The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.
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- TriviaScott William Winters (Det. Dumas) is the brother of Dean Winters who played Det. Cassidy in Season 1.
- GoofsWhen the black SUV honks and drives by, the camera crew and boom mic operator are reflected in the surface of the car.
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[last lines]
Courtney Lane: [about Nico's death] It was just a joke. We were just fooling around with him. And he started crying, and making like he was going to tell.
Nick Amaro: So, you made sure he wouldn't.
Courtney Lane: I shut him up.
Olivia Benson: And then you went to Marc's.
Courtney Lane: He snitched? I gave him the only fun he's ever had.
Chris Lane: Okay, my daughter has a perverse sense of humor, but I think it's time to stop. Now I'm calling my lawyer.
Courtney Lane: It's a little late, Dad.
Olivia Benson: She's right.
Courtney Lane: Anything else?
Olivia Benson: Yeah. Why?
Courtney Lane: [looking coldly] Why not?
"Lost Traveller" was a very good episode on first watch and a few re-watches on it is still very good. Not quite one of Season 13's very best, but nowhere near close to being one of the worst. Of the first half of the season it's to me one of the better episodes, with more good things than not so good. With the good things being many and at best really quite excellent. Was really worried about how the topic in "Lost Traveller" would be handled, luckily it's handled very well here.
The good things will be listed first. The production values as ever have slickness and grit, with an intimacy without being claustrophobic. The music has presence when it's used but does so without being intrusive, some of it is quite haunting too. The direction is also understated but the tension never slips. The script is taut and intelligent, a lot of talk but doesn't ramble or confuse.
Furthermore, the story is very sad and disturbingly dark with uncompromising yet tactful handling of deep themes (i.e. Prejudice). It was truly admirable that "Lost Traveller" manages to not stereotype a group of people that underwent and still undergo prejudice daily. The episode also features one of the season's most amoral perpetrators, with the most chilling amoral line since Season 4's "Damaged". The acting is excellent in lead and support, the regulars are faultless and the prime suspect and perpetrator are especially impressive in support. Amaro has settled very well and Rollins seems more comfortable.
By all means, "Lost Traveller" isn't perfect. Gilbert Gottfried is very annoying and out of place, he is meant to be a comic relief sort of character, but not only are the humour attempts not particularly funny it is also humour that may belong in animation but badly jars in such a serious story. Which made the tone not always consistent.
Did find the opening on the pointless side too and the chemistry between Amaro and Rollins is bland and forced.
In conclusion, very well done mostly. 8/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 21, 2022