Turnstile Justice
- El episodio se emitió el 25 oct 2000
- TV-14
- 1h
Añade un argumento en tu idiomaAfter a homeless man is accused of killing a woman at a subway station, McCoy learns that a health care provider may not have provided him with appropriate medical attention in order to save... Leer todoAfter a homeless man is accused of killing a woman at a subway station, McCoy learns that a health care provider may not have provided him with appropriate medical attention in order to save money.After a homeless man is accused of killing a woman at a subway station, McCoy learns that a health care provider may not have provided him with appropriate medical attention in order to save money.
Imágenes
- Brian Gallant
- (as Ray Anthony Thomas)
- Trey Wiles
- (as M. Neko Parham)
Argumento
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesTy Burrell, as the aggrieved husband, was his first credited acting role, nine years before his role as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (2009).
- PifiasADA Carmichael indicates that a physician assistant isn't qualified to diagnose mental health disorders. However that is incorrect, a physician assistant is a licensed, mid-level medical practitioner who closely collaborates with a doctor and attends medical school, though only for two years, whereas a doctor attends medical school for four years. A physician assistant has a Master's degree and has most of the privileges a doctor does including: ordering labs and tests and interpreting the results, making diagnosis, performing minor surgical procedures and prescribing medications. A physician assistant's work is supposed to be partly supervised by their supervising physician (the exact level of supervision varies from state to state), a physician assistant's diagnosis would need to be double checked by a physician if it is complex case but that still doesn't mean they aren't any less qualified than a doctor is.
However it is possible Carmichael was getting a medical assistant confused with a physician assistant, a medical assistant is a low-level, licensed medical practitioner (similar to a nurse) who is usually responsible for recording a patient's weight and vital signs, assisting a physician with preparing and administering medications and charting notes in the patient's medical records. A medical assistant is a two year (Associates) degree and cannot make diagnosis or prescribe medications the way a physician assistant can. Even though the responsibilities of a medical assistant and a physician assistant are quite different the titles of physician assistant and medical assistant do get confused with one another.
- Citas
Lt. Anita Van Buren: Well, when you do find the girls, I want you to add a charge of felony bad taste. Wearing white after Labor Day?
- ConexionesReferences Dateline NBC (1992)
While highly appreciating that it even tried to tackle this subject, "Turnstile Justice" in my mind could have done so better. It is certainly not a bad episode, quite decent actually, and its efforts are commendable, but to me the issue has been tackled with more tact, insight and complexity elsewhere. A notable example being Season 6's "Pro Se". As far as Season 11 episodes go, "Turnstile Justice" is neither one of the best or worst, though will say that it is a big step down from the brilliant previous episode "Endurance".
Am going to start with what "Turnstile Justice" could have done better. It could have been handled with more tact as it did feel heavy handed in stretches when the writers made it too clear what side of the issue they were on and did so in a not particularly subtle way, disappointing considering that 'Law and Order' at this point was so good often at presenting tough topics from more than one point of view and in a way where you could see both sides.
Not much new here too, a lot of it is fairly familiar and ordinary ground other than the complexities of everything with the health care. Which did seem on the one-sided side and is not always realistic, what is said about the physician assistant was somewhat sloppy. Dianne Wiest has too little to do (though she does decently with what she has). Don't like it too when it is said and shown that medication takers resort to extreme behaviours when not taking them, that is not always the case and while it is far from unheard of the actions are not usually this extreme (it is dependent on the condition though).
Having said all of that, a lot is done well. It is made slickly and the music is unobtrusive while helping give big moments their impact. The direction is alert enough while not rushing through, especially later on. The performances are on point, with Jerry Orbach and Jesse L. Martin making for a great team and Sam Waterston is also a strong presence. Angie Harmon shows why Carmichael was always my personal favourite of the female prosecution assistants. Ray Anthony Thomas is unsettling as the character the case centres around.
Even though it is heavy handed, the script is thought-provoking and doesn't ramble with nothing being held back. Despite being nothing new, the story does compel and raises some intriguing questions. It doesn't feel dull or confusing either.
Concluding, not a great episode but worth a peek. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- 2 may 2022