An amazing episode where VP Biden makes an appearance. That isn't the amazing part but is a fabulous part if it. This episode is so complex in the issues and of who is to be believed maybe even more than the any other average episode. Just so different in so many ways!
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How was this guy even arrested?
marysammons-422205 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
So a guy goes to prison for rape. Years later he's exonerated by DNA from an untested rape kit in another city. That means they had to have had DNA from Melanie's rape kit from the beginning. So didn't they run it against his? That would've proven it wasn't a match. But he still goes to prison? Dumbest crap ever.
Ugly Justice: Fallacy
yazguloner22 January 2022
There is a dark gray case that has outstripped even current president Joe Biden, with a chain of unpleasent and tragic events that engulfed the fin and svu squad.
Especially the court scenes, the interrogations are thorny and tense... Of course, Barba's magnificence again...
The questions of the story:
-Is that person guilty even if the evidence shows that he is guilty?
The guest actors give wonderful and convincing performances.
Especially the court scenes, the interrogations are thorny and tense... Of course, Barba's magnificence again...
The questions of the story:
- Will he commit a crime again, whose innocence is proven years later?
- Is a person whose innocence has been proven years later, innocent despite all the evidence against him?
-Is that person guilty even if the evidence shows that he is guilty?
- Is that person innocent even if the evidence shows that he is guilty?
- Does the trauma of an innocent person turn him into a rapist/a monster?
The guest actors give wonderful and convincing performances.
What the....
labenji-121634 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
After 10 minutes in, I was turned off. I mean who the heck would befriend and invite someone into their home, after falsely accusing them of rape, for which they spend 16 years in prison. I mean who would do this? Why would you think this person doesn't harbor some amount of resentment towards you.
Making ridiculousness
TheLittleSongbird25 October 2022
The premise didn't really appeal to me in all honesty, though part of me was fascinated in seeing whether the episode would delve into the mind of the prime suspect (which to me was implied in the episode title). Had seen "Making a Rapist" once before when it first aired in my country and my overall opinion was not positive sad to say, while liking the performances to me the story was a mess. But still rewatched it anyway after being pleasantly surprised by the previous outing "Terrorised" on rewatch.
On rewatch however, and this is being said with a heavy heart and not with malice, "Making a Rapist" didn't fare much better at all. In fact, it fared even worse with the flaws apparent on first watch being even more problematic and also finding more problems along the way. Is it one of the worst episodes of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'? Not quite and there were worse episodes in Season 18 alone. It is though one of the most ridiculous in a while though, one of the bigger missed opportunities of the show and the latter seasons had a lot of instalments that fitted that distinction.
By all means there are good things that stop it from being a disaster. The main virtues being the powerful performances of Kelli Williams and Henry Thomas, Thomas has the trickier and more interesting character and expertly makes one unsure of whether he is guilty or not. The regulars are also very good.
Furthermore, the slick, subtly gritty and intimate production values are still present, while not going too far on the intimacy that it becomes too drab and closed up. The music lets the writing do all the talking without over-emphasising the emotions. The line about deceit was great and the one good line.
Unfortunately, so much is wrong and quite a lot of it is story related. There are more questions than answers in a story that came over as confused and silly than tense and heart breaking. Especially regarding the DNA and how such a vicious assault was not heard, the latter of which was not remotely believable for a second. Absolutely love Barba as a character and he was easily one of the best things about the latter seasons, but he really doesn't handle the case well (don't remember him being this borderline incompetent). Doing little with Singh's testimony and not calling Fin was a big mistake with him having a lot to answer for.
"Making a Rapist" is dully paced and the dialogue mostly is very mundane. Personally also thought that it could have done more with the character writing of the character the case centres around, it doesn't delve into his mind enough or do enough with what drove him to do what he did before, or whether he really had changed or just a facade. It does try to and it is evident but it didn't feel explored enough. Was really shocked by how incompetent the handling of the evidence was in initial case, made me question how Fin still had a career. Do like Fin but he does not come over well here, neither does Rollins at her dumbest to cringe-worthy effect. Finally, the ending is one big cheat and an insulting one at that, primarily due to going against what the case was all about.
Concluding, underwhelming. 4/10.
On rewatch however, and this is being said with a heavy heart and not with malice, "Making a Rapist" didn't fare much better at all. In fact, it fared even worse with the flaws apparent on first watch being even more problematic and also finding more problems along the way. Is it one of the worst episodes of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'? Not quite and there were worse episodes in Season 18 alone. It is though one of the most ridiculous in a while though, one of the bigger missed opportunities of the show and the latter seasons had a lot of instalments that fitted that distinction.
By all means there are good things that stop it from being a disaster. The main virtues being the powerful performances of Kelli Williams and Henry Thomas, Thomas has the trickier and more interesting character and expertly makes one unsure of whether he is guilty or not. The regulars are also very good.
Furthermore, the slick, subtly gritty and intimate production values are still present, while not going too far on the intimacy that it becomes too drab and closed up. The music lets the writing do all the talking without over-emphasising the emotions. The line about deceit was great and the one good line.
Unfortunately, so much is wrong and quite a lot of it is story related. There are more questions than answers in a story that came over as confused and silly than tense and heart breaking. Especially regarding the DNA and how such a vicious assault was not heard, the latter of which was not remotely believable for a second. Absolutely love Barba as a character and he was easily one of the best things about the latter seasons, but he really doesn't handle the case well (don't remember him being this borderline incompetent). Doing little with Singh's testimony and not calling Fin was a big mistake with him having a lot to answer for.
"Making a Rapist" is dully paced and the dialogue mostly is very mundane. Personally also thought that it could have done more with the character writing of the character the case centres around, it doesn't delve into his mind enough or do enough with what drove him to do what he did before, or whether he really had changed or just a facade. It does try to and it is evident but it didn't feel explored enough. Was really shocked by how incompetent the handling of the evidence was in initial case, made me question how Fin still had a career. Do like Fin but he does not come over well here, neither does Rollins at her dumbest to cringe-worthy effect. Finally, the ending is one big cheat and an insulting one at that, primarily due to going against what the case was all about.
Concluding, underwhelming. 4/10.
Rapists made in prison
bkoganbing6 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This SVU squad finds itself rearresting a man who was just freed from prison
after being released from prison after DNA evidence exonerates him. The
investigating Detective was Ice-T and his arrest was based on eyewitness
testimony from Kelli Williams. Now it is Williams's own daughter Alexis Collins
who was beaten, raped, and murdered and Henry Thomas, Finn's collar
the chief suspect.
Such a case attracts Delaney Williams the bottom feeding defense attorney on so many SVU cases. There are however alternate suspects which keeps the action going.
His 15 years in prison made Thomas a victim as well, kind of reoriented his people to people perspective. I feel sorry for him, but only up to a point.
Not quite sure what the message was here.
Such a case attracts Delaney Williams the bottom feeding defense attorney on so many SVU cases. There are however alternate suspects which keeps the action going.
His 15 years in prison made Thomas a victim as well, kind of reoriented his people to people perspective. I feel sorry for him, but only up to a point.
Not quite sure what the message was here.
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