A trio of junkies mug and brutalize a middle aged woman. As she lingers near death and legal issues keep the criminals on the street, her doctor son spirals into increasing anger.A trio of junkies mug and brutalize a middle aged woman. As she lingers near death and legal issues keep the criminals on the street, her doctor son spirals into increasing anger.A trio of junkies mug and brutalize a middle aged woman. As she lingers near death and legal issues keep the criminals on the street, her doctor son spirals into increasing anger.
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- GoofsDisappearing ring? This goof involves the ring that Officer Webster was wearing on the third finger of his right hand. When he threw the punch at the suspect on the fire escape, the camera panned in on his right hand, which clearly showed that he was wearing a silver ring. However, when he was back at the precinct, look closely at his right hand when he's pulling the doctor off of the suspect. It flashes by quickly, but Terry's right hand no longer has a ring on it.
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Richard Komansky: [Officers Mike Danko, Terry Webster and Chris Owens are in the booking room at the precinct. Chris is fingerprinting Dr Komansky, who is very bitter and angry] You know, you guys are just like doctors. Crime is a disease the rest of us don't ever even think about until we catch it. Then we come to you for help.
Officer Mike Danko: [Mike is standing on the other side of the booking desk. He picks up a piece of tissue paper, which he hands to Chris. Off screen, Chris hands it to Dr Komansky to wipe off his hand. Terry is seated behind Mike, writing on a clipboard] Yeah, well it's not always that simple.
Richard Komansky: [Dr Komansky answers Mike sarcastically. Terry stops writing and looks over at Dr Komansky] Yeah, that's the old slogan, isn't it? But that's such a cop-out. Everybody's always saying it isn't that simple. Maybe it is... maybe the answer to crime and criminals is just as simple as a bullet. Of course, we can't face that. We don't have the guts.
Officer Terry Webster: [Terry continues staring at Dr Komansky; his facial expression is deadly serious. He replies in a calm, but monotone, voice] I think we must have the courage to admit... that bullets never solved anything. They never have, and they never will. Doctor.
[Dr Komansky crumples up the soiled tissue paper and walks away from the booking desk with Chris]
In today's world, this kind of thing happens all too much. As the story unfolds, it outlines a classic case of worthless punk junkies looking to steal money to support their habits; in doing so, they terrorize citizens of the neighborhood into submission.
When they attack a woman in the elevator of her apartment house, they didn't bet on the fact that her son, an intern at Memorial Hospital, would take matters into his own hands, since he felt that the police weren't doing enough to arrest and convict them. As his frustrations grew after the thugs were released for lack of evidence, he started to spiral out of control. He purchased a gun with the intent to kill them, since, in his mind, they got away scot-free in the attack on his mother.
In the end of the story, the doctor did exactly that; he killed them all in his unleashed anger and grief and ruined his life. When he was being fingerprinted, he said a very poignant quote, "Maybe the answer to crime and criminals is just as simple as a bullet". That alone really puts a serious ending to a storyline that was really very emotionally-charged.
I totally enjoyed watching the scene where Chris and Terry were inside Linda Reese's apartment when they arrested her. Terry's voice was so calm when he was telling her what charges she was guilty of. As he was putting handcuffs on her, he was totally gentle with her, but, I was somewhat mystified that neither Chris nor Terry called for a female cop to arrest her like they've done with other female suspects in other episodes, but what the heck.
It was so cool when Terry threw the punch to subdue the other thug he caught, I loved it! I always like seeing him throw those haymakers. I had to laugh when Lt Ryker burst out of his office yelling about what the hell is going on around here. His character does yell a lot, but that's part of the persona of his character.
Unlike the last reviewer, I didn't think that Bruce Fairbairn's acting was nearly as bad as they said, but that's my thought process. As an actor, he delivers his lines a little slowly, but that doesn't make for bad acting. It's simply who his character, Chris, is.
All in all, this story was riveting, very well- written and the acting was great.
- tweezey
- Oct 15, 2022