This has all the felicities of the usual episode but is a little more interesting than some, at least to me, viewing it as a shrink.
A well-known authoress is shot and wounded on the street, and a companion killed. Brisco and Green investigate and suspicion falls on an FBI agent, Tom Berenger, who own the weapon that fired the bullet. Evidence emerges that Berenger was having an affair with the writer. But, unexpectedly, phone records reveal that it was Berenger's wife who was intimate with the woman.
The defense claims "homosexual panic" as an excuse. There is a bit of argument in court, but it emerges that Berenger actually was seen somewhere else in the city at the time of the shooting, and Berenger's wife has an alibi too. So who did the shooting? Without going into more detail, Berenger pleads guilty to murder two and gets it in the neck in order to save the shooter.
"Homosexual panic" is (or was) a recognized emotional state of extreme arousal but was defined in psychiatry as the result of a sudden discovery that the person you are with is gay and may be making advances towards you. It wouldn't have held up in court because a panic doesn't include finding that your SPOUSE is bisexual and then shooting her lover hours later, with premeditation.
Tom Berenger isn't bad as the FBI agent. He never had a major career. He's rather like Treat Williams, just another guy who gets hired from time to time, a kind of utility player. Williams has range as an actor but is hobbled by his high, thin voice, suggestive of weakness. Berenger can't seem to shake a certain kind of sullen screen presence.
A well-known authoress is shot and wounded on the street, and a companion killed. Brisco and Green investigate and suspicion falls on an FBI agent, Tom Berenger, who own the weapon that fired the bullet. Evidence emerges that Berenger was having an affair with the writer. But, unexpectedly, phone records reveal that it was Berenger's wife who was intimate with the woman.
The defense claims "homosexual panic" as an excuse. There is a bit of argument in court, but it emerges that Berenger actually was seen somewhere else in the city at the time of the shooting, and Berenger's wife has an alibi too. So who did the shooting? Without going into more detail, Berenger pleads guilty to murder two and gets it in the neck in order to save the shooter.
"Homosexual panic" is (or was) a recognized emotional state of extreme arousal but was defined in psychiatry as the result of a sudden discovery that the person you are with is gay and may be making advances towards you. It wouldn't have held up in court because a panic doesn't include finding that your SPOUSE is bisexual and then shooting her lover hours later, with premeditation.
Tom Berenger isn't bad as the FBI agent. He never had a major career. He's rather like Treat Williams, just another guy who gets hired from time to time, a kind of utility player. Williams has range as an actor but is hobbled by his high, thin voice, suggestive of weakness. Berenger can't seem to shake a certain kind of sullen screen presence.