So...a woman confesses in a private conversation with the federal officer investigating a murder and is arrested and Mirandized, but that's not legal because...? I understand what they were trying to do with this episode...show a bit more of Gibbs' past, his and Hart's moral ambiguity regarding law vs justice, but the final resolution fell a bit flat with me.
And Gibbs does not fare well in this episode. Would he have done the same if it were anyone else, someone *not* connected to Shannon, who murdered a drug dealer and framed another? With all the forensic evidence, it strains the bounds of even TV-show believability that Joann would walk...especially as she confessed in detail without coercion.
Interesting episode, especially the private interaction between Gibbs and Hart, but Gibbs' character or hero status takes a severe beating, making one begin to understand *why* Hart could conceivably have it out for him...if she's the crusading lawyer she appears, out to keep the cops honest. This episode proves Gibbs...and his team all the way up to the Director...are effectively corrupt. What else would you call covering up a crime and protecting guilty individuals?
And Gibbs does not fare well in this episode. Would he have done the same if it were anyone else, someone *not* connected to Shannon, who murdered a drug dealer and framed another? With all the forensic evidence, it strains the bounds of even TV-show believability that Joann would walk...especially as she confessed in detail without coercion.
Interesting episode, especially the private interaction between Gibbs and Hart, but Gibbs' character or hero status takes a severe beating, making one begin to understand *why* Hart could conceivably have it out for him...if she's the crusading lawyer she appears, out to keep the cops honest. This episode proves Gibbs...and his team all the way up to the Director...are effectively corrupt. What else would you call covering up a crime and protecting guilty individuals?