Premiere of "Law and Order: SVU": season 21, episode 1

Law and Order: SVU launched his first with a nod to Gunsmoke, the series whose record is higher than that of season 21 which made history (Rater and watch what is broadcast on television at the bar.) But after this brief meta moment, Olivia Benson & Co. is back – Because even after two decades, Perps will perpetrate.

The episode begins with Carisi putting away his desk and telling Rollins that he has surrendered his weapon. Wait what? She persuades him to have a last drink with her, but it turns out that she pulls him to the bar so that Benson, Dodds and the rest of the team can organize a surprise party.

Where is he going, do you ask? At the prosecutor's office: Carisi is the new assistant D.A., and he will work under the orders of the bureau chief Hadid (hello, LostZuleikha Robinson!).

The case of the week concerns Sir Tobias Moore (good morning, DeadwoodIan McShane!), Director of PicFlix, one of the largest streaming studios and services in the world. Because it's SVU and McShane is a remarkable actor, you know that Tobias will probably be a dog. And he is! We see Harvey Weinstein making himself heard at a so-called audition with a pretty young actress, Pilar: he turns on the video camera, he serves him a drink, he criticizes her, then tells him to remove his blouse. She cries, telling her that she is not comfortable doing it. "You want this part, do not you?" He smarms.

Pilar reported the interaction to SVU, claiming that Tobias had petted him, prevented him from going out after having beaten him, and forced him to watch him masturbate. The case becomes Carisi's first case in the courtroom.

Olivia and her team learn that Tobias is a frequent #MeToo offender without any arrest. "He rapes them, then he pays them," End speculates. During the investigation, they discovered that many women claimed that Tobias had done the same thing to them – or worse – than Pilar. Long story short: it is disgusting.

There is a lot of back and forth, but eventually, SVU asks a second officer to pretend to be a budding actress, and she gets a private interview with Tobias. He makes his ass disgusting, and they catch him while he chokes. There is a huge walk with tons of press; During the indictment, many women wore placards saying "Sir Toby mugged me". Most of them are women who have stated that they do not have the right to speak because of NDAs.

Although Carisi had some problems with his new boss earlier in the episode, Hadid considers the arrest as a public victory, and the last ADA is safe. However, Dodds is sent to the Traffic and Security Working Group in Coventry. "The feathers have been ruffled, so a head has to roll," he says to Olivia, very upset. But he tells her to give up – and he casually calls "Captain" as he does. Yes, Liv has been promoted! "I made it a condition of my exile," he informs, adding, "Do not worry about me. I'll come back."

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