'Law and Order' was incredibly good at exploring challenging topics and themes that hit hard and are still relevant and important to address. It was also, as has been said more than once in previous reviews, incredibly good at exploring them in an honest and pull no punches way and in a way that still holds up. "Justice" had a fascinating topic always worth discussing and it was wonderful to see Jamie Ross, who was a great character on her two season stint on the show, again.
"Justice" is to me one of the better episodes of a solid Season 10 and a big improvement over the disappointing previous episode "Merger". The topic was fascinating, a lot more so than the conceptually iffy one of that episode, and the execution of it here in "Justice" is even more so. Have always hated wastes of potential, and it is far from wasted here. If anything it is exceeded and Ross' return is worthy of her, which was a relief.
Everything is brilliant individually and comes together expertly. As usual for 'Law and Order' and its spin offs, the production values are solid and the intimacy of the photography doesn't get static or too filmed play-like. The music when used is not too over-emphatic and has a melancholic edge that is quite haunting. The direction is sympathetic enough while also taut.
The writing is smart and thought provoking, as well as very intriguing. Ross' and Carmichael's exchanges are extremely well written and the moral dilemmas of the case and the difficulties the characters face when it comes to trial provide some nice tension. The story is a complicated one but not overly unlike "Merger", it intrigues and twists the mind from the get go and is even more so in the second half.
Absolutely loved the character writing for Ross and Carmichael and seeing their interaction and their ways of working have a large amount of intensity, tautness and intrigue. Not a case of one of them being more interesting than the other, both being strong well contrasted personalities without being too much of a clash.
Carey Lowell and Angie Harmon are excellent, as is creepy Gordon Joseph Weiss. Interesting to see Richard Masur as a judge.
In conclusion, wonderful. 10/10.
"Justice" is to me one of the better episodes of a solid Season 10 and a big improvement over the disappointing previous episode "Merger". The topic was fascinating, a lot more so than the conceptually iffy one of that episode, and the execution of it here in "Justice" is even more so. Have always hated wastes of potential, and it is far from wasted here. If anything it is exceeded and Ross' return is worthy of her, which was a relief.
Everything is brilliant individually and comes together expertly. As usual for 'Law and Order' and its spin offs, the production values are solid and the intimacy of the photography doesn't get static or too filmed play-like. The music when used is not too over-emphatic and has a melancholic edge that is quite haunting. The direction is sympathetic enough while also taut.
The writing is smart and thought provoking, as well as very intriguing. Ross' and Carmichael's exchanges are extremely well written and the moral dilemmas of the case and the difficulties the characters face when it comes to trial provide some nice tension. The story is a complicated one but not overly unlike "Merger", it intrigues and twists the mind from the get go and is even more so in the second half.
Absolutely loved the character writing for Ross and Carmichael and seeing their interaction and their ways of working have a large amount of intensity, tautness and intrigue. Not a case of one of them being more interesting than the other, both being strong well contrasted personalities without being too much of a clash.
Carey Lowell and Angie Harmon are excellent, as is creepy Gordon Joseph Weiss. Interesting to see Richard Masur as a judge.
In conclusion, wonderful. 10/10.