New Expression Upwardly Police & Social Club Svu “Mama” Recap & Review

Law & Order SVU “Mama” involved 2 elderly mothers who are living inwards retirement/nursing tending facilities, in addition to i self-absorbed woman nurture whose boy became hence obsessed alongside gaining her affirmation of dearest that he turned to rape. This was a potent episode alongside a groovy invitee cast, in addition to I was surprised that I liked it. It reminded me a fighting of an SVU flavor 2 episode, “Pique”, which also had a similar mother/son dynamic. Many times alongside bigger holler invitee stars it’s the invitee star who is the perp, in addition to I was glad when Joe Piscopo turned out to live a blood-red herring, in addition to that Hal Linden was exactly an former human being who had deep dearest for the victim, Maddie. The flush had an interesting premise: people alongside retention disorders tin live targets for abuse only because they aren’t lucid plenty to live credible, in addition to people inwards nursing tending facilities alongside no menage unit of measurement to oversee their tending tin live at a similar risk.  But this adventure tin apply to whatever sex in addition to non exactly to the elderly. I receive got a nephew who, at i point, lived inwards a large grouping domicile for profoundly exceptional needs immature adults in addition to i of the staff reported he had been abused. It turned out to live false; the employee claimed that some other employee abused him to larn that employee inwards trouble.  He is inwards a smaller domicile now, but  I yet receive got to live vigilant for whatever signs of abuse, fifty-fifty though the caregivers receive got an fantabulous record. (You never know.)

What actually impressed me almost the writing inwards this episode – in addition to overall every bit this flavor has progressed – that themes behave through the flush in addition to assist necktie things together (in this case, flowers), in addition to that situations inwards prior episodes (Fin’s assignment) larn closure. In Fin’s case, every bit the episode opens, Benson is on the telephone alongside Chief Dodds, hearing the tidings that Fin lastly has his Sergeant assignment: he’s going to the 21st (the 2-1) precinct. She’s surprised that Fin didn’t tell her first. The team is happy for Fin in addition to viewers probable felt a fighting of sadness. But wait! At the halt of the episode, nosotros larn a feel-good minute when nosotros listen that Fin’s assignment has changed – he’s staying alongside the SVU at the 16th precinct. Benson wonders how Fin managed to larn this switched, in addition to WE receive got a expert thought how Fin did it. In Law & Order SVU “Flight Risk” (season 19, episode 11), Fin shows a memo to Dodds – the contents of which nosotros practise non reckon – that is clearly damning to Dodds. Fin probable threatened to run the information inwards that memo to larn Dodds to alter the assignment. (Hopefully, zilch volition occur inwards adjacent week’s flavor finale that volition alter things.)  I thought that closing the loop on that incident inwards “Flight Risk” was a vivid move.

Also inwards the opening was Stone, out for a walk inwards the green alongside his sis showing her flowers. The scene felt out of seat at first. But later, this scenario volition convince Stone to pursue a illustration for Maddie, in addition to flowers helped Maddie reconnect alongside an former friend. Speaking of Stone, he rolls over a fighting besides easily when Benson presses him to accept the rape illustration after he calls it a long shot, likely because he was feeling guilt over his ain sis existence inwards a tending facility. But I object to Benson’s gross mischaracterization of women inwards nursing facilities. Clearly Maddie was non left “out on the curb for Midweek alternative up", nor was she “shoved in” a infirmary or a facility. Maddie clearly was loved but could non live taken tending of at home.  It had zilch to practise alongside her expired "sell-by" date.    The same applies to Stone’s sis who seems to live really good cared for.   People demand these facilities inwards many cases because they only cannot live cared for inwards their ain domicile or a menage unit of measurement member's home.  I recognize Benson's comments were made to describe at Stone's emotions and  convince him to pursue a illustration for Maddie, but it was a losing proffer in addition to he should receive got stuck to his guns.  This may receive got been the seat for Stone to advise leaking the flush to the press.

The commencement victim of rape is Madeline “Maddie” Thomas, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s in addition to living inwards the $18,000 a calendar month Escano Gardens. When it’s fourth dimension for her medication, she mentions to a nurse that she was raped. Because of her illness, it’s hard to decide if she is telling the truth or if this is exactly fantasy. She previously owned a café/bakery, in addition to seems fixated on marzipan cookies. This is a clue that volition assist seat her attacker.

Maddie is taken to the infirmary for an essay but they expose no evidence of rape; at that topographic point is no semen. The Frank Sinatra impersonator from the facility is questioned. Maddie continues to exhibit signs of stress from the onrush in addition to spell Rollins questions her inwards the dining surface area of Maddie’s facility, Maddie picks upwards an knife in addition to points it at Rollins. It rapidly becomes apparent that something did occur to her in addition to her onrush was non recent. She mentions a holler “Max.”

When Rollins in addition to Carisi interrogation the electrical flow possessor of the bakery, they expose that Max is Professor Leonard Maxwell, someone that came into Maddie's café daily. They rails him downwardly at Hudson Park in addition to hence Rollins questions him at SVU. He is really charming in addition to says he loved Maddie, fifty-fifty though they were both married to other people. He says he stopped going to the bakery inwards 1966 every bit they had made dearest i dark inwards the bakery kitchen in addition to it was beautiful live she felt hence guilty she said they should non reckon each other again.

They pick out Leonard inwards for a line of piece of employment upwards but Maddie cannot seat him every bit her rapist. In fact, she doesn’t recognize him at all. They receive got an accidental coming together every bit she exits the team room in addition to he clearly knows who she is but she doesn’t know him.

Later, some other woman, Patrice Connelly, living inwards at the Silverwald Retirement Home, tells the detective she was attacked. She describes the rape inwards detail. She mentions her attacker’s holler was Dan, in addition to he was novel at the facility. They expose his total holler – Daniel Hammerson – but this turns out to live a dead halt every bit Daniel Hammerson has been dead a year. The somebody using his identity had been using the ID of a human being from some other nursing facility. He worked inwards places every bit a nurse, orderly, in addition to a chef. He also worked at Maddie’s place, inwards the kitchen. Benson thinks the odor of cookie brought Maddie dorsum years to the bakery in addition to to Leonard.

Carisi in addition to Rollins speak alongside employees at Silverwald alongside no luck. Back at Escano Gardens, they expose “Dan” only delivered nutrient from the kitchen to the residence inwards their rooms. He was ever humming exhibit tunes, things that Trudy Morris sang. He said he knew her.

The detectives interrogation Trudy inwards her home, who is preoccupied alongside herself. She identifies “Dan” every bit her boy Henry Phillips. Henry returns domicile in addition to the detectives rapidly arrest him. Trudy is appalled.

Carisi in addition to Rollins interrogation Henry inwards the interrogation room, in addition to he said he used mistaken names because of her mother’s career in addition to celebrity. He acts similar a self-absorbed jerk. He says he is really or hence his woman nurture in addition to they receive got a similar attending span. He lawyers up.

Later, Benson meets upwards alongside Fin inwards a bar in addition to they receive got a brief give-and-take on his novel assignment. She says her hands are tied on this one, in addition to Fin says he dug his hole, he’ll swallow the dirt. Benson gets a telephone band from Carisi; Patrice is dead. At the morgue, Carisi tells Benson that Patrice had a coronary. They constitute Henry’s deoxyribonucleic acid but without her testimony, he volition claim it was consensual. Benson wants to accuse him alongside 2 rapes, hoping Maddie volition seat him.

Back at Maddie’s alongside her daughter, Benson shows her a few photos in addition to Maddie freaks out when she sees Henry’s in addition to mentions cookies.

Benson confers alongside Stone who calls the illustration a long shot. She says nobody has whatever demand for these women whatever more, their “sell-by” dates receive got expired in addition to they can’t exactly leave of absence them out on the curb for Midweek alternative up. She adds nosotros shove these women inwards hospitals in addition to facilities in addition to give them former records in addition to coloring books. Stone adds that nosotros exhibit them the flowers. Benson says they to the lowest degree they tin practise is maintain predators out of their beds, in addition to Stone tells her to stop, she wins. He hopes they larn a approximate who loves his mother.

Later,  Stone makes his arguments to Judge Lisa Peck, Maddie is at that topographic point in addition to when the approximate questions her, it becomes rapidly clear Maddie is non lucid plenty to testify. The illustration is dismissed. Stone delivers the bad tidings to Benson in addition to Maddie’s miss Christine. Stone realizes at that topographic point is no press at that topographic point in addition to Henry’s holler is non every bit large every bit Henry thinks. Stone also thinks the press would similar the scoop. Benson heads off, presumably to leak the story.

Back at SVU, Benson looks at the headline of the New York Ledger alongside a encompass painting exhibit of Trudy in addition to Henry alongside the headline “Broadway’s Bad Seed.” Carisi rapidly informs her that to a greater extent than people receive got come upwards frontwards alongside stories that their mothers receive got been assaulted. Benson orders Henry to live arrested.

Carisi in addition to Rollins come upwards to Trudy’s domicile to arrest Henry in addition to Trudy is focused on herself, proverb Henry in addition to his begetter were fame whores. She calls his other “fathers” clingers. Henry is devastated in addition to angrily wonders who is the whore here. He says they didn’t tending but he did; he saw how beautiful she was, in addition to talks almost brushing her pilus inwards the morning time in addition to her pare was hence soft after her bath. He says he loved her in addition to asks why she couldn’t dearest him back, exactly a little. He cries in addition to Rollins reads him his rights every bit she cuffs him, arresting him for rape inwards the commencement degree. Trudy hugs her domestic dog in addition to looks sad.

Later, Benson tells Maddie in addition to Christine that Henry volition move to jail for a long time. Maddie takes a necklace off her ain cervix in addition to puts it on Benson’s. Benson says it is non necessary, but Maddie says that is what best friends do. Leonard walks inwards alongside white chrysanthemums in addition to Maddie yet doesn’t know him, but every bit she smells the flowers she smiles in addition to it seems to pick out her back. Outside the room, Benson attempts to provide the necklace to Christine, proverb Maddie didn’t understand. Christine refuses it, proverb that yes, she did.

Back at SVU, Benson is surprised to reckon Fin is yet there. He explains he got transferred dorsum to SVU. She asks how did he describe that off, in addition to when Fin gives her a look, she asks if she fifty-fifty wants to know. He says, “No, y'all don’t.” She hence tells him she would similar his DD5s reviewed an on her desk ASAP, calling him Sergeant. He says “Yes Ma’am” in addition to gets to work. Benson walks into her office, shaking her head. Fin looks dorsum inwards her direction every bit nosotros fade to black.


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


Guest stars:
Hal Linden - Leonard Maxwell
Anne Archer - Trudy Morris
Joe Piscopo – Frank Sinatra Impersonator
Fionnula Flanagan - Madeline Thomas
Kathleen McNenny – Christine Ritchie
Rutanya Alda – Patrice Connelly
Todd Alan Crain - Henry Phillips.
Lucy Martin – Lynn Hammerson
Neil Hellegers – doc Malcolm Lee
Leo Finnie – Arnie
Nicholas Ryan – Kev
Molly Leland - Nurse Chastain
Adaku Ononogbo - Ronica
Anne Bates – Nurse Irene
Emily Casey - Deb Edwards
Nikkie E. Walker – Adilay Jones
Barbara Miluski – Judge Lisa Peck
Christopher McLinden – Alec Vale
Danielle Slavick - Alicia Brown
Brad Aldous – Timmy Post
Jonathan Rayson - James Ricord
Amy Korb - Pamela Stone


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