Here is the discussion topic for Law & Order “Chain Of Command” which aired on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Please feel free to add any feedback you have about this episode in the comments!
You know? This one felt like an older episode of show on the lawyer-side. Like, this could have been something Ben Stone or early-Jack McCoy could have prosecuted. And, for once, I didn't scream at Price being such a bad lawyer. Hell, I was impressed with him at a couple points and that's never happened in his entire run as EADA until now.
Cop-side: Shaw has a brother in the service and his father was in the service. Again, I like how this is how we learn about the characters' personal lives. The streak of truly bad one-liners is at two episodes though. Other than that, the who did it and why was interesting. I can also appreciate that it wasn't some deep-state-ish conspiracy theory like season 21's take on "Havana Syndrome." Still liking the relationship between Shaw and Cosgrove.
Lawyer-side: Wow. Easily the best they've done since the revival. I wasn't screaming at Price (to be fair, I really wasn't screaming at him last week either) but I thought he handled the questioning of the neuro-oncologist well and him trying to find a way to poke holes in the defendant's defense that relied on facts and evidence and not making him sound absurd on the stand (the "Havana Syndrome" episode last season) was solid. If I was side-eying anyone this episode, it was Jack (surprisingly). On one hand, depending on which season we're talking about, Jack would have had zero compunction using that military report or recognized there was something off, or possibly both. I felt like he should have been a bit skeptical but, overall, I don't disagree with him ordering Nolan to use it if Nolan couldn't find another way. Or, perhaps, that was his way of giving Nolan the push he needed to figure something out.
Minor quibbles aside, I'm giving this an A-. Like, holy mother of God this felt like a REAL episode of the series.
Again I liked this episode. Jack was 100% right to push Price into going for the conviction. Jack's seen a lot in his career and he could see the situation clearly where Maroun and Price got caught up in feeling sorry for the guy. The burn pits were horrific but what the guy did was murder. Two wrongs don't make a right!
This episode reminded of another SVU episode from way back which involved military personnel suffering from disease due to their time in service but cannot quite recall the episode ... a disease that causes them to act violently impulsively.
Why did the victim turn off his security system to let his killer into the house? How did he know he was going to be murdered, why did he allow himself to be murdered, and how did he know who was coming to kill him? Why did the killer dress in ninja garb, since there was no reason to hide his appearance? How did the killer know how to erase the security video?
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Carlos Bernard directed this one.
You know? This one felt like an older episode of show on the lawyer-side. Like, this could have been something Ben Stone or early-Jack McCoy could have prosecuted. And, for once, I didn't scream at Price being such a bad lawyer. Hell, I was impressed with him at a couple points and that's never happened in his entire run as EADA until now.
Cop-side: Shaw has a brother in the service and his father was in the service. Again, I like how this is how we learn about the characters' personal lives. The streak of truly bad one-liners is at two episodes though. Other than that, the who did it and why was interesting. I can also appreciate that it wasn't some deep-state-ish conspiracy theory like season 21's take on "Havana Syndrome." Still liking the relationship between Shaw and Cosgrove.
Lawyer-side: Wow. Easily the best they've done since the revival. I wasn't screaming at Price (to be fair, I really wasn't screaming at him last week either) but I thought he handled the questioning of the neuro-oncologist well and him trying to find a way to poke holes in the defendant's defense that relied on facts and evidence and not making him sound absurd on the stand (the "Havana Syndrome" episode last season) was solid. If I was side-eying anyone this episode, it was Jack (surprisingly). On one hand, depending on which season we're talking about, Jack would have had zero compunction using that military report or recognized there was something off, or possibly both. I felt like he should have been a bit skeptical but, overall, I don't disagree with him ordering Nolan to use it if Nolan couldn't find another way. Or, perhaps, that was his way of giving Nolan the push he needed to figure something out.
Minor quibbles aside, I'm giving this an A-. Like, holy mother of God this felt like a REAL episode of the series.
Again I liked this episode. Jack was 100% right to push Price into going for the conviction. Jack's seen a lot in his career and he could see the situation clearly where Maroun and Price got caught up in feeling sorry for the guy. The burn pits were horrific but what the guy did was murder. Two wrongs don't make a right!
This episode reminded of another SVU episode from way back which involved military personnel suffering from disease due to their time in service but cannot quite recall the episode ... a disease that causes them to act violently impulsively.
That SVU Episode is Goliath from Season 6, episode 23.
Why did the victim turn off his security system to let his killer into the house? How did he know he was going to be murdered, why did he allow himself to be murdered, and how did he know who was coming to kill him? Why did the killer dress in ninja garb, since there was no reason to hide his appearance? How did the killer know how to erase the security video?
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