Beautiful Frame Liveblogging

[moondustwolf]

Two suspects are tried for the same murder in separate, simultaneous court proceedings, with the DA in each case rushing for a conviction.

Comments

[dark_weezing]

Remember the days when the show didn't use flashbacks? Yeah, those were the days.

I need a Woo-Hoo, I mean, a Yoo-Hoo. Shifty eyes.

[moondustwolf]

Just so long as the present case gets proper screen time and isn't shafted because they were going into great detail on something they could have explained in a 2-minute speech...

[dark_weezing]

Right. It's either that or exposition, but these days, exposition isn't as sexy as it used to be. At least, it isn't a case of Plot B overshadowing Plot A, not yet, anyway.

[moondustwolf]

So far, so good in regards to giving this case time. But I'm still waiting for that big conspiracy to show up, dudes.

[moondustwolf]

In the meantime, this double trial is satisfyingly dramatic and/or dizzying.

[dark_weezing]

It's been a long while since we had a double trial at once. Last I recall was... Orbach's last regular Mothership episode, I think. As I said, it's been a while.

At least, the episode is more prosecutor-centric than usual. About time.

[dark_weezing]

Well, a bittersweet ending is better than wangst, right?

[moondustwolf]

She was still alive at the end of the episode, which is always a plus.

[dark_weezing]

And she got to see her son, again, and not get killed in front of him. After last episode, I almost expected it.

[moondustwolf]

That was the conspiracy? Manipulating witnesses? That's tame by SVU standards.

[dark_weezing]

Yeah, they're not good at that, quite frankly. Even the season premiere with the epic conspiracy wasn't as awesome as it could have been. Oh, well.

At least, I can think of Mothership's Refuge -- now that was an awesome conspiracy.