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S02.E14: Justice Served (Updates on the Cases)


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I'm watching this ep on VOD and it is surprisingly enjoyable.  I was leery about it because John Walsh, although genuinely doing a lot of good in the world, has, to me, become a little bit in love with his own image.  Some of his appearances and special shows have seemed to be more about him than the issues or topics he is supposed to be presenting.  Having said that, wow this ep of CJ was really interesting and he was a good moderator for the discussion of what had to be terribly emotionally overwhelming events and actions.  I was reminded that he handles the victims' families with so much empathy because he's been through the black hole of violent loss himself. 

 

I thought this ep also did a great job of quickly summarizing cases and highlighting things that were pivotal to breaking the case open.  And, they give the local authorities credit for legwork and good, solid casefiles from crime scenes, etc., which is good.

 

It was neat to hear about some of these monsters finally facing their actions.  It is disheartening that seeing them all in a row, as it were, showed how many of them committed heinous acts in the name of expediency.  Some are for gain, but so many of them are because the person was just going to cause them trouble in some way.  The recognition of how many people are able to do things like this for no "overhwhelming" (to use a completely inadequate word) reason, according to their own lights, is a little saddening.

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I absolutely loved this special. The women were as awesome as ever, and I was really pleasantly surprised at how good John Walsh was. One of my favorite moments when was when the ever-warm Kelly said something about what victims' families go through, and she reached over and gave Walsh an empathetic touch on the arm. And speaking of empathetic . . . I had to go get a box of tissues because every time JohnnyBonds got teary-eyed, I'd start up, too. Great show!

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