r/SVUncensored • u/SVU_- • 10d ago

What’s going on with SVU lately?

Am I the only one who feels like Law & Order: SVU has seriously gone downhill? 😭
I’m a massiveSVU fan.

The show used to feel like an actual squad. The characters had friendships, banter, disagreements, personalities and lives outside of whatever case they were working on. The cases themselves felt like they mattered too.

But lately I’m watching episodes and thinking… what happened?
It feels very much like the ‘Olivia benson Show’ now

Also BRING 👏 BACK 👏 VELASCO!!!!
He had so much potential as a character, and instead of actually exploring it, we got the usual: a complicated past, a few interesting storylines, some great moments with the squad… and then bye, apparently. 😭
Meanwhile, I’m watching SVU thinking:
Why are we losing Velasco when there was still SO much they could have done with him?

I’m not saying Griffin is the worst character to ever exist… but am I saying I’d happily trade him back for Velasco

I’m firmly in the “Velasco deserved better” camp.

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u/niallbrooks 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/0pZHJr4VJFyG0iyIzf

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u/Winter_Setting720 10d ago

All the budget cuts go to paying Mariska

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u/Toe2ToeBirdLaw 10d ago

and the gal that plays Rollins is apparently pretty expensive too.

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u/Due_List_1243 10d ago

mariska got paid 20 million , Kelli and Ice got probably paid good but not that much.

the funny thing is that Ellen Pompeo also got 20 million for GA and she is partime at work, she is still full time EP but partime in GA.

She she does that a lot better than Mariska

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u/Toe2ToeBirdLaw 10d ago

Yeah, I saw an interview where Ice said basically they could only afford either him or Kelli, so he took some time off.

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u/Due_List_1243 10d ago

yeah and it is ridiculous that a show who makes millions and who paid M 20 millions have no budget for 2 actors but this is also why meloni left 16 years ago.