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Ainsley Seiger is quite good fun in it but the show is absolutely terrible.

I think you probably could run a half-decent spin-off designed to be a sillier NCIS-style action show but the tone, with Stabler’s wife situation, etc, is completely all over the place and the plotting / acting is horrendous.

it bears mentioning that Seiger's character is named JET SLOOTMAEKERS

watched a very wild s11 episode of svu last night on prime video (they used to have every season of svu, criminal intent and main law & order but now only have seasons 10+?) where rosie perez's son is being abused by her boyfriend (played by prezbylewski from the wire) who makes a deal to get a lighter sentence in exchange for setting up a sting operation in which the head of a NAMBLA-style organization gives him a usb drive including the name and address of every pedo in the country. there's this demented courtroom scene where NAMBLA guy gives a rousing civil rights-style defence of pedophilia and the jurors are starting to look swayed (b.d. wong erupts in protest and gets reprimanded by the judge). perez is amazing in it, playing a hothead who almost messes up the sting when she stabs prez in the shoulder. apparently she suffered a herniated disc during the filming of the episode which lead to 2 surgeries (and a lawsuit with the L&O producers) :(

Munch retired again last night which probably means I've now watched the entire set. but I'll keep an eye out for the start of season 16 in case they skipped any.