Obsession
By
Hank 74
Joe-9/10
Ed-9/10
Van Buren-8/10
Jack-10/10
Borgia-10/10
Arthur-8/10
Supporting Cast-8/10
Plot-7/10
Performance-8/10
Value-7/10
Total-84/100
Notes:
My apologies for getting this late. I was out of the
house last night, but did tape this obviously since you wanted to hear what I
had to say.
From now on, I am going to use the word "Borgia"
when grading the new second chair, Alexandra Borgia. That way some of you
don't confuse her with Cabot from SVU.
When l first heard this was going to be a story about a
conservative talk show host, I though this was going to be something against
Rush Limbaugh since that's what immediately comes to mind. The actor who
played Shea looked like a slimmer, younger version of Rush. He even
looked a bit like Dick Wolf. Then it should have been apparent, this was
more of the Bill O'Reilly story and his sexual harassment case.
Interesting to note that Rush has not on the radio the past three days. I
liked also the Michael Moore look-a-like as a suspect, though he looked more
like a homeless bum.
Had this been about Rush, there would have been many ways to
go at this. Environmental groups, women's groups, other liberal
organizations. I then thought, what about his trouble over Donovan McNabb
last year and a possible plot whereby a star quarterback, his teammate, or a
deranged fan goes after the Shea character. Would have been perfect and
lucky timing given the Super Bowl was just played with McNabb and the Eagles losing.
But this was definitely more of O'Reilly and from what I saw
this was another twisted twist with the lesbian encounter and a so called pact
to kill Shea since he was emotionally abusive to the wife. I would have
been more interested had his politics been included in the "Order"
part. Had I been the defense, I would have tried to include that and see
if the jury would nullify. Bringing in the son into this was
horrifying. He will need lots of therapy after this. That's the
person whom we should feel sorry the most.
Given this was a case eventually about a lesbian affair,
this would have been a perfect time to have Serena come in as Mrs. Shea's atty.
and start some fireworks between her and the DA's office. Lots of promise
not fulfilled.