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CSI: NY: Unspoken (2012)
Bad episode
I must join the other reviewers that gave this episode a bad note, but maybe for a different reason. I am a bit surprised that nobody, so far, commented on the ethics in the episode.
The teacher, that was the shooter, is made responsible for the killing of the little girl, although he is only indirectly responsible. The person that ruined his life, however, by judging without any reason that he inappropriately touched the leg of a little girl that had injured that leg, remains beyond any reproach. In my eyes she is at least equally, if not even more, responsible for what transpired. OK, self-justice is not accepted in our society, but what other justice would the teacher have obtained. Would any judge have prosecuted the supervisor for her decision or however else decided to suspend the teacher. Does anybody care what injustice and misery a "hypersensitive", and I'm avoiding the word psychotic, person like that can apply to somebody else. At the very least, she should lose her job as supervisor. But that's just me.
CSI: NY: Vigilante (2011)
Giving ratings is difficult, but 5 is probably too high
There always has to be one of those episodes that goes against what a lot, maybe even most people, find to be right. So, there's somebody who goes after disgusting criminals, that the police has been incapable of bringing to justice and that is depicted as being wrong?
That vigilante is eliminating the worst of the worst, which wouldn't be necessary if the police had put enough effort in catching them and the justice department had done its job instead of prosecuting political opponents. I know this remark has nothing to do with this episode, but it still holds true in the present political situation. And after all, we ARE talking about New York!
CSI: NY: All in the Family (2008)
Controversial
This episode is about a very controversial topic: the judicial system. There are two different cases. A family court judge, who years ago took two children away from their father, because he "neglected" them, where it's not at all sure that you can call that neglect, when a father has to work three jobs to support his family (of children). There are certainly cases were children are neglected, were parents don't care about their children, but I completely disagree with Bonasera and Taylor that this is such a case. If society (by the people that are responsible to make a judgment about this) calls this neglect, then society should see to it that the single parent can support his family without having to work three jobs. Society can't have it both ways.
The other case where the mother of Ruben, who was killed in a previous episode, finds out that the perpetrator (who is not really responsible for the dead of Ruben, since he was killed by a bullet fired by a shopkeeper that shot at the robber) is out on bail and steals Danny's gun to go and kill him, I'd have to agree with the robber, I'd say she's a nutcase. For me there's no excuse to justify this. The death of Ruben was an accident, but committed by the shopkeeper and not even the robber.
9-1-1: Rage (2019)
Not worth watching
I thought this series was about 9-1-1, the work of the police, the fire fighters, but apparently Fox has chosen to jump on the social justice bandwagon and turns the series into a soap opera or rather lets it continue to be that. It doesn't matter, that they make the work of the police more difficult and dangerous. What would have happened if the person in the back seat, would not have been a kid and what happens the next time when this officer does not pull out his gun and is shot because he now is intimidated. Is Fox going to send a delegation to his funeral. Shame on you Fox. Disney is not working out well for you!
9-1-1 (2018)
Fake News
That is really the best title That I could imagine for this series. This is a little bit about the work of the first responders (probably not in a very realistic way, but that could still be acceptable. After all it's TV). But the bulk of the show can best be characterized as a soap opera. Add to that the glorification of same sex relationships and you probably have, what liberals like to see. The second season started well with a few episodes, but then, they fell back to the same diatribe. It is not what anybody would expect from the title 9-1-1. If you like days of our lives, you'll probably like this.
Grey's Anatomy: Sanctuary (2010)
Worst episode yet
This must be the most pathetic episodes of the series if not of TV series altogether. A person stumbles over a body lying in a pool of blood and "freezes". Other doctors/surgeons see the shooter roaming through corridors without at first being seen, being in danger themselves, but none of them has the idea of calling 911 to report where the shooter is. I hope this kind of characters live only in the fantasy of the writers. Then one police officer says "we will handle this", but through the entire episode you don't see a single police officer in the entire hospital. Great handling. Again, I hope this has no parallel in the real world.
FDR: American Badass! (2012)
This film is a disaster
I admit that I didn't watch the film to the end. I just couldn't. They lost me when they watched the election results and Eleanor draped her bra in front of her while his (son?) pooped in a jar. Is this the filmmakers understanding of humor? Up to that episode of the film, there was really not a thing I could have called funny (which was what the film is supposed to be, I think). The story is so unthinkable (FDR bitten by a Werewolf who turns out to have a swastika on his belly and carries Mein Kampf, Hitler's piece of prose, please, give me a brake). The only strong point of the film, if you would like to call it that, is the strong language used by the majority of the actors, but is rather quite misplaced and unnecessary.