I had hoped to go further into the season before an episode of Law & Order: SVU that made absolutely no sense.

Unfortunately, Law & Order: SVU Season 27 Episode 3 was all over the place, with a story within the story that disappeared after the next commercial break, a solution to the actual case that came out of nowhere, and the most ridiculous character exit in years.

This one could have been fascinating, too, if only it hadn’t been so scattered.

That Weird Anti-Life Protest Should Have Been The Plot, Not Just a Footnote

The premise of someone bombing a fertility clinic because they think all procreation is immoral was an interesting twist on the usual stories about anti-abortion protesters attacking clinics that perform the procedure.

It struck me as utterly bizarre that these young people complained that they hadn’t consented to existence, so nobody should give birth ever again.

It was almost a parody of youthful protests, but it would have been fascinating to find out how a jury would react to this “righteous cause” if one of the protesters were arrested for the bombing.

Sadly, this protest group was barely explored. The whole purpose of its inclusion in the plot was to reveal that the older man preying on young women within the movement had killed a random person who was not part of the story when he found out she was carrying his baby.

SVU often has two related cases at once, and it’s hard not to lose something in the shuffle when it does, but this one was the worst.

After the cops learned that Kirk had killed a young woman named Autumn, they arrested him… and after the commercial, he and the protesters had disappeared.