Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA young hip-hop performer is accused of murdering a rap mogul, but his friend testifies during the trial that he is the killer. Serena objects to prosecution tactics, and Branch fires her.A young hip-hop performer is accused of murdering a rap mogul, but his friend testifies during the trial that he is the killer. Serena objects to prosecution tactics, and Branch fires her.A young hip-hop performer is accused of murdering a rap mogul, but his friend testifies during the trial that he is the killer. Serena objects to prosecution tactics, and Branch fires her.
Imágenes
- DA Arthur Branch
- (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
- Anthony 'Psycho' Harrison
- (as Jade Yorker)
- Judge Antonia Mellon
- (as Mary Lou Mellace)
Argumento
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesThis episode appears to be based on the 2002 Jason William Mizell (a.k.a. Jam Master Jay) shooting case.
- PifiasWhile doing a background check on Mooney, the detectives find he is "on the job" (working for the NYPD) in Queens. In a subsequent scene when the detectives are interviewing him, Officer Mooney is shown wearing "27" insignia on his uniform. The 27th Precinct is the one that the detectives work out of in Manhattan.
- Citas
D.A. Arthur Branch: You know, Serena, if you were right, you were right for the wrong reasons.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: Meaning?
D.A. Arthur Branch: Emotions, not facts. What was it you said, everyone you talked to said he couldn't have killed that man?
ADA Serena Southerlyn: My emotional responses make me...
D.A. Arthur Branch: ...an advocate. You're a superb attorney; you ought to be involved in cases that feed your passion.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: That would be wonderful.
D.A. Arthur Branch: Serena, you must know, that will not happen in this office. It can't. Now, a prosecutor can be zealous, but not passionate. Advocacy is warm-blooded, enforcement's got to be cold-blooded, and blind, and even angry.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: Does Jack feel as strongly about this as you do?
D.A. Arthur Branch: No, but it's my office and my decision, and he accepts it.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: Decision? You've already made a decision?
D.A. Arthur Branch: I have. You're fired.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: Is this because I'm a lesbian?
D.A. Arthur Branch: No. Of course not. No.
ADA Serena Southerlyn: Good... good.
With this last episode involving Serena prosecuting this specific case, she ran into a very serious ethical dilemma regarding her position as a prosecutor. But I don't understand what the crime is in finding evidence or suspecting that a criminal defendant may not be culpable for the crime he was charged with.
Why couldn't Serena have tried harder to convince Jack and Arthur that she could find the person who really committed the murder through the guy they thought they had pegged as their perp? It's beyond me.
At any rate, Serena ended up getting fired by Branch for essentially doing her job -- zealously representing the State of New York by trying to find the true killer in this specific case.
What I found especially lame was how Serena suddenly suspected that Branch and McCoy discovered she was a lesbian long before she admitted it out of the blue. Whaaaaat the hell was that woman thinking? I can understand where some people come from by becoming briefly irrational and using their emotions over their common sense when faced with a major life change, and there isn't one person out there who hasn't gone through a similar dilemma. Still, I think Serena could have gone out far better than she did.
Who knows? Serena Southerlyn may not have gone as quietly as some people think she has. When Branch lectured her implicitly about being more cut out to be a defense attorney than a prosecutor, she may very well take that to heart and become one.
If Wolf and the other producers of the show were to invite Rohm back as a special guest star, she would make a great foil against McCoy in any event that cases involving her clients are prosecuted by him. As a former ADA and having worked with McCoy, she knows all his strengths and weaknesses. Plus, if she is the type of attorney who will represent a client she KNOWS is absolutely innocent, she will fight tooth and nail to bury her former supervisor in court.
Again, Law and Order can do so much more with characters like the one Rohm portrayed over the past four or five years she co-starred on the show.
- HotRedTiger316
- 22 oct 2006