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In other legal show it was explained that the other side had the right to cross-examine the witness. Otherwise, witness could have testified complete falsehood without the opponent able to rebut or to impeach. If the witness died before being cross-examined, the opponent would have been put in an unfair situation.

Legal explanation is requested here. How did the DA drop the charge on La Cosse? Because of Bishop's testimony? But the prosecution did not have the chance to cross-examine him. His testimony could not have been admissible. Besides, as Haller demonstrated in the earlier episode, Bishop action was extremely prejudicial for the jury. Should that not have been a ground for mistrial?

OMFG, this episode is so, so stupid. A former MI6 agent uncovered the secrets in a book just because he needed self-actualization? No, just no. First, it would be illegal. Second, those in national security take their secrets to the death. There is the reason why the majority of the stars on the Memorial Wall in the CIA headquarters do not have names. In this episode, everything after that point was just noise.

Speaking of time travel, I speculate that Cameron disappeared due to all the shenanigans our heroes do in the past. However, this show never discusses what happens to the future when the past is altered. E.g., all the modern medicine Claire introduces in the past, way before its natural occurrence. So I guess Cameron just escaped the old-fashioned way. Hey, Rachel slipped a 'you' when being dressed to her wedding. And does Quaker wedding go that way? Without any officiant, just the bride and groom taking the vows?

IANAL, but I sat in a jury once. This whole episode is weird for me from a legal PoV. Yes, I understand that it is a drama-comedy, but this episode requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. I do not know about New York, but in my jurisdiction a practicing lawyer is one of the occupations ineligible to sit in the jury. Perhaps to prevent a scenario exactly like this? What kind of courtroom allows the usage of cellphone during proceeding? Not only that, the cellphone was not even on silence. What is the story of the incompetent lawyer? It feels like TPTB wants to drop the bridge on the accused. Framed for murder, get the actual murderer as a judge, and get an incompetent defense attorney. On that note, how did the judge get this case? On the plot, how did the murdering judge know that the defendant would come to the victim's apartment, make love, and take shower? There was a lot of happenstances that would not happen if one part did not work out.

Yeah, I call BS on the last scene. Unless it has been thoroughly modified, there is no way the tow truck can not only outrun the Navigator, but also outrun it with slow-speed start that ends with enough velocity to flip it.

Okay, so now MI6 got their hands on the carry-on bag that made up the custom-made sniper rifle. However, even with their explanation, it did not answer the question from episode 1. How did the Jackal smuggled the bullets? The bullets the Jackal used looked like 12.7 mm rounds, which is quite substantial in size. Along with the shape of the bullets themselves, there would be no way that the bullets passed any decent x-ray machine.

Except that Larry was too goofily incompetent to execute that plan.

I hope that Roger's father does not have sex with anyone in 1740 and have any offspring off that. Because, he could then be the ancestor of himself, considering his family stays in that area until 20th century.

There were TEN children between Jon and Jordan? WTF? Who has that many children in these days and age? My only regret is that Krypto did not fly. He was just a regular golden retriever.

Going against the grain here, but I think that is a silly episode, with plenty of plot holes. Can late-generation cellphones be opened with just 4-digit PIN? Mine asks me for complicated password, with upper case, lower case, number, and special character. Otherwise it asks for biometric. Captain Benson, the head of Manhattan SVU, suddenly is also the Scene Commander for a tactical situation? After 26 seasons, yeah. What can she not do? I also find it funny that Rollins try to butt into the situation because hey, it's her husband. The Scene Commander should have stood her down the moment she arrived. And of course, Rollins is the one consoling the rape victim. The character Boyd is completely over the top with his reckless disregard. And of course, since this is SVU, they need to add rape to the mix. Because, why not? On a lighter note, was anybody else also afraid that Boyd would turn into a wolf anytime?

Hey, Agent Pullman, the supposedly rifle expert of the MI6 had her facts wrong. She stated that the world record of sniper kill was 3 540m and it was recorded in Ukraine. The world record is indeed recorded in Ukraine by a member of Security Service of Ukraine. The distance however, is 3 800m. The 3 540m distance is the second longest sniper kill. It is recorded by a member of Canadian JTF-2 in Iraq.

That is why fine dining restaurants these day require non-refundable deposits when making reservation. But seriously, which high-end restaurant today still doing pen and paper reservations?

What high-end restaurant today does not use on-line reservation system and still relies on pen and paper? Particularly if such restaurant always at capacity nightly. That is not duck confit cassoulet! Where are the beans? It is not a high-end dish, though. I know, it is my favorite dish and I can get it easily in the local grocery stores. It is not a dish one wants to showcase fine dining. For Elsbeth, all it is needed from the duck is the legs and thighs. No need to buy two whole ducks.

Genuine question, do they call convenience store 'bodega' in Los Angeles?