(Season 7, Episodes 15-16)
Years (in seasons) after I pointed it out, Bobby and his convict wife are finally beginning to realize that their marriage is a disaster. The convict’s problem, as she puts it, is that, “I miss being adored.” Bobby’s problem? That he chose her over Helen. Watching the fast-forwarded deterioration of their relationship — because there hasn’t been a progression; it’s always been like this — I got one thought stuck in my head: murder/suicide. The big question? Which one gets lucky enough to kill the other.
7.15 “Choirboys”
A weird couple of cases this time around. Eugene and Jimmy defended a man accused of murdering three women … innocent enough, save for the undertones of his possibly being involved in a sexual relationship with his mother — played by none other than Lesley Ann Warren, better known as “worst mom in the world” Jinx on In Plain Sight.
Walsh referred to the accused, Russell Bakey (Matthew Settle), as a “man of rage” in convincing Helen to use the age-old, brilliant ploy of attempting to elicit anger from Russell while he was on the witness stand, which as we all know means he’s a killer. Didn’t work, he got the not guilty (more related to the lack of proof, I think), and we all went home happy. Well, save for Russell, who didn’t seem too pleased with Helen, threatening her life several times before (and after) the case was through.
Meanwhile, the convict and her sidekick, Little Grey (Chyler Leigh), got a visit from an old client of the convict’s, Stanley Deeks (John Bader), the murderer who “just couldn’t go to prison but was willing to get medical help” that the convict got off (after which he said he didn’t need help now that he’d been found innocent). It’s ironic for a convicted murderer to be in the position to put others like her back on the street.
Anyway, a relapse had caused Deeks to murder again … but he just couldn’t go to prison! I’m all for the legal argument of client confidentiality, but the convict deserved to be thrown in jail for contempt of court after refusing to tell the police where the body was. It’s her own stupid fault for thinking she was doing the right thing by telling the parents of the girl that their daughter had been killed.
7.16 “Special Deliveries”
Not wishing to keep us dangling after last time, both cases from the previous episode picked up here. I loved that the judge at the contempt hearing set a $10 million, no bond bail for both the convict and Little Grey, and that he later freed the convict to turn the screws on Little Grey. Crafty. Plus, he must have realized that a holding cell means little to a murderer who’s done hard time. Little Grey, on the other hand, screamed like a … well, like a girl, when the prosecutor started questioning her without her attorney present.
The Helen nonsense was just that: nonsense. I still think Russell’s mother actually murdered those women out of jealousy, because she was sleeping with her son, but that was cold that he killed her after she turned on him.
I knew the second the convict showed that newspaper picture to Deeks that he was going to kill Russell in a “show of friendship.” He’s a sick guy, but wouldn’t it figure that he get sent to jail for killing a fellow murderer. Get this — the victim, defendant, and his attorney are all cold-blooded killers! That’s rare. Deeks will be back … of that I’m sure.
Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Aug 19, 2010 @ 14:00 EST5EDT
