Go Hoosiers
At the original, blog incarnation of Munch My Benson, there were a few other contributors in addition to Adam and Josh. This piece, originally posted on November 22, 2009, by Young Man Duggan, AKA friend of the pod/brother of a co-host, Drew. We covered this episode on podcast Episode 35 - 10 Hours of Bone Sessions to Get to the Bones Bone Session.
This is my first (hopefully not last) post here on Munch My Benson, so we’ll see how this whole thing goes. For a while, I had a blog devoted to the sports world which evolved into a Minnesota Twins blog, but life changes didn’t present ample opportunity to continue that venture. So, this blog might provide more of a realistic opportunity to appease my blogging appetite.
For the sake of full disclosure, I feel I must admit to it taking me a while to warm up to the show. There is only one reason for this, and it is directly attributable to Christopher Meloni’s role as Gene in Wet Hot American Summer. For the longest time, I just could not take him seriously as I kept waiting for him to mutter something under his breath about fondling a sweater or humping a fridge (any of you who don’t get this reference really ought to rent [ed: Rent? What a weird world 11 years has rendered the world in which we live.] Wet Hot American Summer as it’s an awesomely funny movie with a great cast, and you’ll understand what I’m talking about the second he shows up in the movie).
The show itself is of a very high quality just about every episode. One of my favorite things about the show though is how many “well-known” actors make appearances in episodes. This has been the case throughout the entire Law & Order franchise. Last week, USA aired the “Surveillance” episode. This episode starred the eldest of the beautiful Deschanel sisters. Emily Deschanel (of FOX’s Bones) played Cassie Germaine, a star cellist who was attacked at the beginning after being dropped off by her boyfriend. The perpetrator knocked her down from behind, cut her dress, and also cut off a lock of her hair. After the incident, it becomes apparent the she was not raped.
While checking out Germaine’s apartment, they discover several hidden cameras throughout her apartment. The initial suspect is her cello teacher/coach who also is her landlord. They discover a library of video tapes in the teacher’s apartment which adds to their suspicion. That is until another incident is discovered at her apartment. Throughout the episode she continues to get harassed by a presumed stalker. Once her cello teacher is cleared, their focus shifts towards Terry Willard, who is played by Nate Mooney. The name may not mean anything, but any fan of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia would immediately recognize Mooney as being Ryan McPoyle—the younger of the two McPoyle brothers.
Willard had stolen equipment from a cable truck and connected the cameras in her apartment to his computer. He then had created a website devoted to watching her. His delusion developed when the two had attended Indiana University. Willard had heard the beautiful playing of Germaine as he walked through the music department. Their eyes met in passing, and Willard fell in love at the moment (not surprisingly, Germaine had no recollection of the incident). They tracked the IP address to Willard’s apartment. His landlord and admitted girlfriend, let the police into his apartment. They discover a hidden shrine devoted to Cassie Germaine. Willard is arrested for the assault.
He is released on bail which was paid by his “girlfriend”. They’re confused by Willard’s girlfriend paying his bail when he’s in love with another woman. Only adding to their suspicion is the fact that Germaine was not raped. So, Fin and Stabler follow the landlord, and she eventually arrives at a hotel. They arrive to the room, and the girlfriend has just gotten out of the shower. She confesses to attacking that “whore” cellist, and Stabler notices blood on her clothing and check the entire room. In the bathroom, they find Willard who has been slashed to bits and unceremoniously discarded on the bathroom floor.
The entire last paragraph took place in the final three minutes of the episode. There were enough twists in the plot to make it yet another strong episode, but the involvement of Nate Mooney/Ryan McPoyle makes it… a great episode.
