Law & Order SVU - The Worst Show on Television?

This has to be one of the worst shows on television, albeit entertaining, although not for the reasons the producers intended. In other words, it is so bad that it is good. I don't watch much television, but on a cold Saturday I decided to watch an episode of this show, which is playing on some kind of marathon today on the USA Network.

Summary of this episode:

A murdered woman is linked to a father and son and apparently had sex with both. Son is angry at father for his not-so-youthful indiscretion. But they unite against the common enemy: the DA's office.

Mistake #1: Divide and conquer tactics against father and son defendant fail. So the ADA decides to prosecute both.
the ADA is a 30-something woman with reddish hair and thick lips. Attractive, but doesn't smile.

Mistake #2: Both father and son are innocent of the murder. So ADA is prosecuting the wrong people.

Mistake #3: There is a hung jury that doesn't convict the innocent defendants. So now the ADA is miffed. So what does the ADA do? Brings in the "hold out" juror and gives her the third degree. Yes, there must have been jury tampering. Spill the beans or you, Ms. Juror, are going to jail.

SPOILER ALERT: The cops find out that there was a hidden camera in the apartment where the murder took place Who did it? Not the defendants but - get this - the defendants' lawyer! (The defendant's lawyer is a woman, also 30-something and at least as attractive as the ADA. This creates some type of sexual undercurrent to a show that is already about sex crimes.)

Mistake #4: Instead of arresting the "criminal lawyer" they invite everybody (guilty lawyer, innocent defendants) to headquarters where they intend to premier the video. As the tape rolls, the guilty lawyer knows what's coming so she excuses herself and leaves the room. The cops/prosecutors just let her go saying something like "she's going nowhere." Ha!

Mistake #5: Attractive guilty woman lawyer goes up to the roof of the building, setting off alarms. Everybody heads up there, including the innocent defendants. The woman lawyer then walks around on the ledge in heels, looking leggy and making a scene about how she will jump. The innocent "son" defendant goes to her to try and talk her down. Instead she grabs him and they BOTH fall off the building. In final irony, they land and die on the roof of a squad car.

Bottom line: 2 lives lost. Police + DA = Idiots.