A woman claims she shot two punks on a subway car in self-defense, but investigators and prosecutors are not sure that they believe her.A woman claims she shot two punks on a subway car in self-defense, but investigators and prosecutors are not sure that they believe her.A woman claims she shot two punks on a subway car in self-defense, but investigators and prosecutors are not sure that they believe her.
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- TriviaAs a young man is walking past a cop on the subway, the song that is playing on the radio is "Comin' Through" by rap artist Ice-T. A decade later Ice-T would become a cast member on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)."
- GoofsIn the opening sequence, when the shooting takes place, the train is an A train. After the credits, when the police board to investigate, it is a C train.
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Executive A.D.A. Benjamin "Ben" Stone: Do you have any other personal views on this subject you'd like to air before we walk into court and Ms. Shambala Green hands us our asses on a platter?
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"Trust and lawyer, that's a pair of words that don't match"
In my mind, 'Law and Order' was at its best in the Briscoe years (especially in the 90s). Pre-Briscoe it still made for solid and more television, and on the whole the 'Law and Order' that started it all (this) is still the best. Post-Briscoe, again from personal opinion, it didn't feel the same. Do like 'Criminal Intent' quite a bit and 'Special Victims Unit', again the early seasons being better by quite a bit, has grown on me on re-watch.
"Subterranean Homeboy Blues" had to follow on from a very, very good start in "Prescription for Death", which also handled a difficult subject and based on a real life case that divided opinion. Didn't feel that it was quite as good, while still considering it very well done and crafted on the whole. 'Law and Order' when it had properly found its feet did become tighter and meatier later, in pace, character writing and character chemistry, but it is great to see the tone of the show established well so early on.
The difficult and heavy subject is every bit as much as that in the previous episode and really makes one probe a lot of thought and try and form an opinion on a moral issue that can be seen from both sides. Again the handling of it is admirable and intelligently done. At the same time, the subject in "Prescription for Death" was done with a little more subtlety and had a little more poignancy in my opinion.
Otherwise, there is not anything wrong really with "Subterranean Homeboy Blues". Visually, the gritty tone of the episode is matched by the slick photography and New York is both beautiful and unforgiving. The music is neither placed and composed with a heavy hand, and the main theme is one that does stick in the head (likewise with the opening voice over). The dialogue, with the music used relatively sparingly, really gets to shine because it doesn't have anything intruding or overbearing it.
Furthermore, the dialogue is of high-quality, being very thought-provoking. Although there is not as much of Stone's dry humour, it doesn't feel over-serious that it becomes dreary, to me there are things done here that are done better than "Prescription for Death". There is more of the facts of the case it's based on and more is done with them. Really liked that you could see the issues from both sides so it doesn't feel biased. The characters are interesting, with a perpetrator that is oddly rootable despite it being a case of not being sure as to whether that is the right thing to do. Stone is still the juiciest character and Shambala Green makes a memorable first appearance.
Have no issues with the acting. Cynthia Nixon excels in the first of three 'Law and Order' (the overall franchise, not just this show) appearances and Lorraine Toussaint is suitably tough as nails. George Dzundza and Chris Noth have enough of the hard-boiled edge needed for their roles, even if their chemistry has yet to gel fully, and Michael Moriaty's authority and dryness adds hugely to his juicy part.
Concluding, very well done. 8/10
"Subterranean Homeboy Blues" had to follow on from a very, very good start in "Prescription for Death", which also handled a difficult subject and based on a real life case that divided opinion. Didn't feel that it was quite as good, while still considering it very well done and crafted on the whole. 'Law and Order' when it had properly found its feet did become tighter and meatier later, in pace, character writing and character chemistry, but it is great to see the tone of the show established well so early on.
The difficult and heavy subject is every bit as much as that in the previous episode and really makes one probe a lot of thought and try and form an opinion on a moral issue that can be seen from both sides. Again the handling of it is admirable and intelligently done. At the same time, the subject in "Prescription for Death" was done with a little more subtlety and had a little more poignancy in my opinion.
Otherwise, there is not anything wrong really with "Subterranean Homeboy Blues". Visually, the gritty tone of the episode is matched by the slick photography and New York is both beautiful and unforgiving. The music is neither placed and composed with a heavy hand, and the main theme is one that does stick in the head (likewise with the opening voice over). The dialogue, with the music used relatively sparingly, really gets to shine because it doesn't have anything intruding or overbearing it.
Furthermore, the dialogue is of high-quality, being very thought-provoking. Although there is not as much of Stone's dry humour, it doesn't feel over-serious that it becomes dreary, to me there are things done here that are done better than "Prescription for Death". There is more of the facts of the case it's based on and more is done with them. Really liked that you could see the issues from both sides so it doesn't feel biased. The characters are interesting, with a perpetrator that is oddly rootable despite it being a case of not being sure as to whether that is the right thing to do. Stone is still the juiciest character and Shambala Green makes a memorable first appearance.
Have no issues with the acting. Cynthia Nixon excels in the first of three 'Law and Order' (the overall franchise, not just this show) appearances and Lorraine Toussaint is suitably tough as nails. George Dzundza and Chris Noth have enough of the hard-boiled edge needed for their roles, even if their chemistry has yet to gel fully, and Michael Moriaty's authority and dryness adds hugely to his juicy part.
Concluding, very well done. 8/10
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