Benson's suspicions about a kidnapping victim uncover a criminal network determined to silence anyone who gets in their way.Benson's suspicions about a kidnapping victim uncover a criminal network determined to silence anyone who gets in their way.Benson's suspicions about a kidnapping victim uncover a criminal network determined to silence anyone who gets in their way.
- Sergeant Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the second episode this season that Carolyn McCormick (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet) has appeared in, the other being "Pathological (2018)." This season marks her first appearance since the season 14 episode "Deadly Ambition (2013)." Before that, she hadn't been seen since the season two episode Abuse (2001).
- GoofsAt some times in the episode it is said that Ms. Vega is being charged with murder and at other times it is said that she is being charged with manslaughter. When Ms. Vega is still in the interrogation room ADA Stone says that he is charging her with murder, but then at her arraignment she is charged with manslaughter, then later on in his office Stone once again says she's being tried for murder.
In this case manslaughter is the correct charge, specifically manslaughter in the second degree since Ms. Vega did not intend to kill the owner of the apartment when she hit him over the head, her intent was only to incapacitate him.
- Quotes
Peter Stone: Your certitude is a good thing, Liv. Hell, it may even be noble. Unfortunately, the law...
Olivia Benson: Can you stop? Please, just stop. I've, uh... I've heard the lecture before.
Peter Stone: Maybe, then, you should listen.
Olivia Benson: Maybe you should listen. Lourdes was raped. Her entire being - her past, her present, and most importantly, her future - negated.
Peter Stone: That doesn't entitle her to seek revenge.
Olivia Benson: But it does entitle her to reclaim what was once hers. And if revenge is part of that, then... then so be it.
Peter Stone: You don't believe that.
Olivia Benson: I believe that the wrong person is on trial.
On rewatch, "Remember Me Too" is still not good at all. If anything, it was very weak and like the previous episode it is as bad as the worst of Season 18, which is not a good sign and a position that none of the subsequent seasons should have gone but actually did so. Despite having the lower rating here, to me "Remember Me Too" actually was ever so marginally better than "Remember Me". The problems were similar and again worse in quality and quantity than on first watch, but it isn't as repetitive.
"Remember Me Too" has a few good things. The production values are slick and gritty. The music avoided just about being too heavy on the melodrama or being intrusive.
Did think too that the regular acting was marginally better, despite their material being severely lacking. Not as much going through the motions, with a couple of exceptions.
Mariska Hargitay though has been much better elsewhere, she doesn't have as much steel or vulnerability as before and even since and her acting was in the last two episodes of Season 19 limited to two or three at most expressions. Phillip Winchester is still wooden and flatter than an undercooked pancake and Stone has little presence as a character. Olivia's attitude is intolerable, haven't cared for her character writing for most of the season but it is at its worst here and in "Remember Me". Especially in her I'm always right confrontational attitude towards Stone. Her attitude here makes her attitude towards Cabot in "Sunk Cost Fallacy" hypocritical (seeing as she is guilty here of what she reprimands Cabot for doing and even condones a crime that in the early years she would have banged people to rights for).
Not only is the dialogue less than taut, melodramatic and bland, it is also pretty preachy and condescending. Especially Olivia's, which actually was a common problem in Season 19. The story feels dull and over-stretched (a story that feels at least 15 minutes too long) and is further hurt by a severe lack of suspense, excessive predictability and an ending that is absurd as one can get (calling it that in fact is an understatement). Didn't find myself caring for the characters and the support acting is at best nothing special and easy to forget in the long run.
In summary, very weak ending to an unexceptional season. 3/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 9, 2023