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Episodes you don't rewatch

posted 9 years ago by novastar_6
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Any episodes you refuse to rewatch because you don't like the outcome or they just completely piss you off?

The coma episode where Larry Miller's character pulls a Baretta and has his wife shot to take his kids

Nullification, no matter how many times this one's on, I still can't figure out how ANYBODY on that jury could be so stupid to think there was any reasonable doubt about a wacko militia group who robbed a betting place and their ONLY defense is 'back in 1776 during the battles of Lexington and Concord our forefathers...', has SHLT to do with the murders they committed. They're fanatic killers and they have NO defense, and NO defense = GUILTY as hell.

The one with Ned Beatty as the judge who's losing his mind, that one's just sad to watch somebody fade like that.

Pretty much any episode where the defense screams racism as the reason why the whole SYSTEM is guilty, but THEY are not even though they murdered someone.

[–] scrabbler1 9 years ago

Aftershock is one I never watch, and it is easy to spot in its first few seconds. Many drug and race related episodes from Season 1 starting with By Hooker By Crook I also take a pass on.

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[–] webmiss88 9 years ago

Another vote for Aftershock here, which is a shame since it was Claire's final episode. I also can't watch Burn Card. The way that they ended Ed Green's character pissed me off. It was just such a crappy ending for one of the show's longest running detectives.

I typically don't rewatch (or go looking for) any episodes after Green's exit.

[–] lanceus 9 years ago

I think I've only re-watched that Julia Roberts episode once since it originally aired.

I don't re-watch most of the Fontana/Falco or Green/Cassady episodes, or a lot from the last couple of seasons.

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[–] Doug-Oh 8 years ago

I think I've only re-watched that Julia Roberts episode once since it originally aired.

That ep. is viewable, but not much more.
It's not the worst, but far from the best.
I can rewatch, but it isn't one I will seek out.

I don't re-watch most of the Fontana/Falco or Green/Cassady episodes, or a lot from the last couple of seasons.

If absolutely nothing else is on....
...I will watch those.
But I generally avoid the last 10 years, or the ones after Lenny.

My personal favorites are seasons 1-10, with seasons 1-5 the greatest, in terms of drama, imho.

[–] facebook-212-935614 9 years ago

I don't usually rewatch any unless it's been long enough that I can't remember the episode well. I can't think of any that I specifically wouldn't rewatch. Maybe any where the bad guy is one of those smug, smarmy types that make you really look forward to their comeuppance via long prison sentences then BAM, not guilty or something. So frustrating lol.

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[–] ccdel 9 years ago

Another vote from me for Aftershock. I would have said it's the only episode I won't re-watch. But then I saw that somebody mentioned the Julia Roberts episode and I agree about it. I won't watch it either. She's just not very good in it.

And really the only only episodes I will watch at all are the Jerry Orbach ones. If my man Lenny Briscoe's not in it, then I'm not watching! :-)

[–] jabell 9 years ago

I can't watch any episode which involves babies or children dying, particularly the one in which the college student murder their newborn baby (why didn't they just arrange for an abortion?).

Boo Hoo! Let me wipe away the tears with my PLASTIC hand!--Lindsey McDonald (Angel)

[–] jennielucas 8 years ago

Empire (the Julia Roberts episode. She was dating Benjamin Bratt at the time)

Second Opinion. McCoy is just plain wrong here. He shows no empathy for women who make their own choices.

Contagious - oops, is that SVU? Never mind.
RIP, Gilda & Gene.

Damaged. The soulless judge was a beast. Also the shock ending.

[–] jennielucas 8 years ago

The teens who left their baby in the trash can of a hotel...cannot relate at all. Take the newborn to any Safe Place, like a fire station! Call 911!

Similar SVU episode. College girl, played by Sissy Spacek's daughter, badly miscast, is stubbornly ignorant of childbirth. I hate to hear newborns called "it".

[–] ladybyron68 8 years ago

Any episode with Abbey Carmichael. Gawd, I couldn't stand her. Worst L&O character, ever.

[–] doug65oh 8 years ago

I couldn’t stand her either as time wore on. Hell, even the thought of Carmichael today makes me want to lean over and chuck my cookies in the basket! 

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[–] Xeliou66 8 years ago

I don't rewatch Aftershock, that episode wasn't even like the rest of L&O and totally threw the format out the window. That was a soap opera, not an L&O episode. Really bizarre and very poorly done.

I don't like the episode with Julia Roberts.

I don't like a lot of season 17 episodes, because of both Detective Cassady and the preachy nature of the stories, they amped up the preachy political aspects of the show that season and it reminds me more of present day bad SVU episodes, especially the terrible episode Release.

I don't like Mad Dog, once again it tossed out the formula and McCoy's actions were totally unjustified and outrageous, one episode where I was really pissed off with the character.

[–] coreycitn63 8 years ago

Memo From The Dark Side: It was so extremely biased to fictionally prosecute the George W Bush administration.

Doped: They made the woman driver that killed innocent people who was high and drunk a victim.