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  1. My goodness, Hinton Battle, who was the dancing demon in S6 "Once More With Feeling", passed away on January 30. He was only 67. https://www.playbill.com/person/hinton-battle-vault-0000100485 He was a delight to watch and to hear, with his dancing and wonderful rich voice. So clearly the Broadway performer.
  2. When the video evidence turned up so late in the episode my first thought was "the show is almost over, how are the attorneys going to deal with this?" As it turned out, they didn't show the defense making any effort to disqualify or discredit the evidence. There just isn't enough time on this show anymore. The Order side of the episode gets weaker writing than the investigative Law side but it also gets shortchanged on time. I guess we just have to assume the defense tried to challenge the video.
  3. Yes, this episode echoed the real life Jeffrey Epstein/Ghislaine Maxwell case, even if it was about a cult rather than about serial sexual exploitation. Even down to the death in prison. Viewed in this light Maroun was right, Jocelyn did not deserve leniency based on her own status as a victim. The two witnesses changing their stance from one of being in the thrall of their cult leader to one of cooperating with the prosecution had a contrived feel to it. As for the discovery of who the cult leader was mid-trial I think it brings to the fore a problem with the show's structure. The wheels of justice don't move that fast, particularly in a populous jurisdiction like in New York City. I would think that in real life there would be much more time for the DA's office to properly investigate what was going on with the cult.
  4. I couldn't see how Price /Maroun could have possibly gotten a conviction in this case, given all the stumbles and Price's compromised position. Speaking of which wouldn't there be grounds for appealing the verdict? As this episode struggled towards its conclusion I started wondering whether the biased judge would overrule a guilty verdict handed down by the jury.
  5. When I watch Season 1 now I wonder if, in the original concept for the show, Xander was meant to have the primary role in backing up Buffy. It's Xander who resuscitates Buffy in Prophecy Girl. I wonder if, as the show progressed, the writers/producers realized just how much they could do with Alyson Hannigan as Willow and her role in the group and the show unfolded accordingly. Her direction is certainly set by the end of Season 2 (think Becoming Pt.2).
  6. I also don't see how the knife should be excluded. What Shaw and Cosgrove did might have been stretching their jobs a bit, but it seemed to me that they still stayed within the boundaries. Does the judge give motorists the automatic right to bend the traffic laws of NYC? It feels as if Maroun has been de-emphasized somewhat recently, with Exec ADA Price taking the more active role. Who knows, from the preview it looks like she'll have a big part in the next episode.
  7. I agree with all the above posts pointing out that the prosecution's case was thin. The courtroom drama shown was about nothing BUT Reilly and his actions /inactions. No doubt we were supposed to believe that more was presented by the prosecution than we were saw, but it doesn't seem that there was all that much to present in the first place. Regarding Reilly's freezing up in the emergency, Price did try to treat him sympathetically and nobody can know how they'd react in a similar situation. Still, given his long experience, it could have been pointed out that he could have gotten on his radio and issued a report about someone fleeing the scene, whether he got out of the car immediately or not. The guy might have gotten away but a report with description recorded at the scene /at the moment at would have had more credibility than later testimony based on later recollection. It might have also helped deflect the blame heaped on the officer for his inaction. Honestly, these end of episode "twists" are getting tiresome.
  8. Regarding the judge, I thought it was a reach for him to declare that the church was illegitimate and that the confidentially rules didn't apply. There are crooked church leaders for sure, but I wonder if that ruling would be grounds for appeal. It seems a very significant matter for a trial judge to decide.
  9. To me this seems to be a trend of this reboot. The crime investigation parts of the episodes seem better written and more engaging than the legal proceedings. Of course there is less total episode time than there used to be. I liked Dylan Baker in his recurring role as Colin Sweeney on The Good Wife.
  10. I suppose that seeing Amy in S3 "Gingerbread" (which is when she turns herself into a rat) one could see her being far enough into the magic to be getting "fixes" from Rack.
  11. More bad talk about the set of BtVS, this coming from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself: https://www.thewrap.com/sarah-michelle-gellar-extremely-toxic-male-set-buffy/ This after Charisma Carpenter's revelations. Coming from a show that supposedly broke ground for women in the world of show business, this is very disappointing.
  12. This brings up the question of when a season finale actually lives up the buildup that preceded it. No, technically "Primeval" wasn't the season finale but it was the culmination of the main season arc, with "Restless" being more of a coda. Season 3 had a great buildup to the ascension then capped it off with the silliest looking giant snake. Sure they went for broke in "Graduation Day Pt. 2" with Angel, Faith, Percy, Harmony, heck the whole high school getting in on the action but I thought it fell short of all the anticipation. In that respect, "Primeval" was less of a disappointment since the season arc never cohered all that well.
  13. I gasped during the hostage situation when Shaw was trying to talk Booker into surrendering and he told him to "believe in the system". That was the last thing that Booker was going to believe in at that moment. The message of this plot was certainly clear, that black people and especially black men don't get fair treatment in the criminal justice system. The episode was compelling to watch, but there were certainly plot problems, such as in Shaw's past actions and in the way the video miraculously turned up so late in the process.
  14. I wonder if the reference to "Sabrina" makes any sense to a viewer seeing this episode/show for the first time more than a quarter century after it first aired. Maybe not. Yes, Cordelia seems unusually nasty to Amy in their confrontation scene. Far past her usual putdown routine.
  15. I can't see a deal being made without a Federal attorney being attached to the prosecution as co-counsel, as a bare minimum requirement. The judge's rulings early on about revealing the confidential informant's identity and tossing the gun evidence made me wonder if this was going to be a case of a biased judge (think Kyle Rittenhouse). I guess it didn't quite turn out that way but why did the defense decide to go with a mental illness/defect plea at the point that they did? If it was going to be so improbable to win a straight out not guilty verdict why go through all the motions?
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