Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) Wannabe (2010) User Reviews

Emotional violence and the Morbid addiction

[yazguloner · 10/10 · 4 July 2021]

The guest star misbehaves his passion for the young cop. He gains sympathy because he is not malicious, both svu and the audience...

The abusive father son performance was really good. Emotional violence and the morbid addiction it brings were especially striking in the last scene.

Ps I think Sharon Stone is overplaying. As far as I understand, Sharone Stone has not watched the series. Otherwise, he would have realized that such extreme situations were not necessary.

Deception

[TheLittleSongbird · 5/10 · 13 May 2022]

On first watch, Season 11's penultimate episode "Wannabe" didn't do much for me. It certainly felt more like a 'Special Victims Unit' episode than the previous two episodes featuring Marlowe did. It didn't really grab my attention though, and Marlowe continued to bug me as did the main supporting character. There are many 'Special Victims Unit' episodes that fared better on re-watch after an indifferent initial reaction and was hoping that "Wannabe" would be one of them.

My feelings sadly were very much the same re-watching "Wannabe". It is not a bad episode exactly and is not quite one of the worst Season 11, but it is not particularly good either and has a good number of short-comings (that's including the things that brought the previous two episodes down). Loved 'Special Victims Unit' in its prime and there were a few great episodes in Season 11, which started off a lot more promisingly than the previous season, but there turned out to be a higher number of average and less episodes. "Wannabe" being one of the average ones.

There are good things here. The production values are not static or gimmicky and are suitably slick. The music didn't seem overwrought or overdone and there was some nice direction in the character interaction.

All the regular cast are fine, and most of the supporting cast do more than competently. Standing out being Raphael Sbarge at his most hateable. The abusive relationship hits hard and "Wannabe" does start off quite well and unmistakably 'Special Victims Unit'.

However, "Wannabe" has a good number of debits. Marlowe in her penultimate appearance still doesn't work as a character, her dialogue is embarrassingly corny and it is shocking at how unprofessional she is (such as the head slapping of the witness), her legal tactics are barely legal to "how did she get the job" level. She doesn't fit with the team or the show and Sharon Stone's all over the map acting doesn't help, a mix of overacting (especially her ridiculously and unrealistically overwrought reaction to the shooting) and phoning in.

Furthermore, to me the character of Alex was annoying and very difficult to get behind. Due to his over-zealousness and lack of honesty being taken to extremes, Graham Lavie also seemed on the over-eager side. The dialogue is uneven, with some gritty and thoughtful moments but Marlowe's dialogue is enough to make the toes curl. The story starts off quite well, but becomes predictable and silly later on.

In conclusion, average second from last episode for Season 11. 5/10.

Imposter

[bkoganbing · 5/10 · 14 June 2019]

In this SVU story a young officer who is part of a task force patrolling Central Park looking for a serial rapist. Young Graham Davie tackles and arrests Raphael Sbarge and while he looks and acts real green he's congratulated all around.

Only problem is that Davie is not a policeman. He's a wannabe who can't wait for the minmum age to enter the Academy. When the squad discovers the deception they find Davie at his midtown Catholic High School.

This kid was really too much. He keeps insisting on involving himself and it puts him and the squad in danger as they try to salvage the bogus arrest.

Nice story, but hard to believe this kid could be such a jerk.

Ersatz Cop

[bkoganbing · 5/10 · 25 September 2015]

This SVU episode opens with an arrest of a serial rapist by a uniform officer on patrol in Central Park. It was really quite the collar and enough to really set a young cop on a terrific career path. After getting young Graham Davie to fill out his paperwork to their chagrin everyone from Captain Cragen on down finds there is no officer Fletcher at the 27th or any other precinct.

Which throws ADA Sharon Stone's case in a tizzy, she can arrest perpetrator Raphael Sbarge if the wannabe cop signs a citizen's complaint. So the SVU squad has to both find the pretender and further investigate the rape.

Davie turns out to be in high school and Sbarge and his father Raymond J. Barry have some interesting father and son activities that pertain to the charges Sbarge is facing now. Barry becomes a crusade for Christopher Meloni in terms of nailing him on something, anything.

Still you have to love young Davie for his innocence and naiveté for what he's done.

Didn't live up to their legally believable standard.

[mikesfakeaccount · 2/10 · 25 April 2021]

Evidence was thrown out because of someone impersonating a cop, then that same person breaks into a home and they get a warrant based on what he saw?

They wouldn't get a warrant based on illegally obtained evidence.