User Reviews

Wheatley's farewell was well done, although they gave us a classic soap ending with his body not being found which means he could be brought back later.

The police would not sacrifice Stabler's mother for everyone else so they would have rushed in and ignored her health, grim as it may seem.

This episode was action-packed and suspenseful with many plot twists. Absolutely loved it. Loved the return of Mykelti Williamson as Preston Webb, Nick Creegan as Richie Wheatley and I loved the cameo Denis Leary made at the end where he reunited with Stabler.

Angela and Wheatley's deaths were both extremely unexpected. I saw Richie's death coming but it was great to see him back.

May be the unpopular opinion, but while I think the Wheatleys are great characters portrayed by excellent actors, I've felt like the story was just dragging on this season and am happy their arc has come to an end (again, maybe). Personally I think they should have given us a full season of buffer before bringing Richard back to enact his revenge. And I know they'll probably bring him back again, but hopefully much later on in the series. Meanwhile, I'm excited to see where the series goes from here.

Law and Order: Organized Crime is currently the best entry in the franchise on first-run TV. That's not saying much. But at least it has energy and pacing, as well as arguably the best cast right now.

But all that is wasted on a soap opera story that just never seems to end, no matter how much you want it to. It's the kind of show where you can watch the first episode, then skip the next 20, and come in to catch how it wraps up because it's just a bunch of go-nowhere twists and turns to distract everyone from the lack of a narrative. Or watch highlights on youtube.

Tonight's episode finally dispatches two Wheatleys. Unfortunately, it may not be the right one. The first is the punk kid, who they bring out for a minute to get shot. The other is Angela Wheatley, the slithering temptress who may make even the most peace-loving among us want to punch a woman for her evil ways. She's croaked, too, but not in a satisfying way. For all the ugly lies and cheating she's done with a smug, slimy, scummying way, her dispatch is not only disgustingly simple, she also makes the choice. Just really, really lousy writing.

Anyway, the arc may not finally be over because -- TO NOBODY'S SURPRISE -- the main Wheatley's body can't be found. Aye, caramba. That means, of course, the jerk may be back YET AGAIN.

Can someone drive a stake through the Wheatley storyline?

Dick Wolf has lost his mind. This series has never risen to the level of Law and Order SVU because it has lousy storylines and worse dialogue. Dylan McDermott was a cartoon villain with crazy eyes twirling his mustache and the police department is so politically driven as to be useless at policing. It's bad enough them not finding Wheatley at the end, raising the possibility of returning one of the campiest villains on tv, they have to start a witch hunt because of public pressure. Nothing like litigating a 23 year career when it's already been investigated several times over on another series. It's no wonder they keep bringing Benson on, they're hoping she'll lend some quality to an otherwise lousy story. The power failure storyline was the only decent part of this episode. Either put it out of its misery or hire some decent writers.