Nope. They just forgot.
They also forgot they need to prosecute the “real killer”.
You know, pre-reboot, sometimes, guilty people got way with it. It was the way the show ran. Like real life. This modern reboot no longer feels like real life.
Head slap- Doh!
I can think of a couple errors in the show’s heyday, too.
No doubt. But the writing seemed better.
A couple of times in the old series they had two suspects and couldn’t decide which one was guilty; in those cases, the episode closed without a resolution other than “We did our best”
I remember one of those, involving the bombing of an army recruiting station.
Bumped to note that in the most recent episode, the ME was the same character from FBI: Dr Mosbach.
It’s more than Rogers crossing between the three L&O family, this is crossing to another completely different Wolf series. I guesss that means FBI is now part of the Tommyverse. 
In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who are related to the suspects and the district attorneys who are related to (or are dating) the victims or expert witnesses. These are their stories
Yeah, whew. These last few episodes have been a slog. Have they run out of stories to tell?
“And this time, it’s personal” is a sure sign the writers have run out of ideas- even with the “Headlines”- and this is important- you can NOT work any case where you have a relative etc involved. A Good Defense will get all your testimony and evidence thrown out as clearly biased.
Maybe a partner, sure.
Yep.
Most recent episode shows they need someone who knows something about guns. A small caliber pistol was used in a killing, and shell casings were recovered. But then they say the “pin markings on the slugs”… but slugs dont have pin markings- the shells do.
Then they have issues proving the gun recovered was the murder weapon- turned out the killer switched the barrels , so the slug marking dont match. Great and a good idea, crime-wise. But the PIN markings would be the same, and altho Pin markings on a cartridge are not as solid as riling on a slug, they have been used as evidence. Solid evidence, not used here -and not used a few times before.
Also when bring up the changed barrels the Defense claims the defendant was no criminal master mind, how could they have thought of that? But there is evidence they bought the new barrel, why not mention that?
Finally saw this new one.
I was never a fan of the episode Gunshow, where McCoy successfully prosecutes the manufacturer of a weapon used in a murder, for murder. (Set aside by the judge, but still. McCoy attacked and won).
But I could really see the same thing happening here. Get a ADA with a spine (not Price, of course) and prosecute the memorybot people for manipulating the wife to commit murder. I can even hear the arguments in my head, how their algorithm was reckless and advocated for murder. Carver got an indictment in CI on a chatroom owner that supported suicide, for murder. It could happen.
It’s more like the episode in which knock-off Facebook connects an angry teenage girl with a questionably sane weirdo, so weirdo can kill girl’s mom, or the one in which a stalker gets help from a cyber-stalking firm (where Ted Mosby worked), or the one where the toxic virus was bought with a fake doctor’s letterhead and a PO box. All cases where Jack convicted the killer and dealt with the company as well
This week’s episode, Remedies. Riley is MIA with no explanation, Brady is back being Lt. Columbo, Sam has another personal connection and should have recused herself, and, in a switch, Price also has an emotional connection and probably should have recused himself. Combine that with questionable law and poor lawyering on both sides, and the decline continues.
Nice to see the FBI coroner again!
The previous episode - New Normal - had an undercover officer who needed to be out of that job, asap. I would hope in the real world, someone is keeping better track of the mental state of undercover officers, so that they don’t forget their original motivations.
Yeah, and long before that.
Yeah , Sam deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence, and this time was hammering “The Law is the Law”, which she has never done before, IIRC. She also said she believes in Homeopathy - which is an utter crock.
Yeah, I have always thought she’s a terrible lawyer, but now homeopathy? What next - cryatals? Don’t let her find out about Sedona, AZ.
Newest episode, “Bright Lights”, fashion designer murdered. The case is all over the place. With a complete lack of any evidence whatsoever, they eventually go with the “Lt Provenza*” rationale: the husband did it. But they have nothing. no murder weapon, no witnesses, no nuttin’. I said aloud that it wouldn’t get past arraignment, but then, I forgot what I was watching.
So all of a sudden (it is implied) the defense attorney makes an anonymous phone call to report the location of the murder weapon. Which, surprise surprise surprise belongs to the husband. WTF was she thinking? I assume she was going to argue “anyone could have stole it” but really, “no gun” is better than “a gun”, anyday.
But they still don’t have enough evidence, so Price (and Baxter and Sam, more or less) intimidate and coerce a reluctant witness, by threatening to prosecute her for sex trafficking (because she invited people to an orgy).
You know, in the old days, people would accuse McCoy of prosecuting for glory, to make a name for himself, to rack up wins, but it was usually clear from the episode context that that was just a lie. I am pretty sure it is true with Price. he’s become the new Brooklyn DA, who was often used as a corrupt or incompetent impediment to justice.
It makes sense that the husband did it, but I really wanted Price to lose. I wanted the reluctant witness to either say “I didn’t see anything”, which would be totally believable and not able to be countered, or ideally, break down on the stand and accuse Price of blackmailing her into committing perjury. Alas, no.
Another episode that looked out of order, as well. It isn’t that difficult, people!
I notice that all the channels that do massive reuens of L&O do no show the new episodes.
*The Closer
Yeah, that was immoral and unethical.