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CSI: Miami, "Kill Switch":

It makes me so happy when CSI: Miami is good. It makes me even happier when it's good two weeks in a row. Dare I hold out hope for a firecracker of a season finale? I think I do. At least, it better be, to make up for the flagrant Bad Science that has already made itself known. *gives TWTB the stink-eye*

So why, exactly, was everyone all up in arms over a non-lethal carjacking? The guy beat up this girl and took her car; he didn't even seriously injure her. I don't think that really demands that the community rise up and punish him with death.

That aside, the plotline of this episode reminds me of why I used to watch Miami to begin with - it had plenty of twists and turns and sudden reversals of fortune, and the suspects were...well, okay, so they were obnoxious rich people this week, but at least they weren't quite as obnoxious as the drug-addled, oversexed Wisteria Lane folk from the previous episodes (Why yes, "Broken Home", I AM looking at you).

And Ryan has the quickest personality turnaround in television history, going from pompous asshaberdashery to repentant responsibility in 42 minutes, plus commercial breaks. Wow. Now can we ban him from ever wearing that awful purple tie ever again? Thanks.

Best scene of the episode was Eric, practically doing a happy dance over how he was going to take Ryan's discovery to the judge. It's so nice to see him cracking jokes again.

Law and Order: SVU, "Annihilated":

Elliot? Honey? I'm terrified of you. Really. Still love you and all that, but holy shmuck do you scare me. Also, since there's no mention of your...unorthodox interrogation-chamber techniques in the teaser for the next episode, I'm left to assume that this, like all of your other anger issues, is not going to be addressed, reprimanded, or even paid attention to. You nearly snapped a guy's neck. I find that somewhat hard to believe. There's only so much slack Cragen can give you, Elliot. 

I figured the father had to be the one to shoot his children, even though his greif was fairly convincing, simply because the episode was less than half over. Still, that guy was creepy. Very very creepy. I enjoyed the case this week, mostly because of him. He seemed almost convinced, in spite of proof to the contrary, that he hadn't killed his children and wife. 

Wife was pretty scary too, for that matter. I kind of thought she was going to explode. Sad thing is, she didn't seem all that unrealistic to me - I actually know quite a few moms like her.

Also, Maureen Stablerette? Your parents' sex life is really none of your business. And it's not as simple as "come home or don't".

Speaking of which, I’m still questioning whether or not we really needed that scene between Elliot and Kathy. Not that I entirely mind the sight of Chris Meloni in the buff, but…you know. The (small) part of my brain that wasn’t vacuously drooling was yelling “Hey! HEY! There’s no sex on SVU!!....wait.”