God this episode was good. Magnificent.
Why or how Christopher Meloni is still without an Emmy is mind-boggling.
And Lolita Davidovitch as Flutura, holy shizzz. She deserves all the awards, not just for the balcony bit with Stabler, but for that closing scene with Albi. Master class from an actress who's been great in all kinds of things for more than 35 years.
And the guy who played Kevin at the end, Dan Amboyer! Without a word, you see the guy's whole life.
Episode also reminds viewers that Bell, Jet, Maldonado, Cho, Nova, Denise, Kathleen, Eli are some of the coolest side characters in TV. Can't forget Reggie: Dash Mihok was so good throughout the whole thing.
NGL, wasn't loving the Albanian arc at first, and then they botched "The Letter" with Benson. But all is forgiven as this series of episodes grew stronger every week.
Ilene Chaiken outdid herself here. Sad that she's not producing this show anymore. But yeah she left another great piece of work on the field with "Ashes to Ashes," unreal crazy perfect. More of this please Law and Order.