Thinking Makes It So
By Hank 74
Joe-10/10
Ed-10/10
VB-8/10
Jack-10/10
Borgia-10/10
Arthur-8/10
Support-9/10
Plot-4/10
Performance-7/10
Value-6/10
Total-82/100
Notes:
Well, I'm a
bit perplexed about this one. This had quite a bit of potential to being
one of the best, but it fizzled in the second half. There is no way this
comes close to the season 2 and all time classic "Confession."
To put this
in a nutshell, I was a bit confused by the lack of a plot structure from point
A to point B. Some questions I wanted answered include: How did the con
artist know the banker and vice versa? Why would the con kidnap the
banker's kid in the first place? Does Fontana have a history of this kind
of behavior? Was he reprimanded or at least investigated by IAB in this
matter?
I can go on
and on with the questions, but you seem to get the point. There was a lot
that could and should have been done about this matter to make it look like a
halfway decent ep from "Confession" or "Censure." But
there were too many empty holes to have them filled in. All we got were
anecdotes and soap box stories from all sides.
I think
Jack McCoy, while I like him a lot, appears to be hypocritical when it comes to
listening to other's opinions. Last week, he practically told Danielle
Mellnick to go to hell. Now he's ready to privately agree with everything
that Dworkin has to say. No person, even the great EADA, can have it both
ways. Either he tells Dworkin what to do with his morality or issue a heartfelt
and serious apology to Mellnick.
As for
Fontana, I can understand his motivation for doing what he did. For all
he knew, that girl could have been in a hole tied up instead of being in a
yacht. The gun thing was overboard, the toilet act was more
acceptable. Whatever you feel about this, I wished this could have been
played out more in the second half instead of just seeing him on the
stand. One last thing. Isn't there some kind of rule or police
regulation saying that the two partners need to be together while conducting an
official investigation. I know what Mikey did in "Confession"
was considered unofficial and damn near stupid. But why wasn't Ed there
to be there with Fontana. Two heads in this case could have been better and
lead to both getting the girl out of harm's way while sending the creep away
without the cloud of suspicion hanging over anyone's head.
So many
possibilities, yet so many lost opportunities. Disappointed doesn't begin
to express the feelings I have for this ep right now.