Katherine Jones

I actually like this movie as much as the first which is hard for a sequel. It focuses on the brothers’ relationship and them working together on an assignment. Their chemistry was great and it was more comedic than the first.

Very entertaining but not a huge fan of how they act like people from Oklahoma are just stupid. As a woman from Texas we do storm drills all the time in school. They act like all of these Okies have never heard of sheltering or what a storm watch is.

Usually you have what’s what’s called a hammock where they tie a new show in between 2 solid shows to try and swing in between the two to catch the most viewers. Or you have a tent pole show. This is where one solid show acts as the anchor around the rest. SVU is definitely the tent pole for both Manifest and now L&O Organized Crime. You have the same old Stabler at first. He spends 2 minutes in an interrogation room when he’s in his feels and he can’t hold it in. You don’t have the same Benson though. In 10 years she’s grown into a stronger lead cop than Stabler ever was. Hop on over to the other side of this crossover event and we see Stabler might be capable of a few new tricks as he speaks Italian, goes head to head with a mob boss, and is actually willing to play subordinate to a Black Female boss. This more evolved Stabler is what this new edition of L&O needs. While the remixed version of the theme song has ties to the past versions, this new take is much more high tech and already shows room for character exploration on both the good and bad guy side of the line. It seems like we will get to know our villains for more than their one or two episode arcs, and it won’t be following the case closed in an hour trope of its predecessors. While I love the Benson and Stabler reunion, we’ve gotten to see Olivia shine, it’s time to see what they can do with our man Elliot Stabler!

The only reason this film has such low ratings is because uneducated people who watched a montage edit of some of the scenes out of context on social media got offended and took to online to vent their emotions. The actual film is artistic and speaks to the vulnerability of young girls when they are searching to fit into a culture that preaches promiscuity equates to popularity and acceptance. It’s a subject many feel uncomfortable talking about but that happens all the time. The director did a fantastic job showing how young girls can fall into the throws of acts that are age inappropriate for them and yet society encourages it through the likes of dance competitions and social media followers.