A Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they c... Read allA Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they cannot place him at the scene of the crime.A Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they cannot place him at the scene of the crime.
- Dennis Michaels
- (as Christopher Gartin)
Storyline
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- TriviaMedroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) is a synthetic form of the female sex hormone progesterone. It is mainly used as a form of birth control for women. However, it is also used in men as a form of chemical castration: it reduces a male's sex drive by inhibiting testosterone production. It is used to treat male hyper-sexuality or to control inappropriate or unwanted sexual behavior in those with paraphilias (intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, or persons) such as pedophilia. The effectiveness of Depo-Provera for treating sex offenders is controversial: a number of studies indicate that its effectiveness at controlling the urges experienced by sexual offenders is minimal at best. For example, the urges experienced by rapists have much more to do with power and control than sex, which is why suppressing sexual desire does little to deter rapists.
- GoofsHudson University (aka Columbia University) almost certainly would have a CCTV system covering their library's interior and exterior. That they didn't have multiple views of the suspects both entering as well as leaving the library is improbable and it would have solved the case.
- Quotes
D.A. Adam Schiff: You're using the authority of this office like a foot on the neck.
Jack McCoy: We've done that before.
D.A. Adam Schiff: We usually have one leg to stand on.
Season 9 is near its end with "Admissions", and there is plenty in the episode to show why 'Law and Order' was so good in its prime. Season 9 was a very well executed season with all the episodes ranging between good and outstanding, but "Admissions" is not one of the best of them. It is written well, is intriguing and is very well performed but other episodes of the season had the extra something that is not quite there here.
"Admissions" has plenty of great things. Have no issue with the intimate but not claustrophobic photography and the subtly gritty look. The music is only used when necessary and is hauntingly understated when it is used, not over-emphasising too much the mood when things are revealed. The script is lean and tight enough which stops the talk from being long-winded, while not jumping around, and is intelligently written.
Direction is accomodating while not letting things get too dull. The story does have some intrigue with the procedural work being quite clever and the legal scenes do as ever impose some interesting questions. McCoy's way of getting to the truth here is genius. The performances are all round are very good, Sam Waterston is particularly good of the regulars and the responsible are reprehensible and chillingly played.
It could have done with more tension, which is there if not quite sizzling in the second half but the early stages of the episode are slightly routine.
Other episodes are twistier and have more surprises, whereas the story here is on the ordinary and familiar ground side.
To conclude, good but not great. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Oct 13, 2021