A young woman wakes up in the hospital with no memory of her assault, and Carisi's investigation stalls when she disappears.A young woman wakes up in the hospital with no memory of her assault, and Carisi's investigation stalls when she disappears.A young woman wakes up in the hospital with no memory of her assault, and Carisi's investigation stalls when she disappears.
Ice-T
- Sergeant Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
Sam Encarnacion
- Bartender
- (as Samuel Encarnación)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA peripatetic is someone who likes to wander around or constantly travel, a nomad in other words.
- GoofsEarly in the story, when the rape victim is still in the hospital, she is shown getting fluids from intravenously from a fluid bag. She has a green butterfly needle taped to her arm, which is only used for blood collection or to inject small amounts of medication. In reality, an IV catheter would be used instead.
- Quotes
Silas Perry: [as he's being arrested] Harvey can go to friggin' hell.
Odafin Tutuola: Harvey who?
Silas Perry: Me Too this, Time's Up that. You can't even pick up a broad at a bar these days.
Odafin Tutuola: [sarcastically] What is this world coming to?
Featured review
Identity
'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' really did vary when it came to showing the detectives' personal lives. It did well with Stabler and Olivia in the early seasons, where there was some powerful storytelling that furthered their character development. Too many personal life stories however did come over as melodramatic and was focused upon too much, doing so while overshadowing the case, especially in the latter seasons.
"Exile" sees a little more development to Phillip Stone, who was a lifeless presence in all the previous episodes since he was introduced and unfortunately very little was done in making him interesting throughout the time he was on 'Special Victims Unit'. "Exile" does little to change my mind on him sadly and it is with him with it is at its least interesting. Luckily the first half of the episode and most of the case is so good it still is enough to make "Exile" a quite good episode and one of the better instalments of Season 20's first half.
Starting with the numerous good things. There are good things. The production values are solid and the intimacy of the photography doesn't get static or too filmed play-like. The music when used is not too over-emphatic and has a melancholic edge that is quite haunting. The writing is mostly very thoughtful and intriguing, not feeling heavy handed. The case is very compelling and a lot more unpredictable and relevant than expected, memory loss is not a new topic for the franchise but is given even more freshness here. Didn't see the truth coming, ending with a powerful scene between Grace and Olivia, and the first half on the whole is taut and has edge and suspense.
Carisi and Fin's roles in the case are great and it's their scenes where the episode is at its most interesting. Fin's reaction to his shoes getting soiled was very funny, great to have a classic Fin feel to his material here. The acting from most of the regulars is very good and Aimee Spring Fortier excels wonderfully in a challenging role, as a very interesting character.
Didn't find the second half however to be as riveting, with the pace slackening and the tension dissipates. Especially in everything with Olivia, who comes over as rather holier than thou and near-manipulative. Her dialogue is still rather condescending at times too. The personal life drama felt too shoehorned in, especially with Stone.
It felt like an attempt to make him more interesting and address the fandom's issues with him, but he is still coming over as too bland and neurotic and the show is actually not doing very much with his character yet. Phillip Winchester is very one dimensional and wooden, but the way Stone is written here does him no favours.
Bottom line, quite good if uneven (the case with quite a lot of the better episodes of this season), starting off great but loses its way a bit. 7/10.
"Exile" sees a little more development to Phillip Stone, who was a lifeless presence in all the previous episodes since he was introduced and unfortunately very little was done in making him interesting throughout the time he was on 'Special Victims Unit'. "Exile" does little to change my mind on him sadly and it is with him with it is at its least interesting. Luckily the first half of the episode and most of the case is so good it still is enough to make "Exile" a quite good episode and one of the better instalments of Season 20's first half.
Starting with the numerous good things. There are good things. The production values are solid and the intimacy of the photography doesn't get static or too filmed play-like. The music when used is not too over-emphatic and has a melancholic edge that is quite haunting. The writing is mostly very thoughtful and intriguing, not feeling heavy handed. The case is very compelling and a lot more unpredictable and relevant than expected, memory loss is not a new topic for the franchise but is given even more freshness here. Didn't see the truth coming, ending with a powerful scene between Grace and Olivia, and the first half on the whole is taut and has edge and suspense.
Carisi and Fin's roles in the case are great and it's their scenes where the episode is at its most interesting. Fin's reaction to his shoes getting soiled was very funny, great to have a classic Fin feel to his material here. The acting from most of the regulars is very good and Aimee Spring Fortier excels wonderfully in a challenging role, as a very interesting character.
Didn't find the second half however to be as riveting, with the pace slackening and the tension dissipates. Especially in everything with Olivia, who comes over as rather holier than thou and near-manipulative. Her dialogue is still rather condescending at times too. The personal life drama felt too shoehorned in, especially with Stone.
It felt like an attempt to make him more interesting and address the fandom's issues with him, but he is still coming over as too bland and neurotic and the show is actually not doing very much with his character yet. Phillip Winchester is very one dimensional and wooden, but the way Stone is written here does him no favours.
Bottom line, quite good if uneven (the case with quite a lot of the better episodes of this season), starting off great but loses its way a bit. 7/10.
helpful•112
- TheLittleSongbird
- May 16, 2023
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content