69 - Modine Totally Should’ve Been in a Red Shoe Diaries

In this exercise in somewhat effective stunt-casting, Stabler gets pitted against his untethered analog, a rage-fueled annihilator of tween girls played by erstwhile star actor Matthew Modine. Yes, this week, the Munchie Boys took on “Rage” (SVU S6E17). In a structurally odd episode that pits rager against rager in a ticking-clock, nearly locked-room scenario until it suddenly isn’t and renders much of what preceded moot, Stabler tries to nab the one who got away while confronting his own anger management issues. Don’t worry, there’s also talk of malodorous food PsyOps, truly pornographic whistling, edging, the nature of the San Fernando Valley, Modine’s inability to shed his yuppie prick veneer, and so much more.

Music:

Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”

22:40 - Tangerine Dream - “Flight to Sunrise” from Vision Quest (1985)

31:53 - Ole Rasmussen & His Nebraska Cornhuskers - “The Sand Hills of Old Nebraska” b/w Gonna See My Sunday Baby Saturday Night (1950)

41:56 - Broken Social Scene - “Lover’s Spit” from You Forgot It In People (2002)

Next Week’s Episode: Season 8, Episode 1 “Informed”