Info Wars

Ridiculous, offensive and just awful. I wish I hadn't wasted my time. A horrible and obvious political statement that is completely shameful. They use the term "pundit," but then I must ask, what is the writer....? 🤔 Munch would be condemning them all for hating a victim for free speech.

Very good episode. I don't understand why the people hate this.

This is the episode where Olivia and Barba's moral compass is put to a serious test.

We watch the wind of Barba's charisma abundantly and with pleasure.

The war of sharp opinions on social media creates victims. She moves into the courtrooms with him.

Olivia's humanity, her struggle to bring the victim to justice, and We are watching all the ideals of the wonder of Barba.

However, with the case and the event, it turns into a language fight of two opposing views. All the arguments of opposing views on social media stand before us like an armor in this section.

Dialogues, writing, stories and performances, with guest actors... are giant episodes, Rock is episodes.

Rollins lyrics: "Carma's Bit..", "More you dismiss her, the more you embolden her supporters" and with all its other arguments... an excellent article...

At the very end, in the final, a result that is rare in svu occurs. And than, unfortunately, the victim puts on her armor and fights against a woman as a villain. She shoots a sharp arrow at Olivia's mother and her collateral damage.

Two extremes, and just because the victim is from the « wrong » side. No justice ensues. And some viewers were still satisfied with that ending. And the overall way the subject was handled. But imagine one second, if things were to be inverted. The show would've probably ended the following season, due to lack of viewership. This episode only managed to enhance that. One extreme, is more appropriate than another. What a sad assessment...

Have always appreciated and admired anything that deals with tough and controversial subjects, regardless of how they're executed. The subject matter for "Info Wars" is one of the toughest and 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' has proven many times that it can do uncompromising, harrowing and moving very well, which are things that for me are associated for me to work properly. In fact, it in its prime was one of its main interest points and one of the major things that was particularly admirable for me.

The subject in "Info Wars" could have been executed better. That sounds as if it was a bad episode, that is not the case in any way. Quite the opposite. "Info Wars" is a long way from being one of the best episodes of Season 19 or one of the best episodes of 'Special Victims Unit', despite having one of the more appealing subject matters of the season, but there were episodes of a generally disappointing Season 19 that had a lot of good things and that was the case here.

"Info Wars" has a lot of things that are good. The best thing about it is the uniformly strong acting, especially from Mariska Hargitay and Raul Esparza (the latter in his penultimate appearance as a regular). It is as ever shot with the right amount of intimacy without feeling too up close, even with a reliance of close up camerawork. That the editing has become increasingly tighter over-time is great too. The music isn't over-scored, manipulative or used too much. There is intimacy and tautness in the direction. The script is intelligent and lean with not many signs of fat.

Moreover, this reviewer really loved how Barba summed up the trial, which was very apt. The most apt he has been all season actually. The case is tight and intriguing on the whole. The topic is an interesting one that exposes the extreme fanatical views of both sides, some of it making for some suitably uncomfortable listening. And yes, Barba is his usual sassy and commanding self.

On the other hand, for my tastes "Info Wars" is a bit too heavy handed, while both sides are seen as heavily flawed and fanatical there were times where one side was more so than the other to a quite extreme level. Didn't like how unsympathetic and judgemental Olivia was towards the accuser when this is more an attitude she has for perpetrators. Maybe the writers were addressing what fans were saying about her jumping to conclusions too often and always believing the victims without knowing the whole picture, but somehow this felt out of character for her.

Did feel too that the outcome had a rather unresolved feel, but that is a little more understandable due to the prosecution case being weak.

All in all, above average if unexceptional. 6/10.