Living Life As Me

The season finale of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit was absolutely amazing. Released in the span of two weeks, it was gripping and heart wrenching, but also a new start for one of the detectives. I also need to preface this with the fact that Law and Order: SVU's episode three weeks age, Assaulting Reality was amazing, even though I didn't get the chance to write a review. The first part of the season finale's double episode event dealt with a correctional officer who was accused of multiple counts of rape. Gary Munson, a married man and with a spotless record. Charisse McGabe accuses him of rape in the church room of Riker's Island, and when he is arrested, the entire correctional force rallies against the SVU squad, ending with a death threat against ADA Barba. Heartfelt Passages continues the investigation against Gary Munson, but this time, when his wife wants to leave him, he pulls a gun, threatening the lives of Benson and Dodds Jr. A rape case turned domesti...

This episode was released on Wednesday, May 4, and was absolutely amazing. John Munch returned, making the whole episode a little more exciting, and also the episode itself was terrific. The plot kept me interested, I didn't ever pick up my phone because I was bored, and I thought the producers and actors did an overall amazing job. A bit of background on this episode, an aspiring model Sally claims she was raped by a famous photographer, Alvin Gilbret. His assistant, Nora, when Sally was upset afterwards, said "that's not what the camera saw." Meanwhile, Benson and Rollins are out with their children, and typically Benson's phone rings and the two head for the hospital. Sally is confused, and also drunk(because Nora fed her alcoholic beverages), and she is also unsure if she wants to press charges. When she does come in to give her statement, she comes in with her overprotective boyfriend Matt, who is clearly abusing her given his hostility towards Carisi and Rol...

I chose this book randomly off of the shelf at my local Barns&Noble, as something that I would take a chance with. I had never heard of Natasha Preston, or the book before, but the summary seemed intriguing so I began to read it. I ended up finishing it that afternoon, on the exact place on the floor of B&N that I sat down to read it. The Cellar as about a teenager, Summer, who is kidnapped by a man who calls himself Clover. She is locked in his basement with three other girls, Rose, Poppy, and Violet, who used to have real names. He names her Lily. Clover's obsession with flowers is yet another one of his evil rituals, as he insists that the roses, poppies and violets that he buys them will remain alive forever, and whenever they die, he goes insane. Summer, turned Lily, is forced to watch, along with the other girls, Clover kill hundreds of prostitutes, his own coworker, and the first Violet(her real name was Jennifer). When she is finally found, she is at death's doo...

As many of you know, I have only been blogging my reviews for about 6-7 months. I've been attempting to integrate more and more material into these blogs, such as book reviews and different pieces of writing, but that hasn't worked so well. For those of you who don't know, I've watched Law and Order SVU since 2012. It's remained a staple show in my mind and right now, even though I have been shifting over to Grey's Anatomy while SVU remains on hiatus, Grey's will never compete with SVU. I am usually notoriously late with my reviews of SVU on here(my apologies) because I usually don't watch them the night they air. They air at ten o'clock my time, and for me, I'm usually doing homework or recovering from the day, so I usually watch them the next day on Hulu. During the episodes, I don't take notes for my reviews, I usually just trust my memory. When I actually sit down at my computer to write these reviews, I try to do a simple background, rat...

Sheltered Outcasts was released on March 30, 2016. This episode was decent enough, and it had a good line of suspense. A quick recap of this episode, Detective Carisi is deep undercover in a homeless shelter, where known sexual assailants are housed. The investigation into the shelter is triggered by a serial rapist the detectives need to catch. Detective Carisi was roughed up by some men in the shelter, but survived. The man of suspicion is Richie Caskey, a man who Detective Carisi thinks is a good man. In a shocking turn of events, it turns out the rapist is Caskey's lawyer, and that was figured out after the shelter's therapist was raped and murdered, and another victim IDs his voice while standing in the middle of the squad room with Olivia. This episode was a good episode, I didn't see much of Dodds Jr. so I'm not sure what is going on there. It was great to see Lieutenant Benson back in action, after being transferred because of a sex trafficking ring that her boy...

Law and Order SVU has finally returned from hiatus, with a new episode, Unholiest Alliance! It aired on March 23, 2016. This episode was much awaited for in the SVU lovers community, as it picked up after Lieutenant Benson was transferred to Community Affairs pending results of and investigation into IAB Captain Tucker's alleged involvement in a sex trafficking ring. Sergeant Dodds was acting commander of SVU, and in my opinion, I was expecting him to fall in the pressure of this case. A quick background on this episode, the investigation picks up, SVU and the church at each other's throats. Nina and Natalia are headed out of town, sure that they are targets of the high ranking officials in the church, and they're forced off the road. Later in the hospital, Natalia tells detectives that she witnessed a priest rape and murder Nina. This is later confirmed with a photo array and Nina's body being found in the woods. Lieutenant Benson is not particularly happy with her new...

The last two episodes of Law and Order SVU were okay, but with a shocking twist. I have to say, this week's episode was initially so shocking that I didn't know how to review it because I was at loss of words. Manhattan Transfer was a good episode. The squad begins to try and take down a major prostitution ring of Catholic schoolgirls. One thing leads to another, and ADA Barba recognizes that one of the men is Judge Wheeler, and there are several other people involved in the case that were part of the police/justice department. As we all know, Lieutenant Benson is dating IAB Captain Tucker, who's cousin is part of the pedophile ring. And as the episode ends, Benson is seen with Tucker at a bar, receiving a text message from 1PP saying that they want to meet with her. The episode closes with Olivia announcing that she's been transferred to Community Affairs and that Sergeant Dodds is now acting commander of SVU. Olivia is seen leaning on her desk through the office windo...