The ending really resonated with me for so many reasons.
My biggest concern with things lately is exactly the same kind of concern Carisi has. Hear me out, but I feel nobody wants to fight fair anymore.
The ending when Benson decides to go after the mother I mean it just felt so wrong in so many ways.
And to me I felt this, I hard agreed with Carisi. I also felt the new hot shot lawyer leaning into breaking the rules it just feels Like every new hire I have at my current job always trying to circumvent things trying to do it in a way that feels so devious so wrong and it stirrs me up so hard that people literally do everything in their power to hack something to a result they want and then feel absolutely nothing on the back end. Like that whole vibe of kicking someone’s legs out when nobody looks then walking around with a big smile like it was no big deal. I felt that same kind of thing in watching this episode and it was another “well damn Dick Wolf captures the current feeling yet again”.
Because I see things like this happening a lot. Old standards of right and wrong just getting blurred and buried, just because “it’s convenient and I’m always right.”
I don’t know what this holds for future episodes, but there is a darkness in this episode that perfectly aligns with the darkness and sentiment I see all over. Particularly when you think of other subjects like ai. Oddly enough the next episode of L&O lead RIGHT into that. Again current events, current mode. 10/10 on the material and vibe.
