By Hank74
Joe-10/10
Ed-9/10
Van Buren-8/10
Jack-10/10
Borgia-9/10
Arthur-8/10
Supporting Cast-10/10
Plot-9/10
Performance-9/10
Value-7/10
Total-89/100
Notes:
Not too bad compared to last week.
There were a few interesting moments here and there. Some new things were
tried out, but there were some common and familiar themes that have been
recently used. So using the chef's scale when cooking meat, I'd give this
a medium well.
Joe Fontana is getting to be too much for
me! He's that good. Mr. Wolf certainly struck gold with this one
after the long career of JO. Whenever I see him these days, I see the
combination of many of our favorite dets. from the past. The wisecracks
of Lennie (what was that little thing he had with Dr. Jean Rodgers?), the
toughness of Greevey, the looks of Rey, and the great sounding Italian of
Ceretta. I can only hope that Dennis Farina appreciates what he's gotten
into and that he will stay around for a long time. He's the great tonic
we needed after Briscoe's retirement and the sad passing of JO in real life.
As to the ep itself, I again loved the
way the first half maneuvered from one suspect to another, without going into
too much depth. The way Fontana was against those twins was terrific.
You wonder if Farina ever did this in real life. The way the arrest was
made of the chef was neat too, showing it on their TV screen. The Martha
Stewart quote was classic.
As for the "Order" side, it was
nice to see a new twist featured with the juror being grilled by Jack and the
defense for being on one side already. Interesting to see her called to
the stand. This is the first time it's been done, but I wonder if
anything will happen down the road when a current juror has to take the stand
for something. What is it with using the court officers as human
props? Good to know at least they are getting some air time this week and
a few weeks back with the height thing.
Considering the issue of nullification
was brought up, could a juror actually be charged with nullification if
proven? This was a hot topic in the classic S8 of that same name and even
Jack suggested then that it was legal.
Great to see a new trial judge this time,
and she took no bull from either side. It would be nice though to see
such greats as Rivera, Steinman, Schrieber, and our favorite William Wright
back at least one more time. Speaking of which, and this is something off
topic. Did you think the first judge in last week's ep was as bad as
Judge Wright?
Looks like we're heading into rerun land
for a few weeks. It would have been great though to had either Rocco or
Emeril make a guest appearance. Chow!