When Helen confronted Will about the questionable tactics to get the kid to confess, I don’t understand why Will didn’t defend himself. I mean, he DID initially balk at the idea. He DID argue against the idea. He certainly didn’t leap up and throw himself wholeheartedly into it.
And Emily Quartermaine.
(You have to be General Hospital junkies to know that both Joan and (Beth?) were major stars of that addictive crap soap opera that I still watch…)
I liked this episode a lot, and was quite interested in a Baz Mitzvah (sp?) as I know little about them and more about Bar Mitzvahs from friends I went to school with. I thought the “gift” of being there to see the comets was cool. He was right - she will remember that when she is 90, and I am sure the actress will as well.
Speaking of which…when do you think Grace really will come out and admit she is a Lesbian. I mean, really…what do you want? Neon signs?
That’s why. He knew it was wrong. There was nothing to defend.
Okay, slow down just a bit. I didn’t say they picked up some random guy. I said they picked up the guy they had targeted on the obviously absurd pretense that he looked like some random guy. As I said before, if they wanted to bring him in for buying drugs, that’s what they should have done. They didn’t. They brought him in for something they knew he didn’t do. Do you not see the difference?
Wha–?
She’s most definitely not. Luke is her boyfriend, and she enjoys making out with him as much as he does with her. The lesbian thing was something Freidman and some snippy cheerleaders started.
No, not really. That’s just semantics. The guy is not an innocent, and he’s being actively obstructive. That justifies scaring him a bit within the letter of the law.
A very nice ep. Grace looked so lovely at the ceremony. And when Joan said, “I want to be Jewish!”, I thought, “Me too!” (See, my fam used to go to a Baptist church and believe me, those folks wouldn’t dream of having so much fun.)
I have a feeling that one of these days we’re going to see Grace’s mom have a big breakdown. Obviously she has good days and bad, but the problem will only get worse.
However slight the difference, there IS a difference between expressing initial reservations about something that you eventually give in on and not even having those reservations. I think Helen might have liked to hear that he had them.
Semantics? This isn’t a matter of choosing between two synonyms; it’s a matter of what facts were known. The guy was not involved in the robbery. They knew he wasn’t involved in the robbery. Nevertheless, they arrested him for the robbery.
Suppose that instead of giving you a parking ticket, a cop gave you a ticket for speeding — just to teach you a lesson. Would that be “semantics”? I don’t think your insurer would look at it that way.
Oh, I agree. I wasn’t excusing Will. And I think he should have expressed some reservations. But that’s rather the opposite of defending himself.
Except of course you’re STILL distorting what happened. The kid was not CHARGED with anything (and a ticket is being charged). He was brought in for questioning. The cops have the right to arrest someone if they have probable cause. The courts have been VERY lenient wrt what constitutes probable cause. Morally and legally, Lucy did nothing wrong. And Gerardi CERTAINLY did nothing wrong, as it wasn’t his call to make anyway.
Gerardi never sucked up before. In fact, he’s been squeaky-clean in the way he conducted his business, which is precisely why Helen was so shocked. Is there any reason they couldn’t have done the exact same scare tactic by bringing the guy in for dope buying? Why did they have to fabricate the suspicion of robbery? And for the record, “legal” and “moral” are not synonyms. It’s legal for cops to tell you lies while you are in custody.
It’s also moral to lie to someone in order to save others from harm. But the reason they didn’t bring the kid in for dope buying was that the writers are trying to force a point and doing it poorly.
I know of no caveat about “saving people from harm”. Cops may lie simply to get you to confess. And I don’t think there is any evidence that these writers write poorly. The essence of the plotline is clear: Will is beginning to behave out of character, and Helen is concerned, suspecting that Lucy’s influence on Will is deleterious.