Comments on: ‘Law & Order: SVU’ season 15, episode 20 review: Is William Lewis dead, arrested, or free?

By: 55YearBroncoFan

55YearBroncoFan — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:50:00 +0000

It was a gripping episode. I slept badly last night – I had dreams about that SOB “William Lewis.”

The new squad commander was right: Olivia should have offed him when she had the chance. But the fact that she did not was a testament to her faith in the system.

By: Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:52:00 +0000

In reply to Jeff Scott. I think what gets me is how every time Benson is close to getting raped, something stops it from happening. I'm not a person that gets off to that kind of stuff but I think if its gonna happen then let it happen, this is like the 3rd or 4th time she's escaped the "den".

By: Jeff Scott

Jeff Scott — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:24:00 +0000

I’m torn on this episode too. As a concept, I like the idea behind the story arc in having a major, worse-than-usual villain, and it made sense that killing is not what turns this “supervillain” on. The horror-movie proportions were fine with me. But the false suspense you note hurt the final standoff, which felt almost anti climatic to me. The girl witnessed the entire exchange between William and Olivia and can corroborate Oilivia’ s version of what happened this time. I get it, they didn’t want to kill Olivia. In a sense I think we’re supposed to feel this was a win for William by virtue of his ultimately controlling his own fate, but honestly his suicide didn’t strike me as a problematic outcome. We’ll see how this effects Olivia, but before I see what happens next it’s hard to tell how powerfully this episode resonates/how good the episode really was. I haven’t yet decided whether or not this episode actually “works” for me.