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Tatort: Borowski und der gute Mensch (2021)
Are all cops this stupid?
Tatort: what a giant of a TV series. I believe that more than 1000 episodes have been made, all feature length. There's a number of teams who appear in dozens of episodes. I like Boerne and Thiel in Muenster, I like Eisner and Fellner in Vienna, I like Batic and Leitmayer in Munich. And i quite like Borowski, who brings a certain brooding introspection to the table. I have not seen the other episodes about Kai Korthals, the murderer, but he kind of surprised me with a many-facetted portrayal of a psycho who is capable of moments of kindness (he saves Borowski's life when he could have killed him).
Having said that: there is one recurring theme in this episode that bothers me enormously: the fatal stupidity of virtually every police officer. First the escape from the institution where all the guards are standing by admiring the Schiller play, when a child can feel that unrest is brewing. Then, a police gives a friendly wave to the murderer dressed in women's clothes riding the bicycle of a woman he just murdered. Totally naive! Then a cop is following the blind woman walking her dog. The murderer sets of a car alarm and promptly the cop has lost the woman from his sight. When the murderer gets in his car and drives at a (the same?) cop, he doesn't jump aside, but just runs at the car and is hit. Even the simplicity with which Korthals subdues both Borowski and his young, arrogant female partner is a bit hard to swallow. I would have preferred it if the father of the killed woman had shot Korthals, doing the job that the entire police force seemed incapable of.
Team America: World Police (2004)
I can't enter my true score.
Tonight I was in the mood for a film. Any film. This film just happened to come across.
Two hours later I can safely say that this is the biggest piece of garbage I ever had the displeasure of watching.
I have seen not a single (funny) joke. I haven't heard even one line of smart or interesting dialogue. If anything, this piece of rubbish has probably ruined my enjoying the Thunderbirds for good.
The score that I would like to give this excrement, would be about minus 5. That's how bad it is.
Swear words by the ton, puppets fornicating in every possible position, a puppet puking its guts out for a full two minutes, it just doesn't end.
Avoid this piece of crap, it should never have seen the light of day.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Learning Curve (2012)
Shows what's really wrong with America.
All the other reviews complain that in this episode the story is all over the place. They're not wrong.
My problem however is with one statement of one of the involved teachers, which is totally glossed over, and that to me shows what is really wrong with America.
A student accuses a male teacher of sexually assaulting him, but is unable to name even one detail, convincing Amaro he is lying. OK so far.
Then the student changes his story and accuses a female teacher, and this time he is able to provide a lot of details. So this teacher is arrested.
After a botched suicide attempt she then reveals that the real assault was committed by another female teacher who she herself had a crush on. So when the student accused the male teacher this lesbian teacher knew he was innocent, but instead of coming forward to clear his name, she decided to remain silent to protect her "friend". This action to me is despicable and cannot be punished hard enough. But the writers of this show don't seem to feel the need to have any of the characters show their disgust. Throw an innocent man under the bus in order to cover for a guilty woman, sure, that's how it's done in the USA today.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Spiraling Down (2011)
How incompetent can a detective be?
Where to begin?
Like an other review says Cabot's remark to Benson that you can't have justice for the victim AND compassion for the culprit is ridiculous.
Treat Williams is good, but the real star of this episode is Andre Braugher, who is one of the finest actors around in my opinion.
But the reason for this review is the following.
Even though it was just established that Treat Williams could not be held responsible for the statutory rape of fourteen year old Kay Panabaker, the writers of this show just can't let anybody "get away with rape".
So, Williams takes a gun from a cop and points it at his own head, Benson and Amaro point their guns at him and ask him to lower (or drop) the weapon. And as soon as he lowers the gun, they both completely relax, at which point he still shoots and kills himself. Now, I believe that some cops can be incompetent, but how the heck can you relax when a madman is still holding a loaded gun? That is beyond incompetent, that's criminally stupid.
But with this poor piece of writing the show maintains its record of not allowing any sex offender to escape "justice".
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Authority (2008)
No match for the detectives.
I am a huge fan of the original Law & Order series.
In my opinion SVU isn't half as good, with immature scripts and C list actors.
What the producers of this show don't seem to realise, is that it's not a good idea to have a regular cast of very mediocre actors and then bring in a guest star of Robin Williams' stature. He's just no match for them.
That's like asking Tom Brady to join a junior high football match.
I remember Williams as Mork, which was revolutionary, but to me he will forever be the unconventional teacher who awakened such an enthousiasm for literature in Dead Poets Society.
An other reviewer wrote a beautiful review as a reference to that.
As soon as his character is introduced, you're rooting for him, even when he seems to be torturing Benson. And in the court room he is running rings around Novak.
True to form, the detectives, despite his being found not guilty, remain convinced he must have killed someone at sometime, because in this show nobody is ever presumed innocent.
I think it's a testament to Robin Williams' star power and likeability that at the end of the episode Benson and Stabler assume he drowned, but it is never established. Most of the audience would not accept that.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Blinded (2007)
Benson is so wrong.
Several other reviews state that ada Novak is out of line in this episode, first conspiring with the defense attorney to avoid extradition to Louisiana, then (ab)using Stabler's testimony to get the defendant declared incompetent. And they are not wrong.
Problem is, Jack McCoy as the da Novak's direct boss, actually is in a position to rip her a new one. She answers to him, even though he will probably give her some leeway in making her own judgement calls. Olivia Benson, being just a detective, does NOT have that power. The scene where she and Novak confront each other is ridiculous.
Just imagine, in a different NY cop show, that detective Danny Reagan would be reading his sister Erin, the assistant district attorney, the riot act. She would emasculate him in more ways than I could count.
No way is a cop ever gonna tell an ada what to do or not to do.
This show's descent into Olivia Benson, Queen of the Universe, is well under way.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Haystack (2007)
Stabler should be in jail.
I know that American "justice" can look pretty wild-west to a European observer.
Especially in countries that have a penal system like the French, where it is thought that the state is much more powerful than the individual, whereas the British and American systems are based on the idea that both parties are equally strong.
This leads to a number of differences. For instance, in the continental system the defendant gets the last word at trial, where in the US the d.a. Has the last word. In continental law a confession of the defendant is not enough for a conviction without corroborating evidence. Then there is the axiom "one witness is no witness".
These differences can make an American trial look harsh on the rights of a defendant. In addition, in America police are allowed to lie to a defendant, even tempt him into committing a crime (with entrapment being considered just OVER the edge).
So police have quite a lot of leeway when collecting evidence.
But what Stabler did here should get him indicted for reckless endangerment at least, maybe even criminally negligent homicide. When Cragen discovers the supposedly abducted baby hasn't been seen by anyone in a couple of days, Stabler suspects the mother might have killed her son.
What he does next, made my jaw drop. He tells a tabloid reporter that the kid's sonogram was found in the trash. The reporter connects the dots and accuses the mother of murdering her thirteen months old son on TV.
The mother is subsequently found hanging in her apartment. Everybody thinks it's suicide. I don't. The words "baby killer" are spray painted on the front door, which is open when Stabler arrives, leading me to think it was a lynching.
Either way, Stabler's action of disclosing inflammatory evidence to a reporter he knew would start a witch hunt, directly caused the mother's death.
Like I said before: he should be in jail.
Megamind (2010)
Stereotypical and unconvincing.
Just came across this tonight and kind of hung on, all the while not being really amused.
Annoyed, that's what I felt.
Apparently now every film needs minions. Don't ask me why, I can't say I ever saw one I liked, but there you go: the main protagonist has a minion. I guess they take the place of what used to be called the sidekick.
Everyone who has seen five movies, five tv shows and read five novels, must have noticed, especially not being American themselves, how ALL the writers seem to draw from what must be something like the collective American source of truths, half-truths, myths, legends and assorted misperceptions.
One example of this, see if it rings a bell: every film or show has at least one character with a crippling fear of clowns. All over the world they are viewed as funny, sometimes acrobatic, but in the collective US minds they should be feared.
Another standard prejudice comes to the fore in this movie: everyone on the wrong side of the law listens to hardrock or metal music. Here we hear ACDC and Guns & Roses when Megamind is being evil. I listen to classic rock, hardrock, metal, and I can assure you: metal fans are the most relaxed, tolerant, openminded people on the planet.
In another way the female protagonist behaves real lifelike: she prefers the bad boys. Women seem to get aroused by men with a rough edge, and then complain that there are no good men left. There are, but they're not wanted.
Lots of fast action, good guy turning bad, bad guy turning good, all in all pretty unconvincing.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Manipulated (2006)
How dumb do these writers think we are?
Oh, boy!
I would think that in a situation where you want to solve a crime, you would want to keep all your options open. Have a brainstorm session. Who could have done it? No option is to strange to consider.
No, that is not how the svu squad works. They all agree that it has to be person A, and all indications to the contrary are just ignored. The guy had an affair with the victim, so he must have killed her. Then another victim. His semen was found inside her. Yet he states that he never slept with her, has in fact never even met her.
At that point I know who is behind it. His wife. Who else has access to his semen? But no, the brilliant detectives without a single exception all embrace the theory that one of her former clients wants to hurt the poor crippled lawyer by framing her husband. What!?!?!?
Maybe these writers should study up on Occam's razor. In any situation the most probable explanation is the one that requires the fewest assumptions. The crippled lawyer knew about her husband's affair and wanted to frame him.
This is not a plot twist. Stevie Wonder saw this one coming a mile away.
Blue Bloods: Excessive Force (2014)
I love it when I can see where the story is going.
Yeah, yeah, Danny is falsely accused and Jaime meets a young and pretty doctor from out of town. Oh, and the bad black reverend is up to his usual scheming.
The development in the story that I alluded to in the title of this review has nothing to do with either if them.
Garrett tells Frank he should get a new chief of department, to succeed Dino who was fired.
Frank doesn't want to. Garrett then takes him into a meeting with a number of high ranking police officers, one of whom (Garrett's candidate?) is grilling Danny's sergeant on the culture in his station.
Sergeant Gormley (together with Garrett an Baker my favourite character on the show) is as candid and bluntly honest as he always is. At that moment I started to think: could a mere sergeant be promoted to the position of chief of department?
Since Game of Thrones I haven't been this excited about a possible plot development.
Danny walks into the office as his sergeant is packing his things.
"Going somewhere?"
"Yeah, Siberia. Your father wants me at one PP."
Hihi, I love it when I correctly read the subtle hints the writers weave into the story!😉
Bull: Snatchback (2021)
Let me count the ways...
Here's another feel good story about how Americans are better than just about anyone else in the world.
TAC decides to defend an ex-soldier who now makes a living recapturing children who have been abducted by "the other (read: foreign) parent" from the American parent who has custody over these children. In short: a professional kidnapper. Which sounds to me quite criminal. Not so, according to TAC, because it's stated: an American committing an illegal act abroad cannot be prosecuted in America for that act.
This is wrong. I looked it up. There was a supreme court ruling (RJR Nabisco) that clearly states the contrary. In some cases American citizens CAN be prosecuted in the USA for acts committed outside the USA.
Strike 1.
Benny is running for DA. Great, I support his candidacy. It turns out his opponent plays dirty and makes (unfounded) personal attacks. Izzy begs Benny to do the same, but he refuses. He wants to have a clean fight. Good for Benny. Until in one debate, his opponent seems to score points by telling the people Benny is in it for the Benjamins. Out the window goes Benny's integrity. Sure, let's leak that his opponent has a drinking problem. Integrity only gets you so far. If you can't wint by playing fair, play dirty.
Strike 2.
In an attempt to show the court/jury that their defendant is good at his job and really does steal children back from their "other parents", Danny finds a woman whose children he has recovered. But as her ex husband is in town, she's too scared and refuses to testify. When the husband shows up, he's subpoenad to testify. Uh, so the wife can refuse to do the right thing (because she's so scared), but her former husband (who is Brasilian) can be forced to testify?
Strike 3.
You're out!
Tatort: Limbus (2020)
This is excellent writing!
Tatort (which translates as "crime scene") is a German series of crime films, that's been running since the 1970's and of which more than 1000 episodes have been made. Some characters like Kommissars Schenk and Ballauf in Cologne have been making episodes for many years, which are mostly great to watch.
Another one of these popular couples are Kommissar Thiel and medical examiner professor Boerne in the town of Münster, who also have created dozens of episodes.
And this is one of their best.
Boerne decides to take some time off and go to the Netherlands to write a book on death. Before he even gets to the border, he ploughs his car into a field, going 110 miles per hour. We see him crawling out of the wreck of his car. Fire engines, cops and an ambulance arrive, but everyone walks right past him. When he follows them back to the car, he sees to his astonishment how the firefighters pull his body out of the car. It turns out "he" is just his spirit, which nobody can see or hear, and in reality he is in a coma. His spirit can walk around in the real world, can see and hear people speak, tries to speak back, but invane.
I won't spoil the entire plot, but I guess the writer(s) must share my appreciation for "a matter of life and death" from 1946 by Powell and Pressburger.
One thing I will mention, because it contains my favorite line from the show. Professor Boerne is in Limbus, which appears to be the waiting portal for hell, or as his "guide" (who looks remarkably like Kommissar Thiel) calls it "department number Roman numeral II". This guide tells Boerne: "An den Himmel muss man glauben, aber die Hölle ist fur jeden da." In English: Heaven you have to believe in, but hell is there for everyone.
Apart from Game of Thrones (episode "Battle of the Bastards"), this is the only time I have ever, while watching a show, bounced around on the couch, actively cheering for a character to do this, or to say that. THAT is how engaged I was.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Watchdog (2021)
Quit already!
I get it that Gibbs would be mad at someone who seems to have mistreated dogs. I admit that he might have gotten the first punch in. After that he would have been annihilated by a guy that has 40 years and 60 pounds on him. Laughable that Gibbs would put him in the hospital, and not be hit once in return.
Even more laughable is that his team lie to protect him, that Vance gets the opportunity to inform Gibbs about this, etc.
This show is way overdue to be cancelled.
Bull: Prison Break (2020)
Several plot holes in this episode.
There's a lot going on in this episode, with Benny getting asked to run for DA, and Chunk defending an old acquaintance.
There are a couple of moments however where the writers dropped the ball.
First off, Marisa realises that one potential juror is someone she used to go to school with, and she is worried that she might have to recuse herself from this case. Bull reassures her, because the juror will never get to see her anyway. And after being worried about her having known him 20 years ago, she reaches out to her high school classmates, and acts surprised that he responds to her.
What the hell was she thinking??? Absolutely unbelievable plot twist. Marisa would have waited until the trial was over. Poorly conceived way to create drama.
Secondly, Chunk's reasoning is: why would Ronnie try to escape with only six more months to serve? Good point. Even better point: why would she run when they were taking her to chemo therapy, maybe her only way of beating cancer? This is never mentioned, a missed opportunity.
Finally, very conveniently, Danny finds sperm from the prison guard in an old prison van. Chunk sees this as evidence that the guard had sex with a female prisoner. The guard sits there and duly bows his head, because he knows that he's been beaten. NOOOO! Why does he not admit to having masturbated in the van once? That they found his sperm does NOT mean he had sex with a female prisoner, just that he ejaculated. A decent lawyer would have pointed this out.
Last Man Standing (2011)
Fire the writers.
Half the jokes are anti-Democrats, the other half are anti-Canada. Long live the rednecks.
Criminal Minds: The Longest Night (2010)
When you're rooting for the bad guy...
Most actors (the ones worth watching) will tell you that it is much more rewarding to play a "bad" person than a good one. Often in Hollywood this leads to a situation where the good guys are played by "actors" with little or no charisma, and the bad guys are played by world class players. In this episode I found myself in a situation like this. All the guys (and gals) on the BAU team are, shall we say, not Shakespeare material. Mantegna will hold up in most any situation, but the rest are lightweights. And among them my personal "favourite" is Shemar Moore, who plays Morgan. This guy really has but one facial expression: as if he is constantly constipated. Every tough guy line of dialogue he spouts, rings falls to me. In this episode he yells at his girl friend (real likely combination, by the way), then apologizes later. He is utterly unbelievable.
On the other hand we have Tim Curry, one of the most versatile character actors of our day. Brilliant in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, sublime in the Three Musketeers. Here, due to the sentimental and poorly written script he has to work with, less stellar, but still a couple of notches above the "heroes". So, yeah, during the final confrontation in the bed room, I was rooting for Curry's character, sort of...
But that's not my main point for this review. What happens next, is. Curry has two hostages, stands up and clearly wants to drop his gun and surrender. Instead Morgan empties his entire magazin into him. This, I'm afraid, has become symptomatic of law enforcement officers in Hollywood movies and TV series. According to every rule in the book, Morgan should have arrested Flynn (Curry's character), and let the justice system do its job. But no, the viewer wants vigilante justice. It's not just this episode, or this series. It's Gibbs in NCIS assassinating the guy who killed his wife and daughter, it's Callen and Sam in NCIS LA who "go rogue" every time they get an order they don't like. It's the ghost of John Wayne, of Clint Eastwood, of Charles Bronson in Death Wish, maybe it's even a remnant of the Wild West. The cowboy way: shoot to kill. That is how police officers all over America react in situations that are in no way life threatening. Shoot to kill, as many bullets as you can. It's the American way, it's what got Lincoln killed, both Kennedy's and Martin Luther King. I don't like it.
Bull: Grey Areas (2018)
This is NOT how it's done.
It's a feel good story: the lawyer who's getting away with murder, but Bull thinks of a plan to bring his old friend to justice. Well, it's rubbish! The system doesn't work that way. It simply can't. No defendant would ever open up to his attorney if they then ran the risk of getting exposed. In this episode Bull should just have acknowledged that he'd been outsmarted, and moved on. You win some, you lose some.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: So It Goes (2014)
Coincidence? Maybe not...
I normally don't like flashbacks. I like my story to move forward at all times, skipping some periods if necessary, but not going back and forth. When Hollywood started with talking pictures, producers turned to the stage because that was where the actors worked who could speak properly. In American tv series there's a growing tendency to use British actors. What does that say about the American actors. I don't know. I DO know that in this episode all the players with some degree of charm (Ducky, young Ducky, young Angus, young Maggie, older Maggie) are all played by non-American actors. Coincidence? Maybe not...
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Collins is a treat.
Yesterday I saw (part of) this film again, and then I read some reviews on IMDB. Frankly I am amazed how few people single out Lily Collins for praise. But when I saw the review where someone claimed that Julia Roberts was the star of the film and Collins was only so-so, I had to write my own review, just to counterbalance this.
I'll say it right away, I don't like Julia Roberts, never have, never will. I don't like Eric Roberts either, nor his daughter Emma. So clearly not a fan of anyone of the Roberts clan. In this movie, as the evil queen, Julia Roberts is especially bad, hamming it up like always, thinking she has an irresistable smile (quod non).
Another reviewer wrote how the dwarfs are the stars of the film. Eh, not quite. There are a couple of capable actors among them, and they could have been good, but most scenes were way too cheesy, like when first the prince and then the other six dwarves are banging to break the door, just to have dwarf number seven say: I have a (spare) key. No, not strong.
So, what DOES make this film worth while? Two words: Lily Collins. I know she is the daughter of rock drummer and singer Phil Collins, but she doesn't need to lean on his fame anymore. She is absolutely gorgeous, she gives off an air of freshness, of innocence, of intelligence, of playfullness. She dominates every scene she is in. When I read she tried out for the part of Snowwhite in the huntsman movie, and was rejected in favour of Kristen Stewart, I could not believe it. Stewart is pretty (I saw that she would be when I first saw her in Panic Room), but like more American actresses (Poppy Montgomery, Julianna Margulies) she seems to have only one facial expression. When she makes the speech and everyone rallies to her, that was totally unbelievable, because Henry V she is definitely not.
So Collins got to play Snowwhite after all, albeit in a much lesser movie. Well, in a movie that doesn't even pretend to treat the famous fairytale seriously.
Had it not been for miss Collins, I would have given this film 3 or 4 stars, but thanks to her radiant personality I give it 7 out of 10.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Blarney (2020)
Funny for all the wrong reasons.
Where to begin?
Right from the beginning of the episode the plot holes followed so quickly one after the other that in the first commercial break I had to get a pen and paper to jot some findings down in order not to forget them.
Firstly: it's OK that the robbers should stake out the juwelry store from the diner...if they do it once. To come back there every morning, so people would recognize them, is beyond stupid.
Secondly: on the day they are robbing the store, they make a scene in the diner, to make absolutely sure everyone will remember them, also just what everyone in their position would do...NOT!
Thirdly: when the robbers leave the jewelry store their driver backs the car into a fire hydrant. And promptly abandons it. Why would the car not drive anymore? It can backup into a Leopard tank and still drive, totally illogical.
I had thought of all these points myself, then found that user cpotato1010 had already written them in his review. OK, so we agree on these points.
Then: at the moment Vance shows the NCIS team the tv coverage of the hostage situation, Gibbs immediately yells: "let's go!". Why? They were investigating the murder of Spagnolo. The situation in the diner had nothing to do with the navy, nobody knew that Kasie and Palmer were inside, so there is not a single reason why NCIS would go there. It is strictly police business.
In the diner, when baddie number one gets hurt, Kasie tries to take care of him. Baddie number two (the leader, I couldn't stop thinking of Leonard Hofstadter from the Big Bang Theory) asks her if she is a nurse. Kasie answers: Forensic scientist. And he says: close enough. Come on! First: it's not close enough, second: I'm sure he wouldn't know what a forensic scientist is. But most of all: Why doesn't Palmer volunteer. HE is a doctor. Granted, he's an ME, but still: he knows all the parts of the human body and what they are supposed to do. Yet he remains silent. Bonkers!
Next, there is shooting inside the diner. People on the outside don't know what's going on, because all the blinds are drawn. But Bishop and Torres are standing in the middle of the street with guns drawn, not bothering to get cover behind a car or something, just standing there as sitting ducks in case anyone decides to take a shot at them. A vest will only protect you so far. Legs and head are unprotected. But the fearless duo stands tall in the middle of the street.
But the last one has to be my favourite. Everybody knows that the only thing that can cut a diamond, is...another diamond. It is the hardest material on the planet. But, when Kasie convinces Palmer to break the condom containing the diamonds, Kasie explains this as: there must have been some glass splinters in there which cut through the condom. Yeah, because a diamond could NEVER cut through a flimsy piece of rubber.
I saw that Rocky Carroll directed this episode. I like him in the part of Leon Vance. But based on this episode I'm gonna say that he best leaves directing to someone else.
NCIS is fast becoming a comedy, because plot twists are so unconvincing you cannot help but laugh out loud. This episode was funny, but for all the wrong reasons.
NCIS: New Orleans: The River Styx, Part II (2019)
Just one observation...
I did not see most of the episode. But in the final minutes it's about Pride and his mother. In my opinion it is totally absurd that the producers chose an actress (Joanna Cassidy) who is just NINE (9) years older than Scott Bakula. Apparently, in the 21st century, it's no longer about making stories credible. Because the audience is not supposed to have a brain anyway.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: On Fire (2020)
Who writes this crap?!
When NCIS started, it was a pretty good series. Over the years it deteriorated, because Ziva had to be so tough, and Abby had to be so quirky (annoying, really). But lately the show has gotten ridiculous. Who writes these scenarios, and these dialogues??? After Bishop gives Vance a big mouth, his answer should have been: "Good luck on your next job interview!". Then she gives Gibbs attitude, and McGee. Is there no end to this woman's big ego? Apparently not, because next she tells McGee that she's gonna kill the bad guy. Obviously, both in this show and in NCIS LA, going rogue is all the rage nowadays, but this is taking it to the next level. I laughed out loud at my TV because the story was so incredibly unbelievable. I think I will stop watching this show, because it has outlived its watchability.
Bull: The Flying Carpet (2019)
Like I said before: no legal advisors.
For the purpose of this review I am going to ignore the plot twists of the earlier accident and the consequent withdrawal from the case of the insurance company. So this is where we are: a 14 year old boy climbs a ten foot fence and gets up on the roof of a pizza joint. He falls off and ends up in a wheel chair. He then sues the owners of the pizza place, because his injury is their fault. The logic of his attorney is: if you put a piece of pizza on the roof of your shop, it's basically an invitation to teenagers to climb up. Hm, really? Despite the ten foot high fence, with a chain lock, despite a warning sign saying "no trespassing"? Seems a little farfetched to me. This attorney then goes on to state that the shop owners should have put up a sign saying: "Danger, do not climb on the roof". REALLY? And THAT would have stopped him??? If anything, such a sign would have been an open invitation. Does this show not use legal advisors?
Castle: Pandora (2012)
Why do they keep doing this?
This show is based on the premise that Kate Beckett is an attractive woman. And she is...kind of. But the makers keep putting guest stars opposite her who are not only better actresses, but also way more beautiful. I've seen Dana Delaney, I've seen Alyssa Milano and now here is Jennifer Beals. Stana Katic can't compete with those women and comes off as a (jealous) wallflower. She deserves better, she deserves to be the star...well, if you don't count Molly and Tamala.
Bull: Doctor Killer (2019)
How Law & Order would have handled this case.
Seeing as this is a show about lawyers, law courts and all things legal and or judicial, I wonder if this show even has a legal advisor. I highly doubt it, because, as both other reviews have pointed out: the charge and the defence made no sense.
In my opinion, this is how Law & Order (the original show) would have handled it: the detectives stumble on the body of the dead doctor. Maybe some witness has seen the boy push him against the fence. So they focus on the boy, who states that he did push the doctor against the fence, which then suddenly gave way, causing the doctor to fall to his death. The detectives then have a word with the assistant D.A. who states that the fence was put there to protect people from falling into a 50 feet deep hole, so it should never have been able to give way. The detectives then find the person responsible for not securing the fence and this person is charged with criminally negligent homicide. That the doctor was a stinker who earned a lot of money pushing an experimental medicine that hasn't been improved, has NO bearing at all. Whether you kill a rotten person or a saint, should have no influence on the penalty the killer gets. Otherwise we come to Chicago (the musical): "He had it coming."