Mercy
- L’episodio è andato in onda il 31 gen 2003
- TV-14
- 1h
L'omicidio di un bambino si rivela essere una morte dolce perché era affetto da una malattia rara, fatale e terribilmente debilitante.L'omicidio di un bambino si rivela essere una morte dolce perché era affetto da una malattia rara, fatale e terribilmente debilitante.L'omicidio di un bambino si rivela essere una morte dolce perché era affetto da una malattia rara, fatale e terribilmente debilitante.
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- Special Agent Dr. George Huang, M.D.
- (as B.D. Wong)
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Lo sapevi?
- QuizPaul Adelstein appears uncredited as a character named "Kellerman." Starting in 2005, he would begin playing the regular character of Agent Kellerman on Prison Break (2005).
- BlooperThe Brown's were not wearing a "black piece of tape" to cover up a shirt logo. They were wearing black ribbons that act as a sign of mourning, it is part of the Jewish tradition of Shiva. Some Jewish denominations will wear a black arm band, and others wear a black ribbon on their lapel.
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Roger Swanson: You ever talk to me like that again, I'm going to report you to the Police Commissioner. I play golf with him.
Detective Elliot Stabler: Does he know about your handicap?
Roger Swanson: What handicap?
Detective Elliot Stabler: The one that makes you slap your wife around. Oh good, I see I got your attention. You ever lay a hand on your wife or your daughters again, I'm gonna pay you a visit.
Roger Swanson: Is that a threat?
Detective Elliot Stabler: ...Yeah.
This was a brilliant episode, after a slight quality dip with "Rotten" (which still wasn't a bad episode) the season and show are back on form with "Mercy". It explored its theme very sensitively and in a non-biased way and had a lot of emotion, one of the most emotional episodes of the season. As far as Season 4 goes to, "Mercy" is for me, and always has been, one of the best episodes. Anybody about to sit down for the first time watching the episode should be warned about not expecting it to be an easy watch, though actually considering the subject and the show itself that can be expected.
As always, it's a slickly made episode, the editing especially having come on quite a bit from when the show first started (never was it a problem but it got more fluid with each episode up to this stage). The music is sparingly used and never seemed melodramatic, the theme tune easy to remember as usual. The direction is sympathetic enough without being too low key on the whole.
Furthermore, the script is thoughtful and flows well. Munch (who has a bigger role here, yay!) has some truly powerful dialogue, that is very different from his customary dry humour, and has great exchanges with Cabot that sees him feeling very strongly about the case (understandably), as does the always-a-pleasure-to-watch Donnelly. That was one hard-hitting closing argument too from Cabot. The story is truly heart-wrenching and the most emotional parts devastating, was actually welling up even in the first scenes which just shows how much and how quickly the subject connected with me.
Have no issues with the acting from any of the regulars. Or from a nuanced Elizabeth Mitchell (who later went on to give one of the latter seasons' best guest performances in Season 12's superb "Totem") as an interesting character that is not one-dimensional or obvious.
Concluding, brilliant and very affecting episode. 10/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- 1 ott 2020