I'm a sucker for a good love story.
It was only a small part of the plot of Law & Order: Svu Season 19 Episode 21, but Hal Linden's guest appearance broke my heart. He was hopelessly in love with a woman who first rejected him for her husband, then forgot him altogether because of dementia.
And then at the end of the hour, he came to the nursing home with flowers and Maddie finally remembered his name, bringing tears to my eyes.
I'm grateful that these two people got somewhat of a happy ending rather than some bizarre twist in which he turned out to have raped her.
"Mama" wasn't really about the love story between Maddie and Leonard Maxwell, of course. That was just a sideline.
In some ways, the case was a subplot too. The real story here was the way elderly people in nursing homes are treated.
These women,...
It was only a small part of the plot of Law & Order: Svu Season 19 Episode 21, but Hal Linden's guest appearance broke my heart. He was hopelessly in love with a woman who first rejected him for her husband, then forgot him altogether because of dementia.
And then at the end of the hour, he came to the nursing home with flowers and Maddie finally remembered his name, bringing tears to my eyes.
I'm grateful that these two people got somewhat of a happy ending rather than some bizarre twist in which he turned out to have raped her.
"Mama" wasn't really about the love story between Maddie and Leonard Maxwell, of course. That was just a sideline.
In some ways, the case was a subplot too. The real story here was the way elderly people in nursing homes are treated.
These women,...
- 5/17/2018
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
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