Attorney Client
By Hank74
Lennie-10/10
Ed-10/10
Van Buren-8/10
Jack-10/10
Serena-8/10
Nora-8/10
Supporting Cast-10/10
Plot-10/10
Performance-10/10
Value-9/10
Total Grade-93/100
Notes:
A terrific episode that makes someone remind you of the glory days. Rather
simplistic with a lot of characters and possibilities along with some new
twists, but still remaining on course with a great ending. If you saw it, you
got some sense this is not over and could re-appear in a follow up ep in the
likings of "Encore" or "Entrapment." I'm even thinking of
something right now for my ep suggestions. The actual one is worthy of being
taped.
It has become rather clear that in season 12, TPTB will take a guest star from
a previous season and make him/her the main guest star this year. This has
happened on numerous occasions this year. In this episode, the defense attorney
was played by Peter Friedman. You will recall he was Billy Goodwin in
"White Rabbit" who refused to testify and was sent by Judge Quinn for
contempt. Also, his defense attorney before she was fired was played by the
same actress who represented the gun manufacturer in "Gunshow."
Finally, Ron Orbach was there, only this time his hair was different and had
that professorial beard with him. Still he was great as Max Hellman.
What made this ep so interesting was there was some life in the
"Order" part. Of course, there was the typical trial and closing
arguments. However, I enjoyed the little quirks in with Jensen firing his
attorney for incompetence and then trying to call Jack to the stand for
something that we have seen both Ben and Jack do zillions of times to finally
get the defendant on trial. I also liked having the judge play some role than
just being a log on the bench and watching everything. Nice to see Judge
Scarletti back. He was terrific, especially with pro se defendants. I don't think
though we will see either Schriber or Wright this year. That's a shame because
they bring out so much for different reasons.
As I said, this case might not be over. There might be a follow up and there
are a lot of people to make this work. Doesn't this remind you of
"Coma"? Incorporating a defense attorney in this plot made things a
lot interesting, especially one who appeared to be clean, but you could tell
was dirty on the inside.
Some last technical points. Why don't they have some music from the early days
whenever there is a police chase?