Episode 101
Retribution (01-14-07)
[ ret·ri·bu·tion:
punishment imposed for purposes of repayment or revenge
for the wrong committed ]
A fitting title in many ways…most poignant in my eyes
though being that retribution usually doesn’t put things
back to normal—as the ending scene showed so well.
Jordan will never again get to talk to JD. She lost the
chance to share any thoughts, wants, apologies she had
for JD. Ted Hawthorne took that away from her and no
amount of justice (or retribution) will ever bring JD
back. All Jordan will ever be able to do is ponder the
‘what would haves’. I loved the ending scene because I
felt it summed up Jordan and JD’s relationship and gave
as best a closure to JD’s death as the circumstances
allowed. Those pictures represented their relationship:
friends, lovers, and the possibility that there could
have been more. All that’s left are some pictures of
good times and memories of the hard times and there's
nothing Jordan can do to change that.
Jordan’s Flashbacks: I liked them. They brought in the
emotional element of Jordan’s state of mind and at the
same time they served as reminders to what had
previously happened so you weren’t lost.
Kate Switzer—what a name and what a personality.
Mettalica in autopsy—how can that not grab your
attention? While the rough, no nonsense, not here to
make friends attitude reminds me of Elaine (another
character I loved…why is it that all the characters I
really love die? Sorry, back on topic.) Dr. Switzer
stood out as her own character to me—not a carbon copy
of someone we’ve already seen. She’s got quirks. She’s
smart. She’s not afraid to stand up to anyone, and she
knows how to play the game. Corrupting Nigel’s work
after she figures out he was watching her…that’s playing
the game.
I think I shall, from this moment on, always think of
her as Dr. Switzer a.k.a Cruella De Ville. Only Nigel
would come out with that. Can’t wait to the interaction
between those two.
I liked Lu last season until she had a character
assassination (sorry writers, but I really think you
screwed her character up last season). Some of my faith
in Lu was redeemed in this episode. I hope she keeps
this attitude and spunk. She was fun to watch last night
and I started believing in her again.
The deleted Lily and Bug scene: I’m glad we got to see
that—even if it wasn’t part of the episode. I understand
why it was cut from the episode. In fact the scene
wouldn’t have been needed, except for if you remember
all the way back to the episode Don’t Leave Me This Way
(doesn’t that seem like it was ages ago?? I had a hard
time at first remembering that tonight’s episode was the
day after DLMTW) you realize that the Lily/Bug issue
wasn’t dealt with. I’m still sticking to my original
thought that Lily is the one who dies. Though Bug is my
second choice. I swear something’s going to happen to
one of them—
Okay, so the one part of this episode that just didn’t
work for me: THE CASE. I re-watched this episode paying
attention to ONLY the case, and there’s too much trying
to happen in 42 minutes. Here’s why it doesn’t work for
me.
1- JD comes to Boston, to collect evidence against the
judge—who’s a weak, pathetic character…but I won’t go
ranting on that, cause I might be here all day if I did.
I do have to say the judge’s suicide was purely for
effect in my opinion. Too many contradictions in the
judge, easy to bribe, but weak in character. Feels
guilty when confronted to the point he then decides to
commit suicide? This just doesn’t jive. A corrupt person
doesn’t have a conscious—not like the weak judge was
given…just all wrong…okay, moving on, I swear.
2- This evidence proves that the judge is corrupt. JD’s
flash drive had four cases on it. The fifth case—was
just another bribe the judge took. How does JD connect
the bribe to the coal mine worker to Ted Hawthorne? JD’s
story was the judge, the leap to him being connected to
Hawthorne is just too much to process. Even now as I try
to think it through and wrap my brain around it there
are too many, what ifs and hows. A case shouldn’t be
that complex that the viewer can’t follow it after one
viewing much less two or three viewings.
3- How the hell does Hawthorne find JD? JD’s a reporter
and has to be semi decent at covering his tracks? And
Hawthorne a cold-blooded killer? Did you get that
impression when Jordan confronted him? No? I didn’t
think so. He gave you the impression that he’d hire a
hit man or something right? It was just a bit too
unbelievable.
Random Comments:
- NICE Washington D.C. lab!
- I swear Kathryn Hahn is pregnant—always sitting, or
standing with files in front of her, wearing black
(which hides a lot of the body figure), that and my
sister dragged me to see the movie Holiday, that she was
in and she was pregnant in the movie…
Glad to finally have Crossing Jordan back!
3 ½ dead bodies out of 5.
