I agree with Benson. It was good to see Rollins. That scores points in this Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 3 review because, honestly, it’s always better when Rollins turns up.
Still, this wasn’t a typical SVU case. It didn’t rise quite to the level of backdoor pilot for a spinoff, but something felt off. Our Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 3 Review Verdict: This Case Would Have Fit In Better On Some Other Dick Wolf Shows SVU got involved because one of the victims was raped, but the case didn’t focus exclusively on that despite Benson’s insistence to Rollins that that was her priority.
The search for international terrorists who rob and sometimes rape people seemed more like what happens most weeks on FBI , and the Albanian mob angle reminded me of Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 2. There were aspects of the story that fit SVU’s usual cases very well, of course. Benson’s support of the victim and her insistence that finding the rapist was more important than making sure the terrorists didn’t get on a plane were typical Benson, though there was no real reason for her and Rollins to be at cross-purposes.
Rollins: That DNA could be our only chance at getting these guys. Benson: I understand that, SERGEANT, but my only concern is finding the guy who raped Nora Fletcher. If Rollins wanted to make sure the perps didn’t leave New York, and one of those perps was the rapist, then what was the issue? Benson and Rollins don’t need conflict for the sake o.
