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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 49374" data-attributes="member: 23">THE LAST GASPSomehow I missed John Pleshette&#039;s credit at the beginning, so it was even more of a treat to see him as a lawyer in the courtroom. Even though he was thanklessly involved in the episodes frivolous court case - involving a complaint about a football game - it was great to see him in action. He had significantly more hair than in his Knots days, which seemed a little odd (while I can easily believe Kevin Dobson would be vain enough to worry about his hair loss, for instance, it doesn&#039;t seem like JP would). Victor trying to overturn his old friend&#039;s death sentence gave a little more grass roots to his character. The mentions of his past all felt true to the character we&#039;ve been watching for four seasons. I&#039;m still not convinced we needed to see someone being murdered by the state. On the one hand it wasn&#039;t a pleasant watch, and a nice job was done of reflecting the sombreness and sense of dread for the person being killed and the people who are asked to witness it. But on the other there&#039;s no way on earth a scene like this in a 1990 evening drama was going to be able to truly show how horrific someone being killed by poison gas is. While it seemed that the show was edging towards an anti-capital punishment stance, there was room for the viewer to walk away thinking &quot;well, it wasn&#039;t that bad&quot;, which is not a good thing in my opinion. A. Martinez was very good in the role as the condemned man and the chemistry between he and Jimmy Smits worked very well. In other news, Arnie married and Grace officially joined the firm. The latter could be great for the dynamics on the show. The former, not so much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 49374, member: 23"] [B][I]THE LAST GASP[/I][/B] Somehow I missed John Pleshette's credit at the beginning, so it was even more of a treat to see him as a lawyer in the courtroom. Even though he was thanklessly involved in the episodes frivolous court case - involving a complaint about a football game - it was great to see him in action. He had significantly more hair than in his Knots days, which seemed a little odd (while I can easily believe Kevin Dobson would be vain enough to worry about his hair loss, for instance, it doesn't seem like JP would). Victor trying to overturn his old friend's death sentence gave a little more grass roots to his character. The mentions of his past all felt true to the character we've been watching for four seasons. I'm still not convinced we needed to see someone being murdered by the state. On the one hand it wasn't a pleasant watch, and a nice job was done of reflecting the sombreness and sense of dread for the person being killed and the people who are asked to witness it. But on the other there's no way on earth a scene like this in a 1990 evening drama was going to be able to truly show how horrific someone being killed by poison gas is. While it seemed that the show was edging towards an anti-capital punishment stance, there was room for the viewer to walk away thinking "well, it wasn't [I]that[/I] bad", which is not a good thing in my opinion. A. Martinez was very good in the role as the condemned man and the chemistry between he and Jimmy Smits worked very well. In other news, Arnie married and Grace officially joined the firm. The latter could be great for the dynamics on the show. The former, not so much. [/QUOTE]

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