A ring found on a skeleton in Hell's Kitchen indicates that the victim is a woman who was reportedly killed in the World Trade Center on 9-11. A member of a powerful political New York famil... Read allA ring found on a skeleton in Hell's Kitchen indicates that the victim is a woman who was reportedly killed in the World Trade Center on 9-11. A member of a powerful political New York family is charged with her murder.A ring found on a skeleton in Hell's Kitchen indicates that the victim is a woman who was reportedly killed in the World Trade Center on 9-11. A member of a powerful political New York family is charged with her murder.
- DA Arthur Branch
- (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
- Donald Housman
- (as Thomas McCarthy)
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- TriviaThe closing card of this episode was dedicated to the memory of psychologist Dr. Paul Chernuchin who passed away 27 July 2002, father of writer Michael S. Chernuchin.
- GoofsDr. Riverton testifies that no two DNA blueprints are identical, but identical twins have identical DNA.
- Quotes
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: The theory is that Bradley Hagen killed Kelly Sommers uptown on the night of September 10th, then awoke to find that the terrorists had given him the perfect out.
Jack McCoy: Because she threatened to expose their affair?
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: Well, she implied it in her e-mail.
Arthur Branch: Arresting a Hagen in New York is like arresting a Kennedy in Cambridge. We'll need more than implication.
Jack McCoy: Is that cigar smoke from the old boys' club I smell, Arthur?
Arthur Branch: No, it's a healthy whiff of old-fashioned pragmatism.
Jack McCoy: But the press will run with cronyism. It's no secret the Hagens supported your election.
Arthur Branch: The press doesn't know that some nitwit in a black robe might toss the e-mail as a violation of Bradley Hagen's privacy.
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: Don't you think...
Arthur Branch: I think interleague play disrupted the moral fiber of this nation. I think Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. And I think if you indict someone named Hagen on my watch, you damn well better convict them.
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: So we turn the other cheek because of who he is?
Arthur Branch: As a matter of fact, yes. Unless you come up with something more than a chunk of chocolate cake and an epistle from cyberspace.
- ConnectionsReferences The Yogi Bear Show (1961)
On the whole, "The Ring" was very good. Not one of my favourite episodes of 'Law and Order', but as far as Season 13 goes it is somewhere in the better half. Not as good as the first two episodes of the season, but an improvement over the still solid previous two. Perfect it isn't quite, but the good, even great, things are a great many and far outweigh the not so good. To the point that the not so great things are almost nit-picks.
Maybe it is a bit on the ordinary side to begin with other than the chemistry between Briscoe and Green, which is always a pleasure.
Elisabeth Rohm shows once again why Southerlyn deserves her reputation of the most maligned 'Law and Order' regular character, despite being the longest serving prosecuting assistant. The character has very little personality and Rohm is just so robotic, Southerlyn also comes over as inept.
However, so much is good. It is as ever shot with the right amount of intimacy without feeling too up close, even with a reliance of close up camerawork. That the editing has become increasingly tighter over-time is great too. The music isn't over-scored, manipulative or used too much. There is intimacy and tautness in the direction. The rest of the regulars are all fine, particularly Sam Waterston who dominates the legal scenes with great authority, while Briscoe and Green are such a great pairing.
Stevie Ray Dallimore chills as a type of character that scares and shocks one knowing that there are authority figures that think they are invincible out there. Script is intelligent and lean with no signs of fat. It also has intensity, emotional impact and even the odd sprinkle of humour with Briscoe's one liners. The debating intrigues and provokes thought. The story on the whole is securely paced and has some nice edge and grit. The legal scenes are riveting and have tension, where it was easy to care for what the verdict would be.
Overall, very good. 8/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 13, 2022