I love Conan O'Brien. Love everything about him. He's an awesomely funny guy as well as being an all-round good guy to boot. I'm most certainly on Team Coco!
When I saw this new promo for his TBS show "Conan" I laughed until I had tears in my eyes.
Conan washes his desk to Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar on Me and gets all sexy for us to promote his new show.
WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. This clip might be too sexy for some to handle. View at your own risk!!! Remember, you've been warned!!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
US Television, Beast Legends, Episode 1.4 "Winged Lion"
Beast Legends
Season One, Episode Four, Winged Lion
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010
In this weeks episode, the team researches and creates the winged lion, or as it is also known, the griffin.
Steve and Francis begin in Germany where they are searching for the bones while the rest of the team is at home in the lab researching the griffin legends.
The Griffin can be traced back even farther than Greek legends to Mesopotamia onward to the Mongolian area of Central Asia. Scott suggests that they break the project into two parts. Since there is an eagle in the front and a lion in the back, he suggests starting with a cave lion. Currently, there aren't lions in Mongolia but there were cave lions that went into extinction 10,000 years ago.
Steve and Francis are looking for the bones of a cave lion found in Zoolithen Cave in Burggaillenreuth, Germany. They enter a deep cave protected by scientists for the valuable information contained within it. Dr. Cajus G. Diedrich takes them into the dark and dangerous cave. They want to see the bones to help determine the size of their griffin. Only 1% of the bones found in the cave were lion bones. They find cave bear bones but must continue down through dark and tight crevices to reach the few precious lion bones the cave contains. They turn off their torches and the cave is literally pitch black. Steve describes a scenario of how it might have been for the sleeping bears when the lions came to prey upon them. Francis takes some time to make some amazing drawings of the bears and lions but he still would like to get the scale of lion to human.
Four hours later and two hundred feet down into the earth and they have still only found bear bones. When they feel ready to give up, they find the lion bones. They find leg and 'finger' bones and are able to get some scale with them to give the team in the lab.
The team decides to divide to gather more research quicker. Steve heads to the far east of the region to work on the front of the griffin while Francis takes the size evidence back to the Beast Lab. The cave lion was about 10 1/2 feet long, 4.3 in the length of the tail and about 5 foot tall from floor to shoulders. The entire height, including the head is 6 1/2 feet and the weight is an estimated 700 pounds! Francis begins sketching their lion on a large piece of paper on the floor. When he finishes the drawing, he gets on the floor next to it and, as Scott comments, he truly would be a nice, small snack for the cave lion. As Mike begins work on the griffin on the computer using the sketches and size measurements, Scott rips the head off Francis' amazing drawing saying they now just need to find out about the head.
Steve is in western Mongolia to find out which of the nine species of eagle currently living in Mongolia would be the perfect choice for the front half of the griffin. With the help of Vyenyera "Venus" Shyndaulyet (translator), Steve heads into Olgii, Mongolia in search of eagles. The area is snowy, cold and remote. Venus takes Steve to meet one of the most skilled eagle hunters the area has to offer, Manna Raimkhan. Manna has a 2 year-old Golden Eagle trained as a hunter. Steve uploads footage of this magnificent bird to the rest of the team in the Beast Lab. Mike removes the lion's head on the computer and replaces it with that of the Golden Eagle.
Next, Steve goes to see an eagle in action to better figure out how the griffin would be hunting. The hunters split up and the one at the base of the mountains scares the prey out from behind the rocks. The hunters that make their way to the top of the mountain release the eagle. Golden eagles can spot moving prey from 1,000 feet in the air and from one mile away. Steve gets footage of the eagle's eye which will be a crucial part of the griffin. Mike adds the eagles eyes to their griffin on the computer and Kathryn notes that the next step will be to give the griffin ears.
Griffin ears throughout history have been of various shapes. Some like those of a cat or dog. Others are long like horses ears. In Orono, Ontario, Canada, Francis and Scott go to Jungle Cat World to get an up close and personal look at a lion so Francis can sketch the ears for their mythical griffin. Upon seeing the ears, both men feel they really don't fit the griffin. They agree an ear that swoops down or is flatter would be more appropriate to a creature that flies through the air with the speed and skill of the griffin. Mike adds the ears Francis sketched to the computer version of the griffin.
Next, we have to decide about the legs that will carry our griffin when it is walking on the ground. Historical accounts of the griffin have been inconsistent as to what the legs looked like. Some have four lion paws. Others have the front talons of an eagle and the back legs of a lion. How the Beast Legends griffin will be designed rests with the manner in which an eagle attacks. The computer version is updated with eagle legs in the front complete with talons for grasping and lion paws with claws for ripping in the back.
Steve is able to get more footage of Manna's awesome eagle as it is eating. He describes how the eagle is tearing at its food and swallowing what it is eating noting that the griffin should have some of those same characteristics.
The next task is to figure out the size of the wings. They need wings that will be large enough and strong enough to raise the massive body of the griffin off the ground and carry it through the air. The size of the prey must also be taken into account as griffins were described as being able to swoop down and pick up horses.
Steve and Scott meet up in Mongolia to track down a rare breed of horse that might be the right size for griffin prey so they can figure out just how big to make the wings. In Ulanbaatar, the capitol city of Mongolia, where the temperature is now 35 below, they meet to visit a sanctuary just outside Ulanbaatar. There, they will be seeing Przewalski's Horses, a rare animal that has literally been brought back from the brink of extinction. At Hustai National Park in Mongolia, they embark on the task of finding one of a couple hundred horses in the almost 200 square mile park. Several hours after entering the park, Steve finally spots a few of the rare and gorgeous horses. They photograph and observe the short and stocky horses. The animals stand about 4 feet tall and weigh around 600 pounds. Scott figures that to lift a Przewalski's horse and the weight of its own body, a griffin would need a wingspan of approximately 25 feet. Mike updates their computer griffin with the new information.
The final bit of research: where does the griffin live. Steve looks at an eagles nest to get inspiration for the griffin's home. Still in frigid Mongolia with Manna the eagle hunter, Steve enjoys a drink of fermented mare's milk and inquires about seeing the nearest eagles nest. The next day, they locate an eagles nest high on a cliff but they cannot get to it because of the winter weather. Since they cannot get to the nest, they decide to construct a full-size griffin nest themselves. Mike re-creates the nest on the computer.
Finally, the team sits down to watch their Beast Movie and see their griffin in action.
As much as I love giant sharks, Kraken's and fire dragons, I'd have to say that this episode has become my favorite thus far. I loved seeing the Przewalski's horses. As usual, Francis' drawings were a highlight of the show for me. He's an amazing artist and I love watching him do his sketches throughout the show. Also, I think that the griffin was also the most realistic looking of all the Beast Legends creatures thus far. There might not be too many griffins that pick up motorcycles. However, this is a modern griffin we're talking about.
Beast Legends airs every Thursday night at 10 P.M. (9 p.m. Central) on the SyFy Channel.
Episode Five, Wildman of Vietnam airs on October 7, 2010.
For More Information:
Official Web Site: http://www.beastlegends.com/
Official SyFy Site: http://www.syfy.com/beastlegends/index.php
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26229/?vote=10
Francis Manapul's Official Website: http://www.francismanapul.com/
Season One, Episode Four, Winged Lion
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010
In this weeks episode, the team researches and creates the winged lion, or as it is also known, the griffin.
Steve and Francis begin in Germany where they are searching for the bones while the rest of the team is at home in the lab researching the griffin legends.
The Griffin can be traced back even farther than Greek legends to Mesopotamia onward to the Mongolian area of Central Asia. Scott suggests that they break the project into two parts. Since there is an eagle in the front and a lion in the back, he suggests starting with a cave lion. Currently, there aren't lions in Mongolia but there were cave lions that went into extinction 10,000 years ago.
Steve and Francis are looking for the bones of a cave lion found in Zoolithen Cave in Burggaillenreuth, Germany. They enter a deep cave protected by scientists for the valuable information contained within it. Dr. Cajus G. Diedrich takes them into the dark and dangerous cave. They want to see the bones to help determine the size of their griffin. Only 1% of the bones found in the cave were lion bones. They find cave bear bones but must continue down through dark and tight crevices to reach the few precious lion bones the cave contains. They turn off their torches and the cave is literally pitch black. Steve describes a scenario of how it might have been for the sleeping bears when the lions came to prey upon them. Francis takes some time to make some amazing drawings of the bears and lions but he still would like to get the scale of lion to human.
Four hours later and two hundred feet down into the earth and they have still only found bear bones. When they feel ready to give up, they find the lion bones. They find leg and 'finger' bones and are able to get some scale with them to give the team in the lab.
The team decides to divide to gather more research quicker. Steve heads to the far east of the region to work on the front of the griffin while Francis takes the size evidence back to the Beast Lab. The cave lion was about 10 1/2 feet long, 4.3 in the length of the tail and about 5 foot tall from floor to shoulders. The entire height, including the head is 6 1/2 feet and the weight is an estimated 700 pounds! Francis begins sketching their lion on a large piece of paper on the floor. When he finishes the drawing, he gets on the floor next to it and, as Scott comments, he truly would be a nice, small snack for the cave lion. As Mike begins work on the griffin on the computer using the sketches and size measurements, Scott rips the head off Francis' amazing drawing saying they now just need to find out about the head.
Steve is in western Mongolia to find out which of the nine species of eagle currently living in Mongolia would be the perfect choice for the front half of the griffin. With the help of Vyenyera "Venus" Shyndaulyet (translator), Steve heads into Olgii, Mongolia in search of eagles. The area is snowy, cold and remote. Venus takes Steve to meet one of the most skilled eagle hunters the area has to offer, Manna Raimkhan. Manna has a 2 year-old Golden Eagle trained as a hunter. Steve uploads footage of this magnificent bird to the rest of the team in the Beast Lab. Mike removes the lion's head on the computer and replaces it with that of the Golden Eagle.
Next, Steve goes to see an eagle in action to better figure out how the griffin would be hunting. The hunters split up and the one at the base of the mountains scares the prey out from behind the rocks. The hunters that make their way to the top of the mountain release the eagle. Golden eagles can spot moving prey from 1,000 feet in the air and from one mile away. Steve gets footage of the eagle's eye which will be a crucial part of the griffin. Mike adds the eagles eyes to their griffin on the computer and Kathryn notes that the next step will be to give the griffin ears.
Griffin ears throughout history have been of various shapes. Some like those of a cat or dog. Others are long like horses ears. In Orono, Ontario, Canada, Francis and Scott go to Jungle Cat World to get an up close and personal look at a lion so Francis can sketch the ears for their mythical griffin. Upon seeing the ears, both men feel they really don't fit the griffin. They agree an ear that swoops down or is flatter would be more appropriate to a creature that flies through the air with the speed and skill of the griffin. Mike adds the ears Francis sketched to the computer version of the griffin.
Next, we have to decide about the legs that will carry our griffin when it is walking on the ground. Historical accounts of the griffin have been inconsistent as to what the legs looked like. Some have four lion paws. Others have the front talons of an eagle and the back legs of a lion. How the Beast Legends griffin will be designed rests with the manner in which an eagle attacks. The computer version is updated with eagle legs in the front complete with talons for grasping and lion paws with claws for ripping in the back.
Steve is able to get more footage of Manna's awesome eagle as it is eating. He describes how the eagle is tearing at its food and swallowing what it is eating noting that the griffin should have some of those same characteristics.
The next task is to figure out the size of the wings. They need wings that will be large enough and strong enough to raise the massive body of the griffin off the ground and carry it through the air. The size of the prey must also be taken into account as griffins were described as being able to swoop down and pick up horses.
Steve and Scott meet up in Mongolia to track down a rare breed of horse that might be the right size for griffin prey so they can figure out just how big to make the wings. In Ulanbaatar, the capitol city of Mongolia, where the temperature is now 35 below, they meet to visit a sanctuary just outside Ulanbaatar. There, they will be seeing Przewalski's Horses, a rare animal that has literally been brought back from the brink of extinction. At Hustai National Park in Mongolia, they embark on the task of finding one of a couple hundred horses in the almost 200 square mile park. Several hours after entering the park, Steve finally spots a few of the rare and gorgeous horses. They photograph and observe the short and stocky horses. The animals stand about 4 feet tall and weigh around 600 pounds. Scott figures that to lift a Przewalski's horse and the weight of its own body, a griffin would need a wingspan of approximately 25 feet. Mike updates their computer griffin with the new information.
The final bit of research: where does the griffin live. Steve looks at an eagles nest to get inspiration for the griffin's home. Still in frigid Mongolia with Manna the eagle hunter, Steve enjoys a drink of fermented mare's milk and inquires about seeing the nearest eagles nest. The next day, they locate an eagles nest high on a cliff but they cannot get to it because of the winter weather. Since they cannot get to the nest, they decide to construct a full-size griffin nest themselves. Mike re-creates the nest on the computer.
Finally, the team sits down to watch their Beast Movie and see their griffin in action.
As much as I love giant sharks, Kraken's and fire dragons, I'd have to say that this episode has become my favorite thus far. I loved seeing the Przewalski's horses. As usual, Francis' drawings were a highlight of the show for me. He's an amazing artist and I love watching him do his sketches throughout the show. Also, I think that the griffin was also the most realistic looking of all the Beast Legends creatures thus far. There might not be too many griffins that pick up motorcycles. However, this is a modern griffin we're talking about.
Beast Legends airs every Thursday night at 10 P.M. (9 p.m. Central) on the SyFy Channel.
Episode Five, Wildman of Vietnam airs on October 7, 2010.
For More Information:
Official Web Site: http://www.beastlegends.com/
Official SyFy Site: http://www.syfy.com/beastlegends/index.php
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26229/?vote=10
Francis Manapul's Official Website: http://www.francismanapul.com/
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 1.7
Offspring
Series One, Episode Seven
Original Air Date: October 3, 2010
Chris leaves for Brisbane to check on the lead relating to his missing wife, Alice. Something great happens for Mick with his music. Darcy and Billie meet Cherie's adoptive father, the ultra-religious Gareth. Bad telephone connections and disconnections lead to a massive break down in communication between Nina and Chris with disastrous results.
Chris makes preparations at work for his absence before leaving for Brisbane. He takes Nina aside to apologize again for everything and to say goodbye. He will be gone a week and Nina wonders to herself "what's the etiquette for saying farewell to a man you almost had sex with on the occasion of his search for his missing wife?". That's a question we've all pondered at least once, right? No? I don't think so, either. They share a quick kiss before she ushers him off so he won't miss his plane.
Chris calls Nina from Brisbane but she's kind of occupied with a pregnant woman. She manages to get to the phone just as he is hanging up. She goes to a cafe and hopes he'll call again but, when a call comes through, it's her mother saying little white pills in a weird little bottle fell out of Jimmy's jacket when she picked it up.
In Brisbane, Chris goes to a doctors office wanting to find out if his wife had been in there recently. The receptionist is quite snippy with him until he tells her the particulars of the case. She checks his wife's Medicare number and it comes up with nothing. He calls Nina again wanting to hear her voice and, this time, catches her in the bathroom at home. The connection isn't very good and the call terminates on them. He meets with an old friend and they talk about Alice. Chris goes back to the doctors office wanting to leave a note for the doctor. He actually gets to talk to the doctor and the doctor does recognize Alice. He saw her about two weeks ago. Chris gets a glance at her address on the file and goes to the apartment building where she lives. She answers when he presses the button for her apartment but she will not speak to him. He tells her he is going to get on with his life and leaves.
Jimmy is participating in a research study (numerous studies, actually). He sniffs t-shirts, watches videos, drinks beer and plays games. He gets $20 an hour for it. Geraldine confronts him about the pills when he arrives home. After she sees the marks from the blood tests and Nina arrives he tells them about signing up to be a subject in a drug trial. The pills are aspirin with a new coating on them. The drug trial becomes harder on him as he progresses through it. He is removed from a sleep study when it is found out that he has been involved in numerous medical trials. The administrator of the trial feels he would be better suited for a research study he's working on that deals with fluent liars (!).
Billie has a quick meeting with Jimmy and finds out that Ivy has gone. Mick drives up dressed smartly in a suit. He has to postpone croquet with Jimmy because he has a meeting he must attend and asks Jimmy to look after Rocket. Billie watches the entire exchange between the two men from the door of Proudman Realty. Mick later returns with the excellent news that a song of his will be used in a television ad for $20,000. The ad will be for milk and he will get an extra $7,000 if he re-records the song.
Mick goes to Proudman Realty and shares the good news with Billie. Darcy and Cherie overhear and congratulate him. Billie, however, ruins things. Rather than being happy for him and congratulating him she asks if she should be happy for him because Ivy isn't there. Mick tells her that when something good happens to him it doesn't feel real until he shares it with her then leaves. Way to go, Billie. You still love him but you really messed that one up! And you know it, too!
Billie does it again while with Cherie and Darcy. She is holding Ray and asks him if he'd like to meet his grandpa. Cherie is now forced to tell Darcy about him. Since Gareth is Ray's maternal grandfather, Darcy would like to meet him. Darcy, Billie, Cherie and Gareth meet in a restaurant. Billie, as usual, is talking way too much and saying things she shouldn't. Things become uncomfortable when Gareth tells Cherie that he and her mother want to be involved in she and Darcy's wedding preparations. They assume that since they have a child together, they will be getting married. Before the dinner ends and Gareth leaves, they all have a moment of prayer. Later that night, Darcy asks her if she had been dropping signals about wanting to get married. She makes it clear she hasn't.
Mick is working on re-recording his song for the milk commercial and, when he finds it difficult calls Billie to ask her if he is selling out. She tells him they aren't together anymore and he can't "twiddle her knobs". He thought she would be interested but that call would be the last time he will bother her.
As Chris is getting ready to come home, he calls Nina to let her know he found Alice and that he was happy about it because it finally helped him realize what he wanted. She thinks he is telling her that he doesn't want to be with her. The connection again cuts off at the WORST possible time. He is telling her he doesn't want her in a half-hearted way but she doesn't get to hear anything past "I don't want you".
Nina goes home and the power is off. Mick arrives to bring Billie the $200 he owes her. The two spend the evening commiserating about failed relationships over ice cream. After the ice cream, comes the booze. After the booze, they end up having sex. When the alarm goes off and awakens the two, they both throw on clothes as Nina goes around the apartment getting things in order. There's a knock at the door. It's Chris! When she opens the door he immediately starts talking and tells her that now that he knows Alice is alive and alright it frees him to be completely with her. She tells him she wants to be with him but not right now. Saying that she's free to be involved with other people, he leaves after apologizing.
Billie arrives home but Mick has slipped out and Nina gets back into bed and feigns being asleep. Billie talks to Nina about how she's messed things up with Mick even though Nina is still faking being asleep.
The Commonwealth Games are giving Offspring a bit of a break. It will be returning on October 17, 2010. Then, we will get to find out just how much damage has been done by Nina's one-night-stand with Mick!
Offspring airs on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Series One, Episode Seven
Original Air Date: October 3, 2010
Chris leaves for Brisbane to check on the lead relating to his missing wife, Alice. Something great happens for Mick with his music. Darcy and Billie meet Cherie's adoptive father, the ultra-religious Gareth. Bad telephone connections and disconnections lead to a massive break down in communication between Nina and Chris with disastrous results.
Chris makes preparations at work for his absence before leaving for Brisbane. He takes Nina aside to apologize again for everything and to say goodbye. He will be gone a week and Nina wonders to herself "what's the etiquette for saying farewell to a man you almost had sex with on the occasion of his search for his missing wife?". That's a question we've all pondered at least once, right? No? I don't think so, either. They share a quick kiss before she ushers him off so he won't miss his plane.
Chris calls Nina from Brisbane but she's kind of occupied with a pregnant woman. She manages to get to the phone just as he is hanging up. She goes to a cafe and hopes he'll call again but, when a call comes through, it's her mother saying little white pills in a weird little bottle fell out of Jimmy's jacket when she picked it up.
In Brisbane, Chris goes to a doctors office wanting to find out if his wife had been in there recently. The receptionist is quite snippy with him until he tells her the particulars of the case. She checks his wife's Medicare number and it comes up with nothing. He calls Nina again wanting to hear her voice and, this time, catches her in the bathroom at home. The connection isn't very good and the call terminates on them. He meets with an old friend and they talk about Alice. Chris goes back to the doctors office wanting to leave a note for the doctor. He actually gets to talk to the doctor and the doctor does recognize Alice. He saw her about two weeks ago. Chris gets a glance at her address on the file and goes to the apartment building where she lives. She answers when he presses the button for her apartment but she will not speak to him. He tells her he is going to get on with his life and leaves.
Jimmy is participating in a research study (numerous studies, actually). He sniffs t-shirts, watches videos, drinks beer and plays games. He gets $20 an hour for it. Geraldine confronts him about the pills when he arrives home. After she sees the marks from the blood tests and Nina arrives he tells them about signing up to be a subject in a drug trial. The pills are aspirin with a new coating on them. The drug trial becomes harder on him as he progresses through it. He is removed from a sleep study when it is found out that he has been involved in numerous medical trials. The administrator of the trial feels he would be better suited for a research study he's working on that deals with fluent liars (!).
Billie has a quick meeting with Jimmy and finds out that Ivy has gone. Mick drives up dressed smartly in a suit. He has to postpone croquet with Jimmy because he has a meeting he must attend and asks Jimmy to look after Rocket. Billie watches the entire exchange between the two men from the door of Proudman Realty. Mick later returns with the excellent news that a song of his will be used in a television ad for $20,000. The ad will be for milk and he will get an extra $7,000 if he re-records the song.
Mick goes to Proudman Realty and shares the good news with Billie. Darcy and Cherie overhear and congratulate him. Billie, however, ruins things. Rather than being happy for him and congratulating him she asks if she should be happy for him because Ivy isn't there. Mick tells her that when something good happens to him it doesn't feel real until he shares it with her then leaves. Way to go, Billie. You still love him but you really messed that one up! And you know it, too!
Billie does it again while with Cherie and Darcy. She is holding Ray and asks him if he'd like to meet his grandpa. Cherie is now forced to tell Darcy about him. Since Gareth is Ray's maternal grandfather, Darcy would like to meet him. Darcy, Billie, Cherie and Gareth meet in a restaurant. Billie, as usual, is talking way too much and saying things she shouldn't. Things become uncomfortable when Gareth tells Cherie that he and her mother want to be involved in she and Darcy's wedding preparations. They assume that since they have a child together, they will be getting married. Before the dinner ends and Gareth leaves, they all have a moment of prayer. Later that night, Darcy asks her if she had been dropping signals about wanting to get married. She makes it clear she hasn't.
Mick is working on re-recording his song for the milk commercial and, when he finds it difficult calls Billie to ask her if he is selling out. She tells him they aren't together anymore and he can't "twiddle her knobs". He thought she would be interested but that call would be the last time he will bother her.
As Chris is getting ready to come home, he calls Nina to let her know he found Alice and that he was happy about it because it finally helped him realize what he wanted. She thinks he is telling her that he doesn't want to be with her. The connection again cuts off at the WORST possible time. He is telling her he doesn't want her in a half-hearted way but she doesn't get to hear anything past "I don't want you".
Nina goes home and the power is off. Mick arrives to bring Billie the $200 he owes her. The two spend the evening commiserating about failed relationships over ice cream. After the ice cream, comes the booze. After the booze, they end up having sex. When the alarm goes off and awakens the two, they both throw on clothes as Nina goes around the apartment getting things in order. There's a knock at the door. It's Chris! When she opens the door he immediately starts talking and tells her that now that he knows Alice is alive and alright it frees him to be completely with her. She tells him she wants to be with him but not right now. Saying that she's free to be involved with other people, he leaves after apologizing.
Billie arrives home but Mick has slipped out and Nina gets back into bed and feigns being asleep. Billie talks to Nina about how she's messed things up with Mick even though Nina is still faking being asleep.
The Commonwealth Games are giving Offspring a bit of a break. It will be returning on October 17, 2010. Then, we will get to find out just how much damage has been done by Nina's one-night-stand with Mick!
Offspring airs on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Saturday, October 2, 2010
US Television: Law & Order: Los Angeles, Episode 1.1 "Hollywood"
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Season One, Episode One, Hollywood
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
Usually, when I do a blog post about a show I start off with a short description of the episode then go into a more in-depth description with perhaps a few comments of my own thrown in (which I like to keep to a bare minimum if possible). This post will not be following that formula.
I have to start off by saying that I am a massive fan of the entire Law & Order franchise. I remember watching the very first show that aired on September 13, 1990 and being blown away by its brilliance. Even now, I can watch that show on DVD and find it just as good after having seen it at least several dozen or more times as I did that very first time. When Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent came along, I was (and still am) right there for each and every episode. I loved the short-lived Law & Order: Trial By Jury. Any chance to see the legendary Jerry Orbach in action was a pure pleasure. In 2009, Law & Order went across the pond to England for Law & Order: UK. With an amazing cast and shows based on episodes of the original Law & Order series, L&O UK was a fast favorite of mine.
Like all die-hard Law & Order fans, I was heartbroken when NBC made the choice to cancel the flagship of the Law & Order series after two decades. With Criminal Intent getting ready to end its run that would have left us with just Special Victims Unit and, for those able to view it, Law & Order: UK. Then came news that Law & Order: Los Angeles was in the works and would be in our living rooms in the fall of 2010. "If I can't have one, I'll take the other", I thought.
On September 29, 2010, Law & Order: Los Angeles aired its first episode, Hollywood. The plot dealt with a group of young burglars who robbed the homes of the rich and famous while the celebrities were out partying. It was based loosely on the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch robberies from 2009 with the hard-partying Lindsey Lohan and her mother, Dina Lohan thrown in for good measure.
Law & Order has always followed a simple formula: the teaser where the crime is revealed, opening credits, the "law" (police) segment where the criminal is caught, then the "order" (courtroom) segment where he/she is tried for their crime(s) and ending with the closing credits. Law & Order: Los Angeles has broken from that formula. It's not your fathers Law & Order. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe that's a bad thing.
What's Good about Law & Order: Los Angeles?
For more information:
Law & Order: Los Angeles, Official NBC Web Site: http://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-los-angeles/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657081/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Law_And_Order-Los_Angeles
Season One, Episode One, Hollywood
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
Usually, when I do a blog post about a show I start off with a short description of the episode then go into a more in-depth description with perhaps a few comments of my own thrown in (which I like to keep to a bare minimum if possible). This post will not be following that formula.
I have to start off by saying that I am a massive fan of the entire Law & Order franchise. I remember watching the very first show that aired on September 13, 1990 and being blown away by its brilliance. Even now, I can watch that show on DVD and find it just as good after having seen it at least several dozen or more times as I did that very first time. When Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent came along, I was (and still am) right there for each and every episode. I loved the short-lived Law & Order: Trial By Jury. Any chance to see the legendary Jerry Orbach in action was a pure pleasure. In 2009, Law & Order went across the pond to England for Law & Order: UK. With an amazing cast and shows based on episodes of the original Law & Order series, L&O UK was a fast favorite of mine.
Like all die-hard Law & Order fans, I was heartbroken when NBC made the choice to cancel the flagship of the Law & Order series after two decades. With Criminal Intent getting ready to end its run that would have left us with just Special Victims Unit and, for those able to view it, Law & Order: UK. Then came news that Law & Order: Los Angeles was in the works and would be in our living rooms in the fall of 2010. "If I can't have one, I'll take the other", I thought.
On September 29, 2010, Law & Order: Los Angeles aired its first episode, Hollywood. The plot dealt with a group of young burglars who robbed the homes of the rich and famous while the celebrities were out partying. It was based loosely on the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch robberies from 2009 with the hard-partying Lindsey Lohan and her mother, Dina Lohan thrown in for good measure.
Law & Order has always followed a simple formula: the teaser where the crime is revealed, opening credits, the "law" (police) segment where the criminal is caught, then the "order" (courtroom) segment where he/she is tried for their crime(s) and ending with the closing credits. Law & Order: Los Angeles has broken from that formula. It's not your fathers Law & Order. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe that's a bad thing.
What's Good about Law & Order: Los Angeles?
- The Look. As with every Law & Order series, the show was filmed well and had a slick and professional look to it. Dick Wolf certainly knows how to make a series look great.
- The Guest Stars. This show was full of names and faces I recognized. Oded Fehr, Jim Beaver, Mira Furlan and Shawnee Smith. All great actors that can bring that special something to whatever roles they're playing. Long time viewers of L&O will also recognize faces they've seen in the other L&O series as well.
- The "Thunk Thunk" Scene Cards. This has been a standard of Law & Order since the beginning. Even L&O UK has it. Law & Order wouldn't be Law & Order without this.
- Wanda De Jesus. She did a great job as Winters & Jaruszalski's boss but don't get attached to her. If you continue to watch this show, you will not be seeing her again. She has already left the show and has been replaced.
- Skeet Ulrich. He might be a great actor but I certainly think he's very out of place in Law & Order. Ulrich's Detective Rex Winters didn't reach out and take hold of me and make me care about him in any way. He was dull, lifeless and seemed to be just "along for the ride". There were times I liked this character but, for the most part, I just couldn't get behind him.
- Alfred Molina's Deputy D.A. Peter Morales. I like Molina, I really do, but his character here just didn't cut it. Molina didn't seem comfortable in the character and the character didn't seem comfortable in the show. Maybe it's just those "first show jitters". Let's hope so.
- The Guest Stars. Yes, I've got this on the 'good' list. I've got it here as well because there were so many great guest stars that it almost seemed like they put out an open casting call for anyone who wanted to help kick off L&O Los Angeles to come on down! Almost like 'if we pack the show with familiar faces and the viewers will have to like it, right?'
- No Mike Post. For twenty years we've been used to hearing some form of Mike Post's theme as the credits have rolled first showing the "law" cast members then the "order" cast members. For Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent, the original Law & Order theme song was remixed but still very much recognizable. Mike Post is gone from Los Angeles which borders on a sacrilege, in my opinion.
- No Opening Credits. The opening credits introducing us to our policemen and the lawyers who take over where they leave off are also gone. Yes, we do get to see the title of the series and Dick Wolf's name and get to hear a tiny bit of what we can recognize as the Law & Order theme (just five notes, folks) but it's nothing to write home to mother about. The names of the actors are instead flashed across the screen in the manner only guest starring actors names used to be. Nothing to distinguish your regulars from your guests. Hopefully, this oversight (surely that's what it is) will be rectified in future episodes.
- Cory Stoll's Detective Tomas 'TJ' Jaruszalski. This character is one that I could almost like if there was another good character for him to play off of. His dry sense of humor which did make me smile a couple of times needs someone to bounce off of. The writers certainly aren't using Ulrich's Winters for that. Winters and Jaruszalski are no Briscoe and Logan. They can't even come close and never will.
For more information:
Law & Order: Los Angeles, Official NBC Web Site: http://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-los-angeles/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657081/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Law_And_Order-Los_Angeles
Sunday Funnies: Bruce & Jenny
Bruce and Jenny are only 10 years old, but they know they are in love. One day they decide that they want to get married, so Bruce goes to Jenny's father to ask him for her hand. He bravely walks up to her father and says, "Mr. Smith, me and Jenny are in love and I want to ask you for her hand in marriage."
Thinking that this was just the cutest thing, Mr. Smith replied: "Well Bruce, you are only 10. Where will you two live?"
Without even taking a moment to think about it, Bruce replied: "In Jenny's room. It's bigger than mine and we can both fit there nicely."
Still thinking this is just adorable Mr. Smith says with a huge grin, "Okay, then how will you live? You're not old enough to get a job. You'll need to support Jenny."
Again, Bruce instantly replies: "Our allowance, Jenny makes five bucks a week and I make 10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a month, so that should do us just fine."
Mr. Smith is impressed that Bruce has put so much thought into this. "Well Bruce, it seems like you have everything figured out. I just have one more question. What will you do if the two of you should have little children of your own?"
Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, we've been lucky so far."
Mr. Smith no longer thinks Bruce is just the cutest little thing.
Thinking that this was just the cutest thing, Mr. Smith replied: "Well Bruce, you are only 10. Where will you two live?"
Without even taking a moment to think about it, Bruce replied: "In Jenny's room. It's bigger than mine and we can both fit there nicely."
Still thinking this is just adorable Mr. Smith says with a huge grin, "Okay, then how will you live? You're not old enough to get a job. You'll need to support Jenny."
Again, Bruce instantly replies: "Our allowance, Jenny makes five bucks a week and I make 10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a month, so that should do us just fine."
Mr. Smith is impressed that Bruce has put so much thought into this. "Well Bruce, it seems like you have everything figured out. I just have one more question. What will you do if the two of you should have little children of your own?"
Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, we've been lucky so far."
Mr. Smith no longer thinks Bruce is just the cutest little thing.
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.3, "In RE: Jessica Davis"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
Cyrus and Al have a meeting with the parents of the deceased little girl. The mother is strangely cold about the death of her daughter. She states the facts of the case in a matter-of-fact way like she would be stating what items she has on her shopping list. She even mentions the bagels in the kitchen at work. Later, her husband speaks with Al and Cyrus alone and tells them his wife isn't as cold as she seems.
Cyrus uses the money he got from his boss to place a bet with Doc that he feels will cover what he owes him. With Ray Lewis out, the team is sure to lose and Cyrus is guaranteed a win. Doc agrees to the bet.
Eddie used to be in a boy band, "In Heat" that had actually opened for Boy George in Waukegan, was almost on the Today Show and even Soul Train. Lucinda is having a great time teasing him over it and finds photos of the band on the Internet. The teasing continues even as Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's old clients, Desdemona, who is in jail for drug charges. Eddie is clearly uncomfortable with the case and his client. She wants him to post bail for her because Al always did but Eddie doesn't want to.
Desdemona arrives in court and she has been beaten while in jail. Eddie tries to broker a deal for her but the only offer on the table is 90 days. He knows she won't be able to survive that long in prison. He asks Lucinda to find Bob, the guy in the car with Desdemona at the time she was arrested. When they find him, he is a straight-laced professional with a family who claims to not even know Desdemona. Eddie takes Bob's name and info to the prosecutor and tells her to contact him to confirm Desdemona's story. If he doesn't he will put Bob on the stand to blow his cover in front of his wife. He gives her the choice to take the deal he offers or he will destroy the lives of Bob and his wife. The case against her is dropped.
Al manages to get the Howard County D.A. to give a sworn statement that she would not have filed charges against Jessica Davis. The judge in Cyrus' case isn't impressed with the equal protection briefs prepared by the defense. When Cyrus brings up the issue of the Howard County D.A.'s statement, the Baltimore D.A. objects and the judge refuses to dismiss the charges.
Now having to work on a case to keep Jessica Davis out of prison, Cyrus wants experts that can tell him and the jury why a good mother would have forgotten her child. He wants to know if anyone saw her when she discovered the girl and whether or not she showed any emotion and, if she didn't, why she didn't. Cyrus' boss drops off his advance and the contents of Jessica Davis' SUV.
A psychiatrist brought in to evaluate Jessica believes she is dissociating. She's using anger to mask her pain. She also offers to testify in court that she believes the death of the little girl was an accident.
The evidence in court is damning to Davis. The officer on scene describes her as being so cool and collected that he didn't know she was the child's mother at first. She didn't even call 911. He found her behavior "unnatural". Cyrus turns the testimony in his favor a bit when he states she didn't call 911 because she was administering CPR and he is able to get the officer to admit there is no evidence that Jessica Davis is an unfit mother.
Naomi Bachman, Jessica Davis' closest friend, is the next witness the prosecution calls to the stand. She paints a picture of Jessica as being stressed and resentful of the fact her husband was laid off work and that she didn't really want the baby; she was an accident. She said that two days before the baby died, Jessica called her and told her the child was driving her crazy and she wished she'd never been born.
Not only is the case not going well for Cyrus, Ray Lewis is cleared to play in the game and his bet is in jeopardy. The M.E.'s testimony will be devastating to the case. When the witness is called in court, Cyrus presents a motion asking if his client can be excused from the courtroom because hearing the details of her daughters death would be too emotionally devastating for her. The prosecutor objects vehemently and the judge refuses to grant the motion. She must stay in the courtroom and listen to the testimony. While doing so, Davis digs her fingernails so deeply into her hand that she breaks the skin.
Cyrus calls Doc about his bet but it has already been placed. A witness Cyrus calls to the stand gives the jury a scientific explanation of how a parent could forget their child is in the car. She describes several factors that could have led Davis' brain to forget her daughter.
The team disagree over whether or not Davis should take the stand in her own defense. When Cyrus drops the box of items from her SUV onto the floor they hear strange noises coming from it. He picks the box up and drops it again and they hear the sounds again. A child's toy that allows a parent to record their voice for their child has recorded Davis' emotion when she discovered her daughter in her car. She is clearly distressed and highly emotional and performing CPR on her daughter. Cyrus takes the toy to the judge's chambers for him and the prosecutor to hear. Because Cyrus cannot establish a timeline as to when the recording was made, the judge excludes the tape from evidence.
Knowing they are backed into a corner, Cyrus agrees to put Davis on the stand. She is cold on the stand. Cyrus pushes her harder and harder to try and bring out the emotion he knows she feels over her daughters death. Eventually, she breaks into tears. Both Cyrus and the prosecutor deliver excellent closing speeches. The jury returns a 'not guilty' verdict. Cyrus also gets lucky when his bet wins and he is closed out with Doc.
I loved the storyline with Eddie, Lucinda and Desdemona. Eddie and Lucinda play very well off one another. I admit I'm curious to know how long it will be before they finally hook up (if the series lasts). You know it will happen eventually! I also like that Doc was back briefly. While the writers aren't focusing on Garza's bad habits, they are still introducing them here and there. I still want to know who the guy following Cyrus in the pilot was, and why he was tailing him.
One thing I do like about this show is the cases Garza and his team take aren't the sort of cases you'd see on your typical legal drama. They are emotionally and politically charged cases. The ratings don't seem to be that great at the moment though, do they? Perhaps another time slot might help things some. I don't know. I really want this show to succeed because I want Jimmy Smits to have another success on his hands and I want to be able to see him on television for a long time to come. With cancellations of the new season already starting to come in, I guess fans of Outlaw will just have to wait and see if the show will be able to weather the storm and finish the 13 episode run that has been ordered and go beyond that.
Outlaw airs on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Central) on NBC.
For more information:
NBC Official Site: www.nbc.com/outlaw/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592226/combined
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Outlaw
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
Cyrus and Al have a meeting with the parents of the deceased little girl. The mother is strangely cold about the death of her daughter. She states the facts of the case in a matter-of-fact way like she would be stating what items she has on her shopping list. She even mentions the bagels in the kitchen at work. Later, her husband speaks with Al and Cyrus alone and tells them his wife isn't as cold as she seems.
Cyrus uses the money he got from his boss to place a bet with Doc that he feels will cover what he owes him. With Ray Lewis out, the team is sure to lose and Cyrus is guaranteed a win. Doc agrees to the bet.
Eddie used to be in a boy band, "In Heat" that had actually opened for Boy George in Waukegan, was almost on the Today Show and even Soul Train. Lucinda is having a great time teasing him over it and finds photos of the band on the Internet. The teasing continues even as Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's old clients, Desdemona, who is in jail for drug charges. Eddie is clearly uncomfortable with the case and his client. She wants him to post bail for her because Al always did but Eddie doesn't want to.
Desdemona arrives in court and she has been beaten while in jail. Eddie tries to broker a deal for her but the only offer on the table is 90 days. He knows she won't be able to survive that long in prison. He asks Lucinda to find Bob, the guy in the car with Desdemona at the time she was arrested. When they find him, he is a straight-laced professional with a family who claims to not even know Desdemona. Eddie takes Bob's name and info to the prosecutor and tells her to contact him to confirm Desdemona's story. If he doesn't he will put Bob on the stand to blow his cover in front of his wife. He gives her the choice to take the deal he offers or he will destroy the lives of Bob and his wife. The case against her is dropped.
Al manages to get the Howard County D.A. to give a sworn statement that she would not have filed charges against Jessica Davis. The judge in Cyrus' case isn't impressed with the equal protection briefs prepared by the defense. When Cyrus brings up the issue of the Howard County D.A.'s statement, the Baltimore D.A. objects and the judge refuses to dismiss the charges.
Now having to work on a case to keep Jessica Davis out of prison, Cyrus wants experts that can tell him and the jury why a good mother would have forgotten her child. He wants to know if anyone saw her when she discovered the girl and whether or not she showed any emotion and, if she didn't, why she didn't. Cyrus' boss drops off his advance and the contents of Jessica Davis' SUV.
A psychiatrist brought in to evaluate Jessica believes she is dissociating. She's using anger to mask her pain. She also offers to testify in court that she believes the death of the little girl was an accident.
The evidence in court is damning to Davis. The officer on scene describes her as being so cool and collected that he didn't know she was the child's mother at first. She didn't even call 911. He found her behavior "unnatural". Cyrus turns the testimony in his favor a bit when he states she didn't call 911 because she was administering CPR and he is able to get the officer to admit there is no evidence that Jessica Davis is an unfit mother.
Naomi Bachman, Jessica Davis' closest friend, is the next witness the prosecution calls to the stand. She paints a picture of Jessica as being stressed and resentful of the fact her husband was laid off work and that she didn't really want the baby; she was an accident. She said that two days before the baby died, Jessica called her and told her the child was driving her crazy and she wished she'd never been born.
Not only is the case not going well for Cyrus, Ray Lewis is cleared to play in the game and his bet is in jeopardy. The M.E.'s testimony will be devastating to the case. When the witness is called in court, Cyrus presents a motion asking if his client can be excused from the courtroom because hearing the details of her daughters death would be too emotionally devastating for her. The prosecutor objects vehemently and the judge refuses to grant the motion. She must stay in the courtroom and listen to the testimony. While doing so, Davis digs her fingernails so deeply into her hand that she breaks the skin.
Cyrus calls Doc about his bet but it has already been placed. A witness Cyrus calls to the stand gives the jury a scientific explanation of how a parent could forget their child is in the car. She describes several factors that could have led Davis' brain to forget her daughter.
The team disagree over whether or not Davis should take the stand in her own defense. When Cyrus drops the box of items from her SUV onto the floor they hear strange noises coming from it. He picks the box up and drops it again and they hear the sounds again. A child's toy that allows a parent to record their voice for their child has recorded Davis' emotion when she discovered her daughter in her car. She is clearly distressed and highly emotional and performing CPR on her daughter. Cyrus takes the toy to the judge's chambers for him and the prosecutor to hear. Because Cyrus cannot establish a timeline as to when the recording was made, the judge excludes the tape from evidence.
Knowing they are backed into a corner, Cyrus agrees to put Davis on the stand. She is cold on the stand. Cyrus pushes her harder and harder to try and bring out the emotion he knows she feels over her daughters death. Eventually, she breaks into tears. Both Cyrus and the prosecutor deliver excellent closing speeches. The jury returns a 'not guilty' verdict. Cyrus also gets lucky when his bet wins and he is closed out with Doc.
I loved the storyline with Eddie, Lucinda and Desdemona. Eddie and Lucinda play very well off one another. I admit I'm curious to know how long it will be before they finally hook up (if the series lasts). You know it will happen eventually! I also like that Doc was back briefly. While the writers aren't focusing on Garza's bad habits, they are still introducing them here and there. I still want to know who the guy following Cyrus in the pilot was, and why he was tailing him.
One thing I do like about this show is the cases Garza and his team take aren't the sort of cases you'd see on your typical legal drama. They are emotionally and politically charged cases. The ratings don't seem to be that great at the moment though, do they? Perhaps another time slot might help things some. I don't know. I really want this show to succeed because I want Jimmy Smits to have another success on his hands and I want to be able to see him on television for a long time to come. With cancellations of the new season already starting to come in, I guess fans of Outlaw will just have to wait and see if the show will be able to weather the storm and finish the 13 episode run that has been ordered and go beyond that.
Outlaw airs on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Central) on NBC.
For more information:
NBC Official Site: www.nbc.com/outlaw/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592226/combined
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Outlaw
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.3, "In RE: Jessica Davis"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
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