u/Hiltyy_303

Checking in as a newbie again! I didn’t know we were gonna dive right back into Wheatley after the Stabler undercover situation (knowing what I know now lol)

1. I loved the story line with the Kostas the Albanians don’t play. It gave me everything I loved about the Sopranos! And as a gay man I loved that Stabler kept his word and never outed Albie ❤️

I just finished the blackout and the Wheatley’s are dead. Allegedly I’m a big no face no case guy and they didn’t find the body l so my alarm bells are ringing. I’m a couple episodes into Stabler being friends with Donnelly and it’s already giving bad news I don’t like it.

I liked Hudson for the most part last season but I’m sorry the 1st 2 episodes of season 2 and this weird territorial nonsense when it comes to Ariana is alarming to me.

It’s not like Liam is even your friend going after your ex; you just met him. So this “boundary setting” with a stranger is so weird to watch

Finally just started the show yesterday after only watching SVU and the OG cause I was desperately in need of a new show to watch and I’m so mad I didn’t get on the train earlier, also I’m super bummed it’s not coming back cause so far (I’ve only watched through season 1 episode 5) I’m absolutely loving it.

The thing I think I like the most is that this is more of a continuous and linear story rather than the standard: each episode is different format, other than your 2 parters and crossover episodes here and there. That’s definitely helping me care about the characters quicker than I usually do when new ones get introduced. I think the new characters are great, and I loved Dylan McDermott since AHS so he’s a huge highlight for me and I think Wheatley is an amazing villain.I also really love seeing a different side to Stabler; and how he’s dealing with his grief and still work the case in his Stabler way.

Only thing I’m finding challenging is trying to remember the timeline with SVU with the Kathy episodes and the purple magic of it all; but I’ll just have to rewatch those to refresh my memory cause I definitely haven’t seen them in a while.

I’m so glad Finn is away from the judgement day but that song is such a banger!

Kelsey’s ex continuing to pay for her lifestyle is the right thing to do. Obviously she’s not very self sufficient and had to move out immediately after they broke up. If he didn’t set her up in that little apartment where was she supposed to live? That’s the least he could do!

Just a thought I had: Do you guys think they’ll keep using Smile and a Ribbon as the theme song because it was super popular with fans (I was actually just listening to it in my free time; when I had this thought lol). Or do you think that since we’re moving back in time the new song will be something from 1935 that would’ve been popular around the Bradley Gang era?