A diamond broker's wife is accused of hiring Russian mobsters to arrange a hit on her husband.A diamond broker's wife is accused of hiring Russian mobsters to arrange a hit on her husband.A diamond broker's wife is accused of hiring Russian mobsters to arrange a hit on her husband.
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- DA Arthur Branch
- (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
- Mark Edleburg
- (as Todd Gearheart)
- Sam Laval
- (as Tim Jerome)
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- TriviaThe bit about the two actresses shadowing the police as research for their basic cable cop show was an inside joke about the TBS show Rizzoli & Isles (2010), starring L&O alum Angie Harmon.
- GoofsAfter the shooter decides to cooperate, his lawyer absolutely butchers the pronunciation of "Tegucigalpa" (te-GOOCH-e-gall-pah).
- Quotes
[Fontana and Green are questioning the bartender in an obviously mobbed up "social club"]
Detective Ed Green: If you don't talk, I'm sure Granados will.
Ivan Kalinov: I thought you don't know where he is.
Detective Ed Green: Oh, we're gonna find him. Doctors say in his condition he ain't gonna get that far.
Detective Joe Fontana: [leans in close and whispers] You know what I've got here, tovarisch? Huh? In about ten seconds, I'm gonna start smilin' like a village idiot and peelin' off hundred dollar bills onto your shiny brass bar.
Ivan Kalinov: What are you talkin' about?
Detective Joe Fontana: And then my partner here is gonna start droppin' "thank yous" and "tell us more" like there's no tomorrow.
Detective Ed Green: Which means, if your friends back there ain't deaf, dumb, and blind, you're gonna have a little trouble.
Ivan Kalinov: Don't... I don't know why he was here. I put him on books as favor.
Detective Ed Green: A favor to who? Andropov?
[the bartender is very reluctant to answer]
Detective Ed Green: Where's Granados?
Detective Joe Fontana: Here comes the first C-note. Is there anything you'd like us to tell your widow?
Ivan Kalinov: I'll tell you what I know. There is this doctor...
- ConnectionsReferences All in the Family (1971)
As said, the basic concept here in "All in the Family" has been done better since and especially before. Where there has been more tension, surprises and also more variety, there is enough of two of those in "All in the Family" but not quite enough of one of them. Is it a great episode? No, not to me it isn't. Is it one of the best episodes out of Season 15? Again no. Is it one of the worst? Again no. Is it good? Yes and at its best even very good.
It could have done with more tension and edge, which is what one expects for a story like this, with it suffering from that it is fairly familiar ground. There are enough surprises certainly, but to me it did get on the over-complicated side later on from trying to throw too much in.
Elisabeth Rohm is very stiff and bland, not surprising as she was more often than not the cast weak link.
However, much is good in "All in the Family". The production values are still fully professional, the slickness and subtly gritty style still remaining. The music is sparingly used and is haunting and thankfully non-overwrought. The direction shows some nice tension in the legal scenes. The script is taut and intelligent enough and doesn't get too talky, despite a lot of information to take in.
The story generally compels and it never feels predictable or dull, it just needed more variety and didn't need to try and try to make it more complicated than needed. The twistier and more complex it gets, the more intriguing and tense it got too. Apart from Rohm, the acting is very good, especially in the second half. Mercedes Ruehl is agreed outstanding
Overall, not great but well worth watching and at its best very good. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jul 26, 2022