Kibre and Gaffney prosecute a man suspected of murdering a recently paroled pedophile.Kibre and Gaffney prosecute a man suspected of murdering a recently paroled pedophile.Kibre and Gaffney prosecute a man suspected of murdering a recently paroled pedophile.
Photos
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActor Scott Cohen's first episode as Detective Chris Ravell. He has appeared as several other characters in the L&O franchise:
- D-Girl (1997) as Eddie Newman
- Turnaround (1997) as Eddie Newman
- Showtime (1997) as Eddie Newman
- Mob Street (1998) as Petrello
- Playing Dead (2009) as Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald
- ConnectionsReferences Psycho (1960)
Featured review
Suffers from heavy-handedness
This episode has a strong premise. A sexual predator is released from prison on parole with chemical castration. The neighborhood resents his presence but is unable to keep him out since he has done nothing wrong during parole. The man seems reformed. Someone in the neighborhood takes matters into their own hands and shoots him. This premise immediately sets up the conflict between the rights of prior offenders versus the security of society.
Unfortunately the characters of the episode are exaggerated in such a way as so telegraph the ending, make the episode predictable, and leave little time for the interesting conflict that sets up the story. Each plot turn makes the story less and less morally ambiguous and the conflict a battle of right and wrong. The scripts ends up being more about a politically ambiguous defense attorney than the balance between the rights of individuals. Truly a wasted opportunity.
Unfortunately the characters of the episode are exaggerated in such a way as so telegraph the ending, make the episode predictable, and leave little time for the interesting conflict that sets up the story. Each plot turn makes the story less and less morally ambiguous and the conflict a battle of right and wrong. The scripts ends up being more about a politically ambiguous defense attorney than the balance between the rights of individuals. Truly a wasted opportunity.
helpful•10
- ltdab
- Jun 22, 2014
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content