Benson and Stabler look into the death of a gay man at a party. Their investigation leads them to man who has a dysfunctional relationship with his brother.Benson and Stabler look into the death of a gay man at a party. Their investigation leads them to man who has a dysfunctional relationship with his brother.Benson and Stabler look into the death of a gay man at a party. Their investigation leads them to man who has a dysfunctional relationship with his brother.
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Christopher Meloni
- Detective Elliot Stabler
- (as Chris Meloni)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe ending scene of Olivia looking up at the man in the window was later used as a flashback in season fourteen's Manhattan Vigil (2012)
- GoofsWhen the detectives cuff Ray Gunther and tell him that he is under arrest for murder, they do not read him his Miranda rights. However, under Miranda v. Arizona (1966), law enforcement officers are only required to mirandize a suspect before they begin to question him in a custodial arrest situation. Mirandizing a suspect as he/she is being handcuffed is only used for dramatic effect in TV and movies.
- Quotes
Detective Elliot Stabler: Do you know about Olivia's family history?
Detective John Munch: No, what? Alcoholic, dead beat dad, Jehovah's Witness?
Detective Elliot Stabler: The only thing she knows about him is that he's the man who raped her mother.
- ConnectionsReferences Father Knows Best (1954)
Featured review
Dysfunctional murder
Despite only being Season 1, which usually for most shows tends to be "finding its feet"/"taking time to settle" period, 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' has fared very well up to this point of it. Of the previous episodes, "Wanderlust" and "Stocks and Bondage" disappointed, the only episodes to do so while still not bad, but on the other side of the opinion scale "Payback", "Uncivilised", "Stalked" and "Closure" were outstanding. All the other episodes were very good.
Apart from one aspect, Season 1's and 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's' eleventh episode "Bad Blood" is a great episode and among the season's better and more interesting at this still early point of it. It has a very interesting case and Olivia's subplot is quite powerful stuff, both equally strong rather than being a case of one being better done than the other and they don't feel unbalanced either rather than one being favoured and the other neglected.
"Bad Blood" looks suitably slick and doesn't look too drab, suiting the gritty tone more than convincingly. The taut and intelligent dialogue is allowed to do all the talking and is not drowned out by constant and over-obvious music, which is used sparingly and generally low-key apart from in major revelations. The main theme is not hard to forget. The dialogue has momentum and provokes thought (the genetics discussion is a great scene), approaching a difficult subject with tact, with some nice dry humour from Munch. Really enjoy the team interaction, the sympathetic one between Elliot and Olivia being beautifully handled and a reminder of how and why they work so well together.
The case is gripping with enough twists and turns to satisfy, nothing is obvious really here. Just as good is Olivia's subplot, really felt for Olivia here and found the subplot harrowing and poignantly done. The chemistry between her and Elliot and Mariska Hargitay's haunted performance help a lot. The acting is very good, Hargitay, Christopher Meloni and Richard Belzer being spot on and Jerry Lanning playing a nasty piece of work to suitably repellent effect.
My only complaint with "Bad Blood" is when all is revealed, which for my tastes came over as a bit convoluted and difficult to get the head round.
Overall though, a great episode. 9/10
Apart from one aspect, Season 1's and 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's' eleventh episode "Bad Blood" is a great episode and among the season's better and more interesting at this still early point of it. It has a very interesting case and Olivia's subplot is quite powerful stuff, both equally strong rather than being a case of one being better done than the other and they don't feel unbalanced either rather than one being favoured and the other neglected.
"Bad Blood" looks suitably slick and doesn't look too drab, suiting the gritty tone more than convincingly. The taut and intelligent dialogue is allowed to do all the talking and is not drowned out by constant and over-obvious music, which is used sparingly and generally low-key apart from in major revelations. The main theme is not hard to forget. The dialogue has momentum and provokes thought (the genetics discussion is a great scene), approaching a difficult subject with tact, with some nice dry humour from Munch. Really enjoy the team interaction, the sympathetic one between Elliot and Olivia being beautifully handled and a reminder of how and why they work so well together.
The case is gripping with enough twists and turns to satisfy, nothing is obvious really here. Just as good is Olivia's subplot, really felt for Olivia here and found the subplot harrowing and poignantly done. The chemistry between her and Elliot and Mariska Hargitay's haunted performance help a lot. The acting is very good, Hargitay, Christopher Meloni and Richard Belzer being spot on and Jerry Lanning playing a nasty piece of work to suitably repellent effect.
My only complaint with "Bad Blood" is when all is revealed, which for my tastes came over as a bit convoluted and difficult to get the head round.
Overall though, a great episode. 9/10
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 20, 2019
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