As an episode of TV it's fine. I mostly liked the case. Will's trauma was interesting but non sequitturish. Kinda random and out of nowhere with no inspiration. But it was satisfying to watch him finally untangle. It is also interesting to see him try to approach the Angie question differently. I like them together. Today we solve a cold case while Will mentally processes a cold case and the APB solve a murder whose victim was killed because of a cold case and we have a returning character who is a headcase.
ACAB all the way down this episode: Police Procedurals in Episodes 1-5: "DON'T Assume! Follow the evidence. Dig in and find out the truth. Don't guess at the evidence. Read it."
Police Procedurals in Season 2+: "DON'T! Assume! Hmm.. this is a male relative what if he was the killer? This paternal grandfather. He could have done it. To protect his legacy he doesn't have. What about this uncle? He could have done it to protect his secret molesting we have no evidence for. Hey what about this step mother she could have done it in a fit of jealousy she shows no signs of. What if the best friend did it because of thruple gone wrong despite no thruple existing."
Also for an episode where the GBI just assumes every one they talk to is the secret criminal. They somehow have the MOST REAL accused I've ever seen in 30 years of Television watching. GBI goes to a black man (Derek, ex-boyfriend) they accused of the crime when Lilly went missing originally. And this dude is the most hard core real character I've ever seen in a police procedural. Everything Derek says is quotable:
It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see that ya'll are fishing for someone to lock up (100% true. There's no evidence they just want to pressure a confession)
I'm not helping you pin this one me like you tried to do the first time around (cop shows never go into this because it's counter programming but why SHOULD they expect cooperation from someone who is innocent being accused of being the killer. Law Enforcement has zero incentive to clear you of the crime and every incentive to get you locked up so they can "clear" the case. Faith saying "So what? No justice for Lilly?" actually kinda got me mad because what about justice for Derek? By definition everything he says will be used to make his life harder. Best to say nothing.)
Then he tells them to suck it and dips. We never see Derek again even though based on police procedural logic he's owed an apology. I love Derek. I kinda want to make Derek my avatar so I can explain who he is to people who ask. Police will give apologies for anyone who hrumphs loud enough but never to someone they wrongly accuse and threaten (though here they didn't threaten to be fair).
Will: "Derek's working hard to regain that prime suspect position"
By doing WHAT? They then proceed to make up stories like 5 year olds with toys to dream up what happened. I mean at least on Castle everyone would laugh at Richard Castle when he would do that.
Kinda make it ironic that Captain then says
"There's always a possibility it was the father. I really hope not."
I just watched a show video clip on social media where this dude "Folds under zero pressure" (Here's a YouTube version v=7xzdZfPTPrU). He's talking with a girl and he can't get out even half a sentence. He keeps stuttering even before she starts eyeing him. That's how people are in police procedurals. They get cuffs on you and they just start confessing every thing they've ever done the who, what, when, where and why. Nobody needs to even ask. Sixty percent of the time they aren't even miranda'd. The police are not your friends. They are not a source of forgiveness. Do not expect the police to even pass on your apologies. They are under no obligation. They don't like you. They will use everything you say against you to maximize your sentence because that gives the prosecutor another notch in their belt and the prosecutor is their friend for whatever reason. Prosecutor needs to maintain a 100% conviction rate because people (even people within the law) don't understand how the legal system works and they assume legally if you've been accused it's not because you look guilty. It's because you ARE guilty.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2024-05-13T04:26:31Z
As an episode of TV it's fine. I mostly liked the case. Will's trauma was interesting but non sequitturish. Kinda random and out of nowhere with no inspiration. But it was satisfying to watch him finally untangle. It is also interesting to see him try to approach the Angie question differently. I like them together. Today we solve a cold case while Will mentally processes a cold case and the APB solve a murder whose victim was killed because of a cold case and we have a returning character who is a headcase.
ACAB all the way down this episode:
Police Procedurals in Episodes 1-5: "DON'T Assume! Follow the evidence. Dig in and find out the truth. Don't guess at the evidence. Read it."
Police Procedurals in Season 2+: "DON'T! Assume! Hmm.. this is a male relative what if he was the killer? This paternal grandfather. He could have done it. To protect his legacy he doesn't have. What about this uncle? He could have done it to protect his secret molesting we have no evidence for. Hey what about this step mother she could have done it in a fit of jealousy she shows no signs of. What if the best friend did it because of thruple gone wrong despite no thruple existing."
Also for an episode where the GBI just assumes every one they talk to is the secret criminal. They somehow have the MOST REAL accused I've ever seen in 30 years of Television watching. GBI goes to a black man (Derek, ex-boyfriend) they accused of the crime when Lilly went missing originally. And this dude is the most hard core real character I've ever seen in a police procedural. Everything Derek says is quotable:
Then he tells them to suck it and dips. We never see Derek again even though based on police procedural logic he's owed an apology. I love Derek. I kinda want to make Derek my avatar so I can explain who he is to people who ask. Police will give apologies for anyone who hrumphs loud enough but never to someone they wrongly accuse and threaten (though here they didn't threaten to be fair).
By doing WHAT? They then proceed to make up stories like 5 year olds with toys to dream up what happened. I mean at least on Castle everyone would laugh at Richard Castle when he would do that.
Kinda make it ironic that Captain then says
I just watched a show video clip on social media where this dude "Folds under zero pressure" (Here's a YouTube version
v=7xzdZfPTPrU). He's talking with a girl and he can't get out even half a sentence. He keeps stuttering even before she starts eyeing him. That's how people are in police procedurals. They get cuffs on you and they just start confessing every thing they've ever done the who, what, when, where and why. Nobody needs to even ask. Sixty percent of the time they aren't even miranda'd. The police are not your friends. They are not a source of forgiveness. Do not expect the police to even pass on your apologies. They are under no obligation. They don't like you. They will use everything you say against you to maximize your sentence because that gives the prosecutor another notch in their belt and the prosecutor is their friend for whatever reason. Prosecutor needs to maintain a 100% conviction rate because people (even people within the law) don't understand how the legal system works and they assume legally if you've been accused it's not because you look guilty. It's because you ARE guilty.