They took what was the edgiest crime drama on TV in a very long time and reduced it to a covid paranoid, pandering, politically correct bore. If that is the audience they seek, have at it. I stopped watching 3 episodes in for season 8, for a show I cherished. I am happy I have seven seasons to enjoy in reruns, as the characters now are mere shadows of what they once were. Maybe Dick Wolf can have a cross over with Major Crimes, where Voight and Stabler take a suspect out for a pistachio latte to get him/her/it to talk! Perhaps Wolf should see how Blacklist and Blue Bloods do it. They haven’t missed episodes and covid politics don’t exist.