"Crazy Christians" on SVU

Remember the "Crazy Christians" skit on Studio 60 that was only discussed but we never got to see? Whether that was because it was considered too offensive or whether it was even more unfunny than the skits we DID get to see was never revealed. Our SVU, thank heaven!!, which doesn't shy away from anything, put up no such filters.. featuring a story about some Crazy Christians with a Law And Order twist!" this week.

This episode opened with a man found dead in a graveyard, arms crossed on his chest, eyes poked out. We quickly learn that the crows hovering about removed the eyes, not the perp. (ewwww... but that's SVU!) As we move on, we learn that that the vic had a gay porn website and was an actor. He appeared at a playhouse that was run by a Christian church that put on skits to entertain and attract people to their congregation. When Elliot, Olivia and Fin burst into the place, they find a group acting out a skit featuring a partial-birth abortion. Now THAT'S entertainment! Woo!

The church is run by Rev. Tim Daly and his wife, Kathy Baker who have ten kids between them. Most of the actors at the playhouse were kids of theirs. Examination of the DNA found around the vics apartment point to Tim Daly as both the murderer and the vic's lover. Tim even "takes responsibility" for the murder, but never really says that he DID it. Wife, Kathy Baker, is appalled that her loving husband was loving men, and shoots him to rid the world of him. He doesn't die, which is good... since they later determine that since the DNA found was only a partial match, and this couple has five sons, it was just as likely that one of them was the vic's lover and murderer.

O and E realize that brothers often tell their sisters things they won't tell their parents. They question the oldest sister and learn that one of the brothers, Paul, came out to the family last year. Dad sent him away to "be cured" and they all thought he had been. But as Elliot points out, you can't change who you are. Paul and Dad come to an understanding and Dad decides he can accept Paul for who he is and that he was wrong to try to "cure" him last year. Each thinks that the other was the murderer... but they realize while talking that neither one is! So who did it? The evil CFO of Tim's church... who reveals himself in the final scene as COMPLETELY off his rocker!

One quick personal life note hinted at in this week's episode. As Elliot and Olivia are working this case, Elliot gets a call on his cell from Kathy. They were supposed to meet for a drink, but he has to cancel (as usual!) due to work. He tells O that he's planning to move back home. "When?", Olivia asks. Elliot says he doesn't know yet, that's what he and Kathy were going to discuss when they went out for the drink. Now, he appeared at her door a few episodes ago saying he wanted to move back home? So what's the hang-up? Why the delay? Wouldn't you think that if she wanted him home as bad as he wanted to BE home he'd be in that next day?? I read a spoiler that might point to the answer to this.. so don't read on if you don't want to know.

In Mike Ausiello's column on TV Guide Online, they alluded to a pregnancy among one of the cast menbers that would "affect the possibility of an eventual Elliot and Olivia hook-up." Since it couldn't be O, and no other female characters pregnancy would affect E and O getting together, the assumption is that KATHY is preggers.. but NOT by Elliot... (probably by someone she hooked up with during this separation.) We should know more before this season's end... so keep watchin'!!!!