An investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy leads Lupo and Bernard into the world of a fundamentalist Mormon sect, its polygamist leader, and one of his wives who is trying to get a... Read allAn investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy leads Lupo and Bernard into the world of a fundamentalist Mormon sect, its polygamist leader, and one of his wives who is trying to get away from him.An investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy leads Lupo and Bernard into the world of a fundamentalist Mormon sect, its polygamist leader, and one of his wives who is trying to get away from him.
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- TriviaLoosely based on Mormon cultist Warren Jeffs who is serving a life sentence plus 20 years for two felony counts of child sexual assault.
- Quotes
Sergeant Pat Mallory: Patrol responded to a 911 call. Victim is male, white.
Kevin Bernard: Oh. Kid is sixteen; seventeen, tops. Looks like a single stab wound to the chest.
Sergeant Pat Mallory: My guys are looking for a weapon.
Cyrus Lupo: [searching the victim's pocket] Five dollar bill and some change. No wallet, no ID.
Sergeant Pat Mallory: Could be a rich kid from the neighborhood with that preppy outfit.
Cyrus Lupo: Preppy, maybe. Rich? No. Look at his cuffs. They're all frayed and his pants are too short. Hand me downs. He shops right out the bin at Goodwill.
Kevin Bernard: Fresh haircut, nails are clean. He's too well groomed to be living on the street. He even tucked his shirt in.
Cyrus Lupo: And he buttoned his top button.
Kevin Bernard: Did you ever walk around like that when you were his age?
Cyrus Lupo: Not unless my mother made me.
- SoundtracksKeep It Easy
performed by Michael Sackler-Berner
The show wasn't exempt from disappointments, and almost all the seasons had at least one disappointing episode. "Lost Boys" is one of the few from the surprisingly good Season 19. It sounded good on paper, even though not new premise-wise, and like on first watch it started off very well. It is however a massive step down from the excellent previous two episodes and is let down badly by the not well done at all legal portion.
It is far from a bad episode. Production values have the usual slickness and grit and the music is unobtrusive and gives big revelations even more impact without over-emphasising. The direction is deliberate but not sluggish on the most part. The script has a lot of talk but doesn't feel rambling.
Did think too that "Lost Boys" starts off quite promising and the policing was intriguing. Compared to before, the improvement in the chemistry between Lupo and Bernard is pretty staggering. The episode is very well acted by all the regulars, it is the lead portion that just about makes the legal portion watchable.
Because in most other areas the legal portion is really disappointing. The tension is completely lacking, surprises are few and did find very hard to believe that something so awful was defended in the way it was, which was cringe inducing. The episode was also not perfect before the legal portions, the supporting characters never came over as real and instead overdone stereotypes and the support acting seemed under-rehearsed.
Absolutely agree about the judge's ruling sticking out like the sorest of thumbs and it ruined what credibility the rest of the episode had, it is truly incomprehensible and incredibly unrealistic considering the severity of the crime. The ending felt over crowded.
Overall, underwhelming. 5/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 10, 2022