Oxymoron
By Hank74
Lennie-10/10
Ed-9/10
Van Buren-9/10
Jack-10/10
Serena-8/10
Nora-10/10
Supporting Cast-8/10
Plot-7/10
Performance-7/10
Value-7/10
Total Grade-85/100
Notes:
This is another episode from this season which gets its title from a drug that
was mentioned quite often in the plot and the reason why the victim died. Guess
there will be future episodes about Zoloft, Paxil, etc.
Again there was a familiar face from a previous season who had a main guest
role. In this case, the father Nicky Avakian, was played by Tom Madirosian. He
is best known as the person accused of killing the jewelry dealer in "The
Fertile Fields" from season 2 and also as the attorney for the girl in
"Fools for Love."
As for this ep, I wasn't that impressed overall by it. It seemed interesting at
points, but throughout I got the sense there was no passion, nothing exciting.
Perhaps its because we have seen the mob before and know by now how they will
act when caught in a bind. "Oxymoron" didn't impress me on this count
as compared to other classics from the past like "Torrents of Greed"
"Faccia a Faccia" and "Refuge" to say the least.
Many of you were asking if Abby would be coming back since this had the US
attorney's office involved. It's always interesting when the feds play a role,
but I don't think it was at the same level as "Ambitious" for
example. To me, this would have been a perfect opportunity for Abby to come in
her job. I say it because we know how she feels about the mob and its members
getting off easily from what happened in "Refuge". I also feel she
would have brought more personality to the US attorney role than that Janet
person who was used. Besides, last year "School Daze" was shown at
about this time of the year and having Jaime included made that ep much more
better. I liked how Nora got more involved and wanted to protect her turf, and
Jack was his usual self in not giving much of an inch. Yet again, there were
gaps in between that just didn't make it interesting or even believable. More
should have been done to fill in the gapping holes in the plot and the
performance by everyone was average to say the least.
From what I sense, next week's season finale has the qualities of keeping up
the tradition of being memorable. Can't wait to see the most direct ep to this
point on the issue of terrorism and 9/11.
What do you think? Email me!