Post by Patcat on Nov 14, 2008 10:25:46 GMT -5
Airs 3pm(EST) Nov. 19 and 12am(EST) Nov. 20 on the USA Network.
Fourth episode of Season Two.
Written by Elizabeth M. Cosin and Rene Balcer
Directed by Gloria Muzio
Guest Actors: David Marshall Grant as Peter Bonham
Susan Floyd as Linda Bonham
Synopsis: Goren and Eames investigate when an Assistant DA appears to be the target of a hit man.
Quotes:
Goren: "You're really good at keeping secrets. Me, I just run off at the mouth."
Sarah Bonham: "Your office is yucky."
Goren (on Bonham to Carver): "I take it he's not one of your starters."
Prison librarian: "Everybody here wants to know about the Sixth Amendment."
Deakins: "The guy's a prosecutor. He knows losing a case is part of the game."
Eames: "There's losing and there's losing to your wife."
Goren: "And there's getting your balls handed to you on a platter."
Goren (on Peter Bonham): "This guy's a poster boy for passive-aggressive disorder."
Goren: "My partner loves rumor and innuendo."
Goren: "I'm improving Maritinez' statement."
Goren: "All these gizmos. People think they can get away with murder."
Goren: "Now she knows. She knows it was you."
Carver (realizing what's going on): "Oh...I see."
Peter Bonham: "My own daughter looks at me like I'm some kind of a joke."
Queries:
Is Peter a bad lawyer? If he is such a bad lawyer, how did he come up with this scheme?
What kind of a boss is Carver?
What does this episode tell us about Carver's relationship with Goren and Eames?
Why do Goren and Eames feel they have to deceive Carver?
Will Carver forgive the detectives for their deception?
Should Carver be angry with the detectives? Why does he appear to direct his anger towards Goren? (After all, Eames is in on the plan, and Deakins goes along with keeping Carver out of the loop very quickly.)
Does Eames always lead the detectives into a situation where there's no perceived danger? Does Goren always lead when there is danger?
Does Linda love Peter? Did Peter ever love Linda?
Would a judge have allowed a husband and wife to take opposite sides of a case?
Is Goren as bad with electronics as he sometimes seems to be?
Comments:
If you're a fan of the big, bad, manipulative Bobby Goren, this is an episode for you. Bobby is pushing buttons all over the place, from the hapless con that he convinces to take a nonexistent test for brake fluid residue to Peter Bonham (there's a deleted scene on the DVD that shows Bobby pushing Peter to twist the knife in Linda's side) to Ron Carver. There's also the fine scene with the prison lawyer where Bobby uses reason and logic to convince the convict to reveal his "client". (We also get to see Eames' disgust with someone she seems to believe is manipulating the system. She may be playing the bad cop to Goren's good, but I don't think it took much exaggeration for her to create her anger.) But, as my questions probably reveal, what I find fascinating about this episode is its depiction of the relationship between Ron Carver and Alex Eames and especially Bobby Goren.
Submitted for your consideration.
Patcat
Fourth episode of Season Two.
Written by Elizabeth M. Cosin and Rene Balcer
Directed by Gloria Muzio
Guest Actors: David Marshall Grant as Peter Bonham
Susan Floyd as Linda Bonham
Synopsis: Goren and Eames investigate when an Assistant DA appears to be the target of a hit man.
Quotes:
Goren: "You're really good at keeping secrets. Me, I just run off at the mouth."
Sarah Bonham: "Your office is yucky."
Goren (on Bonham to Carver): "I take it he's not one of your starters."
Prison librarian: "Everybody here wants to know about the Sixth Amendment."
Deakins: "The guy's a prosecutor. He knows losing a case is part of the game."
Eames: "There's losing and there's losing to your wife."
Goren: "And there's getting your balls handed to you on a platter."
Goren (on Peter Bonham): "This guy's a poster boy for passive-aggressive disorder."
Goren: "My partner loves rumor and innuendo."
Goren: "I'm improving Maritinez' statement."
Goren: "All these gizmos. People think they can get away with murder."
Goren: "Now she knows. She knows it was you."
Carver (realizing what's going on): "Oh...I see."
Peter Bonham: "My own daughter looks at me like I'm some kind of a joke."
Queries:
Is Peter a bad lawyer? If he is such a bad lawyer, how did he come up with this scheme?
What kind of a boss is Carver?
What does this episode tell us about Carver's relationship with Goren and Eames?
Why do Goren and Eames feel they have to deceive Carver?
Will Carver forgive the detectives for their deception?
Should Carver be angry with the detectives? Why does he appear to direct his anger towards Goren? (After all, Eames is in on the plan, and Deakins goes along with keeping Carver out of the loop very quickly.)
Does Eames always lead the detectives into a situation where there's no perceived danger? Does Goren always lead when there is danger?
Does Linda love Peter? Did Peter ever love Linda?
Would a judge have allowed a husband and wife to take opposite sides of a case?
Is Goren as bad with electronics as he sometimes seems to be?
Comments:
If you're a fan of the big, bad, manipulative Bobby Goren, this is an episode for you. Bobby is pushing buttons all over the place, from the hapless con that he convinces to take a nonexistent test for brake fluid residue to Peter Bonham (there's a deleted scene on the DVD that shows Bobby pushing Peter to twist the knife in Linda's side) to Ron Carver. There's also the fine scene with the prison lawyer where Bobby uses reason and logic to convince the convict to reveal his "client". (We also get to see Eames' disgust with someone she seems to believe is manipulating the system. She may be playing the bad cop to Goren's good, but I don't think it took much exaggeration for her to create her anger.) But, as my questions probably reveal, what I find fascinating about this episode is its depiction of the relationship between Ron Carver and Alex Eames and especially Bobby Goren.
Submitted for your consideration.
Patcat
