[Releasing this a day late because I (Josiah) forgot to edit the episode while busy with the holidays. My bad. Enjoy.]

In today's episode without Josh, we discuss the Best Episode of Law & Order: SVU according to a few best-of lists we found. We decide whether it really is the best SVU episode or not.

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References

• Law & Order: SVU, S7E3, "911," written by Patrick Harbinson, directed by Ted Kotcheff. Aired October 4, 2005, NBC.
• The Guilty (2021), directed by Antoine Fuqua.
• Locke (2013), directed by Steven Knight.
• "Police in N.J. say strange 911 call a hoax," NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna6083341.

Audio

• Private Eye - Kevin Macleod

In today's episode without Josh, we discuss an episode about someone becoming a pedophile from a brain tumor and then an episode where Kyle MacLachlan shoots a psychopathic kid. They explore the strange, biologically essentialist notion of crime in both episodes and interrogate the category of "psychopath." Also there's a guy who really likes pee.

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References

• Law & Order: SVU, S5E25, "Head," written by Dawn DeNoon and Lisa Marie Petersen, directed by Juan J Campanella. Aired May 18, 2004, NBC.
• Law & Order: SVU, S6E6, "Conscience," written by Robert Nathan and Roger Wolfson, directed by David Platt. Aired November 9, 2004, NBC.
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), directed by Elio Petri
• "Cops Turn to NASA In Search For Florida Girl," NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4160462.
• Carlie's Law, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlie%27s_Law.
• "Brain tumor 'caused paedophilia,'" BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2345971.stm.
• Dorothy Otnow Lewis quote is on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Criticism_of_current_conceptions.
• "Mediated Psychopathy—A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Representations of Aggression," Roland Paulsen, Kritike, http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_8/paulsen_december2010.pdf.
• "Science of conscience: Metaphysics, morality, and rhetoric in psychopathy research," Jarkko Ville Jalava, Simon Frasier University, https://summit.sfu.ca/item/8120.
• Eric Smith, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smith_(murderer).

Audio

• Private Eye - Kevin Macleod

In today's episode, we discuss Diane Neal's first appearance on SVU as a criminal before her introduction to the show as Casey Novak two seasons later.

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References

• Law & Order: SVU, S3E10, "Ridicule," written by Judy McCreary, directed by Constantine Makris. Aired December 14, 2001, NBC.
• Law & Order: SVU, S5E5, "Serendipity," written by Lisa Marie Petersen and Dawn DeNoon, directed by Constantine Makris. Aired October 21, 2003, NBC.
• A History of Violence (2005), directed by David Cronenberg
• "2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back," video essay by Lily Alexandre, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmnsK74khNw.
• Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder
• Eastern Promises (2007), directed by David Cronenberg

Audio

• Private Eye - Kevin Macleod