Post by meggyd on Jul 7, 2007 22:26:17 GMT -5
This was a believable episode, and more creepy because of it. Just the whole aspect of Trevor and Maureen lying in wait for all those years for the chance to be together, driven by greed. Trevor living with his social worker wife because of the sports store but not really caring, and not hesitating to use her and compromise her when the opportunity arose. Effie was right when she identified the "parents" as childlike, they never grew up.
It would have been more effective, though, if Rachael had been a bit more mature or sympathetic. She came across as a real brat - even if they hadn't been planning to kill her, after a few months they might have wanted to! She seemed to get over her adopted parent's deaths far too quickly and with little depth. Her behaviour seemed spoilt and peevish, rather than reacting to any sense of real loss.
I do miss Carver, and the way he was not intimidated by Goren and Eames. He really made them work to get their cases airtight, and so in many ways indirectly led to important discoveries to do with the cases. He also formed the centre of the lot of the moral questioning prompted by the show - is he right, are the detectives right, does the legal system really support what is right? Of course, the answers changed depending on the situation being examined. Without that focus and that element, there seems to be something missing.
I thought Maureen's compulsive stealing was a very odd element to introduce at first, but it worked into the story well, and it's always good to see Goren actually laugh at something.
I also thought this episode showcased again what a good pairing Goren and Eames are, how they play off each other, adapt to different situations such as when Trevor and his wife believed they'd been called there because of the domestic disturbance and anticipate the others moves enough to run interference, like at Maureen's apartment where Eames obstructs Maureen at a crucial moment. It is an episode that seems better with each viewing.
It would have been more effective, though, if Rachael had been a bit more mature or sympathetic. She came across as a real brat - even if they hadn't been planning to kill her, after a few months they might have wanted to! She seemed to get over her adopted parent's deaths far too quickly and with little depth. Her behaviour seemed spoilt and peevish, rather than reacting to any sense of real loss.
I do miss Carver, and the way he was not intimidated by Goren and Eames. He really made them work to get their cases airtight, and so in many ways indirectly led to important discoveries to do with the cases. He also formed the centre of the lot of the moral questioning prompted by the show - is he right, are the detectives right, does the legal system really support what is right? Of course, the answers changed depending on the situation being examined. Without that focus and that element, there seems to be something missing.
I thought Maureen's compulsive stealing was a very odd element to introduce at first, but it worked into the story well, and it's always good to see Goren actually laugh at something.
I also thought this episode showcased again what a good pairing Goren and Eames are, how they play off each other, adapt to different situations such as when Trevor and his wife believed they'd been called there because of the domestic disturbance and anticipate the others moves enough to run interference, like at Maureen's apartment where Eames obstructs Maureen at a crucial moment. It is an episode that seems better with each viewing.