When a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.When a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.When a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.
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Fernando López
- CSU Technician Ramone Vargas
- (as Fernando Lopez)
BD Wong
- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPiper Laurie (Dorothy Rudd) played in Carrie (1976) and Colin Fickes (Glenn Rudd) played in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999).
- GoofsIt is revealed that the suspect is playing a Sony Play Station 1 computer, and a Playstation Controller is even displayed. But when Detective Benson finds the holster of the video game the main suspect is playing, it is revealed to be a made for the show version of Swordquest and is not in a standard Playstation game holster with PC markings, making it a wrong kind of game for the game system.
- Quotes
Fin Tutuola: Why do we always get stuck looking for the needle in the haystack?
John Munch: Takes me back to the Easter egg hunts of my youth.
Fin Tutuola: You're Jewish, your parents hid eggs?
John Munch: My point exactly, all those futile hours of searching.
Featured review
Heart-breaking care
Even reading the plot summary is enough to make the heart break. "Care" really moved me on my first watch when first getting into the early seasons of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit', a long time ago. Re-watching the whole show up to the point it is now from the start over-time, it is a shame that the early seasons aren't quite as well known or as more commonly aired as Season 7 onwards, being somebody who actually prefers the earlier seasons. Whether that is a popular opinion is uncertain.
"Care" is a fine example of how brilliant a lot of the earlier seasons' episodes are. Season 3 is a solid one on the whole with the most consistent Season 3 in quality of the franchise's big three (the original 'Law and Order', 'Special Victims Unit' and 'Criminal Intent'), and "Care" is one of its very best. Namely because it connected with me a lot emotionally and not just sadness. A wide range in fact. Not an easy topic to explore, but handled beautifully and with intelligence.
The episode is shot with the right amount of intimacy without being claustrophobic and that the editing has become increasingly tighter over-time has been great too. Nice use of locations too. The music doesn't get over-scored or overwrought, even in the more dramatic revelation moments. The direction doesn't try to do too much and is understated but never flat or unsure.
All the regular performances are strong with Dann Florek shining, while Colin Frickes is surprisingly moving as Glenn and Piper Laurie was seldom more chilling than here as a gorgon of a character. The writing is typically taut yet sensitive, especially during Glenn's testimony.
From start to finish, the story handles a typically difficult topic in a way that is hard-hitting but also compassionate. "Care's" case is a heart-breaker, where it was easy to feel for Glenn while absolutely despising the perpetrator. It did make me feel angry at how anybody could treat the victim in the way that she was.
Wonderful episode overall and heart-breaking. 10/10
"Care" is a fine example of how brilliant a lot of the earlier seasons' episodes are. Season 3 is a solid one on the whole with the most consistent Season 3 in quality of the franchise's big three (the original 'Law and Order', 'Special Victims Unit' and 'Criminal Intent'), and "Care" is one of its very best. Namely because it connected with me a lot emotionally and not just sadness. A wide range in fact. Not an easy topic to explore, but handled beautifully and with intelligence.
The episode is shot with the right amount of intimacy without being claustrophobic and that the editing has become increasingly tighter over-time has been great too. Nice use of locations too. The music doesn't get over-scored or overwrought, even in the more dramatic revelation moments. The direction doesn't try to do too much and is understated but never flat or unsure.
All the regular performances are strong with Dann Florek shining, while Colin Frickes is surprisingly moving as Glenn and Piper Laurie was seldom more chilling than here as a gorgon of a character. The writing is typically taut yet sensitive, especially during Glenn's testimony.
From start to finish, the story handles a typically difficult topic in a way that is hard-hitting but also compassionate. "Care's" case is a heart-breaker, where it was easy to feel for Glenn while absolutely despising the perpetrator. It did make me feel angry at how anybody could treat the victim in the way that she was.
Wonderful episode overall and heart-breaking. 10/10
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- Jul 22, 2020
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