Post by llyan on Nov 8, 2017 16:40:42 GMT
I think what I liked about this episode was that it was a little all over the place. It felt disjointed and had me guessing up until the last minute when they all but confirmed he was the killer when he was shown as a switch hitter. But unlike some other episodes, I feel like this was done by design rather than through poor writing.
Normally we're provided with all the information to figure out the killer, the motive and how they did it within in the episode. But in this case, we don't get this. All we have is jumbled evidence, which is flummoxing our team as well, that is circumstantial at best. But we also have Fornell's gut telling him (and us) that Hicks is guilty. We have a history with Fornell and want to trust him and his instincts.
So we're torn when we're presented information that Fornell might have cut a corner.
- It is definitely possible that Mary was intimidated by Hicks into saying that she saw a black man in the van.
- It's also possible that Hicks was smart enough to loan his van to some nameless black man to provide reasonable doubt. He just didn't count on Fornell pretending that he never found the witness and ended up in jail for 10 years.
With the reveal that Hicks is a switch hitter, I'm assuming that he's our killer. That he used our team to 'escape' from jail, makes him smart and incredibly dangerous. Had Fornell not ignored the witness, Hicks probably wouldn't have been convicted the first time and they probably wouldn't have ever connected him to the other cases. As Tim said, they didn't have anything to connect him to those cases either.
I also loved that the episode ended with the bad guy getting away. I can't think of any other case where it ended and Team Gibbs didn't get their man. Bravo for coming up with something new after 15 years.
This looks to be a recurring arc and NCIS has a history of not doing long arcs well, so I'm concerned that this will be one of those. Presume a February sweeps wrap (?) because I suppose they'll use the May sweeps to say good bye to Abby.
I might have agreed with you before this season. But Frank and George are the show runners and that changes things. Frank and George episodes have always been strong case episodes. They've also been around from the start where season arcs were much more layered and detailed (under Bellisario - Ari's through story between seasons 1 and 2, Tony being framed by Chip, La Grenouille and Jeanne). I'm hopeful that if this is an arc, that it'll be better than in recent years.
Normally we're provided with all the information to figure out the killer, the motive and how they did it within in the episode. But in this case, we don't get this. All we have is jumbled evidence, which is flummoxing our team as well, that is circumstantial at best. But we also have Fornell's gut telling him (and us) that Hicks is guilty. We have a history with Fornell and want to trust him and his instincts.
So we're torn when we're presented information that Fornell might have cut a corner.
- It is definitely possible that Mary was intimidated by Hicks into saying that she saw a black man in the van.
- It's also possible that Hicks was smart enough to loan his van to some nameless black man to provide reasonable doubt. He just didn't count on Fornell pretending that he never found the witness and ended up in jail for 10 years.
With the reveal that Hicks is a switch hitter, I'm assuming that he's our killer. That he used our team to 'escape' from jail, makes him smart and incredibly dangerous. Had Fornell not ignored the witness, Hicks probably wouldn't have been convicted the first time and they probably wouldn't have ever connected him to the other cases. As Tim said, they didn't have anything to connect him to those cases either.
I also loved that the episode ended with the bad guy getting away. I can't think of any other case where it ended and Team Gibbs didn't get their man. Bravo for coming up with something new after 15 years.
I might have agreed with you before this season. But Frank and George are the show runners and that changes things. Frank and George episodes have always been strong case episodes. They've also been around from the start where season arcs were much more layered and detailed (under Bellisario - Ari's through story between seasons 1 and 2, Tony being framed by Chip, La Grenouille and Jeanne). I'm hopeful that if this is an arc, that it'll be better than in recent years.
