Discussion YMMV / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit

Readded a Narm entry:

• "Intimidation Game". Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle video games and internet culture and only succeeds in embarrassing itself to anyone with any knowledge of either, complete with extra-painful video game-related one-liners, the random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter, and Fin's lame attempts at being Genre Savvy. Even better is that the episode's Downer Ending is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which takes on a whole new meaning in a video game context.

The edit reason, while certainly true (that online harassment is not good), doesn't disqualify the episode from Narm, nor the does the fact Ice-T is a gamer excuse the awkward writing. Remember, you can't pull entries because you disagree with them.

I have a suggestion for a Magnificent Bastard.

From Season 11's "Confidential", we have Ingrid Block, who could almost be considered a Guile Heero. Her attorney is a Corrupt Corporate Executive [[spoiler:who murdered a woman decades ago and pinned it on an innocent man. Ingrid asked him whether he did, and he said yes, knowing that she would lose her license to practice law if she ever told the truth. In the episode, he does it to another woman. Then after getting done with an interview, an old man shows up. This old man had his life financially ruined by the CCE and in revenge gunned him down. Ingrid then admits that her client was guilty of murder. This gets the innocent man taken out of jail. However, Elliot then gets pissed and arrests her because years ago the CCE gave his martial arts black belt to Ingrid for safe keeping and she gave it back to him, thus knowingly putting the murder weapon back in his hands which he used again to kill. Then when on trial, she said that she didn't know how it got back in the CCE's hands and acts genuinely remorseful. Elliot felt bad for her and got the innocent man to testify that he moved the black belt back into the CCE's office (because he was a janitor there), thus causing Ingrid to be found not guilty. Then the detectives realized that she may've orchestrated her client's death. She admits that she told the old man where the CCE would be, knowing that he was losing it. She didn't suggest that the old man kill him, so that the detectives would never be able to touch her. The closing moment of the show is when Elliot says the system doesn't always get justice, and she smiles and says, "But this time I did."

I think she's definitely worthy of a mention, but I think the way I wrote it may be too wordy and if someone could condense it so that a reader still gets everything but it doesn't take up so much space, that would be great.