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2.12 ****
edwagreen20 January 2012
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Excellent episode has 2 stories here. The first is gut-wrenching where a 21 year old cocky young man with quite an attitude enlists Harry's support is wanting a law changed so that he can purchase a kidney from a desperate man who is unemployed with 2 children. The story brings out the dilemma of whether or not selling body parts is ethical. It is well done. The judge renders a decision in the end which will be disappointing. I could claim racism but I don't want to go there. After all, poor people would be denied the right to save themselves as they don't have the resources for such a purchase. The ending will make you sad as the young man finally shows some humility. He has to be forgiven as he is in dire straits. You wind up cheering for the guy and hope that there will be a subsequent story on his desperation.

The second story is more outlandish. Identical twins have been having a conjugal relationship with an elderly man. When he is found dead in his office, they are both arrested. When it comes out in the middle of the trial that one sister did in fact commit the murder, Tommy and the other attorneys still try to get both of them off. Harry's statement at the end of the trial is revealing. You have to infer here.
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6/10
lacks realism
rosemary-karalius31 January 2012
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While enjoyable for the ethical issues raised, I found this episode sorely lacking in authenticity. Issue Number 1: A person with "acute kidney failure" would not live for 6 months without dialysis. More like 6 days, and they would hardly be crashing poker parties. Issue Number 2: Did I mention dialysis? There is such a thing, and it's been around plenty long enough for the writers to know about it. There was no good reason for this kid to be "dying". Issue #3: Altruistic donors exist, perfect strangers who donate organs out of the goodness of their hearts, and there's no reason for hospital authorities to rule a donor out on the basis of not being family. They also wouldn't know if any clandestine payments have been made. I'm sure it's happened more than once. In short, this episode would have made a lot more sense if it had involved liver failure (which has NO cure other than transplant and which can involve a living donor, unlike a heart or lungs), but then they would have had to ditch the catchy title.
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