Law & Order:Special Victims Unit 5

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Summary: The Unbearable Lightness of Diane Neal
Review: Why oh why did they skip seasons 2, 3, & 4 and jump straight to season 5??? Season 5 is actually one of the weaker seasons of this show. Stephanie March's ADA Cabot was a really strong, compelling character, and this franchise really took a nose dive when Diane Neal came onboard to replace her in season 5. The clumsy, ineffective ADA Casey Novak character pales (literally and figuratively) in comparison to Cabot. I find myself cringing at DN's line deliveries on a regular basis.
The writing also became pretty sloppy in this season. Many of the episodes attempted to address six different ripped-from-the-headlines! issues all at once. Some of the storylines seemed so recycled that one week I thought I was watching a repeat, when I was actually watching a new episode. The continuity department also seemed asleep at the wheel since what little bit of character development we had gotten in earlier seasons was frequently thrown out the window during this season.
That said, true fans of the show will probably want to get this for the "Loss" episode alone. (High drama! Explosions! Lots of subtext!)
I had been waiting for the Season 2 DVDs for ages, and I really can express nothing but disappointment in this decision to fast forward to Season 5.

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Summary: Amazing TV series, will live forever
Review: [...] The SVU series is a remarkably stunning crime drama. Dick Wolf is an amazing producer and the writters have a done a fabulous job as well. Suberb acting is also what creates such a thrilling experience when i watch SVU. Twists, turns, covictions, arrests, suprise shootings, confusing cases, SVU has all this and more, making it the best "cop show" i have ever watched. Dick Wolf, NBC, great job.