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I was kinda surprised it was the boyfriend, and the vic's friend was definitely the turning point. Honestly, the kid was a fool for even agreeing to speak with the detectives. Like so many others, he sold himself up the river by opening his piehole. If he'd asserted his right to remain silent and to speak with a lawyer there'd have been a bit more room for a competent attorney to play the reasonable doubt card in court.

In the homicide trial I sat for we spent more time being sequestered in the jury box while the lawyers were arguing over what was admissible and what wasn't, but we never got to see any of it, and what we did see was as described. I ended up being an alternate in that trial and never deliberated, but the guy (rightfully) was convicted and got 60 years from the toughest, nastiest judge in the county. He treated us like gold, though.

As for this episode itself, IMHO it's backsliding into "IDGAF" territory once again. No interesting B plot, no lighthearted moments or anything to hold my interest. And for the record, if I'd been on that jury I probably would have voted to convict Lester. The whole two-firms schtick is also annoying and they should have never gone there.

I've been on three criminal juries. One pled out and two went to verdict. Nothing even close to that kind of thing ever happened when I was in the jury box. The prosecution lays out their evidence piece by piece, defense crosses, sometimes each side re-directs two or three times until the questions are answered. In my two cases that went all the way, the defense didn't even call witnesses of their own. If anything were to come out like that it would be without the jury present and likely in chambers. There certainly wasn't a lot of TV-style lawyering being practiced. Just the assistant state attorney layout out the facts and calling witnesses and defense attorneys' crosses. Always very formal, very structured. And in my cases, slam-dunks for the State. The prosecutors didn't look or sound like Hollywood actors. I think if anybody had pulled a stunt like that the judge would have cleared the court, ordered the jury sequestered and ripped the offending attorney a new butthole. Maybe that's done elsewhere, but where I live the formality of the proceedings is quite solemn. No theatrics, no showmanship. The only thing close to that would be defense attorneys dressing in extremely expensive suits and jewelry. Mind you, the courthouse in my county is in a city with an extremely violent reputation. No murdering TV producers or movie stars here. I'm just lucky I live in the very good part of my county.

I only partially agree. I won't shed a tear when a violent dirtbag assumes room temperature, especially if his/her crime includes harming a child, a peace officer, or a vulnerable member of society. More oxygen for the rest of us, etc. But even with that said, the burden that the shooter will have to bear will be with that person forever, even if their actions were as righteous as the day is long. I think it's one of the reasons I never went for my CCW.

Not as strong as last week's episode but at least we get more courtroom stuff, as silly as it was. I'm loving the investigator more every week, and of course Leah. No way a real defense attorney wouldn't have immediately called for a mistrial after that BS with the "reporter." And that should have been grounds for disbarment for the prosecutor.

One of the best episodes of network television I've seen in a very long time. Bravo to the entire cast and crew. I wouldn't have minded the entire story being told over two episodes because I think Will's interview should have been much longer. Maybe two full acts or even more, to deliver an even fuller emotional response, one on one, with the investigator. Hell, if they wanted to get creative, do it in one seamless take. Of course it had to be Angie at the door. She and Will are genuine soulmates, and always will be, even if they're not lovers or romantically paired. She completes him in their own broken way, moreso than Marion is currently, and likely ever will be. Sad Betty broke me too. While I agree that this is a very dark season, I think something like this was necessary for Will. The hallmark of any good bit of storytelling is to break the main characters down as hard as possible so their renewal is an even greater payoff for the audience. The rest of the season will naturally have to build him up stronger and more resilient. Will 2.0. or 3.0 or whatever. But he cannot be the same after that. And I get his revulsion at being handed another firearm at the end. That tool had probably saved umpteen lives during his career, but it took an innocent one as payment. I sometimes wrestle with that same kind of feeling after a range session. This...thing represents so many diverging possibilities, good and bad. How it fires so powerfully, with such ease, and a split second later a hole gets punched in a piece of paper 30 feet away. But what if one day it's not a piece of paper, and the wolf has come to the door instead? Seeing what happened in the back of the car is a powerful reminder for all who carry of the responsibility and consequences involved.

That whole thing was a train wreck. Clothes and a bit of weed my you-know-what. I'd bet a cup of coffee that that bag was chock-a-block full of something they shouldn't have been in possession of, but obviously we'll never know. Why they didn't pop the shooter's boyfriend is beyond me. Aiding and abetting at the very least since he lied from the outset. I can only guess they got a promise that if he testifies fully they won't charge him. Still sloppy in my opinion.

Hyder Simpson would strongly disagree with that sentiment. Twilight Zone, S03E19, Jan. 1962. The Hunt. The second best episode of that entire series after Night Of The Meek with Art Carney.

I just started in on the series in March of 2025. Wow, talk about dark! The prisons shown are both in Kingston (not KingstOwn), Ontario, and the city scenes are all in Hamilton, Ontario, about 40 miles west of Toronto. Hamilton of today is a very nice city for so much heavy industry but it does have its grittier side for sure. Kingston, ON is home to seven penitentiaries, including the infamous and now-closed Kingston Pen where the yard scenes are filmed. There are public tours of that facility now. I'm currently a few episodes beyond the pilot so all I'll say is I'm "enjoying" the series considerably. My observations (at least partway through Season 1) are more about the stylistic choices and casting than the story. No prettyboys/girls here and that's a great choice, and why UK and other foreign shows are always so much better to watch. We can physically relate to the actors as average-looking people, not all Hollywood types. Also a shout-out to the DoP and colorist. The color choices and lighting set the mood beautifully for what this show is. It's an extremely compelling show, at least for where I currently am in the story.

I didn't actually dislike this episode, although Harvey didn't add anything to it for me. The opposite, in fact. Gabriel Macht has aged, and here's he's playing what I assume is a pre-Suits (Original Recipe) Harvey. If he was playing present-day Harvey it would have worked better. Still don't care about Ted's backstory in New York. At least not at this stage of the story. Maybe 4 or 5 seasons in it would make sense, but honestly spending that much time on flashbacks this early is annoying as heck, as is the shift in color temperature of the flashbacks. Honestly they should have just went with "former prosecutor in NY with some history" and left it at that for now. The D&D stuff made Stuart interesting and brought in a bit of well-needed levity, as did the entire B Plot. I couldn't help by hear Jeremy Clarkson referring to a Gentleman's Sausage when discussing the carving into the rhododendrons. Lester's passion for his picture and his love of the cinema also made him interesting to me as a viewer to the point I'm invested in the case. Macallan 25 is about $2500 a bottle. And yes, it's that good. Although the 18YO for about $350 is about 80% as nice.

Call me a big softie but I liked it. It was sweet and not completely out of character. Plus I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Dear ghods, I'm just reading about that incident now. And that's precisely the scenario that the earlier posted described: report of entrapment, crew goes in without water, gets disoriented, and...yeah. I'll let the article speak for itself: "Figueroa and Patrick entered the library without a hoseline after a bystander reported that a woman with a walker was on the second floor. As fire conditions worsened, the incident commander ordered a defensive attack and attempted to contact the crew, but received no response, according to the NIOSH report. "A rapid intervention team (RIT) was deployed to locate the missing firefighters. A minute later, Figueroa called a mayday, reporting low air and difficulty finding the stairs. The RIT found him in a bathroom and removed him from the building, but he later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Multiple attempts to rescue Patrick were unsuccessful due to deteriorating conditions and structural collapse. His body was recovered by an urban search and rescue team the following day."

That was absolutely legit. It was the body of an R62A car. The R62A class was made by Bombardier (now Alstom) at their plant about 4 hours east of Montreal in La Pocatière, so I'm guessing one of their shells was sold or donated for film production at some point. This is now on location at the MELS studio in Montreal and was apparently used in SCREAM VI. Pictures in the Tweet linked below. Its exterior, including the red stripe and signage would have put it on the Broadway Local (#1 train), but the strip map visible in the establishing shot was for the Flushing Line (#7). The car number of the mockup is wrong as well: the R62As were built in 1983-84 and are numbered 1651-2475. In real life, the R62A class did run on the #7 line for years, and still does run on both the 1 and the 6. It's brother, the Kawasaki-built R62, runs on the #3 today.

The very reasons why Original Recipe Suits was (and remains) popular are the characters and the stories, neither of which are compelling here. I don't think average viewers give two wet farts about entertainment law, and that murder case is...meh at best. The interesting cases to me were always when Mike Ross found a way to get PSL to represent the little guy who's about to get hurt, and criminal clients about to get railroaded. The interplay between Mike, Harvey, Donna Paulsen and Louis Litt was stellar, and the fashion and mood was top-shelf. There's none of that here. Ted Black isn't fit to hold Harvey Specter's jockstrap, Erica Rollins is just nasty and unsympathetic, Stuart Lane desperately needs to get Litt Up, and Rick Dodson is...whatever. ZZZzzzzzzz. I don't care about any of them. Honestly, the only characters I like so far are Amanda Stevens, the pro-bono lawyer, and Leah Power, the associate assigned to Davis. I strongly doubt this show will be renewed unless it can pull its head out of its backside right, quick, fast, and in a hurry.