As someone who has watched every Law and Order episode multiple times, this episode helped me understand why the revival of this franchise is falling short. In this episode, I thought that the plot line was thoughtful, the acting was very good, the writing was good and the ending was well done. But I could not figure out why the revival is falling short.
This episode helped me understand why the producers have to figure out how to squeeze 3-5 more minutes into an episode. Two critical pieces of evidence, both videos, one on the street, and one of a two-year-old video exchange between the slain police officer and his girl friend, showed up to advance the story line. How either of them was created or found was simply not addressed; one showed up in the cross-examination of a witness, without any understanding of how the defense attorney could have gotten hold of it.
I suspect that staying in the 42-minute run time the producers have targeted is causing the explanatory part of the story line or even some character development to suffer. Whatever the case, the revival episodes, including this one, just do not have the richness in dialogue or character or plot development that the extra minutes for each episode.gave the original series.
This episode helped me understand why the producers have to figure out how to squeeze 3-5 more minutes into an episode. Two critical pieces of evidence, both videos, one on the street, and one of a two-year-old video exchange between the slain police officer and his girl friend, showed up to advance the story line. How either of them was created or found was simply not addressed; one showed up in the cross-examination of a witness, without any understanding of how the defense attorney could have gotten hold of it.
I suspect that staying in the 42-minute run time the producers have targeted is causing the explanatory part of the story line or even some character development to suffer. Whatever the case, the revival episodes, including this one, just do not have the richness in dialogue or character or plot development that the extra minutes for each episode.gave the original series.