Quick SVU rant where I am going to sound completely bitter and salty because I so totally am.
So I just watched the premiere of Season 20...and everything about Peter Stone just irks me to no end.
1. I am bitter that he already has a backstory when he’s only been around for slightly more than half a season. He has family issues, family tragedy, personal issues (sketchy personal life)...all of that is presented, and there is much potential for character development based on this, and he will probably get that character development. Basically he had all of this within like 12 episodes??? With Barba across 5 seasons, what did we get? A asshole best friend, partial, fragmented stories about his childhood/university/family, his grandmother/mother, and some stuff about his past re: his work (Ashtonja)...and??
2. This one really pissed me off to no end although I know I am being completely childish and bratty about this. So we have Olivia going Peter this and Peter that, and offering to be his friend blah blah blah blah...and it took them...4 seasons to have Olivia calling Barba by his first name?? I’m....sdkslgjsdfjsdkl arghhhhhh. And this brings me back to my angst and anger about all the Barson stuff they gave us in the beginning of season 19 only to throw all that unmentionable crap into our face with the way Barba exited. They could’ve done it so differently - for example, as I have always maintained, to have Barba off-screen as Olivia’s partner (since they did all that build up for season 19), and bring Raúl back for intermittent guest roles.
3. I nearly threw something at the TV screen when Stone stood up and did that buttoning coat thing before cross-examining. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBA’S THING FFS.
I am STILL SO ANGSTY about Barba and Barba/Benson. Seriously, it seems like I am never getting over this.
On a side note, Peter Stone, despite everything they’re giving him...is still as interesting as watching paint dry.
Blargh.