The Elements
- Episode aired Jul 10, 2024
- TV-MA
- 42m
The trial begins. Startling events inside the courtroom threaten to derail proceedings.The trial begins. Startling events inside the courtroom threaten to derail proceedings.The trial begins. Startling events inside the courtroom threaten to derail proceedings.
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Barbara Sabich: Raymond, I... can't claim to know your job, but I think insulting the jury's intelligence is not the best path. What they're likely to see on my face is going to be shock. My husband's on trial for a gruesome murder. How could I be anything else but fucking shocked?
Mya Winslow: Trials often come down to storytelling. Best version wins. And you are part of our story here, and your fury isn't going to carry the day.
Barbara Sabich: It is very difficult for me to be in that room, to have to bear witness to all the things that are gonna be said, all the images depicted. That I am there at all... that tells the jury that I believe in my husband's innocence. I need to be credible. But for me to be credible, I need to be truthful. And that is what I will be in that room. I will let them see my truth. That I am horrified, that I am... sickened, that I am repulsed by such depravity, that I am offended by the mere notion that the father of my children could be... responsible for such depravity. This is the darkest hour of my fucking life. I will not pretend otherwise. Not for you two. Not for that jury.
The only thing that's a little tough to swallow -at times- is the relationship between Barbara and Rusty. I buy that they both want family stability and do love each other in some way, but his reaction to her disclosure about her own affair was odd. I mean, all she did was talk to and kiss a guy. Meanwhile, Rusty sustained a monthslong affair he lied about repeatedly, obsessing over the woman right up until the moment of her murder. Who is he to get haughty??
I understand his life is on trial and he's under a lot of stress; the scene just didn't quite click for me.
Otherwise, this show is head and shoulders above the rest - kudos to all involved. So far it's a near-masterpiece.
- timmyhollywood
- Jul 10, 2024
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- Runtime42 minutes