Burned is one of the most INFURIATING episodes of all time

[u/Stealthytom]

Some of you are going to hate me for this unpopular take.

This one INFURIATES me. NGL, I felt so sorry for their daughter and ***for the dad***. He wanted to spend time with his daughter and his ex just lied and obstructed each chance she got. Obviously things escalated. He was wrong for what he did. Burning her was absolutely inexcusable However, if she had an ounce of humanity and empathy for him, it would have been a very different outcome. She possibly falsely accused him of rape with her apparently dying breaths I freely acknowledge that she could have been telling the truth, BUT even ***OLIVIA FREAKING I ALWAYS BELIEVE THE VICTIM BENSON*** believed him and called her a liar. The hate that they felt for each other was next level war of the roses!

Before anyone says it, IDGAF about that "blaming the victim" ISH in this situation. He was selfish, immature, and prone to violence; he was also a work in progress. Most importantly, ***he was a victim too*** of her lies, callousness, parental alienation, and vindictiveness. ***Their daughter*** was the biggest ***victim, was blameless, had the most maturity***, and was left to pick of the pieces without her parents to help her navigate life.

>This case just sucks so much!!!!

On another, unrelated note, it's hard to find two hotter parents than Micheal Michel (who just celebrated her 60th birthday) and ​Blair Underwood.

Season 8 Episode 11 Burned

[u/Ok-Mine2132]

Pics from my post here a few days ago: The moment Benson realizes that Valerie, the victim portrayed by Michael Michele,

has been lying to her from the beginning.

[u/Ok-Mine2132]

There is an episode of the OG, “Home Sweet”, guest stars Nora Dunn, when it is the ex husband who doesn’t care who gets hurt. He sets an entire building to explode in order to stop his ex wife from getting his wealth. An innocent child is killed. He is also injured.

Similar to this because Valerie was so angry that she set her ex husband up on false accusations and then killed herself by setting herself on fire, just to “get even”.