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[[WMG: In the SVU verse, it is not against the law for a woman to sexualy assualt a man]]
In one episode, a women drugs men and shocks them with cattle prods to make them ejaculate so she can collect thier sperm. As pointed out on the JBM page, she is not arrested for this. In a much more recent episode, a woman anal rapes two men as revenge for having been raped by them when she was younger. She too, is not charged for this and the team focus on why she did it. Clearly, the SVU world is even more Crapsack the first thought.

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* This theory is awesome. Insane, but awesome.

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* This theory is awesome. Insane, but awesome.awesome.
* Would certainly explain why she always ''HAS'' to be the one whose right and never wrong. Although I would that Munch is actually a figment of her mind, but with an almost dangerous GenreSavy perception on reality that he hides beneath his 'strange' conspiracies.
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* Alex was supposed to be next, but Cragen accidentally botched it and had to use the duplicate he created for that female rapist from an earlier season, hence Novak's arrival on the show. Alex had to go into hiding because she knew too much and feared Cragen would kill her to keep her silent. Later, he would replace Novak for one episode with a duplicate who wasn't a hardass about mental illness (in ''Blind''), but accidentally killed her, forcing him to return the original for a little while. He replaced her with a second duplicate in ''Screwed'', who promptly got herself fired. He finally got around to making an Alex-duplicate, but gave up on making any more after she left the unit.

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* Alex was supposed to be next, but Cragen accidentally botched it and had to use the duplicate he created for that female rapist from an earlier season, hence Novak's arrival on the show. Alex had to go into hiding because she knew too much and feared Cragen would kill her to keep her silent. Later, he would replace Novak for one episode with a duplicate who wasn't a hardass about mental illness (in ''Blind''), but accidentally killed her, forcing him to return the original for a little while. He replaced her with a second duplicate in ''Screwed'', ''Cold'', who promptly got herself fired. He finally got around to making an Alex-duplicate, but gave up on making any more after she left the unit.
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*** Disagree. Huang seems like the kind of guy who has two sides: The perfectly put together Dr. Huang, and the unhinged George. Dr. Huang is a mild-mannered psychologist who studies rapists and serial killers because George, the other half, ''is'' a rapist/serial killer. His disturbed, fractured mind must be hidden beneath the mask of the calm, collective psychologist, lest he lose control and be forced to face the monster within. This is my AlternateCharacterInterpretation, and I'm sticking with it.

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*** Disagree. Huang seems like the kind of guy who has two sides: The perfectly put together Dr. Huang, and the unhinged George. Dr. Huang is a mild-mannered psychologist who studies rapists and serial killers because George, the other half, ''is'' a rapist/serial killer. His disturbed, fractured mind must be hidden beneath the mask of the calm, collective psychologist, lest he lose control and be forced to face the monster within. This is That's my AlternateCharacterInterpretation, and I'm sticking with it.
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*** Huang douse not strike me as the type that would go out and kill people he is to much of a voyeur, he is the type of person that would seek out and find a serial killer befriend him observe his behavior, maybe setup a few people for him to kill, but he would not kill them himself he is to cerebral.

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*** Huang douse does not strike me as the type that would go out and kill people he is to too much of a voyeur, he is the type of person that would seek out and find a serial killer befriend him observe his behavior, maybe setup a few people for him to kill, but he would not kill them himself he is to cerebral.
*** Disagree. Huang seems like the kind of guy who has two sides: The perfectly put together Dr. Huang, and the unhinged George. Dr. Huang is a mild-mannered psychologist who studies rapists and serial killers because George, the other half, ''is'' a rapist/serial killer. His disturbed, fractured mind must be hidden beneath the mask of the calm, collective psychologist, lest he lose control and be forced to face the monster within. This is my AlternateCharacterInterpretation, and I'm sticking with it.
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[[WMG: Cragen is Stabler's real father.]]
This is why he lets Stabler get away with so much crap, and went out of his way to defend him after the season one psych. analysis fiasco, all the while tossing poor Jeffries to the wolves.
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[[WMG: George is now an SVU writer]]
The episode "Gray" was written by George Huang. I think we all know what's going on here.
Sometime during the last episodes, George got tired of Elliot's asshattery. He and Elliot then had angry sex, with George dominating Elliot from the bottom, but oh noes! Elliot went back to Kathy without a word.
Frustrated beyond belief, George put in his transfer request with the FBI. But theeeen, they said he had to stay in NYC to keep and eye on the SVU detectives, because the FBI is watching them for their dirty practices (especially the crap they pulled in Baggage, which would have gotten them arrested in real life.)
George finally faked a bout of psychotic depression, which got him kicked out of the FBI until he could get it together. Curious about what new career to pursue, he started writing fanfiction for fandoms such as Mulan, M. Butterfly, and Oz. Deciding he liked it, he submitted an application to the writers of Law and Order: SVU, because his knowledge of sex crimes and the legal and medical aftereffects was needed. He was hired a few weeks ago and is enjoying his new status. He is sure to exaggerate Elliot's character to be a total douche, as revenge for Elliot, well, being a douche.
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[[WMG: The SVU is actually stuck in a {{Ravenloft}}-style EpiphanicPrison.]]
Hence the completely CrapsackWorld and our Cowboy-slash-Rabid Cops sticking around for so long. If they actually [[AesopAmnesia learned from their mistakes]] and made an effort to [[CharacterDevelopment become better people]] instead of giving into to [[ItsPersonal their personal demons]], they could escape... Instead, they [[EvilIsEasy do what comes easiest]] and call it justice.
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***Huang douse not strike me as the type that would go out and kill people he is to much of a voyeur, he is the type of person that would seek out and find a serial killer befriend him observe his behavior, maybe setup a few people for him to kill, but he would not kill them himself he is to cerebral.
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* In case you are wondering while reading and are too lazy to check the statistics, NYC has a murder rate of about 500 a year and 843 forcible rapes a year if I did the math right.
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* It would make more sense for him to have pedophilic urges that he constantly fights, which would explain his absolute hatred for those who act on their impulses.
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[[WMG: All of the weird characterization mentioned on this page and the 'Just Bugs Me' page is actually foreshadowing for the EPIC final episode of SVU, in which almost all of the main characters are driven over the edge, killed or both.]]
* Huang, after the numerous head injuries described earlier on the page, loses it and becomes a serial killer who gets off on raping and murdering ADAs. He's already killed one woman (Marlowe, hence her unexplained disappearance) in the past, but has fought his urges since then, until a final head injury destroys his ability to control his actions. His second target is Casey Novak, who has taken to living on the streets because she can't find work. His next target is Alex, who has just returned to the US.
* The loss of Alex drives Olivia to go after Huang without backup. Unfortunately, her plan isn't so successful, as confronting him sets off her PTSD and leads to a HeroicBSOD. Huang rapes and murders her.
* Huang kidnaps Fin's son, blackmailing Fin into murdering Stabler. Unfortunately, Fin is unsuccessful in his assassination attempt. As he lies dying, he tells Elliot everything. Leading to:
* Elliot is finally driven to the boiling point because of the loss of his long-time partner. He tracks down Huang and beats him to death, years and years of pent of rage finally coming out in the form of a violent ass-whooping. The police eventually show up to arrest him, dragging Elliot off to jail. As he sits in his cell, he looks out into the prison to see all of the perps he's collared over the years grinning at him, waiting for a chance to get their hands on him...
* Cragen, completely broken down by all of this, returns to alcoholism.
* Munch quits police work for good, retiring for real this time. In an ironic twist of fate, he is the only member of the cast to maintain his sanity, despite his ranting and raving about the government over the years.
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*** That explains it, then: Huang is suffering from a traumatic brain injury that took place at some point between Pique and the next episode (perhaps the aforementioned choking incident?). Hence the sudden personality change. All further injuries have only made it worse, which is what led to that whole drug detox fiasco.
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*You are so mean.
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[[WMG: Stabler and Freakshow (from HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle) are the same person.]]
Freakshow is Stabler 10 years in the future, after he finally has a mental breakdown.
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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* Benson was replaced in season 7. The duplicate was overly-emotional, had difficulty getting along with Stabler and lacked the fem-balls awesomeness that the original Olivia possessed. Eventually, Oliva-2 got so annoying that she was sent away to another unit for a bit, then killed and replaced with Oliva-3, who was slightly less whiny and managed to get along with Stabler... most of the time. She still lacked the fem-balls, though. After she was sexually assaulted, Cragen replaced her ''again'', which is how her PTSD magically disappeared after only a few episodes. Thus, Oliva-4 made her debut.
* Stucky was replaced because he was too annoying, but Cragen unknowingly had his duplicate-making machine set to evil.
* Dani, Marlowe, Lake and Greylek were never replaced because Cragen didn't have enough resources at the time, what with all the Oliva duplicates he went through.

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* Benson was replaced in season 7. The duplicate was overly-emotional, had difficulty getting along with Stabler and lacked the fem-balls awesomeness that the original Olivia possessed. Eventually, Oliva-2 Olivia-2 got so annoying that she was sent away to another unit for a bit, then killed and replaced with Oliva-3, Olivia-3, who was slightly less whiny and managed to get along with Stabler... most of the time. She still lacked the fem-balls, though. After she was sexually assaulted, Cragen replaced her ''again'', which is how her PTSD magically disappeared after only a few episodes. Thus, Oliva-4 Olivia-4 made her debut.
* Stucky Stuckey was replaced because he was too annoying, but Cragen unknowingly had his duplicate-making machine set to evil.
* Dani, Marlowe, Lake and Greylek were never replaced because Cragen didn't have enough resources at the time, what with all the Oliva Olivia duplicates he went through.
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* Dani, Marlowe, Lake and Greylek were never replaced because Cragen didn't have enough resources a the time, what with all the Oliva duplicates he went through.

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* Dani, Marlowe, Lake and Greylek were never replaced because Cragen didn't have enough resources a at the time, what with all the Oliva duplicates he went through.
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[[WMG: Cragen has replaced pretty much every member of the team, other than Stabler, with physical duplicates at various points throughout the series.]]
It explains the drastic personality changes, and why Stabler is getting more and more neurotic. Along with replacing all of his superiors every time his unit screws up, thus wiping the slate clean, he's also done the following:
* Huang was the first to go. He only made it through Pique before he was replaced. Cragen did so because the original Huang was creepy as hell, but found that he enjoyed it so much that he started replacing people for evil instead of good.
* Alex was supposed to be next, but Cragen accidentally botched it and had to use the duplicate he created for that female rapist from an earlier season, hence Novak's arrival on the show. Alex had to go into hiding because she knew too much and feared Cragen would kill her to keep her silent. Later, he would replace Novak for one episode with a duplicate who wasn't a hardass about mental illness (in ''Blind''), but accidentally killed her, forcing him to return the original for a little while. He replaced her with a second duplicate in ''Screwed'', who promptly got herself fired. He finally got around to making an Alex-duplicate, but gave up on making any more after she left the unit.
* Both Munch and Fin were replaced circa season 6. The duplicates hate their jobs, and often skip work, which is why we see less and less of them.
* Benson was replaced in season 7. The duplicate was overly-emotional, had difficulty getting along with Stabler and lacked the fem-balls awesomeness that the original Olivia possessed. Eventually, Oliva-2 got so annoying that she was sent away to another unit for a bit, then killed and replaced with Oliva-3, who was slightly less whiny and managed to get along with Stabler... most of the time. She still lacked the fem-balls, though. After she was sexually assaulted, Cragen replaced her ''again'', which is how her PTSD magically disappeared after only a few episodes. Thus, Oliva-4 made her debut.
* Stucky was replaced because he was too annoying, but Cragen unknowingly had his duplicate-making machine set to evil.
* Dani, Marlowe, Lake and Greylek were never replaced because Cragen didn't have enough resources a the time, what with all the Oliva duplicates he went through.
* Stabler hasn't been replaced, hence his personality being more or less the same. All of the random personality changes have him on edge, however, which is exacerbating his pre-existing anger issues.
* Cragen never got around to making duplicates for Jeffries and Cassidy because he accidentally replaced himself with a duplicate, who is unaware that either ever existed.
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\n\n[[WMG: Cragen is a 6-year-old with Progeria]]
It explains all of his idiot decisions.

[[WMG: Huang is a eunuch]]
Think about it.

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[[WMG:The entire series is bad police procedural fanfiction being written by somebody that has never been in law enforcement.]]

How else can they explain why laws are routinely flouted or broken,suspect are coerced into confessions which would useless in a court of law,why police procedures are routinely ignored w/ little or no punishment (or prosecution)and how Stabler and Benson can not only defy their commanding officer but yell and scream at him while doing so?
Given that their behavior in most episodes after Season 1 would have resulted in both Stabler and Benson being removed from the Special Victim's Unit and probably removed from the NYPD,they continue soldiering into new areas of lawlessness and incompetence.
Since the viewers are expected to LIKE these characters despite their numerous flaws and shoddy police work, this can only be the work of a fan fiction writer that knows little or nothing of police work.Perhaps it's a web series.



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*However when one considers the top of this pages theory and connect it along with this one its [[DudeNotFunny not really all that funny at all]] and gives it pretty strong doses of NightmareFuel and FridgeHorror if you think about it. Which pretty much means..

[[WMG:SesameStreet exists within the Law & Order SVU universe]]
It pretty much goes like this SesameStreet is or has pretty much a [[TheLandBeforeTime Great Valley]] like haven/secured neighborhood for all that remains of New York City's children within the svuniverse and probably was a natural habitat for its [[{{Muppets}} non human residents]] which pretty much explains why most of its residents appear to live in blissful ignorance (at least its children and child like muppets) of the far more lethal and torturous world around them.

Anyway after the sex crime rate got too high in New York Sesame Street went under some sort of martial law/lockdown order in order to protect the highest concentration of children in the city. Since the street is just a few blocks long its not too hard so heavily armed guards and roadblocks surround the neighborhood at all times which are never seen because their always just off camera and behind some of the buildings. And every once in a while either detectives Benson (whos pretty much TeamMom to most of SVU's victims) or Munch (who pretty much is the ONLY detective in SVU with a sense of humor, period.) go over to check if everyones still alright.

This also explains why for most of the shows early years NO ONE ever left Sesame Street (unless they were kids who grew up, went to collage, or moved away.) as most of their supplies and food would have been delivered straight to Mr. Hoopers store. And as for the young ladies who up till current work as part time help at the store? their undercover officers who work more directly with overseeing the neighborhood and its safety. Although to think about it most of their job consists of hanging out with small children and talking with Big Bird and Elmo even in the RealLife NYPD thats still a pretty cushy gig.
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** Oh my god, Elliot Stable is a [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer VAMPIRE!]]
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Essentially if the show continues as long as its parent series by or near its end either New York City or State will be nearly 2/3 empty as most of its population (not counting criminals from out of town or state) and as the crime rates escalated the remains of the populace would have left for safer cities/countries leaving the city nearly deserted leaving only officers Stabler and Benson to turn the lights off when they left/moved to greener pastures which leads us to this little doozy...

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Essentially if the show continues as long as its parent series by or near its end either New York City or State will be nearly 2/3 empty as most of its population (not counting criminals from out of town or state) would be incarcerated and as the crime rates escalated the remains of the populace would have left for safer cities/countries leaving the city nearly deserted leaving only officers Stabler and Benson to turn the lights off when they left/moved to greener pastures which leads us to this little doozy...
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[[WMG: SVU takes place in a alternate universe New York ala SinCity or modern Earth-1 New York]]
This theory makes perfect sense, For years as both a serious commentary and sarcastic joke fans, critics, and casual viewers always have said the amount of extreme sexual criminals in the SVUniverse was ridiculous and was probably higher then the entire national high crime average of the entire continental United States itself. A few years later this was actually backed up by RealLife Statistics from the FBI and several other law enforcement agencies. And while its obvious that all the sickos on the show are really just an excuse to keep the series going for a few more years This troper has his own personal theory.

SVU (and by extension the universe of Law & Order itself) takes place in an alternate nightmarish universe where there really are THAT many excessively violent criminals/predators in the world. Basically the entire version of SVUs version of NYC is just a slightly toned down version of FrankMiller's SinCity but with significantly more sex but fewer gang fights and public shootings. And while Mayor Rudy Giuliani is frequently mentioned it appears that the SVUniverses version couldnt truly fight the cities tidal wave of extreme brutal perversion.

Basically all of New York City has a molester/serial killer on every corner and a rapist literally in every dark alley backway (possibly hiding in groups like actual animal groups/packs). However this doesn't explain why the SVUnit (especially in later seasons when the really violent criminals started piling up to 4 to 5 an episode.) isn't made into a more well armed and protected Tactical SWAT Team like squad/outfit.

Also by extension the crime rate is very similar to that of DCComics Metropolis and Gotham City of the 1930s and 40s by this one can also stipulate that SVUniverse is a possible "real life" version/basis of Earth-1 and its fictional east coast super cities. this also makes sense in the earliest issues of SuperMan and BatMan their respective cities were "dens of corruption", where extreme forms of criminality and violence ran rampant to such an extreme only a superpowered or super intelligent crimefighter could stop it.

Essentially if the show continues as long as its parent series by or near its end either New York City or State will be nearly 2/3 empty as most of its population (not counting criminals from out of town or state) and as the crime rates escalated the remains of the populace would have left for safer cities/countries leaving the city nearly deserted leaving only officers Stabler and Benson to turn the lights off when they left/moved to greener pastures which leads us to this little doozy...

[[WMG: SVU New York is the Prison Colony from EscapeFromNewYork!!]]
That makes sense to since SVU New York (City or State) would be essentially abandoned and most of the States prisons full up there would be reason to turn all that empty space into something more practical also by the time it happened enough of the TwentyMinutesInTheFuture timeline of the film would have passed to coincide.
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[[WMG: Craigen or Stabler has naked pictures of the Chief of Detectives or another high up official]]
How else do you explain all the crap they get away with? Like in Baggage they assault a man, denied him his constitution right to an attorney, and drive him to suicide with a small knife they conveniently forgot to take away from him. All this happens while the Chief of D’s is in the building and complaining about them, yet he ends up doing nothing to them. Craigen tries to justify this by saying all One PP cares about are results and not how they get them but considering all the laws they break there has to be another reason the SVU hardly ever get in trouble for their actions.

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* Seconded. I think a PCP habit would probably be easier to maintain since no one really seems to think of it anymore, at least not in the media. When was the last time the show had a someone jonesing for the angel dust?
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Consider how different he is in Pique from the rest of the episodes. I think he wasn't feeling well that day, or was busy, and thus did a [[twin switch]] with an unnamed brother. Then he switched in, explained that the FBI confused them and he was the one who was supposed to profile for them, and there you go.

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Consider how different he is in Pique from the rest of the episodes. I think he wasn't feeling well that day, or was busy, and thus did a [[twin switch]] Twin Switch with an unnamed brother. Then he switched in, explained that the FBI confused them and he was the one who was supposed to profile for them, and there you go.
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[[WMG: Huang has a twin brother who's also a profiler for the FBI]]
Consider how different he is in Pique from the rest of the episodes. I think he wasn't feeling well that day, or was busy, and thus did a [[twin switch]] with an unnamed brother. Then he switched in, explained that the FBI confused them and he was the one who was supposed to profile for them, and there you go.

[[WMG: The next season will feature Elliot and Olivia going undercover to catch a litterbug]]

Lately, 25% of the episodes have had Elliot and Olivia going undercover, 25% have had cases that were not special victims cases, and 25% had both. As they run out of plot ideas this season, a man will be suspected of raping a woman, but they won't be able to arrest him, so they'll go undercover to catch him, only to find that his only criminal activity is littering. This will lead them to a group that litters compulsively. They will stay with the case in order to catch those darned litterbugs.

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