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Remember back in the day when someone walked in the door, any of the detectives would take it? Now Captain Benson purposefully strides through the office and takes the case. Plus the incessant nodding and whispering. I can't with that anymore.

Gabi assured the two men that it's a judgement free zone and Dhan proceeds to yell at them. The dads tell the M&A team that TJs happy place is a comic book store in Silver Spring. Then Gabi wonders why he'd go to Maryland. Sometimes I want to scream like it's "Rocky Horror". "They told you ten minutes ago his happy place is a comic book store in Maryland." You wouldn't buy a bus ticket from DC to Silver Spring. The DC Metro buses would go there. You could literally walk depending on where in DC you started. Doesn't Gabi ever lock her door? How the heck is Christian just waltzing in and leaving notes? This happens on a lot of prime time cop shows, but why is there always street cam footage of the whole city except where a random crime happened. Shouldn't there be a traffic can that shows Heather getting shot? If she's in her car, she wouldn't hear him talking. How would they know she was shot with Trent's gun? TJ sure hugged a lot for a neurodivergent kid.

I definitely called it when she complained about how bad the pensions were and sneered about how Trudy's might be better because she's a sergeant. I found the whole thing just flat. It was too formulaic for my tastes. Main character in peril is never nerve-wracking because you know they'll be saved. It had the requisite outtakes for romantic relationships. It had the often used "new and experimental medical procedure that works." It had Fire leadership lead the troops into battle. It also had some ridiculous necessary suspension of disbelief. The 11 year old kid just happens to have her robot with her and she knows a bit of Morse code. I challenge everyone to find one kid under 21 who even knows what Morse code is, and is proficient enough to know Duffy lied.

This was probably the worst episode of the series.. The Coast Guard is not going to call in a professor and a random FBI agent. It's obviously going to have its own investigators. It's never clear what Mr Mercer does that he's important enough to direct the investigation. Amazing how Vietnamese slaves speak English. Marisa could just instantly tell it was Fentanyl. How? Wouldn't Andrews have been under some sort of security guard, given the situation?

The worst part was him pointing a gun at the bomber who was standing in a large crowd. Nobody trained in gun use would do that.

Who else thought Benson was going to adopt Anthony?

I thought this had potential to be as good as any OG episode. It had a lot of OG feel with the idea that you still have to prosecute sympathetic defendents but justice can be tempered with mercy. There was a lot of need for backstory. It felt like a longer episode that was too aggressively edited. For instance, in every episode of the franchise for decades, the defense has been shown providing a notice of intent to seek an affirmative defense, here they just suddenly broke it out mid trial. Every time an undercover cop has revealed him or herself to the other detectives, they ask to be arrested to keep their cover. Vanessa just said to arrest her but for no real reason. From a racial perspective, if I didn't know Dick Wolfe was a liberal, I'd think this was written by a massive racist. Vanessa was entirely unsympathetic; she literally laughed off the idea that as a cop she should be solving crimes. She seemed to think that fixing a broken system just means gaming it for their benefit instead of white peoples. She assumed Shaw would side with her because he was black. She ultimately blames Shaw for her refusal to do her job and for her choice to purjure herself. She (and the defense attorney) also highlighted that the defendent was such a good dad and it wasn't fair to his kids to imprison him; it came off less about race and more about how he was a "good" minority. Some lazy writing: Shaw and Riley ask Vanessa her name after they've spoken to her commanding officer. How did they verify she was a cop and not learn her name? I think they also should have done more with his wife's attempts to stop the prosecution. This would show it's not really about race, but class. Both victim and murderer were black, so why not show how the wealthy and powerful get treated differently? It would have also been more interesting to show the daughter's relationship with Wes. Presumably, dad didn't think she was getting free rent and money from Wes because he was a good guy. I thought they should have made this a two part episode or crossover. It could have highlighted the intersection of race and social status. Plenty of black men with money and power have gotten away with crimes. OJ is the most notorious, but there's also Ray Lewis and Michael Vick. They could have shown more of her throwing her weight around with Baxter.

I think she's just a righteous crusader type. Her work is more about promoting her own sense of self than it's about helping others. She's wrapped up in her own belief that whatever she does is right and just. She has also surrounded herself with a like minded crew. Everyone on the M&A team has two things in common; they're all mentally unstable and they're all convinced that Gabi is a queen. She needs that total fealty; she won't function in a collaborative environment, or one where there's an interdependence.

DAE think the ending looked like a "Cold Case" throwback, with the slow motion criminal walking through the police station and soulful music?

He told her to not have the press conference. In all likelihood it's police policy to keep it as quiet as possible when he's in protective custody. ITA. They all act like spoiled teenagers demanding their freedom while getting an allowance and rides to the mall. Margaret is the worst; she attacks a bus station employee and then cries when she's told she can't go there anymore.

Is anyone else just kind of over Gabi's treatment of Trent? She expects everything from him as a police officer. She wants access to police resources and the unending ability to break the law. She thinks he's the bad guy for daring to want Zeke prosecuted for hacking. She hides things from him but expects him to tell her that Ian was in police custody. She barrels into the police at will and then nastily reminds him he can't walk in to M&A. She wants all access to his resources but he's the bad guy any time he enforces the law or follows procedure. She breaks up with him and sneers at him for hooking up with another woman. Also Lacey is just as bad. Calling Gabi a client when she's not a lawyer was ridiculous. She continually sees Trent as the bad guy unless she needs him for something.

DAE think Tiana was going to wind up being his daughter? Is he old enough? Roman disappeared 15 years ago.

Alec's hospital room was literally the worst set design ever. It looked like the setting of an 80's sitcom when someone has a dream. He had surgery but there's no nurses checking in or monitors or literally anything that looks like a hospital room. The shootout scene was ridiculous. Nobody trained in shooting would hit someone's shoulder, you aim for center of mass. The guy would have been dead.

The show is starting to remind me of a Danielle Steel novel. Everything is too impossibly upscale and flawless. The FBI offices, Rose's apartment and even the academic offices. Rose's "job" also is entirely ambiguous. She's a "fixer" who knows seemingly everyone on the planet. Why would a K-Pop company have hired Rose as a crisis manager rather than a Korean? How did Yoonie know where Rose lived, and did Rose not live in a security building? How could Yoonie just knock on her door? It was totally implausible that they could stage that party in the middle of a scheduled festival. It made zero sense for Alec and his assistants to be there "undercover" like they're detectives. Probably the most ridiculous scene was Alec confidently pointing out that it was obvious the security guard was texting a new hookup and *naturally* Rose is acquainted with the guard and his wife. How was he supposed to explain that? "Oh I let them in because they could tell I was texting a woman with whom I cheated on my wife."

For sure, but I can definitely see it being a season finale cliffhanger if Carisi is brought up on charges. Deonte definitely was guilty of multiple crimes, but he shot Boyd after asking Carisi if it would be considered self defense. Carisi said it would and Deonte subsequently shot Boyd. He can make the argument that he shot Boyd only because a prosecutor told him to. Deonte also asked Carisi about the accessory charges and he might argue that potentially saving the other lives should be a consideration.