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Actually, Canada does have double jeopardy laws - it's in Section 11 of the Charter. You can appeal a court decision (conviction or acquital) if you believe there was an error in judgment/application of law, but that is considered a continuation of the same trial. If an appeal is not granted, and new evidence later comes to light, you don't get a new trial. In the case of Joe Miller's trial, you could appeal on the grounds that excluding the confession was a legal error, and double jeopardy would only be an issue if the appeal is denied. I don't know about the UK, but I'd assume it's similar since the justice systems have similar roots. But yeah, it frustrated me to no end that they excluded the confession - such flimsy reasoning, and the prosecutor didn't even try to point that out. Nigel and Beth are both irritating me.

"You probably have enough tannins in your system to turn you into a suede handbag" - I laughed wayyy too long at this. Easily the best part of the episode!

I had a really hard time separating Jeri Ryan from Seven of Nine. It was just weird for the entire time she was onscreen, though I did like her character. I was only half-watching, so I didn't clue in to the diner thing, and I didn't think of Kate at all. When Gibbs and Diane were on the roof, I knew they were going to get shot at, but I still didn't think of Kate and I didn't actually think Diane would die. It wasn't until they showed Diane's face with the gunshot wound in the forehead and the pool of blood seeping out from behind her head that I realized it was mimicking Kate's murder, so I was suitably shocked at her death. I am definitely expecting a continuation of the next episode and I would love to see Gibbs actually tell Fornell. Gibbs said he was going to do it in person, so the phone call should just be them arranging to meet up or something. Glad Fornell will be in the next episode (sans hair!).

The three hackers annoyed me to death. I didn't see the ending coming - I only realized when they showed McGee buttoning the cuffs of his dress shirt. I couldn't believe they made a Christmas episode so sad. Probably because they had NCIS: NO afterwards and could give us a happy ending there :P

I had to re-watch it about five times, but I think it was something along the lines of "He wasn't yours to take care of" or "He wasn't yours to care for".

With respect to Carver letting his wife take the fall, I agree that he would have been humiliated to have it be publicized that his wife was having an affair with another detective under his nose. I also think that he meant what he said - he was in charge so he did feel responsible, and probably also felt responsible that he didn't realize his wife was having an affair. I think he also thought that his daughter would be much better off with her mother than with him.

Anyone else getting the sense that Tom is a sociopath?