Benson, Warner, Munch, Cragen, and Dr. Huang were not present in this episode. Was it that expensive to being Casey Novak back as a special guest?
7 Reviews
Five Main Cast Members Missing
wrenleung4 May 2020
Pay for Hate
yazguloner12 July 2021
"Have you ever been looked upon as less valuable than a human being? Have you ever been spat on, cursed, beaten and rape?"
The times when there was no mercy, hatred as dignity, people who turned people into monsters and people grinded by the wheels of that time... wounds, pain, tragedies that never healed... new torrents of anger and hatred...
The wound here is exploded by a grandchilds (next generation).
The reason I love Svu so much is that justice and humanity at least find their place here...
It is a great episode with all the actor performances. There are accusings and accuseds in the center.
Like this story (naked truth) You can watch Payback 1s 1e.
The times when there was no mercy, hatred as dignity, people who turned people into monsters and people grinded by the wheels of that time... wounds, pain, tragedies that never healed... new torrents of anger and hatred...
The wound here is exploded by a grandchilds (next generation).
The reason I love Svu so much is that justice and humanity at least find their place here...
It is a great episode with all the actor performances. There are accusings and accuseds in the center.
Like this story (naked truth) You can watch Payback 1s 1e.
Making amends
TheLittleSongbird3 June 2022
The subject does on paper sound quite interesting and hard hitting and seeing Casey Novak return is enough to have fans of her in rapture. Have always been blown away by the previous episode "Totem" and have always considered it one of my favourites of the season and one of the few outstanding episodes of it. A few of the previous episodes in my view are real misfires, as were two of the three after and am also not a fan of the character of Dekker.
"Reparations" is a mixed bag of an episode. Have never minded that only two SVU members are in the episode (Stabler and Fin), and luckily it is a teaming that has always worked quite well. Was really looking to seeing more of too often underused Fin but Stabler's character writing was very up and down in Seasons 8-12 and it is hard to not want an improvement. "Reparations" is much better than "Dirty", "Spectacle" and "Bully" but was a letdown after "Totem". Ranking it with the rest of Season 12's episodes, it's one of the middling outings and in the middle category.
Beginning with the good, "Reparations" hardly wastes Novak. It was so great to see her again and she has lost none of what made her such a great character in the first place, a character that Diane Neal always portrayed extremely well and more. Christopher Meloni and Ice-T are also very strong and Stabler and Fin work very well together and it was hard to have a change once in a while.
Production values are fine, have always liked the photography's intimacy and grit and the look of the show has come on a good deal over-time (and it was good to begin with). The music doesn't intrude and has a haunting quality, have not always remembered to say that the theme tune is easy to remember and holds up. Lorna's backstory is extremely harrowing.
However, there are in "Reparations" too many loose ends and things left unanswered, making the story feel incomplete and confusing. Other flaws in the story are dull pacing, a very flimsy case and too many implausibilities in the rape case to make it stand up in court and that it is unbalanced (legal scenes over-emphasised, great to have them but they could have been more compelling, and not enough detective work).
Also have always found that Terrence Howard is a miss as Dekker, he in general underplays, especially the line delivery, but also overdoes Dekker's arrogance. The tension is severely lacking and the dialogue is less than tight and quite awkward sounding. Stabler's perfect summing up of Dekker is the one line that is great.
Overall, mixed feelings here. 5/10.
"Reparations" is a mixed bag of an episode. Have never minded that only two SVU members are in the episode (Stabler and Fin), and luckily it is a teaming that has always worked quite well. Was really looking to seeing more of too often underused Fin but Stabler's character writing was very up and down in Seasons 8-12 and it is hard to not want an improvement. "Reparations" is much better than "Dirty", "Spectacle" and "Bully" but was a letdown after "Totem". Ranking it with the rest of Season 12's episodes, it's one of the middling outings and in the middle category.
Beginning with the good, "Reparations" hardly wastes Novak. It was so great to see her again and she has lost none of what made her such a great character in the first place, a character that Diane Neal always portrayed extremely well and more. Christopher Meloni and Ice-T are also very strong and Stabler and Fin work very well together and it was hard to have a change once in a while.
Production values are fine, have always liked the photography's intimacy and grit and the look of the show has come on a good deal over-time (and it was good to begin with). The music doesn't intrude and has a haunting quality, have not always remembered to say that the theme tune is easy to remember and holds up. Lorna's backstory is extremely harrowing.
However, there are in "Reparations" too many loose ends and things left unanswered, making the story feel incomplete and confusing. Other flaws in the story are dull pacing, a very flimsy case and too many implausibilities in the rape case to make it stand up in court and that it is unbalanced (legal scenes over-emphasised, great to have them but they could have been more compelling, and not enough detective work).
Also have always found that Terrence Howard is a miss as Dekker, he in general underplays, especially the line delivery, but also overdoes Dekker's arrogance. The tension is severely lacking and the dialogue is less than tight and quite awkward sounding. Stabler's perfect summing up of Dekker is the one line that is great.
Overall, mixed feelings here. 5/10.
Beyond the power of temporal justice
bkoganbing31 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Terrence Howard crosses over from the LA Law&Order series and across the aisle so to speak to defend his cousin accused of rape. The victim is Virginia Kull who looks to be a sweet young woman who teaches in minority areas and even is living in Washington Heights.
After one false start with a neighbor who has gone off his meds the squad zeroes in on Vondie Curtis Hall who has some really fascinating history with the family of this victim.
Turns out the man who would have to answer in celestial court is Kull's grandfather Robert Hogan. The statute of limitations puts Hogan way beyond the power of temporal justice. More I really can't say about this episode.
Marc Antony put it best the evil can live on and on and it will after Hogan is no longer among the living.
After one false start with a neighbor who has gone off his meds the squad zeroes in on Vondie Curtis Hall who has some really fascinating history with the family of this victim.
Turns out the man who would have to answer in celestial court is Kull's grandfather Robert Hogan. The statute of limitations puts Hogan way beyond the power of temporal justice. More I really can't say about this episode.
Marc Antony put it best the evil can live on and on and it will after Hogan is no longer among the living.
Could have been great but left too many questions
rwk26 April 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Right off the bat, when did the rape take place? The roommate and her boyfriend were right in the other room, hear a scream, and rush in. Presumably she was quiet in the kitchen when her boyfriend snuck up to practice Krav Maga with her and she heard nothing? Based on my experience with NY apartments it is darn near impossible to NOT overhear everything through the wall.
For that matter, there was never actual evidence of a rape. He was IN the room but no more than that. Terrence Howard should have explored that angle a little more. Breaking and Entering is a far better cry than rape. Or is it? At the end the two attorneys agree to drop the plea bargain from 20 to life down to 15 to life, for B&E? Didn't know the plea deals were so similar for two such vastly different offenses.
But the oddest thing was the failure to prosecute an old child abuse case. Maybe the statute of limitations expires on that but I sure hope not. Those three Klan members made a child watch his mother's rape! That is horrid, yet no one thinks to prosecute him for it.
The race angle was a great plot device, particularly considering he delivered the school vegetables and she supposedly saw him everyday, but it was just lost to terrible writing. Too much time in the courtroom and not enough detective work.
For that matter, there was never actual evidence of a rape. He was IN the room but no more than that. Terrence Howard should have explored that angle a little more. Breaking and Entering is a far better cry than rape. Or is it? At the end the two attorneys agree to drop the plea bargain from 20 to life down to 15 to life, for B&E? Didn't know the plea deals were so similar for two such vastly different offenses.
But the oddest thing was the failure to prosecute an old child abuse case. Maybe the statute of limitations expires on that but I sure hope not. Those three Klan members made a child watch his mother's rape! That is horrid, yet no one thinks to prosecute him for it.
The race angle was a great plot device, particularly considering he delivered the school vegetables and she supposedly saw him everyday, but it was just lost to terrible writing. Too much time in the courtroom and not enough detective work.
Awful.
blayslays27 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This episode, in my opinion, is one of the worst I have ever seen of SVU.
There is no point in even detailing all of the plot holes.
He gets sent to jail for 15 years even though she falsely accused him of rape?! And that was a deal his attorney agreed to! Just stupid, skip this episode.
There is no point in even detailing all of the plot holes.
He gets sent to jail for 15 years even though she falsely accused him of rape?! And that was a deal his attorney agreed to! Just stupid, skip this episode.
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