Every once in a while an episode occurs in which it ends leaving a frown on my (your) face because it ends in either sadness or disappointment, or it just leaves you with a haunting or unhappy ending. This is one of them, one in which is father has to deal with a rebellious daughter, all the while trying to protect his youngest kid and his dying wife.
The father snaps - it's revealed fairly early on - and, especially being a cop - he should know better. However, his protective instincts for his family make him do things he should have done.
In this episode, that man - "Ray Wisnesky-" (David Warshofsky) and the whole police force of a tiny town in The Hamptons, is made to look pretty bad. Sometimes, I think the entertainment business goes a little overboard in portraying dirty cops, especially in small towns. They seem to relish in that. This is one of those cases.
Former child acting star Brooke Shields is one of the guest stars here but, to be honest, I didn't even recognize her. It's been awhile and she looks a lot different than from those "Blue Lagoon" days.
Once again, we see Goren in a compassionate light, even though he doggedly does what he does best: solve the crime and get the perp to confess. With a dying mother of his own, Goren sympathizes, to a degree, with the cop.
Eames is back on the job, too, after her harrowing kidnap of several weeks. They touch briefly on it, just remarking that he was on a leave seeing a shrink and could be on leave much longer but she chooses to get back into her work. The new boss, "Captain Ross" (Eric Bogosian) doesn't show any hostility toward Goren, which is good. He did on the first episode.
The father snaps - it's revealed fairly early on - and, especially being a cop - he should know better. However, his protective instincts for his family make him do things he should have done.
In this episode, that man - "Ray Wisnesky-" (David Warshofsky) and the whole police force of a tiny town in The Hamptons, is made to look pretty bad. Sometimes, I think the entertainment business goes a little overboard in portraying dirty cops, especially in small towns. They seem to relish in that. This is one of those cases.
Former child acting star Brooke Shields is one of the guest stars here but, to be honest, I didn't even recognize her. It's been awhile and she looks a lot different than from those "Blue Lagoon" days.
Once again, we see Goren in a compassionate light, even though he doggedly does what he does best: solve the crime and get the perp to confess. With a dying mother of his own, Goren sympathizes, to a degree, with the cop.
Eames is back on the job, too, after her harrowing kidnap of several weeks. They touch briefly on it, just remarking that he was on a leave seeing a shrink and could be on leave much longer but she chooses to get back into her work. The new boss, "Captain Ross" (Eric Bogosian) doesn't show any hostility toward Goren, which is good. He did on the first episode.
