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(1984)

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8/10
On the money episode
Woodyanders28 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Goldblume (a fine Joe Spano) goes after the creep (a perfectly hateful Jere Burns) who raped his ex-wife. One of Hunter's SWAT team members catches flack for shouting an obscenity after shooting a man. Calletano (nice work from Rene Enriquez) works undercover at a motel.

It's startling to see the usually gentle Goldblume go on the warpath. Moreover, it's a hoot to see Belker (essayed with growly gusto by Bruce Weitz) working the front desk at a seedy motel. Hunter (sturdy James B. Sikking) gets a strong moment in which he attempts to advise rookie Foster (well played by Robert Prescott) not to let the error he made in the field defeat him. Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry are once again hilarious as a hapless tourist couple while Tim Thomerson positively oozes as slimy motel owner Rikers. Lastly, this episode makes a pertinent point about how one has to live with the consequences of one's actions, with Joyce (a terrific Veronica Hamel) trying and failing to prevent one of her clients from being executed.
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10/10
Quite Gripping
Hitchcoc21 July 2021
Ultimately, this episode is about the value of life. Central to it is the execution of Celestine Gray who mutilated and killed a nun along with another man. In the eyes of the law he deserved his sentence. Peripherally, Henry Goldblume's ex-wife is raped at knife-point. She is refusing to report it, so Henry begins the process of finding the guy. He has been vilified by many of his colleagues for his views on the Gray execution, yet when it is his former wife, those beliefs are questioned. There is also a drug bust where Ray foolishly participates because of a form letter he received from division. Joyce is so torn in the matters here and the ending is quite stunning.
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