As the series progresses, one has to question if someone is developing into a good "television detective" or not. Rollins seems to bring out that thought in my mind more frequently than not.
This is another Rollins focused episode, so of course it has to be another bad decision fiasco. It brings up her gambling problem introduced two seasons earlier. Now she's in GA, and through common "acquaintance" she meets the alleged victim of the episode who tells her she has been raped. The case becomes more convoluted as the episode progresses, hence I won't go into details about it. She's also seen sleeping with her sponsor.
As showcased in the episode "Deadly Ambition" of the fourteenth season, Rollins has the tendency to let her feelings get in the way of her perspective, this episode is not any better. She not only loses her sight as a detective but her muddled perspective also puts some strain in her relationship with the other detectives mostly Pino's Amaro. From the inception of their characters, I've been seeing similar patterns. While Amaro's very empathetic, he clearly has a better instinct as a cop as his "gut" feeling has helped in solving major cases previously, whereas Rollins' the exact opposite. She has shown to be a good detective, but she also lets her bias gets in the way of her work (Deadly Ambition, Double Strands). By the end of the episode, her own short sightedness results in some unfortunate effect on her (which is gonna seed some bad consequences for her in the future).
The episode also introduces Thomas Sadoski as Nate Davis, Rollins' bed mate and GA sponsor, who is also in AA. Ironically (or maybe intentionally), he also owns a bar. Interesting character, although I'd have liked to see more of him in future episodes, but I know he won't make any major appearances besides one more episode (I'm up to date with he current season, and am just viewing older seasons due to syndication).
The investigation is rather short as the episode is more "Order" focused. Barbra is still as ruthless as ever, but alas I miss both Cabot and Novak, whatever happened to them. The final testimony which cuts reasonable doubts is rather messily done in this episode and seemed perspective-dependent (in other words circumstantial). Nia Vardalos also makes a return as Minnona Efron, who brings up rather eccentric arguments. Anyway, an interesting episode with significant development made for Giddish's Rollins, which is gonna pave the way her character will walk in future episodes. 8/10
This is another Rollins focused episode, so of course it has to be another bad decision fiasco. It brings up her gambling problem introduced two seasons earlier. Now she's in GA, and through common "acquaintance" she meets the alleged victim of the episode who tells her she has been raped. The case becomes more convoluted as the episode progresses, hence I won't go into details about it. She's also seen sleeping with her sponsor.
As showcased in the episode "Deadly Ambition" of the fourteenth season, Rollins has the tendency to let her feelings get in the way of her perspective, this episode is not any better. She not only loses her sight as a detective but her muddled perspective also puts some strain in her relationship with the other detectives mostly Pino's Amaro. From the inception of their characters, I've been seeing similar patterns. While Amaro's very empathetic, he clearly has a better instinct as a cop as his "gut" feeling has helped in solving major cases previously, whereas Rollins' the exact opposite. She has shown to be a good detective, but she also lets her bias gets in the way of her work (Deadly Ambition, Double Strands). By the end of the episode, her own short sightedness results in some unfortunate effect on her (which is gonna seed some bad consequences for her in the future).
The episode also introduces Thomas Sadoski as Nate Davis, Rollins' bed mate and GA sponsor, who is also in AA. Ironically (or maybe intentionally), he also owns a bar. Interesting character, although I'd have liked to see more of him in future episodes, but I know he won't make any major appearances besides one more episode (I'm up to date with he current season, and am just viewing older seasons due to syndication).
The investigation is rather short as the episode is more "Order" focused. Barbra is still as ruthless as ever, but alas I miss both Cabot and Novak, whatever happened to them. The final testimony which cuts reasonable doubts is rather messily done in this episode and seemed perspective-dependent (in other words circumstantial). Nia Vardalos also makes a return as Minnona Efron, who brings up rather eccentric arguments. Anyway, an interesting episode with significant development made for Giddish's Rollins, which is gonna pave the way her character will walk in future episodes. 8/10