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Post by djcifan on Aug 12, 2008 17:55:00 GMT -5
I have to say I thought this was a pretty good episode. I can't recall offhand a perpetrator who basically admits that he killed for the experience of it in the LOCI universe, (although I'm sure if there was someone will find it!). Regarding the oversized community reaction - I assumed that Kyle was simply 'branded' as a sex offender without any explanation of the details, and the neighborhood assumed the worst My parents live in an 'over 55' community in FL, and last year my mother told me that some of her neighbors had accessed a website that lists sex offenders and found that one was living with his parents in the community. I dont' recall anyone asking for the nature of the offense - he was simply 'expelled' from the community.
I also welcomed the return of Faith Yancy - I am always hoping these bit actors are finding work. I've seen her in some commercials locally, and I know she did a play recently at the Westport Playhouse in CT. I think Geneva Carr does a great job reimaging my least fav FOX interviewer (although since I can't stand 5 seconds of the real person I probably am biased).
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Post by outerbankschick on Aug 13, 2008 20:35:12 GMT -5
I thought this was a solid episode, too. The "thrill killing" aspect of it is shocking enough in and of itself, then add the overzealous cop that decided to be judge and jury to this poor young man, toss in a neighborhood full of judgemental people who never stopped to think about their own critical attitudes, and then, just for kicks, add the ex-girlfriend who seemed not to care what happened to this guy who she had once supposedly cared about enough to have sex with. Oh, and the bulldog of an ADA who sounded to me like she just wanted to make a name for herself around 100 Centre Street.
No wonder Logan is feeling disillusioned these days!
The "thrill killing" story has been done before, on TOS some years back. A couple of teenagers beat a guy to death just for the thrill of finding out what it would feel like to kill. People like that scare me. They have no respect for life. They don't care that they are taking away someone's son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife, mother, father. . . All they care about is their own "thrill".
This particular killer was pretty twisted. Trying to impress a girl by bragging about wanting to kill someone. And then doing it and not even liking it, but willing to confess to a bunch of other murders he didn't commit, just to impress said girl, among others.
That neighborhood cop gives the boys in blue a bad name. He's exactly the type of person who shouldn't be wearing a badge.
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Post by Techguy on Aug 13, 2008 21:21:06 GMT -5
I finally found time to view my tape of this episode. Despite a few problems with some of the story elements, this is overall an excellent episode, mostly due to its unexpected twists and turns and yes, my admiration of Chris Noth and Mike Logan in this episode immediately preceding his exit.
My main problems with the story have already been noted by others. For one thing, the reaction of the neighbors and the mother of the "rape" victim seem a bit exaggerated and over-the-top. It's one thing to be a pedophile and quite another to have sex with an underage girl, so the reactions of some of the characters seem a bit much. Then again, if I was the father of a young girl who had sex, consenual or not, with an "older" man I honestly don't know how I would react. The reaction of the mothers after the gruesome murder, however, is jarring and unsettling in their total lack of empathy for the victim.
Logan does seem to be growing more and more disillusioned about his job as a detective, and for his inability to prevent tragedies or affect the opinions of others about what constitutes justice. The triple tragedy of the Logan first half finale "Senseless"--still in my opinion the best overall episode of the season--still affects him in more ways than he realizes. His confrontation with the cold ADA in this episode, to carry over into his final episode "Last Rites," suggests that in growing and maturing, Logan has also taken on the curse of feeling more for the victims of injustice than the legal system does.
I also believe that meeting Wheeler's fiance really hit home how empty his life is and has been. Turned down for an after hours drink, Logan realizes that Wheeler has a life outside her job and is able to set aside the frustrations of her work. Logan has no such outlet. His social drink with the divorced Ross shows how few choices Logan has to let off steam in an acceptable fashion. His job has been everything to him, his lifeline. Now that the negatives outnumber the positives, Logan is ready to cut his tethers to NYPD and seek happiness and fulfullment elsewhere. At least I hope this is his fate, that there is a future for Mike Logan beyond Major Case. I hope CI eschews the cheap thrill of a "killed in the line of duty" ending, and instead gives him an appropriate sendoff with the hope of a future life on the horizon.
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