the bench even though it could harm her career. Casey gets her mentor to represent the innocent mother, and the two manage to get her conviction overturned. When the guilty mother ends up murdering her daughter, Casey takes great satisfaction in cross-examining the judge on the stand during the murder trial. Once the trial is over, the judge finds himself beleagured by the press, whose questions make it seem likely he will end up demoted to a ''much'' lower court.

* One episode had a [[Genre Savvy]] [[Smug Snake]] elude the team's attempts to pin him down for anything. They try to track down his suspected "first" victim, but she's actually still alive. Meanwhile, he's walking calmly towards the airport, fully aware that Elliot is following him, and crosses the street--whereupon Elliot arrests him ''for jaywalking''. This arrest gives them enough time to find the first "victim".

* ADA Alex Cabot gets one in her very first episode:

'''Alex''': Hello? Judge Herriman please. Alex Cabot with the ADA's office. [pause] Uncle Bill? I need a favor. [warrant hits desk] }}

* The time they get a particularly [[Genre Savvy]] [[Criminal Mind Games]] type baddie to reveal where he's hidden a near-dead kidnap victim by bringing in his mother--who reveals [[Kryptonite Factor|he's afraid of the dark]]. Elliot and Olivia immediately haul him into a nearby closet, smash the light, throw him in, and then lean on the door like they're in high school. The guy won't confess. Once Cragen locks the door, he confesses.

* Benson takes a few levels in ninja and knocks down a particularly nasty child molester down twice -- the second time without even looking at him -- in ''911''. Hell, pretty much the whole episode, even (or especially) on the part of the writers, counts. It won an Emmy for a reason.

* In "Behave", Jennifer Love Hewitt plays Vicki, a woman raped four times in the last fifteen years by the same person -- who had ''stalked her across the country''. Benson picks up the case and goes on a crusade to get Vicki some actual goddamned justice. She strikes out in similar cases in Detroit and Chicago -- because the rape kits were lost due to a backlog -- and only managed a partial (and expired via statute of limitations) rape kit connecting the suspect to Vicki's rape in Los Angeles. When the suspect goes free after an evidentiary hearing, an upset Benson and Stabler prepare to close the case before finding something that helps them immensely: {{spoiler|the perp kept rolls of duct tape labeled with dates corresponding to his rapes -- including one of Vicki's. Vicki tells Benson the perp had duct taped her during that particular attack, which allows Benson and Stabler to arrest him for kidnapping just before he could leave New York. When the cops bring him into a holding cell at the precinct, Vicki sits waiting for him. The perp begs her to renounce her accusations as a "misunderstanding", but Vicki turns the control on him:}}

 

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