At one point, an Austin fan interrupts Kelsey’s testimony by jumping up and screaming, “What is wrong with you? Why are you trying to hurt him?” and then siccing the crowds on Rollins too, for her role in Austin’s arrest. Unlike the inescapable social media armchair lawyering that took place in the realm of the living: We see Kelsey scrolling through some memes accusing her of being a liar and complaining about TikTok trolls raking in the likes at her expense, and we also observe the modest crowd waiting outside the courthouse throughout proceedings holding up “I Stand with Austin!” posters done in curlicue handwriting. Interestingly, SVU doesn’t actually lean into the viral factor of the Heard-Depp trial. Rollins immediately gets bad vibes about the entire thing. Austin calls it five-play.” Her dress is missing a strap, but Austin is waiting forlornly outside by the time Kelsey’s dropped off, and the couple embrace in apparent reconciliation. Rollins and Carisi give Kelsey a ride home while the shaken celeb sadly explains, “This is what we do. Kelsey is standing outside the stretch limo and throws a Champagne bottle at Austin, which shatters Austin and the limo leave her stranded on a corner. In the episode’s B-plot, Detective Rollins is still recovering from the trauma of getting shot in the season premiere after a terse reminder from her therapist that she needs to take her recovery seriously, she’s on a much-needed date night with ADA Carisi when the two bump into Kelsey and Austin in the middle of an ugly fight. Together, Kelsey and Austin apparently have 30 million followers on their joint social media account, which I found a little unrealistic (the Extremely Online Olivia Rodrigo, for comparison’s sake, has fewer than 28 million Instagram followers later in the episode, Carisi says Austin has 40 million followers on his own), but such is the uncanny valley of SVU Land. At a red-carpet event, we’re introduced to Kelsey Jones, a budding “Nashville songbird,” and Austin Boyer, whose professional title seems to be “bad boy.” (Hilariously, Austin also appears to be a simulacrum of Machine Gun Kelly, thanks to the pink suit, bare chest, and piles of jewelry that’s not not reminiscent of the way Kelly and Megan Fox chained themselves together last winter). In this episode, titled “Mirror Effect” and originally aired October 6, the SVU fun house mirror shrinks Depp and Heard down into a 20-something influencer-y couple.

Let’s see what changed when the former celeb couple’s Wolf-ian proxies took the stand. Of course they were going to put a classic Dick Wolf spin on this past spring’s Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. After all, SVU is nothing if not self-conscious about its cultural relevance, as we saw when season 24 opened in September with a Ukraine war story line.

On one hand, the NBC stalwart is unambiguously pro-police (at the end of the day, Olivia Benson is basically a magical cop), yet the show also serves as a useful mirror to our own changing understandings about say, misogyny, technology, or the criminal justice system. For nearly a quarter of a century (!) now, we’ve relied on Law & Order: SVU to fulfill a number of often contradictory functions in society: There’s the obvious, ripped-from-the-headlines entertainment value that’s arguably gone on to spawn our current era of true-crime obsession, but by proffering alternative narratives where justice is reliably served, there’s also a healing function to it, especially for survivors of sexual assault. Blige, Vida, Sweetbitter, Outlander, American Gods, The Rook and upcoming series Hightown, P-Valley, John Wick spinoff The Continental and The Dublin Murders.Well, you knew this was coming. The series is part of a lineup of originals on Starz that includes Power (currently airing its final season) and a forthcoming spinoff starring Mary J. The subscription cable outlet also ordered an adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons then as part of a push for what president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch calls “premium female” viewers. The Girlfriend Experience, which last aired on Starz in 2017, got a third-season renewal in July. Telles is repped by UTA, Principal LA and attorney Stewart Brookman. Her credits also include Bunheads and feature film The Wind, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. The show is scheduled to air its series finale in November. Telles has played Whitney, Noah (Dominic West) and Helen’s (Maura Tierney) oldest daughter, on Showtime’s The Affair for five seasons. Soderbergh, Philip Fleishman and Jeff Cuban executive produce. Anja Marquardt ( She’s Lost Control) is writing and directing the third season and is a co-executive producer.

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