Shocking behavior by Jack, but i can see what he's trying to do. He's trying to put a murderer behind bars. But it's a complex issue. Of how far should you go in order to try and achieve true justice. Gay marriage should absolutely be legal and fine, and that is what it's like today in the western world. This episode was set in those early days of fighting for gay marriage, and how it started to become more accepted over time.
But in this episode, concerning this case, i don't know. I don't know what the right answer is. I think Jack may be right. He is fighting to put a murderer in prison, at the expense of rights to something trivial, aka marriage. Because marriage is kind of a trivial thing, a trivial institution, factually, in my view. And to many others it may seem important or symbolic (especially in regard to gay rights) but Jack is trying to fight to achieve true justice here. I appreciated Serena's view, and it is a complex issue either way. I just think Jack may be right in trying to achieve true justice, and that while he may set back the gay marriage rights temporarily, it's possibly for the greater good, in achieving the conviction of a murderer.
Branch also said "it could cost me a few votes" even though he said it should be up to the states to decide what the policy is and Jack should do this to clear it up, plus Branch decided he should go through with it anyway. It's interesting that the political situation is brought up. I don't know if Adam would do it, but i think Nora would. I like Nora the most i think, even though she was only in it for 2 seasons. She cared less for her own political situation and thought more about true justice. Adam stayed in office a long time because he was considerate of the politics of his station, and that's clever, but he cared less for true justice. He was a great head DA, but i liked Nora better. Branch is even more hardcore when it comes to justice, but i think he goes too far in that direction. Nora felt like a good mix between Branch and Adam.
Although... Jack is trying to fight for it to be made that spousal privilege shouldn't be allowed for gay couples, at least in this case. And now i'm thinking... Why is spousal privilidge even allowed in the first place? For any couple? It's kind of ridiculous. It would be an important thing for a spouse to testify against another in the first place, so it must be important, and should be allowed. It could be even more important for divorced spouses, though i imagine a minority of those people would abuse the lack of this law if it didn't exist, but should this law exist for those minority? When without the law it may benefit more people and the greater good? Spousal priviledge sounds kinda dumb as a law. Imagine how many criminals have got away with crimes because of it. Thousands? Tens of thousands? Absolutely.
What if the law was made in the first place so wives couldn't testify against their husbands or ex husbands for their crimes. So the law could be antiquated from that point of view, too.
I like the opinion of the judges, declaring the marriages null and void because they were not official, but also encouraging the state legislature to craft an official way for gay couples to get married. That sounds good to me, in order to serve this greater justice of this case. But really, maybe we should just remove spousal priviledge altogether? If the gay couple in this episode were officially married, the guy would have gotten away with murder. How many other murderers in history have got away with murder because of this "privilidge"
McCoy was desperate at the end there, i could tell. But he played it well. They all knew that he was likely to be found not guilty, but there was always a chance he could be found guilty. McCoy played it well at the end there. He was a bit ballsy going for murder 2 25 to life as the opening offer, but then McCoy quickly took man 1 15 to life. He really did seem threatening in talking about his pursuit of him, talking about holding his ex in jail and how he would keep going after him as there's no statute of limitations on murder. Nice. Well done McCoy.
Review by WardVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2022-12-20T00:20:53Z
Shocking behavior by Jack, but i can see what he's trying to do. He's trying to put a murderer behind bars. But it's a complex issue. Of how far should you go in order to try and achieve true justice. Gay marriage should absolutely be legal and fine, and that is what it's like today in the western world. This episode was set in those early days of fighting for gay marriage, and how it started to become more accepted over time.
But in this episode, concerning this case, i don't know. I don't know what the right answer is. I think Jack may be right. He is fighting to put a murderer in prison, at the expense of rights to something trivial, aka marriage. Because marriage is kind of a trivial thing, a trivial institution, factually, in my view. And to many others it may seem important or symbolic (especially in regard to gay rights) but Jack is trying to fight to achieve true justice here. I appreciated Serena's view, and it is a complex issue either way. I just think Jack may be right in trying to achieve true justice, and that while he may set back the gay marriage rights temporarily, it's possibly for the greater good, in achieving the conviction of a murderer.
Branch also said "it could cost me a few votes" even though he said it should be up to the states to decide what the policy is and Jack should do this to clear it up, plus Branch decided he should go through with it anyway. It's interesting that the political situation is brought up. I don't know if Adam would do it, but i think Nora would. I like Nora the most i think, even though she was only in it for 2 seasons. She cared less for her own political situation and thought more about true justice. Adam stayed in office a long time because he was considerate of the politics of his station, and that's clever, but he cared less for true justice. He was a great head DA, but i liked Nora better. Branch is even more hardcore when it comes to justice, but i think he goes too far in that direction. Nora felt like a good mix between Branch and Adam.
Although... Jack is trying to fight for it to be made that spousal privilege shouldn't be allowed for gay couples, at least in this case. And now i'm thinking... Why is spousal privilidge even allowed in the first place? For any couple? It's kind of ridiculous. It would be an important thing for a spouse to testify against another in the first place, so it must be important, and should be allowed. It could be even more important for divorced spouses, though i imagine a minority of those people would abuse the lack of this law if it didn't exist, but should this law exist for those minority? When without the law it may benefit more people and the greater good? Spousal priviledge sounds kinda dumb as a law. Imagine how many criminals have got away with crimes because of it. Thousands? Tens of thousands? Absolutely.
What if the law was made in the first place so wives couldn't testify against their husbands or ex husbands for their crimes. So the law could be antiquated from that point of view, too.
I like the opinion of the judges, declaring the marriages null and void because they were not official, but also encouraging the state legislature to craft an official way for gay couples to get married. That sounds good to me, in order to serve this greater justice of this case. But really, maybe we should just remove spousal priviledge altogether? If the gay couple in this episode were officially married, the guy would have gotten away with murder. How many other murderers in history have got away with murder because of this "privilidge"
McCoy was desperate at the end there, i could tell. But he played it well. They all knew that he was likely to be found not guilty, but there was always a chance he could be found guilty. McCoy played it well at the end there. He was a bit ballsy going for murder 2 25 to life as the opening offer, but then McCoy quickly took man 1 15 to life. He really did seem threatening in talking about his pursuit of him, talking about holding his ex in jail and how he would keep going after him as there's no statute of limitations on murder. Nice. Well done McCoy.