New Aspect Upwardly Constabulary & Gild Svu “Dare” Recap & Review

(This is an abbreviated recap as well as review today equally I’m nether the conditions again. I’ve peppered my comments within the recap.)

Law & Order SVU “Dare” was 1 of those episodes that was both enjoyable as well as irritating. I enjoyed the quick pacing as well as the interaction betwixt the Pb characters, merely flora the preaching off-putting, some of it coming from Olivia Benson herself.  I induce got real rigid opinions nearly organ donation: I believe that a mortal – or whoever that mortal designates equally their side yesteryear side of kin – has the correct to chose whether or non to donate their organs. Hospitals produce non perform transplants out of altruism, they brand a lot of money on these procedures merely the families of the people who made that difficult selection teach ZERO. And when it comes to money, most hospitals volition produce all they tin to crush every penny out of every patient, either through insurance bills or procedures similar transplants. People are non cash machines for hospitals as well as equally far equally I am concerned,  similar the MD inwards this episode, their conclusion making regarding transplantable body parts tin last clouded yesteryear their want to brand money. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MD or infirmary should non last making that decision, unless the patient left no instructions and/or at that topographic point is no side yesteryear side of kin.

It’s interesting that Benson, such a champion for rape victims, doesn’t come across that stealing someone’s body parts without permission is a physical onslaught of the most heinous kind. If anything, this episode volition give viewers something to speak about.

This episode begins alongside what start appears to last a kidnapped child. We apace uncovering that the immature girl, Zoe, has non been kidnapped merely is the victim of an accident that occurred spell she as well as her friends were playing a game of dares called “Red Parrot.” Benson as well as the detectives brand the assumption, based on what Zoe’s friends induce got told them, that Zoe has been taken off the schoolhouse grounds, equally a outcome much fourth dimension is lost searching for her elsewhere when all this time, Zoe is flora (by Benson, of course) laying injured on the flooring of the gym yesteryear the bleachers. If the detectives would induce got had officers or schoolhouse officials depository fiscal establishment check the schoolhouse buildings as well as the grounds simultaneous to the detectives’ investigation, possibly at that topographic point would induce got been a amend jeopardy to salve Zoe’s life.

Unfortunately, Zoe dies on the operating table, as well as operating MD Lorraine Franchella takes Zoe’s organs to piece of employment for transplant, without the parent’s permission. This is alone discovered when Zoe’s woman bring upwardly wants to come across Zoe’s body as well as sees a massive scar on her trunk (which was non the expanse of Zoe’s injury) as well as they uncovering - to the parents’ horror - her organs induce got been harvested. All the organs are all the same within the infirmary except the heart, which is inwards a helicopter on the rooftop ready for takeoff to Buffalo for a transplant. Benson successfully stops the helicopter from leaving, merely non without the helicopter pilot’s pleas as well as Benson’s long suspension to mean value nearly the life that this pump could last saving.

While I produce non fully sympathise the entire physical care for of harvesting organs, the removal of the organs as well as sending the pump on its agency seemed awfully quick to me. I know that fourth dimension is crucial alongside transplants merely the physical care for of Zoe's surgery, matching the pump to the proper recipient, as well as prep piece of employment seemed unrealistic.

Benson does induce got the fourth dimension to speak alongside the parents to give them the jeopardy to brand a choice. Zoe’s woman bring upwardly is dead laid against it.

Benson questions the MD at SVU, as well as when Benson reminds her what she did was against the law as well as it was non for her to decide, the MD asks Benson if she would curvature the law to salve a life, adding that Benson doesn’t boom her equally an absolutist.

The detectives after uncovering that the MD has forged signatures for 32 other patients, going counter to the parent’s wishes. Initially, the MD doesn’t appear to last benefiting financially from these transplants. She is arrested. There seems to last disagreement alongside Carisi as well as Rollins regarding the doctor’s actions; Carisi thinks she is a saint, Rollins doesn’t mean value a infirmary bureaucrat should decide. I’m alongside Rollins on this one.

Peter Stone pursues the multiple forgery case, as well as this is where the preaching gets thick. Zoe’s woman bring upwardly testifies nearly what happened, as well as the defence attorney Nikki Stains trots out the man child who was the pump transplant recipient to tug at the heartstrings. This clearly moves Zoe’s father, who, after the courtroom session, apologizes to the man child as well as his parents.

Dr. Franchella testifies inwards her defense, as well as her words drip alongside sanctimony. Clearly she thinks that she is inwards a amend seat to decide.

In a news alongside Benson at a bar, Benson tells Stone she thinks she made a incorrect telephone telephone on the infirmary rooftop alongside the helicopter. She thinks this was non constabulary business. Stone explains that when he start came to New York, he spent every solar daytime alongside his manlike mortal bring upwardly at the infirmary merely was getting java when his manlike mortal bring upwardly died. When Benson said that was hard, Stone counters it would induce got been harder if the MD had harvested his organs earlier he got dorsum to his room. He thinks she did the correct affair (by stopping the pump from going to Buffalo). I’m alongside Stone on this; inwards effect, the MD stole Zoe’s organs as well as Benson’s actions stopped that theft, or at minimum, gave the parents a jeopardy to brand a choice.

The detectives therefore uncovering that the MD has been making large donations to the Children’s Heart Procurement Fund as well as has dedicated those donations inwards retention of her son, coincidentally named Benjamin (the same equally Stone’s father), who died from a congenital pump condition. Stone challenges that the MD did non try difficult plenty to salve Zoe, as well as if that was her boy on the table, would she induce got done what she did? Of course, the MD has no response to that question.

At closing arguments,  Stains argues that the law excuses a criminal deed if it based on necessity. This is a legal declaration I’ve never heard of earlier merely it is legit merely I enquiry if 1 tin piece of employment this to commit a offense multiple times. Stains thinks those 32 transplant recipients are the Definition of necessity. Stone thinks that each mortal should brand their ain selection nearly their ain body. He calls the MD a zealot, motivated yesteryear her ain personal tragedy. She broke the law as well as imposed her ain morality. He describes what the MD did as well as that she tried to shroud it. She is playing god. (I’m alongside Stone.)

Credit Stone alongside some other win, equally the MD is flora guilty of forgery inwards the 2nd bird on all 32 counts.

Later, Stone visits Benson inwards her office, he explains the sentencing, proverb they demand to laid an example. Benson thinks the MD is a progressive minded pediatric surgeon as well as that Stone is a slap-up equally the MD volition lose her license, which Benson thinks is the worst punishment. In my opinion, Benson is incorrect here; the MD losing her license AND going to jail is the worst, which is what the MD deserves for blatant theft. Stone does non want to await similar a pushover merely she thinks he is overcompensating for Stone annotation beingness at that topographic point when his manlike mortal bring upwardly died. LOW BLOW Olivia. When Rollins enters as well as tells them that the man child who was to have the transplant has died, Stone looks at Benson as well as the episode ends alongside a await at her heartbroken face.


Cast:
Mariska Hargitay - Lieutenant Olivia Benson
Ice-T - Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola
Kelli Giddish - Detective Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino - Detective Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, Jr.
Philip Winchester – ADA Peter Stone

Guest stars:
Janel Moloney - Dr. Lorraine Franchella
Callie Thorne - Nikki Staines
Jenn Gambatese - Meredith Bergkamp
Alfredo Narciso - Dylan Bergkamp
Tom Titone - Judge Joshua Goldfarb
Eloise Lushina - Lily Winterburn
Lillian Ellen Jones - Lisa Dixon
Nicollette Pierini – Zoe
Kittson O'Neill - Vivian Winterburn
James Mount - Neil Dixon
Harriet D. Foy – Gwen Jackson
Stacet Raymond – Coach Clare
Adit Dileep – David Gidumal
Allan Walker – Felix
Fisher Neal – Marc Salazar
Robin S. Walker – Callie Lydell
Vanessa Schanen – Foreperson
Joey Curtis-Green - Harry Lonegan
Matt Golden - Mr. Lonegan
Mary Theresa Archbold – Mrs. Lonegan
Mario Ficarra - Batender







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