Talk:Olivia Benson

message: Benson has thus far shared a scene with a district attorney twice:
Arthur Branch in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes "Shaken" and "Goliath".
Could someone explain the significance of this, or why it should be included? Captain Jackson 05:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What is the point of saying that she meet with the District Attorney? In a show about "law and order" it shouldn't be significant enough to mention, meaning that it should just go without saying. Captain Jackson 04:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, Actually, Not all officiers share scenes with a DA or even an ADA. Plus, It's a point of interest because of the theme, Not in spite of it.
Personally, I find it valid and useful enough as information. It's kind trivial, but then so is the whole page.
And hey, At least it's not a stub. Ace Class Shadow 04:32, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Scenes with the DA are highly notable, as they are incredibly rare, as are scenes of the DA with the police captain/sergeant.  Scenes involving the ADAs and whom they encounter are not included, yet the DA is the chief prosecutor of Manahattan, in this case.  The ADAs and police officers often interact with each other.  Likewise, as ADAs work for the DA, they are often seen with him or her.  It is rare, though, that the DA is in the same room as a police officer or detective.  You can typically only find one or two examples of such, and it is quite noteworthy. Michael 03:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Scenes with a district attorney

message: Over and over a bit regarding Benson's sexuality has been added and deleted. The episodes alluded to do in fact have a bit of subtext about them, so it doesn't seem like people are trying to slander the show or character, or are just around for controversy. I'm starting to wonder if the paragraph's continual deletion is less about faulty information, and more about homophobia, or something else unsavory. 
The paragraph, as it appeared the first time I saw it: 
To many viewers, Olivia's sexuality is questionable, or at least has been in previous seasons. Some claim there was is subtext to support a romantic relationship between ADA Alexandra Cabot, which may have been deliberately written into the show in order to play on the viewers' suspicions (th. Two of the most heavily subtexted episodes are 5.4, "Loss" and 6.16, "Ghost"). However, with the airing of Season 7, which has been filled with many allusions to dating men and having children (episode 7.3, "911", and 7.8, "Starved"), Detective Benson's orientation is becoming less enigmatic.
- Jes
Why was that information about the controversy over Benson's sexuality deleted? Even Dick Wolf, the executive producer, has admitting to toying with the viewers by using subtext.
Sweetsasami 08:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To include the info. on the character's sexuality, find a source that says it is regarded as ambiguous.  The controversy above may stand as a necessity in doing such. Michael 03:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexuality 

message: One of the trivia bylines stated that Olivia spoke English, "as well as some Spanish and French."  I was wondering if whomever wrote that meant to say Italian or Hungarian, the latter being Hargitay's own language. Messy Thinking
:Perhaps they were just trying to be thorough. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 01:48, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benson speaks English?  No kidding. 

message: I came to leave a note about this and see it's already a been addressed at #Sexuality above.  Anyway, I took out some stuff about fan speculation about a relationship between her and Stabler, since it's not cited or anything.  But I took out this whole paragraph:
To many viewers, Olivia's sexuality is questionable, or at least has been in previous seasons. Some claim there was is subtext to support a romantic relationship between ADA Alexandra Cabot, which may have been deliberately written into the show in order to play on the viewers' suspicions. Two of the most heavily subtexted episodes are 5.4, "Loss" and 6.16, "Ghost". However, with the airing of Season 7, which has been filled with many allusions to dating men and having children (episode 7.3, "911", and 7.8, "Starved"), Detective Benson's orientation is becoming less enigmatic.
The paragraph has two sources, but look at them: the first is a website devoted to promoting ideas of lesbian subtext, and the first is a posting from livejournal... doesn't seem real reliable.  So, there you have it, any feedback?  ScottchS 05:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After the old stuff was removed, I rewrote in my own words (I didn't read what was there before, so I don't know what it said), and included the source which, as you said, is certainly notable. Whoever removed it before was right in doing so (well, maybe they could have tried to source it, but anyway), but I can't see anyone having a problem with the information as currently written. Cheers, faithless (speak) 09:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info about sexua... oh wait, this is old news 

message: Can someone who knows what they're doing get a better screen capture for the infobox? The current picture is atrocious, and doesn't represent the subject very well. faithless (speak) 09:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Either the show is wrong or the person who made this page is wrong.  I attend Siena college currently, and there are absolutely no sororities or fraternities on campus.  I would like to know at what point in the show she admits to attending a sorority. 208.125.84.65 (talk) 01:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational Background 

message: Patrick Griffin (Anthony Edwards) was introduced in tonight's episode as her mentor/first partner right out of the academy.Not sure how this fits with her previously established history with Karen Smythe.--L.E./12.144.5.2 (talk) 03:54, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: New "first partner"

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message: claim was reverted but that was a season ago, and not supported by sources, who already in 2019 supported the claim CapnZapp (talk) 21:55, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  longest running prime-time live-action character 

message: Parts
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Reparations  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goojrr (talk • contribs) 04:28, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Absences 

message: On her office wall as a Captain, is a Medal of Honor certificate. It is not mentioned in her wkiipedia inclusions. 174.253.192.248 (talk) 05:11, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added decoration for valor: Medal of Honor