Aftershock
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Doug-Oh — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 08:25 PM)
I like Aftershock because it showed a different side of the principal characters.
Unlike other shows & sitcoms which tanked creatively when the show went into different, unknown areas
ala Seinfeld's final ep.,
The Beverly Hillbillies going to Europe,
Aunt Bea on The Andy Griffith Show learning to fly, hosting her own TV cooking show, et. al.,
. the Aftershock ep. wasn't out of bounds and fit in well with the series' scene & characters. -
Dark-knight2008 — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 09:04 AM)
Are you kidding me? You insulted the OP fist you f-cking idiot. So they like an episode you don't. Who cares? You did EXACTLY what you cry about others doing. The OP disagrees with you, so you attack them.
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Xeliou66 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 07:16 AM)
Agreed, and that was one of the major flaws of the episode. How come they were so bothered by the death of a rapist-killer but not by the numerous dead kids and brutally murdered innocents they dealt with regularly over the years? I mean in the episode right before that, Homesick, a baby was poisoned to death, and none of the characters reacted in a way like in Aftershock.
Stupid episode all around, and it threw everything that made Law and Order unique out the window in favor of soapy, idiotic personal crap that didn't make sense. Terrible episode, and a lousy way to kill off Claire Kincaid. -
anbmom — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 06:02 AM)
I put this episode up as one of the best. I especially love that they often cite this incident for many years to come. The viewing of this execution profoundly changed the entire team and it made them all think differently about their jobs. The reason they aren't as personally affected by the awful things they see each day is that they know the perpetrator is pure evil. If they end up killing that bad guy it has a purpose, usually to save their own life. In the execution, the state of NY is the one doing the killing and it just doesn't sit well after they sit there and observe it.
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Doug-Oh — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 06:30 PM)
For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's a powerful episodehighly recommended.
Concur totally.
I know some knock this ep. as it's "out of character" with the L&O "format."
As if "format" is always best all the time.
Look at how radio has declined. Same thing, all the time, everywhere. Every station in every market sounds the same. Dullsville, really
While it's not in my Top 10 L&O ep. list, it's still a powerful ep.
I view it as "experimental" much like some later-season eps. in other great TV series.
MASH
, in its final years, did "Dreams" which was wayyyy out of character with other eps.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
in its final season, included an episode where Lou Grant, Ted Baxter & Murray Slaughter all discussed their fantasies of marrying Mary.
An odd ep. for sure, but surely different and not "run of the mill."