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Law and Order: SVU

Details are the key. Details make a script special.  So when we see Broadway phenom Corey Cott walking toward a crime scene, it's important that he is ranting. He is ranting about not wanting to collect semen in a plastic bag. This exchange helps to (a) remind us of exactly what a cop needs to do, (b) establish a "tough love" rapport between Corey Cott and Kevin Kane, and (c) humanize Corey Cott. It's not hard to feel for Cott in this situation. Another "script curveball" I admire. If my daughter wakes up at 5am and begins crying for Daddy, I have to listen for the story underneath the story. If she says she wants a new bed immediately, these are just words. What she is really saying--with her intermittent silences--is that she had an accident, she feels embarrassed, and she can't cope with the embarrassment. A bomb goes off in front of Kevin Kane. This *seems* to be an effort to destroy DNA evidence--to hijack a rape investigation. But Kane has to consi...