Check out last week’s Law & Order: SVU recap here. Vice President Joe Biden swings by this week’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to congratulate Olivia and the unit on their work freeing a man wrongly convicted of sexual assault.

The veep is there to draw attention to the national rape- kit backlog — a worthy cause — but given the way the hour ends. Olivia Benson” in cases like a recently exonerated New York man who was freed from jail after 1. Detroit proved he was wrongfully convicted.

The man, Sean, is there — as is the woman who accused him, Melanie, and her adult daughter, Ashley. After the press conference, the trio surprise Olivia by mentioning that they’re all friends; Sean is even going to come to Ashley’s upcoming wedding. But later that night, Fin and Rollins are called to Melanie’s house: Ashley has been raped, strangled, bleached, burned and a few other terrible things. To make matters worse, Melanie is pretty sure that she heard Sean’s voice in the house before the attack. UP ON THE ROOF . But when they learn that he’s asked a friend to lie about his alibi, and that Ashley’s fianc.

And then, Ashley dies. A look through Ashley’s social media accounts points the SVU gang to a weird neighbor guy who likes to hang out on his rooftop, smoke weed and do unsavory things like stare at Ashley through her bedroom window.

The guy’s name is Charlie, and I blame him directly for me having to Google “Coney Island white fish” after Carisi says he finds one in the kid’s hidey hole on the roof. Also, don’t Google that. It’s not lose- your- lunch gross, but you could live your life not knowing what it is.)(You’re Googling it right now, aren’t you? We can wait.)RELATEDNBC’s Timeless Sued by Creators of Spain’s El Ministerio del Tiempo.

STAR WITNESS? Though he is in possession of the bloody kitchen knife used to kill Ashley, he’s soon ruled out as a suspect: Charlie’s girlfriend has video of them having sex at the time of the murder. Lovely. Rollins shows Charlie a photo of Sean and asks him if that was the man he saw leaving the murder scene.

Look, absolutely everything I know about our legal system I learned from this franchise, and even I wouldn’t depend on this twitchy kid to be a crucial witness. But when Charlie says yes, Sean’s their man, Rollins and Carisi take him at his word. I mean, they’re not wrong, but no need to rub it in for us normals, SVU writers.)And when Fin finds Ashley’s engagement ring in Sean’s sink drain, the cops bring him in. Sean’s lawyer is quick to hint at a frame- up. What do you think happened?” Oof. RELATEDCruel Intentions Far From Dead as Cast Options Are Extended at NBCJUSTICE? But when Charlie’s testimony falls apart like a post beer- pong game of Jenga (“I thought she wanted me to say it was him,” the idiot says about Rollins and Sean), the burden of convicting Sean once more falls upon Melanie.

The heat turned up for Mary Jane Paul (Gabrielle Union) on Being Mary Jane this week, as her co-worker Ronda Sales (Valarie Pettiford) made it clear: We are not friends. On the run from the law, Jax seeks some mentoring from Nero, while Unser decides he's going to look into Charming's home invasions in 'Sons of Anarchy' episode 2. LATEST HEADLINES. Box Office Preview: 'Wonder Woman' Readies for $95M-Plus U.S. Debut 2 hours ago; Hailee Steinfeld Eyes Pirates of the Caribbean is one of those movies that I can put on anytime and have an amazing time watching it. Sure, it’s got its lackluster moments, but it was a.

Ashley’s mom refuses to testify, saying that she was absolutely sure it was Sean who attacked her all those years ago, and she was wrong. What if she’s wrong about hearing his voice in the house on the night of the murder? So Barba compels her to testify, treats her as a hostile witness and gets her to admit that the reason she’s hesitant to say Sean was in the house is because she feels guilty for sending him to prison in the first place (and therefore turning him into the rapist and murderer he is). Watch After Dark, My Sweet Download here. When she finally crumbles and agrees, Sean’s lawyer cops a Murder II plea with the caveat that he address the court and say what really happens. So he does. And it’s awful. Basically, Sean got drunk and told Ashley that he liked her. When she laughed at him, he raped and killed her, then bleached and burned her to destroy the evidence.

Studio C Season 5 Episode 1. The whole cast welcomes you to Season 5 of Studio C, Matt finds a new world in his couch, and James's friends try to explain how to walk.

What did you think of the episode? Sound off in the comments!

President Kirkman Gave An Interview In Welcome back to Up To Speed, in which Flash TV show recapper Dylan Todd is joined this week by a special guest, Arrow recapper Emma Lawson, to break down the latest.