Season 11 Review
By Hank 74
Amends
Notes: To begin, this is the first
time there has never been either Adam or Nora to offer some advice to the
ADA's. The only time there was no Adam or Nora at all was the pilot back in
1988 "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" with Roy Thinnes as the DA. But I
should point out that season 1 ep was the sixth ep overall in that first year.
I have a theory this was the first ep taped in the summer, when the producers
didn't have a successor to Steven Hill in place. This is the seventh ep, BTW.
Therefore in grading this ep, I can't include Nora nor penalize L&O for her
absence. I must take my theory and give them leeway. But this is a very strange
situation. I will therefore proceed with the rest.
A good episode with lots of memories being put to the test. I can only say it
was great to see some familiar faces back, like Judge Rivera. Now we need the
rest to restore our faith in the judiciary and not have Judge Wright as the
lone spokesperson.
BTW, Brad Sullivan was in the famous "Mushrooms" ep in season 1 when
Ms. Merkerson played a single mother who lost her infant. He played the defense
attorney of the drug kingpin.
Ron Liebman was excellent again! He was my darkhorse to be Adam's successor.
More of him, please!
Clarification is needed here. For the "semis" categories, I include
judges who have been there before. This would include Judge Rivera. But in the
case of Mr. Liebman, he would be considered a "guest" since he is in
a different character from that of Paul Koppel in season 5.
Nice to see the police get more attention. I liked the intro into the inner
workings of the police hierarchy. Need more of that and I agree Dan Lauria was
great in last week's ep.
Seems we will see more of Abby doing the grunt work of going out and
interviewing the witnesses. She is getting to know what Paul, Claire, and Jaime
had to go through. But will we see more of Jack flying solo in the courtroom?
Here then are the Grades. The final Grade will be
based on the total out of 90.
Lennie-10/10
Ed-7/10
Van Buren-6/10
Jack-9/10
Abby-7/10
Guests-10/10
Semis-10/10
Plot-8/10
Performance-8/10
Final Grade-75/90 which comes out to 83% or a B-
Lots of eps to compare with. Ex. "Corruption," "In Memory
Of," the "Entitled" sequel.