'Is this because I'm a lesbian?'
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OnlyRocknRoll — 9 years ago(December 21, 2016 12:47 PM)
It was a shock in that there was no previous evidence of choice in the character. Okay. Then it should not have been used as a device to get rid of the character. Is that because I'm a homo? Is that because I cheat on my spouse? Is that because I'm a Buddhist?
Puh-leeze! She came out with that line because Branch got rid of her for her attitudes about certain cases.
It still wasn't a reason to fire her. In the 80's I remember that Walter Cronkite did a segment on the nightly CBS news that 90% of firings were because the person was DISLIKED, not because they did not perform their responsibilities. Where is it written, that in addition to performing your job description well that you also have to perform the hidden description?
The hidden description is: Must grovel, kowtow, suck toes or beep the boss or the faculty and eat 3 yards of dung on a daily basis, must multi-task in a horrendous environment (visualize a one armed paper hanger working by himself). Must work around sociopaths and pretend that they are okay.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!!
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scion777-554-857756 — 10 years ago(February 09, 2016 03:36 AM)
" made no sense" - some of you say - you are not getting it - in the preceeding episodes, she was shown to be more and more not in line with the DA's philosophy - and it was making her do her job in a more functionary way instead of a zealous way - Arthur was telling Serena that, at heart, she was an advocate (aka a defense attny) - not a prosecutor - so, he let her go - he needs people to be on board with his viewpoint - that's just the same as any "boss"
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scrabbler1 — 10 years ago(February 14, 2016 09:08 AM)
Besides "Girl Most Likely," I thought the "Gov Luv" episode hinted at it too, based on Serena's reaction to Jack's trying to get the NY State Court of Appeals in Albany to nullify the same-sex marriage performed by a small town mayor so Jack to bust up spousal privilege. Serena was quite angry and said something like this to Jack: "I'm not going to be of any help to you in Albany." She could have simply been opposed to Jack's plan but her being a lesbian would certainly have made her even more angry at Jack.
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Duncan_Idaho02 — 10 years ago(March 01, 2016 01:52 AM)
Is this because I am a lesbian?
was absurd. It made no sense. It was used as shock value and likely as some sort of political ploy.
She was fired because she had been becoming more and more out of line with the DA in cases. Her emotions were leading her, not the facts. And she refused to see what she was doing. Her comments about how nobody cares about her opinion showed she was not thinking like an ADA.
Her firing did not surprise me at all. In fact, I expected it when she was called into the DA office by herself, given her actions earlier. They were setting this up. -
speedy1383 — 9 years ago(August 16, 2016 08:55 PM)
Probably one of least favorite lines on a tv show. Incredibly stupid. Wolf asked the actress how she wanted to go out and this is what they decided. Out of a left field and just so damn silly. Not sure what Wolf was going for in that line. The actress said some of her gay friends picked up on some gay vibe from her character. And that's how we got one of the worst lines in this franchise's history. Ridiculous.
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aliciabrighton — 9 years ago(August 22, 2016 05:00 PM)
They really should have set it up more if they wanted it to go down that way. Maybe have her get dropped off at work by a girlfriend or wife and have Branch give her a possibly disapproving look, something like that so that we can at least see where the character is coming from.
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Monknificent — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 04:28 AM)
Absolutely 100% correct. It is such a jarring, stupid line that I am just about to write an entirely new post about small details / lines that made me lose large chunks of respect for the writing on this otherwise excellent show and this is one of the headliners!
Honestly, I chortled, even on a re-watch a couple of years later! It is on a par for ridiculousness with Ali G hilariously spouting "Is it coz I is black?" at random, nonsensical "opportunities".
"It's too late Always has been, always will be
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speedy1383 — 9 years ago(August 23, 2016 09:25 PM)
Well I do know that one of the posts deleted by an administrator did not deserve to be. It wasn't my post. It was right below my other post. Didn't say anything bad or anything like that. I am starting to think that some people are being idiots in what they complain to the administrators about.
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drhenning-610-350899 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 10:09 PM)
The actress, Elisabeth Rohm, is currently playing a heavy on The Last Ship.. This scene has ruined almost every other thing she's been in.. An exception might be her role on The Client List playing fremeny of Jennifer Love Hewitt playing a rich Texas girl with a heavy accent.. Anyway.. from this scene in her first TV role to now overthrowing the US Government on The Last Ship quite a leap.. She is an alumna of the little school in TN that my son also graduated from