New episode discussion - 20x03 "Great Satan"

[polkadotsnplaid]

20x03 "Great Satan"

DISCUSS!

[I'm feeling a bit under the weather and have been trying to catch up on things all evening, so I will be a bit late in viewing the episode & w/ my own comments, but they'll be up later tonight or tomorrow! Please don't wait for me to jump in w/ your comments/thoughts/etc.!]

Comments

[polkadotsnplaid]

Thanks, dude. I already do. Who knew Law & Order was a cure-all? :D

My notes/commentary/quotes Part 1

[polkadotsnplaid]

- quick, to the point intro.
Lupo: Three cheeseburgers.
Bernard: Extra lettuce.

...I was waiting for the punchline but apparently the lettuce thing WAS the punchline because "lettuce" also means "money." A-haaa.

"It's Randall. Randy's an adjective that only sometimes describes me." - ahaha wtf, random asshole.

When the teen daughter says "This is my fault" I LOVED Lupo's look when he tells her "No, it's not."

- Lupo knows random country codes, like Yemen's. Awesome.

Bernard: Six hours on stereo equipment. Don't we have interns?

Bernard: *thru binoculars* Is that lo mein? Lupo, do we have any granola bars left?
Lupo: *holds up empty wrapper* This was the last one.

Lupo: Let's go screw it up.

Lupo: What's this? The Happy Meal prize?

- Lupes & B are sweaty!
- Samir tries to sell the NYPD better stereo equipment. Nice.

Samir: I love this country.
Cutter: What he loves is not going to jail

My notes/commentary/quotes Part 2

[polkadotsnplaid]

- Cutter's gonna be so mad at you guys for screwing it up on the DA's dime!

Cutter: The plot we stopped wasn't non-existent.
McCoy: *something about walking on the moon and only needing a police-provided rocketship*

Jack: Are we sure he didn't play us all for fools??

Classic Jack.

Cutter: This is how it works...
Ooh, Mike and Connie are so bad-ass in the scene at Rikers. When the guy says "12 years? But nothing happened?" they both have "tough shit" looks on their faces.

- WHITE BOARD! Love DA's Office Whiteboard Times.

Jack: Nail them down. I want everyone to go way.

- Cops take the lawyers on a tour of Darwish's apartment.

"I said jihad and you started to drool." - Samir to Lupo.

Connie: They could claim entrapment.
Jack: Just because we gave them the bomb supplies, the remote control, the motivational drugs

Re: My notes/commentary/quotes Part 2

[scarletumbrella]

I loved it too! Lupo was probably my fave character in the ep. Must admit Samir broke my heart at the end there... And of course &hears;ed Cutter following Connie's lead at the end. XD

[inanna7]

Lupo: Three cheeseburgers.
Bernard: Extra lettuce.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that they were going to make some crack like "Gives whole new meaning to extra ruffage in your diet" or something similar. Took me a second to catch on, too, thought they were going to beat it to death.

I loved the look on Bernard's face when Lupo knew the country code -- how in the world did you know that? I personally suspect Lupo did some time in India doing phone tech support, a couple of years of that and you know everybody's area code

[polkadotsnplaid]

I'm guessing the staircase maybe had to do with a case, since he has so many other relics from old cases in his office...who knows! Why don't reporters ever ask Linus IMPORTANT things like that? ...that's what I'd be asking, anyway. That and "no, srsly, where do YOU think Cutter is from?" Hahahaha.

Also glad you pointed out the bit w/ Anita and her son - I forgot to include that in my comments, though I had it in my longhand notes. It was an interesting addition and I'm glad they didn't linger too long. And yes, I agree that Jack's concern and her reaction were totally in-character.

Hahaha, I can so see Connie saying "Don't screw it up" to Sameer. And yeah, "drama!queen" sums it up well, as far as Sameer's delivery.

I like to believe that not only Cutter dropping the case onto his desk, but opening it up after a moment of debate as a definite sign of Connie rubbing off on him.Definitely. I love how much more of a team effort they're trying to portray the proceedings as this season - like, not just the camaraderie between

[inanna7]

Definitely. I love how much more of a team effort they're trying to portray the proceedings as this season - like, not just the camaraderie between the lawyers, but between the cops and the lawyers together. I will admit that I've become a fan of reading Mike & Connie fanfic romances, so I'd like to believe that they are at least attracted to one another, but have the level-headedness to keep their job interactions on a professional level, for the most part. So I would say Mike loves Connie, but I would be rightly accused of my judgement being prejudicial.

[polkadotsnplaid]

Hehe. I'm pretty big into Mike/Connie. I'm trying this season not to let it color my episode commentary TOO much but I do have my fanfic (and now I have some ficbunnies thanks to last night's episode!) and I couldn't help the comment at the end of my commentary this time 'cause he was totally doing the right thing at the least because she's rubbing off on him...however I'd agree w/ you that he loves her. Hee hee.

[bia_slytherin]

I thought it was a great episode! beginning with a afternoon crime scene!
Hee hee. now I know why I didn't understood the "with extra lettuce" punchline. anyway.
I think the whole episode was nice, they wouldn't have enough time to tell whe whole story if they made something deeper. nice job, writers.

I had to laugh with the funny lines they gave Jack. The walk in the moon thing and in the end.
Talking about Jack, I think to compensated the ridiculous 15 seconds of last episode. we need more Jack screentime, René Balcer!!!!!

Bernard was GREAT. it was about time they give B some nice stuff.

MiKe and Connie's faces at Rikers made me laugh out loud.

That staircase model... I want one in my bedroom. hehehehe.