Wow, what a powerful episode! It brought back memories for me as a care assistant years ago for people with MS, so perhaps despite the melodrama I was deeply moved. All too often L&O lathers it a bit thick making the plots overly trite. Such is the case here where Jill Scott portrays the diabolically evil sister, whose the son's feebleness jarred with the measures he took against his aunt's attacker. At least I feel I wasn't subjected to another soapbox rant! As always for me, what stands out is the acting by the ensemble, and the scene showing the video of abuse was absolutely raw; it is hard to remember ever seeing such a scene on a television drama in some time. I would be curious as to the veracity of the Connecticut case involving Westlaw and LexisNexus. www.tracesofevil.blogspot.com
