Law and Order: SVU“Retro”
Original Air Date: Oct 28, 2008
Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
Benson and Stabler’s investigation starts with a baby whose AIDS was not being treated and leads them to a doctor who tells his patients that HIV is not harmful and can be treated with yogurt. Yes, yogurt. Benson’s reaction when the doctor told her he had prescribed yogurt was absolutely priceless.
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Original Air Date: Oct 28, 2008
Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
Benson and Stabler’s investigation starts with a baby whose AIDS was not being treated and leads them to a doctor who tells his patients that HIV is not harmful and can be treated with yogurt. Yes, yogurt. Benson’s reaction when the doctor told her he had prescribed yogurt was absolutely priceless.
Four Thoughts About This Episode:
1. Kim hit it right when she talked about people who don’t believe the Holocaust happened. That’s exactly what this week’s conspiracy theory storyline reminded me of. I’ve never heard of people who think AIDS is a pharmaceutical conspiracy and I wish I hadn’t. I’m afraid to even to a search to find out if there are people like that out there. It made for a fascinating episode but it sure got my blood boiling. I get that if you have HIV, you would want to hear the best possible news but I would want to know the truth more. Beyond that, it’s so unbelievably selfish and irresponsible to know that you have HIV and spread it without telling your partners, like Susan Ross did in this episode. I just wanted to punch her and Dr. Hutton.
2. Finally, the guest stars weren’t the entire focus of an episode. Martin Mull did a great job as Dr. Gideon Hutton, who believes HIV isn’t harmful and AIDS doesn’t exist. By the way, did you notice that Tommy was played by Aidan Mitchell, who was Sam on The Riches? Honestly, I didn’t even recognize him. I like SVU better when the plot and characters can stand on their own without having a huge guest star distract us from the point. Some guest stars can fade into a part. Some can’t. It’s not their fault really.
3. Kim Greyleck finally got a chance to show what she’s all about and clearly, she’s not one to back down. She was taking on everyone. I wouldn’t want to be cross examined by her. Did you see the way she stared down the son, Tommy? That was quite the look.
4. I greatly appreciated that there wasn’t any big curveball twist at the end. The twists seemed to be throughout the episode, which made it more realistic. I was surprised when Tommy’s mother died. While I did think Tommy probably had HIV, I was still a bit stunned when instead of finding out he did have it, the twist was that he didn’t want to know and that he believed what his mother believed. See, you CAN do a compelling, interesting episode without some last minute, soap opera twist. Remember that, SVU writers.
So, what did you think? Tell me your TwoCents in the comments! SVU isn’t on next week, thanks to election coverage. Get out there and vote and I’ll see you in two weeks!