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Law & Order: Private Lives (2023)
Well-intenionted, poorly written
I'm not going to rehash the "this should have been an SVU story" line, because while that's true, I don't have any problem with L&O discussing similar themes as its sibling series. I applaud L&O for TRYING to tackle an incredibly sensitive, topical, and important issue, but it's tone-deaf and at times nonsensical regarding its characterizations. (No spoilers.) Near the end of the episode, the writers make two decisions that ruin the episode: the first is regarding whether or not to call a witness to the stand. But then, once that decision is made, the episode backtracks on itself, with the final line from the victim's wife making... absolutely no sense, ESPECIALLY regarding what the episode seems to want to say about its topic-of-the-week. If you're already a bigot against this community, the episode won't do anything to change that, and if you're an ally or a member, your intelligence is basically insulted by the episode. Still, it's not horrible enough to give a below a 4, since until those issues arise, the episode is pretty standard, which for L&O means at least a 6/10.