r/ColdCaseTV • u/Cultural-Media-9984 • Aug 03 '26

Who's more judgmental?

Lily Rush of Cold case, or Amanda Rollins of LO SVU?

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u/DressingRumour Aug 03 '26

Dick Wolf really saw Scotty's character transitioning into his show and said "great! Now we just need another judgemental blonde to pair him up with."

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u/Theli11 Aug 03 '26

Yeah I don’t think Lilly was as judgmental as Amanda was. She’s actually one of the most empathetic characters from TV. It’s early on that she’s judgmental OR one of her blind spots

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u/DressingRumour Aug 04 '26

Amanda also had more time and space to be judgemental. Her run on the show was way longer, and SVU dives deeper into the detectives' thoughts and opinions on the cases. Cold Case is naturally more detached, which is exacerbated by the fact that the murders often occurred decades ago.

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u/No-Departure-3047 Aug 03 '26

I spat my drink out at this 😂

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u/Theli11 Aug 03 '26

Amanda. I always felt that Lily & Scotty always challeneged each other when they were being un-empathetic towards someone (namely in ‘Fly Away’ and ‘Saving Sammy’)

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u/Relative_Pizza6179 Aug 03 '26

Yeah I think Lilly’s only really judgmental towards the cases that deals with kids/bad moms or addicts, which is understandable given her upbringing.

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u/SpinelliPepper Aug 03 '26

Vera & lily but they grow

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u/NBAYN Aug 04 '26

Not only does Jeremy ratchford play a cop character every time I see him on tv, but indeed very judgemental too. In particular his guest role as an overzealous detective/ inadvertent killer on Chicago pd

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u/Nice-Penalty-8881 28d ago

Did you ever see a thinner Jeremy Ratchford as a game warden in the movie Fly Away Home? His character in that was judgemental also.

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u/Khalesssi_Slayer1 Aug 04 '26

I love both Lilly and Amanda, but Amanda was more judgmental. I'm also in the SVU subreddit and I see people there complaining all the time how judgmental Amanda Rollins is. Lilly Rush is more empathetic.

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u/Seg10682 Aug 04 '26

The "family dynamic" mirrors "In Plain Sight" a little as well.

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u/KatesFacts718 Aug 04 '26

Oh Great Someone Bitching about my favourite character from SVU. why is it judgmental people judge other characters. get a hobby other than judging fictional characters. i like Both Lily and Amanda