Critic’s Score: 4.8 / 5.0
4.8
That was one of the crucial disturbing instances in Regulation & Order: SVU historical past, however Rollins’ inclusion made it price it.
I’ve been complaining for some time about the best way Rollins is being misused, however for as soon as, she wasn’t.
It was refreshing for her to be instrumental in fixing the case on Regulation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 19.
Haley’s Case Was Extremely Disturbing, However The Ashlynn Twist Was Predictable
Haley was kidnapped by a pair who pressured her to put on a shock collar and took stay movies of them tormenting her with it to power her to do what they instructed her to do.
Benson and the others emphasised that it wasn’t little one porn — it was torture porn.
It was additionally a horrific scenario {that a} sick eight-year-old shouldn’t have been pressured to face simply because she waved at a stranger as they handed.
That mentioned, the massive plot twist about Haley being the second woman to be tormented like that fell flat.
As quickly as I discovered there have been two ladies, I knew certainly that the primary one had died and that’s why Haley was taken.
I didn’t anticipate the useless woman to be the abductors’ organic daughter, which does make it much more horrific. Nevertheless, the truth that we had one useless woman and a kidnapped alternative wasn’t a shock.
Nonetheless, the scene the place the cops discovered Ashlynn’s physique and the ME’s subsequent report had been among the many saddest in Regulation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 19.
Benson doesn’t normally get emotional, regardless of her need to assist everybody, so her quiet tears when she noticed the physique hit me exhausting.
Benson: I don’t perceive how a father or mother may do one thing like this to their very own little one.
Rollins: You’ve been working right here longer than me and you continue to haven’t discovered the reply.
From that time till Haley was recovered, I saved holding my breath, anticipating her to be useless too.
That had ot be essentially the most suspenseful ten minutes of my life, ready to seek out out what her destiny was, and I used to be as relieved as her mom was on my display when she was discovered alive.
Haley surviving was the happiest attainable ending.
After all, after one thing like that, transferring to Vermont might not be sufficient. The woman will want trauma-informed remedy.
I wouldn’t have minded Benson suggesting a referral, although I’m glad she didn’t attempt to do an excessive amount of.
We don’t want one other Maddy Flynn scenario, and I’ll be eternally grateful it didn’t go that route.
Rollins Lastly Had Extra Of A Goal On Regulation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 19
I don’t thoughts Rollins/Carisi as a pair, however I don’t prefer it when Rollins is written as nothing greater than part of Carisi’s help system.
Throughout her previous couple of appearances, she had only a few strains and no function exterior of worrying about Carisi, which was past annoying.
Regulation & Order: SVU Season 26 has not, typically, handled Rollins appropriately, however this episode was an exception.
I particularly cherished that Rollins was the one who got here up with an important lead — the canine barking.
Recognizing the sound of canine raised for breeding due to her childhood in Georgia was a pleasant contact.
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I find it irresistible when Rollins’ background is used to assist her resolve instances.
I questioned if the tech man used some form of AI help to establish the breed of canine. SVU didn’t say, however it appeared logical to imagine so since he used an app that would establish totally different breeds by sound.
By the way, I questioned if the cops would acknowledge the perp’s voice when interviewing canine breeders upstate.
Rollins was nice as a cop — investigative work is the place she shines, so this arc demonstrated that the entire instructing profession factor they insisted on throughout Regulation & Order: SVU season 25 was ridiculous.
I additionally preferred that she wasn’t only a cop, although. The cameo appearances with the children had been superior as a result of they confirmed her friendship with Benson.
These early scenes make the ultimate dialog about that disturbing case much more poignant.
Firstly, Rollins and Benson had been celebrating a uncommon alternative to do what “common mothers” do once they took the children to high school.
On the finish, they mentioned how they couldn’t perceive how a father or mother may do one thing so horrific to a baby as what they’d simply witnessed, underscoring that in some methods, they might by no means be like different mothers.
Random Ideas About Regulation & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 19
- Two cameo appearances for Noah in a row — I’d love for him to have a bit extra of a narrative, although I cherished that he’s like an enormous brother to Rollins’ children.
- Talking of Noah, when the cops discovered that the perps had been treating Haley like a canine to be educated, all I may consider was when that child put Noah within the canine cage and the way we by no means bought any followup to that.
- Fin was MIA this episode. I suppose that made room for Rollins to do her factor, however I’m nonetheless ready for a Fin-centered episode this season.
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