Monday, September 7th, 2009
12:00 Law And Order
01:00 Wings
Law And Order. Season 9, Episode 13. "Crimebusters" Vigilantes help out.
I like the episodes where the heroes lose. Not because I want them to lose (God, no, I really root for the heroes on L&O) but because it helps the whole show and - I feel - underscores all the other episodes with added tension: "are they going to lose this case?"
Often when they lose the story is told so that we - at home - know who the killer is and are left with a suitable bitter taste in our mouth as we watch them screw the system and walk away.
This time, however, the show ends with two suspects and nobody (the heroes, or the audience) has a clue as to which one of them could have carried out the deed.)
A great ending to a great episode.
Wings. Season 2, Episode 20. "Mother Wore Stripes"
More drama than comedy, as Brian and Joe's mother comes back 18 years after she ran out on them. There's nothing much in the script that even attempts to make you laugh and Tim Daly and (guest star) Barbara Babcock play everything as real and dramatic. Babcock (whenever I see her, I think of her role on Hill Street Blues) is superb as the mother. David Lloyd has scripted a great character for her to play. She's unsympathetic and unapologetic. Only Babcock's likability and the character's relentless honesty makes her palatable. Somehow we accept her and we don't judge her. And, eventually, so does Joe.
Highlight? Law And Order (I like the episodes where the heroes lose)
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