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L&O 17.3:

Because I'm lazy, here's the official episode synopsis: http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order/episode_guide/374.shtml.  And will someone friggin' tell me how to write that out so it's not just a copy and paste of code?

I've felt this season's been better than the last few.  Of course it's the writing, but maybe my disgruntlement's eased by the absence of the robotic Elizabeth Rohm.  Whatever the reason, the eps have been more up to par, and last night's felt more like The Mothership of old, more like seasons 3 through around when Carey Lowell left.  More tension, more Jack of Old.

This one was partially ripped from a headline a few years ago, very reminiscent of the Jon Benet Ramsey case: a beautiful child model is raped and murdered, and her father is the initial, highly publicized suspect.  Ten years later, there's a deathbed confession that doesn't implicate the father, and Fontana feels the need to reopen the case.

Of course it had to be Fontana who heard the confession and knew the girl's name, but whatever.  I'll overlook that coincidence.

Other than what I've mentioned above, I don't know what set this one apart from the last few seasons; it just all played out better, the characterizations were better, so on blah blah blah.  I just plain liked it.  The father was played by a man that I recognized from many movies but can't remember his name (an unfortunate for many character actors), and he did a wonderful job.  Although I have my own notions about some highly publicized cases, I can't imagine being accused of murdering my child when I did not.  I'm sure it's pure hell.  That he'd held onto his anger for over a decade was real and palpable, and the ending of the ep was perfect; no sappiness, no tidy, neat ends.  That was real as well.  Many cops have no idea the power they wield in ruining people's lives, and expect to be forgiven because they were only doing their jobs.  That Fontana was not granted forgiveness was perfect, and just.

The only downside to the ep was the jury's verdict.  If they didn't show the verdict in the interest of time, well, that sucked.  They should have taken out the ridiculous squabbling between McCoy and Fontana (whose tough guy routine I despised-- leave Jack alone!) and put in a reaction to the verdict other thanb Green getting a phone call.

All in all, a good, solid episode.  I can only hope the rest of the season's just as good.

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I didn't watch Lost.  I'm much more enjoying Martha Stewart's version of The Apprentice.  Plus, Mr. Calm passed out on the couch and I didn't have to wrestle the remote away from him. ;D

Posted by: athenawj at 04:19 | link | comments (3)
it s all drama

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#1  06 October 2005 - 05:56

 

I can help you with your links!

First, type out what you want it to say - Like "Law and Order", or whatever. Then highlight "Law and Order", and click on the Link button, paste in your url, hit enter, and Viola - the words "Law and Order" will hold your link for you.

Does that make sense?

AmericanGirl

#2  06 October 2005 - 06:58

 

First things first - GASP! You didn't watch "Lost"! Last week's was slow, but this week's was packed with information, and new questions as well. I'd say it was the best episode of the season so far. Now I can't discuss it with you. :(

For links, the way I've been doing it is using old fashioned HTML. When I want to put in a link, I click on the "source" button, type out the link as I would on a webpage, then hit "source" again to resume to normal editing mode. But I will give the other way a try, too. (Thanks AG!)

I, on the other hand, was doing my reading again for L&O. The episode was pretty good, but I didn't pay attention to a lot of the details of how they eventually got to Johnny from the deathbed confession. All I could remember was Fontana's attitude with Jack, which ticked me off! Fontana's slickness (and possibly sketchiness) is grating on me.

Oh, yeah, then there was Arthur Branch, who gets more and more political/politician by the minute. That's not the type of DA I'd want.

merserene

#3  18 October 2005 - 22:26

 

nice, cozy place you got here :).. - guile

Mo'nonymous

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