This is an excellent episode and my respect for the writing team grows week to week.
I want to underscore what makes this episode so special.
This show was already operating in rarefied air going into this segment. They had nothing to prove.
But they decided to take it up a notch anyway.
I remember an old CSI episode with Hoffman as an arrogant private eye. He is a very smart actor, specializing in playing roles with mannerisms that deliberately are off-putting to both the audience and his fellow characters. He is the guy you love to hate.
In this episode he takes it up a notch, being alternately obnoxious and then, out of the blue, after an outburst, the audience starts to wonder if deep down he really cares...?? That is a tricky bit of acting and he pulls it off.
Don't overlook Rafferty as Donna. She already has shown that she does the best reaction shots in Hollywood. Here she plays a character who did not want to get re-involved in the lawsuit arc but did anyway, only to get trashed in the mock trial.
And she is brilliant.
Great episode.
I want to underscore what makes this episode so special.
This show was already operating in rarefied air going into this segment. They had nothing to prove.
But they decided to take it up a notch anyway.
I remember an old CSI episode with Hoffman as an arrogant private eye. He is a very smart actor, specializing in playing roles with mannerisms that deliberately are off-putting to both the audience and his fellow characters. He is the guy you love to hate.
In this episode he takes it up a notch, being alternately obnoxious and then, out of the blue, after an outburst, the audience starts to wonder if deep down he really cares...?? That is a tricky bit of acting and he pulls it off.
Don't overlook Rafferty as Donna. She already has shown that she does the best reaction shots in Hollywood. Here she plays a character who did not want to get re-involved in the lawsuit arc but did anyway, only to get trashed in the mock trial.
And she is brilliant.
Great episode.