Law And Order: Special Viewing Unit

On this weeks episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 6 episode 7 of SVU - Charisma!  Aviv starts out by giving his cult pitch, he is the light and the way, we should all follow him.  Aviv changes his name to Abraham and tries to pass Matt off as his child bride.  The hosts discuss how in these uncertain times with lockdowns due to COVID 19 is very similar to the limbo Aviv was in while in Malaysia.  The guys also discuss how Ted Cruz, the Zodiac Killer himself, ended his self isolation only to then be exposed to a person who tested positive and then had to go back into self isolation.  The guys also get into a discussion about how there is a porn for every occasion and come up with holiday themed porn titles.  The guys then go over where they are in terms of the COVID 19 pandemic (just to time stamp when the episode was recorded).  All that and much more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this weeks episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 6 episode 6 of SVU - Conscience! Matt regrets the fact that he and Aviv won't be able to finish reviewing all episodes of SVU as they will likely die of the Corona virus, so the lifelong work will never be complete!  Matt also shares a bleak story about how bad things are that his fish killed itself by jumping out of its tank.  This story leads Aviv to wear his tin foil hat and hatches a conspiracy theory that there's COVID in the water!  The guys explain where the world is at the time of recording (its much worse now than it was then).  Matt also goes on a rant about being able to bring larger hand sanitizer bottles onto planes but only hand sanitizer, thus showing how these liquid restrictions on planes is such bullshit.  Aviv chimes in to point out that most rules we adhere to in times of crisis are generally revealed to be arbitrary and bullshit to begin with.  All that and much more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts,

On this weeks episode hosts Matt and Aviv view and review season 6 episode 5 of SVU, Outcry!   FYI this ep was recorded a good bit before the Coronoa virus outbreak, so it's not addressed event hough we're releasing eps on an accelerated basis because of the virus.  The guys stumble out of the gates on the intro per usual.  Aviv determines this podcast is only real if you listen to it,  much akin to schrodengers cat.  Matt and Cassie go to an Alpaca festival, Aviv was back in KL to finish shooting his movie.  Matt and Cassie went to Savannah GA for Matt's sisters wedding! All that and much more!Rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, and send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

How have you been? It's been crazy out there! With all of the panic over the virus and home essentials, we've decided to increase our release schedule to once a week in order to give folks something to do while they're stuck at home. This week we're doing a bonus, Take Down Corner episode featuring the 2000's Paul Walker, Joshua Jackson classic "The Skulls." It... does not hold up. But it is a reminder of a simpler time when you didn't have to worry about Corona and all you had to do to join a secret society was steal a snake from a weather vane.Tune in every Monday for the foreseeable future for a new episode from us, and next week we'll be back to normal SVU nonsense.Hit us up on twitter @svupodcast or for longer stuff, email us at specialviewingunit@gmail.com 

On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 6 episode 4 of SVU - Scavenger!  Matt doesn't take the bait on the faux lead in from Aviv.  The guys celebrate their tin anniversary of the show and Aviv does a terrible tin man impression.  The guys dive into the mailbag to go over the responses they received from their oscars roundup episode.  The guys also discuss how they're now getting screenshots of people listening to not our podcast but tagging us as in tweets.  All this and more!Rate and review us where ever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this very special bonus ep, the guys hope to inform the public that our podcast is not actually the official SVU podcast.  People, we're not the official, stop tweeting at us.  But keep doing it, its hilarious.  Aviv and Matt dive into mailbag! Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.  Tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 6 episode 3 of SVU - Obscene!  Aviv's face is red for mixing up a Porsche with a Lambo.  Aviv does his taxes and hoping he gets a good return but isn't sure, Matt has yet to do his taxes.  Aviv freaks out when he realizes he has to do the 60 sec. recap.  All this and a helluva lot more on this bananas episode!Rate and review us wherever you get you podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this weeks episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 6 episode 2 of SVU - Debt!  This is a great episode with some awesome acting from the guest stars!  Aviv starts out trying to trip up Matt with the count in.  Aviv gets a new comfortable desk chair.  Matt slips into a Dennis Miller impression without realizing it.  Matt tells Aviv about his trip to Dallas for his soon to be brother in laws bachelor party.  Aviv recounts his weekend full of sushi, drinks, and reveals he might be secretly 90 years old or have a Thyroid problem.  All this and more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this weeks bonus episode hosts Matt and Aviv give their picks for the 2020 Oscars.  Neither is particularly enthused about the crop of the year's nominees nor movies in general, and they give their picks for who/what should have been nominated instead.Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this weeks episode hosts Matt and Aviv break into a new season of SVU.  The guys view and review season 6 episode 1 - Birthright!  Aviv stumbles out of the gate on the intro and calls Matt a diabetic big boy.  The guys discuss would the group Outkast have been better if all their songs were about being diabetic and/or SVU episodes.  The hosts discuss needing to get their backlog back up due to pending travel.  Aviv reveals he took a new job with Yoga Journal Magazine based in Denver, leaving the door open for a possible live recording episode.  All this and much more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com.

On this bonus episode hosts Aviv and Matt welcome guest Lily Rains, Law and Order Alumnae, on the process of acting.  The hosts also dive into the mailbag!  Happy Bonus!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

Sorry for the late post this week, folks!  Technical difficulties and poor planning abound! Please accept our apologies in the form of a super-sized episode with actor and Law and Order universe alum Lily Rains! We have a great time wrapping up season 5 of SVU and discussing the most popular SVU episode of all time.As always, stay in contact with our twitter @svupodcast, and for longer stuff email SpecialViewingUnit@gmail.com and check out Lily Rains at http://lilyrains.com/

On this weeks episode hosts Matt and Aviv kick things off with a variation on the normal theme song.  Aviv semi calls out the These are Their Stories Podcast (btw check them out!).  Aviv is welcomed back to the states officially on air, and the guys recount their hang out over Thanksgiving.  The guys also remind listeners to check out Aviv's guest spot on the These are Their Stories Podcast.  The guys dive into mailbag before starting the review.  All that and more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast and/or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com 

As we approach the end of 2019 and the end of Season 5, Aviv and Matt dig in to s5e23 Bound. This episode has some SHIT: A serial killer is targeting older women, and the detectives' leads point them toward the kid from Adventures in Babysitting and the woman from Starlight Express. Give us a rate and review and feel free to reach out on twitter @svupodcast or shoot us an email at specialviewingunit@gmail.com

Content warning on this episode, we talk a lot of about assisted suicide. On this installment, we discuss SVU Season 5, Episode 22 Painless. The central question of this episode of television is: Is assisted suicide a moral act. The show sets out to answer it, does it? Find out on the podcast. (Spoilers: No, it doesn't). In other news, Aviv is wrapped his film and back from Malaysia!

Need a few min to get away from your family this Thanksgiving?  In the spirit of the holidays the guys dive into the mailbag to respond to your emails and tweets.  And since its Thanksgiving, in the spirt of what Matt most likely is right now while cooking, Matt reads your emails drunk!  From Matt and Aviv we wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this week's episode Matt gets confused by a botched count in from Aviv.  The guys discuss how long its been since they recorded last and that's why there's more energy in both of their voices.  Matt goes to see Nate Bergatze, and Aviv yet again tempts fate by saying 'by the time you hear this I"ll be home' yet again.  Aviv shares more movie production stories as he ramps up to begin shooting the film.  Aviv also talks about the abundance of malls within a three mile radius of his apartment.  The guys revisit the idea of the Philadelphia mall actually being called the Franklin Mills mall.  The guys get into an existential conversation about malls and how they might actually be the nexus of the universe.  Matt gets concerned for Aviv's well being when he reveals he watched all 5 Pirates of the Caribbean movies.  Matt and Cassie watch all the Sharknado movies and decide the final movie was the best.  All this and more! Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, and send

On this weeks very special episode hosts Aviv and Matt are joined by friend of the show, and friend of Matt's from grad school, Ben!  The hosts muddle through trying to explain how Ben isn't sharing his last name for reasons, and also Matt and Ben contend with a dog barking in the background of this weeks episode (sorry guys!)  The guys get into how horribly problematic this weeks episode is, which oh boy is it ever.  All that and much more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, and send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 5 episode 19 of SVU - Sick!  Matt, as usual, starts the podcast out by sounding surprised that he's recording a podcast!  Aviv objects to being the Billy Tripley in the opening, Matt makes Eggs Benedict for the second time ever and struggles to poach eggs properly.  Aviv gives an update on the production of his film and hopes by the time the episode drops he will be in post production (fingers crossed).  Aviv raves about the Indian food in Malaysia, and shares a story about how people tend to not talk to women if men are around.  Aviv also gives a breakdown of the Netflix show 100% hotter.Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

On this week's episode hosts Matt and Aviv view and review season 5 episode 18 of SVU - Careless!  Matt comes out the gate strong with an existential crisis about the pointlessness of life, and the guys discuss how the world may or may not end by the time this episode posts (spoiler alert, if you're listening the world has not ended).  Aviv tells Matt about his trip to the beach where he cut his foot on a jagged rock and speculates that he will now actually turn into a bug.  The hosts dive into the mailbag before they get into the episode.  All that and much more!Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, tweet at us @svupodcast, or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com