S10.E09: Proof of Burden

[jewel21]

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After a shocking discovery, the team begins closing in on Sean O'Neal with every shred of evidence they can find. Determined to keep his son out of prison, Chief O'Neal hires a lawyer.

Airdate: 12/07/2022

[SunnyBeBe]

Oh man.  I don’t normally watch this show, but that was bizarre.  I missed the very beginning, so I don’t know why did Voight save that guy?  

[MsJamieDornan]

5 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

 I missed the very beginning, so I don’t know why did Voight save that guy?  

Because Upton was a bitch ?   I guess I will have to wait to see if someone tells us the real reason. I wasnt paying attention .

[Guildford]

apparently, according to the show runner, Voight saved him because he knew Upton would wig out again so he stepped in and saved Sean to make Upton feel better.... I shit you not.

[SunnyBeBe]

What?  Upton didn’t want the guy to live due to the women he had abducted.  He was a tortured maniac.  So, even though it was technically right to render aid to the guy, if they had waited a couple of minutes and didn’t do extreme means with CPR, he might have died before paramedics arrived.  Of course, maybe in retrospect she wouldn’t have felt comfortable.  I don’t watch that much.  But, Voight had to twist her arm to get her to assist.  And, I think she was applying very little pressure on that bleeding wound.  

[Snazzy Daisy]

I would consider this a solid fall finale and case closure if the whole team is involved in taking down Sean till the end, not just Hank & Hailey on hunting mode. By second half of the episode, we barely see the rest of the team.

Jefferson White is captivating in the scene where Sean is telling Hailey about his efforts to change, we can feel his pain. But TracyS is stuck in her one and only facial expression.

Her shippers can no longer deny that Hailey Upton is Hank Voight Jr.

[NJRadioGuy]

5 hours ago, SnazzyDaisy said:

Her shippers can no longer deny that Hailey Upton is Hank Voight Jr.

Felony Barbie at her finest. I think she's fully aware that she's already turned to the Dark Side and I believe she's very comfortable with that decision. Now all she needs to do is put some feminine touches on the torture cage in the basement. Meanwhile Voight has been defanged and has been growing a conscience. 

For as much as I rag on her normally, I think Tracy did a decent job with this storyline and in this episode. Her one expression worked perfectly with Sean in that one-on-one scene. I'll confess I didn't foresee Patty killing himself; I figured he'd whack his evil spawn son and turn himself in to Hank. I actually liked the father, to be honest. Guess we need yet another new Chief now. They don't seem to have longevity in the post.

[MsJamieDornan]

On 12/8/2022 at 8:17 PM, SnazzyDaisy said:

But TracyS is stuck in her one and only facial expression.

I'm so over her and her face.

[WinJet0819]

So let me get this straight. The Intelligence Unit of the CHICAGO Police Department in Chicago, Illinois arrested and held Sean because of what they suspected he did in Waunukee, Wisconsin? Last I checked, if a crime happens across state lines, it's in that state's jurisdiction, which would be Wisconsin in this case. And if he committed related crimes across both states, that's federal and falls under FBI jurisdiction. And I don't see anyone in Intelligence as part of FBI. So they had zero cause to hold him for any length of time.

Do the writers even give a damn about consistency and authenticity anymore? This stuff has become a joke.

And Hailey really wants to act surprised when the ADA says they have no case because it was an illegal entry and everything found is inadmissible? Seriously? She's been pushing the bounds of legality for a while now, but this takes the cake. And you would think, if you're going to bring serious charges against a police chief's son, you had damn well better do everything by the book. And then she compounds that by going to Sean to plead for his compassion to get him to spill the details, which again would not have been admissible in court.

I gotta say, watching these episodes after Jay left, the show has become even more cringe-worthy because now almost all the focus is solely given to Hailey.