Surrender Benson
- Épisode diffusé le 25 sept. 2013
- TV-14
- 44min
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSerial rapist and killer William Lewis abducts Olivia in her home, tortures her, and hides her away in a Long Island beach home.Serial rapist and killer William Lewis abducts Olivia in her home, tortures her, and hides her away in a Long Island beach home.Serial rapist and killer William Lewis abducts Olivia in her home, tortures her, and hides her away in a Long Island beach home.
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- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
- ADA Rafael Barba
- (générique uniquement)
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- AnecdotesRaúl Esparza promoted to series regular, as confirmed by first appearance in the intro. Esparza was semi-regular cast the preceding season, having guest starred as Rafael Barba in eleven episodes.
- Gaffes(at around 29 mins) Right before Detective Benson frees herself from the iron-frame bed with one of the poles, Lewis already has blood on his face and t-shirt while he is unzipping his pants before she is free from restraint and has an opportunity to subdue him.
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Olivia Benson: [to Lewis after suduing him] Hey. Hey, you. You're out cold, are you? I haven't called anybody yet. I think I want you to suffer first. Maybe I could burn you or cut you. Or I could use the blowtorch on you, but you might enjoy that too much. See, you you'd know what to do. Your whole life, you know what you want and you just do it. What I want to do I want to shoot you in the head right now, watch you bleed out. Or maybe that's too easy. My old partner he'd know what to do. He wouldn't question himself after what you've done. He would kick your teeth in, break your legs, break your arms, break your back, break your face. Maybe I should call him. Maybe I should get him to use that metal bar on you, huh? And make you beg for your life.
One of those "quite a lot of episodes" is "Surrender Benson". And it fares more than very well on re-watch, everything comes over as even better now and it is one of not many episodes of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' that whole-heartedly lives up to the huge amount of hype prior to airing. The show varied with its season openers (though much more so with its season finales), and "Surrender Benson" is one of the best ones in my view and one of the best episodes of Season 15.
The good things are pretty much endless and they are more than good. First and foremost, Mariska Hargitay's performance here is one of her best of the show where she has material that plays to her strengths. Her performance here is intense, yet her vulnerability is also harrowing. Even better is Pablo Schreiber, who is every bit as bone chilling as he was in "Her Negotiation" as one of the show's most talked about and widely lauded recurring characters. The chemistry between Hargitay and Schreiber is nothing short of scintillating.
It is their chemistry that would have been perhaps the most important component/ingredient to get right and would make or break the episode, and it's nailed in "Surrender Benson". The story is hard hitting and tension-laden, where Olivia's rescue is rooted for. The treatment of Olivia is truly hard to watch without being too heavy on the shock value, which it could easily have done. The ending is unexpected and shocking.
Even with the location number being more restricted, "Surrender Benson" is solid visually with some suitably nightmarish lighting in the beachhouse scenes. The photography is intimate but not claustrophobic. The music when used is not too over-emphatic and has a melancholic edge that is quite haunting. The direction is sympathetic enough without being leaden, while having enough momentum to make the drama sing in its atmosphere.
Furthermore, the script is constantly intriguing and taut. Lewis' taunting is not easy to forget in the long run.
Brilliant season opener. 10/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- 1 août 2022