New Aspect Upward Police Describe & Lodge Svu “Flight Risk” Recap & Review

“Flight Risk” was heavily promoted equally SVU’s receive got on the Harvey Weinstein case, but the entirely resemblance this episode bore to that illustration was a human being using his ability to receive got sexual wages of women. It seemed completely unrealistic that the whole illustration was investigated, went to trial, a sweetheart bargain cutting amongst the Feds on what I run across equally a hijacking, too a grand jury convened, all inside a affair of nigh a week. Is Barba therefore practiced at what he does that he needs fiddling prep time, too is scheduling a illustration for the grand jury to listen actually that speedy?

I idea this illustration opened potent too they did an splendid chore on the plane scenes.  For this season,  the stories are good constructed too the scenes structured too filmed for maximum interest. But I maintain getting stuck on what feels similar improbable timelines.

This episode also shows Chief Dodds acting similar a supportive boss too friend to Benson, but later on nosotros run across Fin isn’t buying that act. I’m pleased amongst how Fin handled Dodds too actually similar how they are writing the graphic symbol this season.

But first, the case, which opened amongst a calm storey flight, run past times Optimum Air. It turned tense equally the co-pilot, Tara Sidnana, locks the pilot, Logan Carter, out of the cockpit too therefore flies erratically inwards social club to land, terrifying all the passengers. What surprised me nigh this scene was how easily the pilot, amongst entirely fry assistance, could suspension into the cockpit. Tara is rapidly subdued too the aircraft safely landed.

Later, Rollins gets a telephone telephone maxim that Tara claims she was raped. Of course, the SVU must investigate the rape claim, too they beak amongst Tara who is beingness held at the airdrome jail. They are told they don’t intend she has whatever link to terrorists. Tara explains she only wanted to dry ground the storey too larn the hell out. She says she was assaulted months agone too Optimum Air had told her if she kept her oral fissure close she’d larn fast tracked to her wings too never receive got to wing amongst Captain Carter, who she claims raped her. Carter was the airplane pilot inwards this electrical flow flight. Maybe Tara is a bad pilot; if all she was doing was trying to dry ground the plane, she for sure didn’t appear to receive got rattling practiced command over it. I am inwards no agency excusing Carter raping her, but I don’t intend this is whatever excuse for commandeering an plane too terrifying all the passengers. It seems her answer to her beingness assaulted was to ready on others amongst terror.

As the detectives investigate the case, they expose that Optimum Air has a civilization of objectifying their woman somebody employees too withholding promotions, docking salary, or threatening reassignment to women who don’t cooperate.

As she pursues the case, Benson gets pushback from Dodds, who says if she proceeds amongst this case, he suggests he larn herself a large umbrella because the skies are going to opened upward up too a lot of federal crap is going to come upward raining down. Benson counters that her umbrella is enough big. As Dodds leaves her office, Fin walks inwards too when he sees a frustrated Benson, asks her if she wants him to cutting Dodds, equally he knows how to do it. Benson sees it equally sense of humor but Fin is in all probability serious.

In the Law & Order SVU universe, cases displace at lightning speed. By Jan 15, the illustration is going to trial. Carter has been viewed equally a hero, but Tara is scorned equally she walks to the courthouse. She testifies that she pleaded guilty to federal charges, too she volition serve ii yr too lose her pilot’s license. Two years for commandeering a jet too terrifying passengers seems far also low-cal a judgement to me. I can’t imagine the Feds going slowly on her, or whatever pilot, regardless of the explanation of her actions.

The detectives uncover only about other illustration of rape past times Captain Carter too this gives Barba leverage to cutting a bargain amongst Captain Carter for ii counts of rape too 10 years prison theatre time.

When discussing the affair of the civilization at Optimum Air amongst Barba, Benson states, amongst sarcasm, that beingness sexist, misogynist pigs isn’t a crime. But Barba thinks it should live too decides to convene a grand jury to pursue charges against Optimum Air. This begins on Jan 17. During component of the grand jury, i woman somebody employee testified that "Male pilots are worse than passengers. H5N1 airplane pilot volition pretend to hug you lot therefore he tin sack human face downwardly your bra or text you lot “what color panties are you lot wearing” ". I constitute this testimony alarming equally it lumped all manly somebody pilots into i category of beingness sexist pigs. She seemed only equally bad equally the men at Optimum Air who receive got negative opinions of all women.

One employee lastly comes frontward amongst testify of an e-mail that she typed which came from the top - Mr. Fleming – which said at that topographic point is scientific information that women, no affair how good trained they are non mentally or emotionally equipped to captain an aircraft too that it is non a natural career pick for females. The memo added that the resulting anxiety tin sack atomic number 82 them to brand misfortunate decisions which may receive got severe consequences, including endangering lives too that women may live amend suited for flying attendants. (Strangely, this is just what Tara did; her anxiety led her to brand a misfortunate determination that endangered lives.) Barba makes an impassioned closing declaration too gets his truthful nib indictment charging Optimum Air too all its employees amongst grand larceny.

Wait, what? Charging ALL its employees? This would hateful fifty-fifty downwardly to the depression score employees, men AND women, would larn charged. This was a ridiculous declaration too I am shocked that a grand jury would receive got bought into it. I’m surprised Barba would receive got cast such a broad net, fifty-fifty if he knew it would ultimately non live workable.

Later, Barba tells Benson that Optimum volition in all probability brand a motion to dismiss too says they volition win, but he gets to appeal, but his odds of winning are 60/40 against. He thinks at to the lowest degree he got the wheels turning. Benson shows a New York Ledger headline which highlights the airline’s misdeeds, commenting she idea grand jury testimony was secret. Barba’s explanation is that the courthouse leaks similar a sieve. He thinks the companionship volition live declaring bankruptcy past times side past times side week, too Benson calls Barba a feminist icon.

Within this episode nosotros run across only about interaction amongst Benson too Dodds. Benson was off iii weeks, too Noah has returned to schoolhouse – Dodds, checking on Benson inwards her home, offered her a few to a greater extent than weeks but she counters “…I intend if Noah too I pass i to a greater extent than twenty-four hr menstruation together, we’d both terminate upward inwards strait jackets” (which is what many fans receive got been maxim for weeks). Dodds mentions after his boy Mike died, every nighttime for six months he’d larn into the bar where Mike tended years agone too he’d drinkable also much. He could tell Benson non to shell herself upward also much nigh Sheila, but i thing he hates is a hypocrite. So Dodds seems to live rattling concerned too supportive for Benson…but later on Fin gets the win too shows Dodds’ truthful colors. At the terminate of the episode, when Dodds returns to SVU, Fin confronts him nigh Benson too says she is the entirely i that tin sack do the job. Fin brings upward rumors that Dodds was interviewing replacements for Benson, too Dodds explains that he wasn’t sure Benson was coming dorsum too he had a region to run too bosses to answer to. At human face value, this seems similar a reasonable explanation. Dodds thinks Fin understands him too Fin does, but non the agency Dodds expects, Fin shows Dodds a memo – nosotros don’t run across what it says – but the contents must live damning equally Dodds is clearly rattled. Fin says he wants to brand sure they DO empathise each other. Dodds says he does. While nosotros don’t run across what’s inwards the memo, nosotros tin sack entirely assume that Dodds is non inwards Benson’s corner too may live actively working against her. This is i story describe that would live rattling interesting to pursue.

Update Jan 20, 2018 – a deleted scene has been added below.
Update January, 21, 2018 - only about other deleted scene had been added.

Cast:
Mariska Hargitay - Lieutenant Olivia Benson
Ice-T - Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola
Kelli Giddish - Detective Amanda Rollins
Raúl Esparza - ADA Rafael Barba
Peter Scanavino - Detective Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, Jr.

Guest stars:
Peter Gallagher - Deputy Chief William Dodds
Yasmine Al Massri –Tara Sidnana
Martin Donovan – Captain Logan Carter
Ned Eisenberg - Roger Kressler
Reg Rogers - Carl Fleming
Roxanna Hope Radja - Alexis Sidnana
Anastasia Barzee - Jeanne Howell
Ana Maria Jomolca - Ellen
Blair Busbee – Erin Kay
Tyrone Mitchell Henderson – Kevin Reed (HR)
Sonia Manzano – Judge Pepiton
Iliana Guibert - Sandy Sullivan
Tom Day – Agent Doherty
Phae Lewis – Molly Harrison
Liam Craig – Traffic Supervisor
Jennifer Dorr White – Passenger
Jonathan Schenk - Passenger #2
Felicia A. Dinwiddie - Passenger 3
Molly Crowley – Passender 4
David Scott Purdy – Air Traffic Control Employee
Sara Brophy – Ms. Mile High
Peter Saide – Mr. Mile High
Holly Holcomb – Grand Juror #4
Deja Blaise - Juror #17
John Mack – Air Marshall



Deleted Scene Added Jan 20, 2018



Deleted Scene Added Jan 21, 2018


Deleted Scene Added Jan 23, 2018





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