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This was one freaky episode! It starts with a prostitute being hit by a car and then stomped to death, all while she is actually on the phone. It was very scary. The previews in Australia the first time this was on portrayed it wrongly to make people watch - with a voice-over announcing that Stabler's son was a suspect. Of course, he wasn't, but he did find out about the crime and realise it was a duplicate of a scene from a violent computer game, in which you get points for running people over, killing them, and all that.I'm not a fan of violent computer games because they seem so pointless and I thought this episode was a nice examination of how they can actually cause incredibly weird people to commit crimes in acting them out. (And yes, some real criminals have actually admitted they were inspired by computer games.) There is an interesting investigation into this world of computer/video game addicts and their gaming. The two actors playing the criminals were so good, they were terrifyingly creepy, and I don't think I could ever stand to see them in another part. There was also a really cool part where one of the crims kept a powerful magnet by his bedroom door so anybody taking his computer out wiped the hard drive. That was so clever. All in all, very interesting viewing.
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