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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it's understandable that he had to be written out of the unit (since Creator/AndyKarl couldn't appear with that kind of regularity going forward), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances or even potentially come back to the show on a more regular basis if Karl's schedule opened up, giving the character a chance to continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut permanently.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it's understandable that he had to be written out of the unit (since Creator/AndyKarl couldn't appear with that kind of regularity going forward), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances or even potentially come back to the show on a more regular basis if Karl's schedule opened up, up at some point in the future, giving the character a chance to continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut permanently.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it's understandable that he had to be written out of the unit (since Creator/AndyKarl couldn't appear with that kind of regularity going forward), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances and continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut permanently.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances (potentially even a return as a regular at some future point if Andy Karl's schedule opened up), he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances (potentially even a return as a regular at some future point if Andy Karl's schedule opened up), he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it's understandable that he had to be written out of the unit (since Creator/AndyKarl couldn't appear with that kind of regularity going forward), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances and or even potentially come back to the show on a more regular basis if Karl's schedule opened up, giving the character a chance to continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut permanently.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up PutOnABus, leaving the door open for futureappearances (potentially even a return as a regular at some future point if Andy Karl's schedule opened up), appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, appearances (potentially even a return as a regular at some future point if Andy Karl's schedule opened up), he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up being PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up being PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it makes sense that they couldn't keep the character around (due to Creator/AndyKarl's conflict), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances and continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it makes sense it's understandable that they he had to be written out of the unit (since Creator/AndyKarl couldn't keep the character around (due to Creator/AndyKarl's conflict), appear with that kind of regularity going forward), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances and continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut.shut permanently.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after not even a full season with the series. While it makes sense that they couldn't keep the character around (due to Creator/AndyKarl's conflict), they could have, as mentioned below, written him off in a way that would allow the character to make occasional guest appearances and continue developing, instead of slamming that door shut.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Dodds Dodds, an interesting character with a decent amount of story potential, dies after only half not even a season.full season with the series.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up being PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up being PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.hospital.
* TearJerker: Mike Dodds' death, made infinitely worse by the fact that [[HopeSpot it initially seems like he's going to be okay]].
** Watching Dodds Sr., who usually [[TheStoic doesn't show much emotion at all]], break down completely when he tells Olivia what's happened.
* TearJerker: Mike Dodds' death, made infinitely worse by the fact that [[HopeSpot it initially seems like he's going to be okay]].
** Watching Dodds Sr., who usually [[TheStoic doesn't show much emotion at all]], break down completely when he tells Olivia what's happened.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sergeant Mike Dodds is leaving SVU for an assignment in the Joint Terrorism Taskforce just as the audience was getting to learn more about him. Instead of having him take the already built up being PutOnABus, leaving the door open for future appearances, he gets shot in a hostage situation gone bad and ends up dying in the hospital.
