L&O: SVU

It's no secret that if Mike & I are spending "quality time" together, aka when he's not reading or sleeping, we are probably watching TV.  Yep, it's true. And we both wouldn't have it any other way (ok, maybe a little more going out would be healthy nice :coughmikecough:).

Currently, the two shows that we currently DVR the most and watch together are COPS and Law & Order: SVU.
We're kind of waning on our cops though, since it kind of gets repetitive after the first 50 arrests of dumb people.
Our TV fave right now is definitely Law & Order.

I personally am ok with SVU or Criminal Intent, but Mike holds a special place in his heart for Ice T., so therefore we started getting hooked on SVU.

How can you not think this dude is awesome. Best career move ever, Ice T. 

Some of us also like Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson).  You can often gauge how good an episode will be based on the length of her hair. The longer the better, generally speaking. Chris Meloni (Elliot Stabler) is pretty cool too. We generally like how he beats the nincompoop out of people for no apparent reason and gets away with it.  

I've also noticed something really strange.  Just in the past week, I've noticed at least 4 separate episodes (not seemingly connected) where she is wearing the same sweater. I literally googled screen caps of the show and found this within seconds; she wears it that much. 

Did they have that small of a wardrobe budget that season? Was Olivia homeless for some time and I didn't realize? Did Ice T demand a new black shirt and leather jacket every episode and Mariska was left in the dust? No one knows, but it's really, really strange and I'm very bothered by it.  

We also like SVU because they don't spend the entire episode trying to find out the "perp", but rather they just keep making the "perp" more and more crazy as the hour goes on.  In a related topic, I hate the use of the word "perp" and also how they say "get a bus" instead of an ambulance.  Despite this, the show is still amazing. 

Our favorite episode is Season 5, Episode 20, entitled "Lowdown".  I'm not going to indulge you on the plot line here, but Ice T plays a key role in this episode and it's pretty amazing.  

Another crucial part of watching L&O: SVU is guessing which scenes will have the "duhn-dun" sound at the end.  It's important to try to get the timing of your "duhn-dun" to be exactly right, and for it to be louder than your watching partner. A novice may assume it is every time they go to a new location, but that would be false my friends. It's only sometimes.  Only when they go to special places.  

Finally, I leave you with these immortal words: 

"In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."

.....DUHN-DUN.