Cheers & Jeers: SVU's Man in the Irons Mask

Cheers to Jeremy Irons for his sterling guest shot on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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The Oscar-winning British actor brought aching nuance to an uncommonly complicated role: a sex-addiction specialist conflicted over revealing the identity of the pervo perp who assaulted his daughter. Turned out the doctor was a recovering sex addict himself who believed he might've raped his girl during an alcoholic blackout when she was 16.Pretty seedy stuff, but Irons found the humanity in a character he could've played as a small-screen variation on his twisted roles in Reversal of Fortune and Dead Ringers. SVU has racked up a string of best guest-actress statuettes in recent years (Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, et. al.), but Irons could become the show's first male Emmy winner.Did Jeremy Irons shine on SVU?

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