Guest post from: Winston Stewart
I'm not usually a big one for procedural dramas, but I often find myself watching "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" when I flip through the channels on tv direct in Texas. The stories are interesting because they often are yanked right from the headlines of contemporary news.
"Law and Order: SVU" is a long-running spin-off of the even longer-running Law and Order. The focus of this particular show is victims of sexual assault. Hence, many of the episodes contain disturbing elements, though the material is rarely presented in an especially graphic manner.
Detectives Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni, and Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, are the team at the heart of the series. Theirs is an intense partnership, and their friendship is so profound that it sometimes compromises their cases. More often, however, it helps them to catch perps more easily because they make such a great team.
One of the most intense episodes in the series called for Olivia to go undercover at a prison in an attempt to lure in a corrupt guard who had been accused of sexual assault. In the process, Olivia almost was raped herself, leading to mental trauma down the line. While each episode is self-contained, there are story arcs that continue throughout the series, so following the series regularly makes for a more satisfying experience than watching occasionally.
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