That’s what puzzles me about movie bombs. Why do they have a visible timer at all? It’s more work and cost to add one, and it has no benefit to the bomber.
I liked the subversion in one Elementary episode. A killer had left a huge bomb in Sherlock’s house, and as the episode ends Holmes and Watson find it sitting there, blinking, with a cell-phone detonator. Suspenseful end…roll credits.
At the beginning if the next episode, while Watson is nearly panicking, Homes walks up, inspects the bomb…and forcibly rips the cell phone right off it, disarming it.
Are there any jurisdictions where the jury foreperson has to stand up and read the verdict out loud in the courtroom, like how it’s usually portrayed in courtroom dramas? In my one experience serving on a jury the foreman just filled out a form, which he handed to the bailiff, who walked it over to the clerk, who was the one who actually read it.
In yesterday’s Trump trial the clerk asked the foreperson to stand and declare a verdict to each count as they were read off.
I’ve seen similar in some court rooms. Most of the time, however, I see procedures where the forms are handed to the bailiff and then read by the clerk after the judge reviews the form (to make sure it’s not deficient–there is still time to send them back if something is amiss).
Law and Order, at least the mothership in the beginning, did a decent job of showing the proper procedures in a New York courtroom. Of course they didn’t get everything right but they did make an attempt.
I have decided that if I ever build a bomb to kill somebody I don’t like, it’s not going to have a big, red, blinking light on it.
And all the wires will be red.
In real life, would an underling cut short a telephone conversation with a superior by saying, e.g., “Something’s just come up; I’ll call you back!”
Well, I have told my boss that I’m dealing with an issue in a different conversation, and I’ll give him more information in a few minutes when I know more. But that was over chat (who talks to their boss on the phone these days?), and I did provide him with more info than “Something has come up” before telling him I wouldn’t be responsive for a bit.
On L&O, did they do it they way they did with Trump’s trial in regards to closing arguments? I understand in his the defense went first, which he did not like.
It’s been a while but my guess is they did. It’s the rule in New York and not specific to the Trump trial. Just like the fact the jury isn’t allowed to get written instructions. That was probably never in an episode since it would be hard to make that dramatic.
This got asked on Reddit’s askhistorians sub. Apparently, questions about this scenario used to be on tests.
I remember that episode; you’re of course right that he didn’t notice it, but I’m guessing that — if you had to — you couldn’t describe that in a way that paints the cop in a great light, but I figure you could describe it in, uh, the least bad way possible.
That said, try giving the most forgiving description you can of the cop played by a young Ed Begley Jr in “How To Dial A Murder”: sir, your dogs are locked in a cage in this closed area, behind a door marked “ISOLATION”, because they mauled a guy to death; and, wait, you want to be left alone here with them?
[walks past telephone]
Gosh, I don’t know if I’m allowed to leave you alone with the dogs; I’m gonna haveta go check with Lieutenant Columbo first. So, you stay right here with those dogs until I get back, okay?
There’s a phone in the same room, and he doesn’t use it to call Columbo? That is pretty … dense. Why didn’t the Director or Script Girl say something like “Wait a minute, you don’t have to leave him alone, just pick up that phone right there…”.
Mind you, this would all be moot today because Ed would undoubtedly have a smart phone in his pocket.
I think Detective Wilson in the episode where Ray Milland bumps off nephew Bradford Dillman to get his hands on $300,000 walks away with the award for being the densest cop. Every conclusion he rushes to is wrong.
Even putting that detail aside, it already seems dense to leave the guy alone there so you can go find out if it’s okay to leave the guy alone there. But putting that detail back in makes it — grotesque?
Ehrlich (Ed’s character on St Elsewhere) wasn’t all that bright either.
This is how I’ve always seen it done (I’ve served on about eight juries). And they had video in The Jinx 2 where Robert Durst’s verdict for killing Susan Berman was read exactly like this. Of course, that was in Los Angeles, where I’ve served all my jury service (within the county, that is).
Well, he didn’t actually exist.
I can think of Monk episodes for at least half of those.
Characters seldom do.
I got the joke.