Last night I was watching an old re-run of Law & Order: SVU (yeah, yeah, I know that's what I do most nights). I'm not sure of the season but Olivia still had very short hair, Cabot the blond was still the A.D.A., but Ice-T had already joined the cast. Any ideas as to what season that would be?
Regardless, the case was the A.D.A. trying 3 women for raping a male stripper just after New York's rape law changed to allow the possibility of men being victims of sexual assault. Ok, fine. Interesting. Classic SVU.
Except, one of the 3 defendants was none other than...CASEY NOVAK! Yes, that's right, the very same red-head-turned-blond actress who currently plays A.D.A. Novak on SVU was the perp last night! How can it be? Of course, she didn't play Casey Novak in last night's episode, but instead was a day trader on Wall Street who liked to handcuff and assault men. But still, the SAME actress? They must have been pretty impressed with her performance as a guest star to offer her a full-time job. Or, maybe Elliot lost his temper and smacked her across the face, and she threatened to sue unless she was added as a regular to the show.
In any case, I am flabbergasted that SVU was so careless as to recycle actresses and actors on this occasion, and now I am wondering if this happens often in the Law & Order franchise. I am going to be watching my daily dose of L & O with a new skepticism, just waiting for that thug from Season 1 to appear as a distinguished forensic psychiatrist in Season 5. They will not fool me.
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