William Lewis is arguably one of the best, yet worst villains in TV history.
He is just downright disturbing.
It takes him from scary to scariest very quickly.
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How William Lewis Terrorizes Olivia Benson
As a veteran SVU detective, Olivia Benson isnt easily ruffled.
Until she makes the acquaintance of William Lewis.
But it doesnt even end there.
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Yet, he manages to escape prison just months into his sentence.
He also knows precisely what makes Olivia tick so that he can use it to terrorize her.
Even Olivia cant shake the trauma he causes.
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William Lewis Story Creates Anxiety
Lewis is a hopeless psychopathwho just wouldnt die.
He starts his crimes early and often.
His crimes are brutal and happen in short bursts, without warning or modus operandi.
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Even the TV-appropriate carnage is mind-boggling.
People turn him in.
He survives beatings and seizures.
He goes to trial.
But the charges dont stick for long.
How he was able to play the justice system and win so easily for so long is also unsettling.
If Captain Olivia Benson and the gang cant take him down, what could happen in our communities?
He would be in prison, and he would escape.
Lives are put in danger everywhere he goes.
No one is immune.
Even the police, who are supposed to be near-invincible on TV, are reduced to his victims.
It is hard to ignore a menace to society and that is what Lewis is.
Schreiber has a knack for playing villains.
He also plays George Pornstache Mendez, an unscrupulous corrections officer, inOrange Is the New Black.
Yet, his take on the demented Lewis is so on-point that it is off-putting.
Schreibers mechanical, detached facial expressions lend an almostuncanny valleylayer of creepiness to Lewiss otherwise unsettling demeanor.
The actor is playing an actor, most perfectly.
TheSVUfandom really gets into living their reality as if its true.
it’s possible for you to’t blame them, though.
He just played the part so well.
Even years after his episodes originally aired, audiences cant shake how disturbed they feel as they watch him.
Many still feel relief that he is gone.
