A member of Rollins' 12-step group comes to her with a rape accusation, but are the accusations real or is she abusing Rollins' goodwill?A member of Rollins' 12-step group comes to her with a rape accusation, but are the accusations real or is she abusing Rollins' goodwill?A member of Rollins' 12-step group comes to her with a rape accusation, but are the accusations real or is she abusing Rollins' goodwill?
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- TriviaNate is what is known in the program as a, "Thirteenth Stepper", someone who uses the program to prey on vulnerable women. In twelve step programs, sponsorship is never supposed to be of opposite sex and sexual relationships are not supposed to be allowed.
- GoofsDetective Rollins is shown saying "hit me" to get dealt another card at a casino. Casinos require this to be indicated via hand signals only and will not give a card to player who only verbally requests one.
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[Fin and Rollins are investigating the death of a man who either fell, jumped, or was pushed off of a roof]
Dr. Melinda Warner: After sex, most men feel the urge to urinate, which clears the urethra. He didn't get the chance. And the amount of fluid is consistent with his having ejaculated very recently.
Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: Melinda, English?
Dr. Melinda Warner: He came, and then he went.
Which is the case here. While very wanting when it came to the case in the investigation half, the development to Rollins was appreciated and on the whole it did this aspect quite well. When it comes to the Rollins-centric episodes in terms of her character writing, this is one of the better faring ones. "Rapist Anonymous" is not a great episode, or one of the best episodes of Season 15 (nor is it one of the worst), but it did intrigue once it found its groove and it does boast one of Kelli Giddish's best performances of the show up to this point.
Giddish is terrific, up to this point of the show she only gave one better performance to here and that was in "Deadly Ambition". She has grown a lot as Rollins since she was first introduced, as has Rollins herself, and here she plays Rollins with edge but also in a way that made her rootable (or at least that was the case to me). Really liked Rollins' development, it wasn't earth shattering but it added a good deal to her character and it was interesting knowing more about her that wasn't her over-melodramatic family drama.
Raul Esparza is the other acting standout, as ever bringing a lot of spark to Barba. The rest of the cast are all fine and the perpetrator is suitably loathsome. It is 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. Most of the script is thought provoking.
Did feel though that the case wasn't as good, while the story comes to life in the legal scenes (thanks to Esparza primarily) the policing is not enough and is routine and with no real surprises.
Some of the writing is soap operatic, particularly in the middle. It takes a bit of time to get going.
In conclusion, not great but interesting with the second half being better than the first. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Aug 2, 2022