A 19-year-old co-ed accuses a crude heavy metal artist of rape. However, Kincaid fails to reveal an important detail about the accuser to Stone before the trial, which puts the case and thei... Read allA 19-year-old co-ed accuses a crude heavy metal artist of rape. However, Kincaid fails to reveal an important detail about the accuser to Stone before the trial, which puts the case and their working relationship in jeopardy.A 19-year-old co-ed accuses a crude heavy metal artist of rape. However, Kincaid fails to reveal an important detail about the accuser to Stone before the trial, which puts the case and their working relationship in jeopardy.
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on the 1991 Mike Tyson rape accusation case. In 1991, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington, a contestant for Miss Black America, in an Indianapolis hotel room and served three years of a six year sentence. Tyson made headlines again when he bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in a fight. In a 2003 interview with FOX's The Pulse, Tyson denounced both Washington and her mother, stating that now he 'really did want to rape her'.
- GoofsWhen Van Buren is talking to Julie she tells her when C-square forced her to have sex with him he committed a class A felony. In New York state rape is divided into three different degrees, none of them are a class A felony. Rape in the first degree is a class B felony, rape in the second degree is a class D felony and rape in the third degree is a class E felony. The only sex crimes in New York that are a class A felony are Predatory sexual assault and Predatory sexual assault of a child, both of which are a class A-2 felony. Predatory sexual assault does not apply here since it requires committing rape in the first degree against multiple people, or on the same person multiple times.
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Julia Wood: I went into the bathroom. When I came out, he was naked. He threw me down on the bed, pulled up my skirt, tore my underwear off. You know what happens. You're helpless. You just shut your eyes and want it to be over.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: [pause] Julia, I'm gonna get a cup of coffee. You need anything?
[Julia shakes her head; Van Buren leaves the room]
Lt. Anita Van Buren: Okay, give her a ride home.
Det. Mike Logan: We dropping it?
Lt. Anita Van Buren: No.
Det. Mike Logan: What, did she slip you a note in code?
Lt. Anita Van Buren: "Shut your eyes and want it to be over"? That girl was raped.
"Discord" mostly handles the subject and conflict of whether it was forcible rape or not very well. Though there are episodes of the season, the show and the show that are a lot better, bolder, have more emotional impact and fare better at bringing something new to very familiar territory for the franchise and the genre. "Discord" is a very well done episode don't get me wrong, most components being done to good to great standard. Just not a great one or one that had me jumping out of my chair.
It is a touch routine at times, not much surprises here from it being familiar ground in concept and content. Actually like Kincaid on the whole and it is a shame that she didn't last more seasons, but her unprofessionalism here is sackable offense-worthy.
What also would have made "Discord" better would if the victim was more likeable and rootable, rather than being one where doubts are raised in the head not far in.
However, there is a lot done well. The acting is very good, Michael Moriarty is full of authority, Jill Hennessy is elegant and Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth have such great chemistry, Orbach's delivery of the wisecracks and his hard boiled edge never got old. Absolutely agree with one reviewer regarding S. Epatha Merkeson, with her mix of authoritative firmless and sensitivity there is good reason as to why she was one of the franchise's longest serving cast members (the longest for this show?). Lucy Deakins was good and Sebastian Roche's character does have a creepy quality about him which he portrays very well. It's assuredly directed throughout, especially in the second half.
The production values are slick as always and the music is haunting and doesn't overbear. The script is very thought-provoking and has a tautness, the tension between Stone and Kincaid is particularly well written. One is totally on Stone's side in this case. The story doesn't bring much new to the table and is slightly bland on occasion, but it handles the subject with intelligence and without laying it on too thick and it is always appreciated when a show/film etc. makes the point of some cases and situations having accusations that are difficult to prove against somebody famous. It is hardly out of date now and is very, and always has been, true to life.
All in all, well done but not great. 7/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 3, 2020