Law and order svu dvd review

Nominated for 7 Emmys in its first five seasons, Law & Order SVU (Special Victims Unit) continues the success of NBC's blockbuster Law & Order franchise. The brainchild of Law & Order creator Dick Wolf (former writer for hit TV shows such as Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice), Law & Order SVU is filmed on location in New York City. It follows the traditional half-police drama/half-courtroom drama format that made its forerunner a smashing success, yet SVU focuses exclusively on sexually based offenses…

Law & Order SVU tells the story of a group of dedicated detectives who work for the elite group known as the Special Victims Unit. Capt. Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) heads up the unit which includes four regular detectives - Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), John Munch (Richard Belzer), and Odafin Tutuola (Ice-T). While investigating rapes, murders, and other vicious crimes, the detectives often consult with police psychologist Dr. George Huang (B. D. Wong) who provides special insight into the minds of suspected predators. Once the detectives gather the necessary evidence, they turn their case over to Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak (Diane Neal) who brokers deals and prosecutes the cases that put these nefarious criminals behind bars…

The Law & Order SVU DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the series premiere "Payback" in which a cab driver is discovered stabbed to death with his genitals cut off. When detectives Stabler and Benson investigate, they find out that the man is a former soldier from the Serbo-Croatian conflict and that he was a rapist. Benson, a child of rape, is sympathetic to the actions of rape victims, and Stabler must keep her from crossing the line to protect the probable suspects… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "Sophomore Jinx" in which a female college student's murder investigation is obstructed by the college when the SVU suspects a member(s) of the school basketball team, and "The Third Guy" in which an elderly woman is tied up and raped in her apartment, but the investigation takes a unique twist when the initial suspects are cleared and a new perpetrator enters the picture…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Law & Order SVU (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (Payback) Air Date: 09-20-1999

Episode 2 (A Single Life) Air Date: 09-27-1999

Episode 3 (…Or Just Look Like One) Air Date: 10-04-1999

Episode 4 (Hysteria) Air Date: 10-11-1999

Episode 5 (Wanderlust) Air Date: 10-18-1999

Episode 6 (Sophomore Jinx) Air Date: 10-25-1999

Episode 7 (Uncivilized) Air Date: 11-15-1999

Episode 8 (Stalked) Air Date: 11-22-1999

Episode 9 (Stocks & Bondage) Air Date: 11-29-1999

Episode 10 (Closure) Air Date: 01-07-2000

Episode 11 (Bad Blood) Air Date: 01-14-2000

Episode 12 (Russian Love Poem) Air Date: 01-21-2000

Episode 13 (Disrobed) Air Date: 02-04-2000

Episode 14 (Limitations) Air Date: 02-11-2000

Episode 15 (Entitled) Air Date: 02-18-2000

Episode 16 (The Third Guy) Air Date: 02-25-2000

Episode 17 (Misleader) Air Date: 03-31-2000

Episode 18 (Chat Room) Air Date: 04-14-2000

Episode 19 (Contact) Air Date: 04-28-2000

Episode 20 (Remorse) Air Date: 05-05-2000

Episode 21 (Nocturne) Air Date: 05-12-2000

Episode 22 (Slaves) Air Date: 05-21-2000

Csi season 2 dvd review

Recipient of 20 Emmy and 6 Golden Globe nominations, including Best Television Series: Drama, CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) ascended to the number one spot as the highest rated series on television in the Fall of 2000. Created by Anthony Zuiker, the show travels into the backrooms of the criminal investigation process where forensic scientists unravel complex crimes using modern lab technologies. Since it first premiered, CSI has enabled CBS to emerge as the top-rated network for the first time in years, surpassing NBC, ABC, and Fox, and spawning two additional series CSI: New York and CSI: Miami. Each fascinating hour-long episode jumps off with the memorable theme song “Who Are You,” a song that adequately expresses the theme of a series where criminals are often tracked down years after the initial commission of their crime…

The CSI (Season 2) DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere “Burked” in which Grissom and company are called in to investigate the death of a high roller and known drug addict found dead in his own home. With drug paraphernalia on the premises, detectives initially suspect an overdose, but further probing leads them to believe the man was restrained by duct tape and forced to ingest lethal amounts of drugs… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “And Then There Were None” in which Grissom investigates a casino heist that left several innocent bystanders shot while Catherine and Sara investigate a murder in the rural desert region, and “Stalker” in which a stalker somehow infiltrates a heavily secured home and murders his victim, prompting the CSI to take over the investigation…

Below is a list of episodes included on the CSI (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 24 (Burked) Air Date: 09-27-2001

Episode 25 (Chaos Theory) Air Date: 10-04-2001

Episode 26 (Overload) Air Date: 10-11-2001

Episode 27 (Bully for You) Air Date: 10-18-2001

Episode 28 (Scuba Doobie-Doo) Air Date: 10-25-2001

Episode 29 (Alter Boys) Air Date: 11-01-2001

Episode 30 (Caged) Air Date: 11-08-2001

Episode 31 (Slaves of Las Vegas) Air Date: 11-15-2001

Episode 32 (And Then There Were None) Air Date: 11-22-2001

Episode 33 (Ellie) Air Date: 12-06-2001

Episode 34 (Organ Grinder) Air Date: 12-13-2001

Episode 35 (You’ve Got Male) Air Date: 12-20-2001

Episode 36 (Identity Crisis) Air Date: 01-17-2002

Episode 37 (The Finger) Air Date: 01-31-2002

Episode 38 (Burden of Proof) Air Date: 02-07-2002

Episode 39 (Primum Non Nocere) Air Date: 02-28-2002

Episode 40 (Felonius Monk) Air Date: 03-07-2002

Episode 41 (Chasing the Bus) Air Date: 03-28-2002

Episode 42 (Stalker) Air Date: 04-04-2002

Episode 43 (Cats in the Cradle) Air Date: 04-25-2002

Episode 44 (Anatomy of a Lye) Air Date: 05-02-2002

Episode 45 (Cross-Jurisdictions) Air Date: 05-09-2002

Episode 46 (The Hunger Artist) Air Date: 05-16-2002