A high-period Neal Baer episode which careens wildly from squabbling cub scouts to open-relationship-having MMA legends to racist frat houses and finally to Riker's Island prison gangs educated by one of the absolute legends of alt-country with a healthy dose of our favorite single season star, Chester Lake, thrown in. This SVU goes places none of us could have expected, including having one of the most recognizable guest actors in the episode die in the most disrespectful way possible after a single line of dialogue. It's really something. Sources: Companies say organized retail crime is on the rise, but there’s no data to prove it - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/claims-about-organized-retail-theft-are-nearly-impossible-to-verify.html Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, and Douglas P - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances: Both of us on: FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic). Josh debating the https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/best-tv-detective/ on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/. Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 17, Episode 11 "Townhouse Incident"

Responding to a grisly crime scene, the Unit are called upon to investigate the murders of a father, daughter, and son, who were stabbed a bunch of times while they slept in their Upper West Side brownstone. As the case unfolds, a team of SVUs who've literally seen every horrible thing known to humankind, act shocked that a mother could murder her whole damn family to protect them from descending into the middle class. Along the way, the Munchie Boys encounter characters who've been established for many years acting in ways that they wouldn't, fake NASCAR fandom, and a very bad mom/lawyer. Oh, and the episode forces one of them to do a particularly disturbing Google search for the umpteenth time in the history of this podcast. Sources: Child murder by mothers: patterns and prevention - Susan Hatters Friedman and Phillip J Resnick, October 6, 2007, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174580/ "When This Is Over" - Hayden, Everything I Long For (1994), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZaDtYTRU0 Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, and Douglas P - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances: Both of us on: FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic). Josh debating the https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/best-tv-detective/ on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/. Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 9, Episode 8 "Fight"

A series of seemingly unconnected rapes forces Fin Tutuola to join forces with a man who never sleeps. A man who knows the precise tenor and pitch of every recycling center's lunch whistle in the city limits. A man who walks. A man named Chester Lake. We also meet our first perpetrator who staffed the Obama White House, and one of the vics totally isn’t Amanda Rollins—she just looks like her, right? Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, and Douglas P - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances: Both of us on: FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, , https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic). Josh debating the https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/best-tv-detective/ on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/. Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 7 "Caretaker"

In Season 15, the SVU writers room decided to revisit the subject matter of the Season 12 All-Timer "Possessed," wondering what it would be like without a Bud the Ninja Pedo gleefully pawing at pics of younger incarnations of their vics or other pedos defending themselves at trial by using the "of course my ejack was all over this pornographic physical media" defense. The result here is harrowing. And, like, obviously, it probably should be. Yeah, it should be. But when it's played this straight, uhhhh, it's tough. It's also a pretty good platform for eventual White Lotus guest Meghann Fahy to strut her stuff. Sources: 18 U.S. Code § 2259 - Mandatory restitution - Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2259 Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy,_Vicky,_and_Andy_Child_Pornography_Victim_Assistance_Act_of_2018 Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 8, Episode 12 "Outsider"

It's Velasco's first official day on the unit, which means that Fin, Rollins, and Benson will all be adjusting to almost having a reasonable number of investigators. Of course, it also means that Chief McGrath now has eyes inside the unit. While season-long arcs are all well and good, we Munchers are after the good stuff, which in this episode means pondering the physics of rooftop coitus and digging deep into the unintentional racism in which certain iterations of this show sometimes traffics. Sources: What Is Touch DNA? - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-touch-dna-jonbenet-ramsey/ As Summer Begins, NYC's Sofet-Serve War Reignites - https://ny.eater.com/2017/5/30/15713060/mister-softee-new-york-ice-cream-turf-war Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 15, Episode 19 "Downloaded Child"

NYPD officers who've been serving in Afghanistan are getting pretty violent, domestically, and the Unit has to race against a *gasp* journalist to get to the bottom of what's going on in this week's Ripped from the Headlines edition of SVU. The Army are very bad, doctors are huge cowards, and journalists may or may not be bottom feeders in this screed where no cows are sacred and no army wife is safe. And before you entertain the conciliatory notion that at least no actors were harmed in the making of this episode, Goliath marked the end of yet another child actor’s on-screen career, and it seems unlikely that it was due to his performance, rather owing to the exceptionally dark things to which he was meant to see and react. Sources: Ripped from my headlines - Mark Benjamin, https://www.salon.com/2005/05/25/lo_svu/ The Dark Side of Lariam - David Kohn, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dark-side-of-lariam/ Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Mefloquine Exposure Among U.S. Military Service Members - Angelia A. Eick-Cost, Zheng Hu, Patricia Rohrbeck, and Leslie Clark, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5239685/ Lawyers claim anti-malaria drug to blame in US soldier's Afghan massacre - Elizabeth McLaughlin, https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-claim-anti-malaria-drug-blame-us-soldiers/story?id=55212517 The Other Foe: The US Army's fight against malaria in the Pacific Theater, 1942-45 - Seth Paltzer, https://armyhistory.org/the-other-foe-the-u-s-armys-fight-against-malaria-in-the-pacific-theater-1942-45/ An anti-malaria drug may have inflicted permanent neurological injuries on some servicemembers - Ken Olsen, https://www.legion.org/magazine/246284/mefloquine-mondays Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 4 "One More Tale of Two Victims"

When a Nassau County Cop's awful, investment banker son rapes a woman after a miserable Halloween party next to a pile of disgusting New York City trash bags, you know SVU is getting the call. What you might not expect is that this time, the goose is Benson's former partner, the budget did not account for Halloween, and that the budget also did not account for requiring a script. Along the way, Benson gives such a subtle, loving prison-rape-taunt that you might well miss it, unless your brain is as thoroughly SVU-pilled as ours. Sources: Yes, Mom, There Is Something Wrong - Anthony Edwards, https://medium.com/@anthonyedwards/yes-mom-there-is-something-wrong-f2bcf56434b9#id_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjdjMGI2OTEzZmUxMzgyMGEzMzMzOTlhY2U0MjZlNzA1MzVhOWEwYmYiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.QW6xKAj-O70MB509WppAwyPuOVn8i8Y2sJz2FdUFjrZUMvqEnN6D5djrkVrTuIG29_c5m5Cg6XYdySAQegMMijybA4MpvgGMxCtU0lWo7Tq-z38DhY0HTp3yR2epdCoOqZbuUb0EAygAqVx-biWHYxSFXviaO7ZcmRo-LLh-PstgC7ui1nJm3nZAQ2NsAfGkXNx_WFNgv2moB6m5dAd-CfEeJnxiQP_D1-BHb4A0iYPIYuTboi6GrUoKO_-hX8zkZ6ilrK9Kf4bzu_U_8Q9BiFuCs7dmcWUnqzwSDuwAY3841cFnTTsTkPqQTLUC2dyobrC-4Fob74fGaogPo-QlfA People v. Turner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social/https://letterboxd.com/oldmanduggan//https://joshduggan.substack.com/) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 6, Episode 23 "Goliath"

It wouldn't be a peak-era SVU episode if we weren't treated to an investigative red herring that eats up an entire act of television only to be discarded unceremoniously, forever forgotten and treated as though it never have happened. That misdirect usually isn't a NINE MINUTE NECROPHILIA KICK that plays as exploitative and shocking, leaving the audience's collective jaws on the floor, all while having the perp in question just brush up against the periphery of the Unit's case. It's a real shocker, and "Waste" provides it. It also has nothing to do with the pregnant woman in a permanent vegetative state who was knocked up while in the hospital. Sources: Complying with the Funeral Rule - https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/complying-funeral-rule#introduction Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 18, Episode 5 "Rape Interrupted"

***MUNCHIES' CHOICE*** When an older gentleman with a knife sticking out of his junk slumps against a Lexus belonging to the worst parker in Lower Manhattan, the unit embarks on an investigation which leads them into a delightfully well-run swingers club. Liv and Stabler go, possibly, a little too undercover and find themselves at the mercy of a legion of pawing hedonists. This being a Season Twelver, the plot careens wildly from red herring to red herring, but it's fun and saucy throughout. Thanks to our splendid Munchies for picking this as our Munchies' Choice episode this week! Sources: Fatal Familial Insomnia - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-familial-insomnia Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 4, Episode 8 "Waste"

Some very questionable stuntcasting forces the Munchie Boys to wrestle (box?) with Mike Tyson's checkered past while reluctantly acknowledging that he's actually pretty good in this SVU. He's no Andre Braugher--WHO IS ONCE AGAIN INCREDIBLE--but he was pretty effective. Ed Asner's really good at playing a real monster, too. Kind of burying the lede there though because Peter Scanavino pops up in "Monster's Legacy," and it's not as Domenick Carisi, so this ep is one helluva brainmelter. Sources: Jerry Sandusky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky John Geoghan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Geoghan Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: https://bsky.app/profile/munchmybenson.bsky.social, https://twitter.com/munchmybenson, https://www.facebook.com/MunchMyBenson, https://www.instagram.com/munchmybenson/, https://post.news/munchmybenson, and https://www.reddit.com/r/MunchMyBenson/ (https://twitter.com/atschwitters/https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social and https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan/https://bsky.app/profile/oldmanduggan.bsky.social) Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9GPacYMdZY Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson Check out our guest appearances on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kTfwThoHift65Yv7GJItB?si=bTqjYsrmRCa-I8rRiiSAcg from Ratchet Book Club, …These Are There Stories (http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick and http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic), both of us on FMWL Pod (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395 & https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164), both of us talking about The Thin Man on https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final, and Josh talking SVU/OC on https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/e/s7e52-updated-law-order-svu-organized-crime-review-predictions-with-superfan-danielle-josh-duggan-munch-my-benson-podcast/ Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/ Email the podcast: https://gmail.com/ Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 19 "Bombshell" ***Munchies' Choice***