A teenager who was a victim of a vicious cyberbullying attack goes missing.A teenager who was a victim of a vicious cyberbullying attack goes missing.A teenager who was a victim of a vicious cyberbullying attack goes missing.
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- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
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- TriviaThis episode was inspired by 13 Reasons Why.
- GoofsCarisi says Ethan Cohen's apartment number is 223, but that's the number on the outer gate at the street, leading into the building.
- Quotes
Dominick Carisi Jr.: [to Andrew Drake] Listen, Andrew. I've been doing this a long time and I don't ask questions I don't already know the answers to.
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Plenty of reasons to watch the episode
"No Good Reason" may not have struck me as a great episode on first watch and there are things that it could have done better. But it also had a lot of good things that made it one of the better first time watches of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's' Season 19. Which on the whole didn't really impress me massively, even the best episodes were only very good and not the brilliance that the show at its best was capable of, and had a few major problems that were sadly recurring.
On rewatch, "No Good Reason" still didn't strike me as a great episode story-wise. It also though still had a lot of good things and there are plenty of reasons to watch what is for me easily the second best episode of the four up to this point of the season ("Gone Fishin" being the best). Subject matter wise, it is one of the bravest and most disturbing of Season 19, and credit is due to the episode for even attempting to tackle it and even more importantly doing really well with it.
Am going to begin with the things that could have been done better. This is an episode that ends stronger than it begins, which is the opposite of quite a lot of the latter seasons episodes where there is so much promise to begin with but the endings underwhelm. Here in "No Good Reason" the beginning goes on for too long where Mandy comes over as self-absorbed. The pacing is very uneven in the episode, sometimes perfect but there were too many times where it felt dragged out with the investigation seeming thin and the truth is on the predictable side
Similarly, everything where the perpetrator is caught and how the conviction is gotten felt rushed and unrealistic, as well as being done on quite preachy means. Olivia's attitude has really been alienating me for some time and it still does. Her subplot continues to be a soapy distraction and could easily have been left out.
Lots is extremely well done however. Expectedly, the production values are slick, the editing especially having come on quite a bit from when the show first started (never was it a problem but it got more fluid overtime). The music is sparingly used and never seemed melodramatic, the theme tune easy to remember as usual. It is especially good at the end, which is one of the most beautifully scored individual scenes of the latter seasons in my opinion. The direction is sympathetic enough without being too low key.
Furthermore, there is plenty of thought provoking dialogue that isn't awkward or cheesy. The story is miles away from perfect, but credit is due for so bravely addressing such a difficult and timely topic, one that resonated with me as a bullying victim myself, and not sugar coating. The ending is truly touching, was left in tears and also inspired. Some find it preachy, not to me. The acting is uniformly great, especially in the second half. Mariska Hargitay does give one of her better performances here of this season.
All in all, not great but appreciated it a good deal and there is quite a lot to recommend. 6/10.
On rewatch, "No Good Reason" still didn't strike me as a great episode story-wise. It also though still had a lot of good things and there are plenty of reasons to watch what is for me easily the second best episode of the four up to this point of the season ("Gone Fishin" being the best). Subject matter wise, it is one of the bravest and most disturbing of Season 19, and credit is due to the episode for even attempting to tackle it and even more importantly doing really well with it.
Am going to begin with the things that could have been done better. This is an episode that ends stronger than it begins, which is the opposite of quite a lot of the latter seasons episodes where there is so much promise to begin with but the endings underwhelm. Here in "No Good Reason" the beginning goes on for too long where Mandy comes over as self-absorbed. The pacing is very uneven in the episode, sometimes perfect but there were too many times where it felt dragged out with the investigation seeming thin and the truth is on the predictable side
Similarly, everything where the perpetrator is caught and how the conviction is gotten felt rushed and unrealistic, as well as being done on quite preachy means. Olivia's attitude has really been alienating me for some time and it still does. Her subplot continues to be a soapy distraction and could easily have been left out.
Lots is extremely well done however. Expectedly, the production values are slick, the editing especially having come on quite a bit from when the show first started (never was it a problem but it got more fluid overtime). The music is sparingly used and never seemed melodramatic, the theme tune easy to remember as usual. It is especially good at the end, which is one of the most beautifully scored individual scenes of the latter seasons in my opinion. The direction is sympathetic enough without being too low key.
Furthermore, there is plenty of thought provoking dialogue that isn't awkward or cheesy. The story is miles away from perfect, but credit is due for so bravely addressing such a difficult and timely topic, one that resonated with me as a bullying victim myself, and not sugar coating. The ending is truly touching, was left in tears and also inspired. Some find it preachy, not to me. The acting is uniformly great, especially in the second half. Mariska Hargitay does give one of her better performances here of this season.
All in all, not great but appreciated it a good deal and there is quite a lot to recommend. 6/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Dec 14, 2022
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