As a result of NBC's decision to cancel the 20-year-old show, "Rubber Room" proved both a coda for the show and S.Epatha Merkerson whose "Anita van Buren" character was to leave at the end of the season anyway.
Because van Buren has had a season-long battle with cancer, most of the installments have dealt with the character having to deal with treatment along with carrying on her duties as the precinct boss. Merkerson, a gifted and Emmy-and-Golden-Globe-award-winning actress for Lackawanna Blues) should take home another statuette for her work this season.
"Rubber Room's" main storyline deals with the search for bomber who has intentions of making a "statement" by blowing up a school. Detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) intensely canvas the city in order to find the bomber and prevent a tragedy of "epic" proportions, as described by a youngster who has followed the bomber's website.
The episode is quite intense and the resolution is satisfying, with a limit graphic images.
The installment, while not among the top ten in the show's history, is a fitting "farewell," even though many fans hope that the show will return in some manner.
Because van Buren has had a season-long battle with cancer, most of the installments have dealt with the character having to deal with treatment along with carrying on her duties as the precinct boss. Merkerson, a gifted and Emmy-and-Golden-Globe-award-winning actress for Lackawanna Blues) should take home another statuette for her work this season.
"Rubber Room's" main storyline deals with the search for bomber who has intentions of making a "statement" by blowing up a school. Detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) intensely canvas the city in order to find the bomber and prevent a tragedy of "epic" proportions, as described by a youngster who has followed the bomber's website.
The episode is quite intense and the resolution is satisfying, with a limit graphic images.
The installment, while not among the top ten in the show's history, is a fitting "farewell," even though many fans hope that the show will return in some manner.