A young TV star is attacked and the evidence suggests a radio shock jock who may have gone too far.A young TV star is attacked and the evidence suggests a radio shock jock who may have gone too far.A young TV star is attacked and the evidence suggests a radio shock jock who may have gone too far.
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BD Wong
- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
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Raviv Ullman
- Danny Spencer
- (as Ricky Ullman)
Luna Lauren Velez
- Attorney Shamal
- (as Lauren Velez)
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- TriviaThe two teens that snuck onto the Girl Undercover set say the third called himself Speed, "as if that is not made up!" - This is a reference to long-time SVU writer, Speed Weed.
- GoofsOn the phone and email pictures her panties were blue then when with lawyer in squad room the panties are pink or red.
- Quotes
Detective Elliot Stabler: [listening to BJ Cameron on the radio] And you wonder why people want that guy to shut up.
A.D.A. Casey Novak: Nobody's forcing them to listen.
[turns off the radio]
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A long way from that in fact, the show and the franchise seem to have a lot of episode titles where the execution of the episode is the opposite (good and bad). In terms of the basic premise on paper, "Obscene" doesn't sound overly-exciting or that unique. 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' have done relatively similar, in terms of basic concept, quite a few timed before and since. Delving deeper into what the episode is primarily about and what it is conveying, it is deeper than one would think, is still pretty relevant today and some of what it says hits home.
"Obscene" turned out to be a very good and interesting episode. Not one of Season 6's best, or one of the best of the early seasons or of the whole of 'Special Victims Unit', it is also not as good as the previous two episodes "Birthright" and "Debt". On the most part though "Obscene" handles its tough subject, which is a lot more interesting than it appeared to be at all, very well (surprisingly so) while not completely escaping the potential traps.
There are many great things about "Obscene". The production values are typically slick with the right amount of grit, nothing is too fancy or too gimmicky. Nor is anything too static, drab or garish. The music is not too constant or emotionally manipulative, meanig not over-emphasising the emotion to make one think that's how we should be feeling. The script is intelligent and tautly structured, with some nice levity every now and then like Munch's reference to Janet Jackson's Superbowl incident. It is one that also provokes a lot of thought in a way that is even more relevant today than it was back in how it handles the subject of censorship versus taste (a major problem online now).
Just to say, absolutely agree with a previous reviewer about their takes on this issue and how massively problematic it is. Did appreciate too that it was handled honestly and with force. The story is strong and is also quite different with its extremely low body count and very little bloodshed. All the regular performances are great and Lewis Black is extremely entertaining playing a character that is a mix of Howard Stern and himself. Stabler and Olivia are strongly written and their chemistry as always is great.
Did think however that "Obscene" was heavy handed in spots from over-emphasising what it had to say.
On a more nit-picky note, much of me was somewhat angry about how the perpetrator didn't seem to think about their daughter and their welfare when they did what they did.
Altogether though, it's a very well done episode. 8/10
"Obscene" turned out to be a very good and interesting episode. Not one of Season 6's best, or one of the best of the early seasons or of the whole of 'Special Victims Unit', it is also not as good as the previous two episodes "Birthright" and "Debt". On the most part though "Obscene" handles its tough subject, which is a lot more interesting than it appeared to be at all, very well (surprisingly so) while not completely escaping the potential traps.
There are many great things about "Obscene". The production values are typically slick with the right amount of grit, nothing is too fancy or too gimmicky. Nor is anything too static, drab or garish. The music is not too constant or emotionally manipulative, meanig not over-emphasising the emotion to make one think that's how we should be feeling. The script is intelligent and tautly structured, with some nice levity every now and then like Munch's reference to Janet Jackson's Superbowl incident. It is one that also provokes a lot of thought in a way that is even more relevant today than it was back in how it handles the subject of censorship versus taste (a major problem online now).
Just to say, absolutely agree with a previous reviewer about their takes on this issue and how massively problematic it is. Did appreciate too that it was handled honestly and with force. The story is strong and is also quite different with its extremely low body count and very little bloodshed. All the regular performances are great and Lewis Black is extremely entertaining playing a character that is a mix of Howard Stern and himself. Stabler and Olivia are strongly written and their chemistry as always is great.
Did think however that "Obscene" was heavy handed in spots from over-emphasising what it had to say.
On a more nit-picky note, much of me was somewhat angry about how the perpetrator didn't seem to think about their daughter and their welfare when they did what they did.
Altogether though, it's a very well done episode. 8/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jan 26, 2021
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