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(Also no lawyer here). We didn't see the arraignment of course, but presumably the doctor pleaded not guilty to the charges, and therefore had a right to a fair trial. Whether she confessed to a particular act in a police interview or on the witness stand amounts to evidence in the trial, not a verdict in the trial. After all, we've seen many, many times (and not just on L&O) how engaging in a behavior, choosing to act or not act in some way, committing to a particular decision, etc. does not necessarily equate with guilty or not guilty in a court of law. It appeared to this layperson that the defense attorney was basically shooting for jury nullification on the grounds that the doctor violated the letter of the law but it was an improper law and that the doctor had proper justification for violating it. Wrong. Bottom line - I can confess in a recorded live interview on national TV in the presence of police and a prosecuting attorney that I'm the guy who buried Jimmy Hoffa, but I can't be immediately punished for it if I don't accept a plea of guilty in front of a judge, and if I insist after the fact that I'm not guilty, the constitution entitles me to a trial, regardless of what the evidence is against me.

Correct. But it was in Rocky II. For the rematch with Creed, Mick has him switch focus from being a brawler to being a lighter, quicker, more agile fighter, thus the unpredictability of the hen makes for a good training tool. Whether such a strategy has ever actually been used by a boxer in real life is a separate question. Topic: Loved the episode. Lots of laughs. Maze's exposition on hell left me confused about something. She claimed that torture in hell was limited to the person's own source of guilt, which gives consistency to the previous scenes in hell that show the damned living their worst experience over and over in an endless loop, and to an earlier monologue by Lucifer where he talks of a soul who would dictate how he wished to be tortured each day. It also explains Maze's fascination with earth where she has freedom to explore every extreme, variation, and nuance of pleasure and pain at her own whim. What it doesn't explain is if the damned in hell are responsible for their own torture, then what is the purpose of a demon in the first place?

I agree, the clear inference by my watch was that Travis was mortally wounded in the neck during the firefight. It never occurred to me that he was revealing a previous bite wound. Based on the simultaneity of the helicopter coming under fire and Travis suddenly experiencing severe hemorrhage from the side of his neck, any other implication for the cause of the wound would have been a very strange storytelling choice (but with these storytellers, perhaps I should not place them above any level of mediocrity). I presumed with the helicopter severely damaged and Travis assuming that they were going down hard, he thought that removing his dead weight (pun intended) from the bird would give the others a better chance of landing safely; or he was afraid he might die and quickly turn thereby putting everyone else in the copter at risk - a heroic sacrifice either way. I'm not sure which of those concerns was the character's primary motivation to exit the vehicle. The hypothetical scenario that would settle that question is if the helicopter had not been damaged by the bullets and could continue on to its nearby destination, would Travis have been willing to hold on until they landed to see if his wounds could be tended, or would he have fallen anyway in order to avoid any potential of becoming a threat to Alicia and the others. That one we'll never know.

Maybe being instantaneously transported between alternate universes (twice!) can contribute to turning prematurely gray.

I loved the finale that brought a happy beginning to Kevin's and Nora's journey and relationship. Their first seven years were just a rocky courtship, followed by an extended hiatus. Now that they have each healed individually, they can begin to grow their love together for what will hopefully be a long stretch of middle and golden years. I thought the closing scene was quite beautiful with Nora's simple line, "I'm here," followed by her ever widening smile. Indeed, she was "here" actually 100% in the present moment perhaps for the first time since the departure, and I honestly can't recall another time the character ever smiled, other than occasional hysterical laughter, scoffing smirks, and derisive grins, but this time it was an honest expression of joy and serenity. Well played by C***. The only thing that irked me about the finale was Laurie's appearance. It's a small thing really, since this story was wholly about Kevin and Nora, and the only reason they wrote the Laurie scene in the first place is for the surprise (!) reveal that she actually survived. Now, I don't have a strong dislike for the character, no strong feelings either way actually, so whether the character lives or dies has little effect for me. However, I am annoyed by what appears to be a huge fake out based on Laurie's prior episode where the only anvil missing that Laurie killed herself is the one that she apparently failed to tie to her leg. Sure, it is 100% feasible that she simply went down for a dive and came back up again. . .except every part of the narrative in that episode implied that she was going to end her life, from Nora's introduction of the idea, to seeking closure with Kevin and revealing never before revealed secrets to him, giving away her precious possessions ("I don't need it anymore"), and having that final conversation with her children. Laurie enters the water, aaaaand credits. Perhaps she did intend to die and had a change of heart while submerged but it would be nice to have seen some acknowledgement and explanation of that. Without Laurie's final scene, we are left with the same ambiguity we are given for so many other questions and I would have preferred it was left that way, especially since so many hints were given during the prior episode that left fairly little ambiguity in my mind. Eh, I suppose Laurie's next to last appearance was very much a Soprano's ending, and the producers know how well that went over, so they decided to add a definitive conclusion to her story. But they could have just as easily confirmed the other outcome. Finally, if Laurie never intended to kill herself, that prior episode had one helluva lot of misdirection, and why for god's sake was it so important for Laurie to go out for a solo dive the day before the world ends?

Surprised I haven't seen anyone else comment on this, but was I the only one who noted Emma just before the sign off looking puzzled and concerned as she looked toward someone else off camera and seemed to mouth the words, "What happened?" or something to that effect. Purely my speculation of course, but when Tom made cryptic mention of the event in Manchester, England, just before the close of the show (I hadn't heard about it at that point, so I had no idea what he was talking about), it seemed that Emma at least also was ignorant and it is understandable why she might be especially worried to understand what had actually happened. I have no idea if she is from Manchester, but she certainly does like to remind us that she is English, and it would not be surprising if she at least had family or friends in the area. How unfortunate for her to find out about the tragedy in such a fashion. I guess the explosion occurred about 2 and 1/2 hours before the live broadcast of the show began on the east coast? It is understandable that the performers may have been so focused and busy on their upcoming performances that they might not have been aware of what happened.