There’s nothing more despicable than a rapist in a position of power. In this week’s episode of  Law and Order: SVU , “Beautiful Frame,” one such man managed to wedge himself into the DA’s office in neighboring Suffolk county and proceeded to nearly more

Confidential informants can be great sources for police, but also present challenges to their police handlers, especially if they're accused of crimes themselves. Tonight's episode, "Beautiful Frame," took that issue and ramped it up into a tight, twisty more

Ballpark estimate, how many episodes of  Law and Order: SVU  do you think have started with negligent parents losing their kid on a crowded playground? If mathematics allows you to count that high, add “Vanity’s Bonfire,” this week’s episode, to more

It always amazes me how a really good guest star can inject so much life into  Law and Order: SVU . In “Dreams Deferred,” this week’s episode, it was Patricia Arquette playing a career prostitute named Jeannie who helped the team bring down one of he more

I struggled to figure out how I felt about “Lessons Learned,” last week’s episode of  Law and Order : SVU . It wasn’t a bad episode. But neither is it one that stands out as something to be remembered at the end of the year. The plot was so-so; the m more

Last week, I praised  Law and Order: SVU  for its clever allusion to Danny Pino’s previous job on  Cold Case . But with this week’s episode, “Friending Emily,” I feel I need to remind the writers that clever jokes are one thing…borrowing en more

Cragen returned to work after his unfortunate incarceration in this week’s episode of  Law and Order: SVU , “Acceptable Loss,” but it wasn’t that big of a deal, at least not as much as Olivia wanted to make it. Personally, I would much rather see Ada more

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. And when those offenses revolve around a bestselling erotic novel that promises to release a woman’s “inner Venus,” they also tend to get especially ridiculous. If more