I didn't know what anybody could possibly mean by "a punchable face" before I saw this ep's key guest, Spencer Treat Clark, play kid Nazi Werner von Strucker on Agents of SHIELD. I couldn't bring myself to care about this lazy spoiled stoner rich kid, and had no investment in the outcome of this case. Even after we learn his friend lied, I wasn't convinced Kenny hadn't killed a guy - my head canon is they both did it.
I also could not bring myself to care about the relational drama in this ep - this episode didn't show me that Alicia and Lauren's friendship ever had anything real in it worth saving. The emotional punch line of the show, "you won't call, we won't have lunch, and that's fine": a relatable response to fake friendship, a wise thing for Alicia to know, but a super petty thing for her to actually say out loud. She does not come out ahead.
This episode also, I think, attempts to deepen Cary, but I don't care enough about him to care that he chokes in the courtroom.
Plot-wise, also a dud: the key piece of exonerating evidence is un-anticipatable by the audience and it's mostly opposing counsel's sloppiness that saves Kenny.
Review by callie_jenningsBlockedParentSpoilers2024-03-08T17:32:21Z
I didn't know what anybody could possibly mean by "a punchable face" before I saw this ep's key guest, Spencer Treat Clark, play kid Nazi Werner von Strucker on Agents of SHIELD. I couldn't bring myself to care about this lazy spoiled stoner rich kid, and had no investment in the outcome of this case. Even after we learn his friend lied, I wasn't convinced Kenny hadn't killed a guy - my head canon is they both did it.
I also could not bring myself to care about the relational drama in this ep - this episode didn't show me that Alicia and Lauren's friendship ever had anything real in it worth saving. The emotional punch line of the show, "you won't call, we won't have lunch, and that's fine": a relatable response to fake friendship, a wise thing for Alicia to know, but a super petty thing for her to actually say out loud. She does not come out ahead.
This episode also, I think, attempts to deepen Cary, but I don't care enough about him to care that he chokes in the courtroom.
Plot-wise, also a dud: the key piece of exonerating evidence is un-anticipatable by the audience and it's mostly opposing counsel's sloppiness that saves Kenny.