a lobotomy would’ve been more pleasurable

SVU may have found its very own John Shiban. For those of you who weren’t super religious Philes way back in the days… Shiban was responsible for some of the very worst X-Files episodes even before the show’s slow, painful death. You remember the odious offering, Teso Dos Bichos[tv.com]? Yea, I try very hard to forget those killer kitties too.

But back to the issue at hand. The latest episode of SVU was supposed to be super awesome because it guest stars TV royalty, Carol Burnett. This might be one of those casting decisions made to distract the viewers from the horrible writing because Ballerina is so mind-crushingly awful I had to rewind to the credits just to make certain it wasn’t really Shiban penning this poison of a plot.

Turns out, the credited writer is one Daniel Truly. I recognized the name only because it’s not one I know from earlier seasons. A quick check at Truly’s IMDB page confirmed my suspicions; his other SVU writing credits have been the two other episodes this season that made me curl up into a fetal position and moaned “thisisnothappeningthisisnothappeningthisisnothappening”. They were the killer astronaut one (where Olivia decides to be a bimbo – “Elliot, is everything okay?”) and the pregnant teenage girls one (where Olivia delivers a 5 minute PSA on teen pregnancy).

All three stories not only had plot holes that you could drive a truck through but also had the cast act so out of character that I’m surprised the actors didn’t have funny looks on their faces, in disbelief over the lines that are coming out of their mouths.

Please, please, please do not let Daniel Truly, former writer for WWF Smackdown! and RAW is WAR, write anymore episodes for SVU. Please.