A woman jumps to her death off the Brooklyn Bridge, but evidence and eyewitnesses suggest that a crazed man made her jump after they were in an auto accident.A woman jumps to her death off the Brooklyn Bridge, but evidence and eyewitnesses suggest that a crazed man made her jump after they were in an auto accident.A woman jumps to her death off the Brooklyn Bridge, but evidence and eyewitnesses suggest that a crazed man made her jump after they were in an auto accident.
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- Mrs. Marsh
- (as Katherine Narducci)
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on the 1995 Deletha Word case. Deletha Word was a Detroit woman who in 1995 was beaten so severely by a man that she jumped off a bridge into the Detroit River to escape him even though she couldn't swim. Ms. Word drowned and her attacker was convicted of second-degree murder the following year.
- GoofsIn the first half of the episode, Brisco and Curtis track "Crazy" Mike McDugan to a bar and place him under arrest. In the second half, when McDugan is telling McCoy about the arrest, he says he was "going to the corner store."
- Quotes
Det. Rey Curtis: [referring to his wife] She left me, Lennie! She took the kids and split. She wants me out of the house.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: [sighs] Why? What happened?
Det. Rey Curtis: I broke my vows with this girl in the park. Just a one-time thing.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: How'd Deborah find out?
Det. Rey Curtis: I told her.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: Your second mistake.
A couple of rewatches later, my feelings on "Menace" are very much the same. Not quite in the top 5 best Season 7 episodes and not quite as brilliant as the previous outing "Legacy", but definitely in the better half overall of a not always consistent but often very impressive season and with similar reasons (plus others) to that episode. "Menace" as an episode of 'Law and Order' is truly great, fits the twisty and unpredictable adjectives very well and is very highly recommended.
Did feel on first watch that the truth could have been revealed earlier than it was, because it did feel rushed and cluttered at the end. Still feel that way today, "Legacy" also revealed the truth in the final stages but worked well with the whole searching for the truth feeling of the episode and the truth wasn't as complicated.
Otherwise, "Menace" is great. The photography and such as usual are fully professional, the slickness still remaining. The music is used sparingly and is haunting and non-overwrought when it is used, and it's mainly used when a crucial revelation or plot development is revealed. The direction has some nice tension while keeping things steady, without going too far the other way.
The script is rich and intelligent, with nothing feeling like extraneous fat and it never comes over as too simple or too complicated. The story is full of clever and unexpected twists and turns without them cluttering or confusing the case, and the case is suspenseful and consistently intriguing. While the policing is far from routine, "Menace" shines more in the legal scenes and the ever richly drawn character of McCoy, his shrewdnes and resourcefulness shine brilliantly here.
Expectedly the acting is great, Sam Waterston faring best of the regulars and a truly menacing Rusty De Wees being another standout, being very memorable despite short screen time, in a supporting cast with no weak link. John Ellison Conlee impresses as well as the most interesting supporting character.
Summing up, excellent. 9/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Apr 22, 2021