A biker who posts to an Internet bulletin board refuses to reveal information that could help a murder investigation, arguing that he's a journalist protecting his sources.A biker who posts to an Internet bulletin board refuses to reveal information that could help a murder investigation, arguing that he's a journalist protecting his sources.A biker who posts to an Internet bulletin board refuses to reveal information that could help a murder investigation, arguing that he's a journalist protecting his sources.
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Gary Howard Klar
- Mountain
- (as Gary Klar)
Patrick F. Kline
- Bartender
- (as Rick Kline)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen trying on the biker jacket at the store, Claire Kincaid mentions that her boyfriend has a bike. This is likely referring to the less than obvious (at least to casual Law & Order viewer) relationship she and Jack McCoy had.
- GoofsThe bar where the murder occurred is several times referred to verbally as "Strokers". But when Briscoe & Curtis are looking at the laptop in the car, the email they are reading refers to the bar as "Blotto's".
- Quotes
Lennie Briscoe: The one time I got on a computer, I lost 27 straight games of solitaire.
- ConnectionsReferences Alien (1979)
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Authority defying
Season 6 got off to a very promising and strong start with "Bitter Fruit". It is not a flawless episode and the major cast change understandably had not settled yet (took a while to do so), but it did contain a lot of great things and elevated majorly by the legal scenes. A case of a slightly routine start and a great second half. Was mostly very impressed by the general standard of the previous five seasons, so Season 6 had a good deal to live up to.
While it is a step down from "Bitter Fruit", has one aspect that sticks out like a sore thumb and doesn't correct the flaws of the previous episode, "Rebels" on the whole is another solid episode to Season 6. It is another case of one half being better than the other, in this case the second being superior to and more settled than the first, but the good things are many in "Rebels" and the best executed of those many good things are great.
Am going to start off talking about the good things. The production values are still fully professional, the slickness and subtly gritty style still remaining. The music is sparingly used and is haunting and thankfully non-overwrought. The direction shows some nice tension in the legal scenes. The script provokes a lot of thought, is tautly structured and has an equal amount of nice tension, such as the moral dilemmas of having to cope with limited evidence and Briscoe's ever great one-liners. Nothing really rambles.
The story does intrigue enough and is easy to follow without being overly simple. There are some nice twists and the legal scenes really fascinates and makes one think. The regulars are all fine, particularly Sam Waterston who has really settled very well and has a lot of authority, and the supporting cast are up to their level. Including Robert Knepper in an early role, in the first of two appearances for the 'Law and Order' franchise (the other being his creepy turn in 'Criminal Intent's' "The Good Doctor").
Having said all of this, the portrayal of the internet and technology dates the episode somewhat and hard to ignore when its role is hardly small. It is interesting to see and it is interesting to see how much technology and internet has advanced so much, but the portrayal of them here has not aged well and comes over as primitive. The hacking skills especially do come over as quite unintentionally silly. It has aged more so than the women's attitudes towards mastectomies in Season 5's "Second Opinion", attitudes are different generally now but the attitudes in that episode are not entirely reactionary now whereas compared to now the portrayal of technology and the internet and the attitudes towards them are unrecognisable.
Briscoe and Curtis' chemistry hasn't quite clicked yet, a real sense of vast inexperience. The fire and grit isn't there. Curtis did grow a lot as a character overtime but is somewhat bland here in writing and actually gets somewhat lost amidst everything else.
Overall, decent episode but didn't bowl me over. Sorry if my criticisms come over as too trivial and over the top. 7/10
While it is a step down from "Bitter Fruit", has one aspect that sticks out like a sore thumb and doesn't correct the flaws of the previous episode, "Rebels" on the whole is another solid episode to Season 6. It is another case of one half being better than the other, in this case the second being superior to and more settled than the first, but the good things are many in "Rebels" and the best executed of those many good things are great.
Am going to start off talking about the good things. The production values are still fully professional, the slickness and subtly gritty style still remaining. The music is sparingly used and is haunting and thankfully non-overwrought. The direction shows some nice tension in the legal scenes. The script provokes a lot of thought, is tautly structured and has an equal amount of nice tension, such as the moral dilemmas of having to cope with limited evidence and Briscoe's ever great one-liners. Nothing really rambles.
The story does intrigue enough and is easy to follow without being overly simple. There are some nice twists and the legal scenes really fascinates and makes one think. The regulars are all fine, particularly Sam Waterston who has really settled very well and has a lot of authority, and the supporting cast are up to their level. Including Robert Knepper in an early role, in the first of two appearances for the 'Law and Order' franchise (the other being his creepy turn in 'Criminal Intent's' "The Good Doctor").
Having said all of this, the portrayal of the internet and technology dates the episode somewhat and hard to ignore when its role is hardly small. It is interesting to see and it is interesting to see how much technology and internet has advanced so much, but the portrayal of them here has not aged well and comes over as primitive. The hacking skills especially do come over as quite unintentionally silly. It has aged more so than the women's attitudes towards mastectomies in Season 5's "Second Opinion", attitudes are different generally now but the attitudes in that episode are not entirely reactionary now whereas compared to now the portrayal of technology and the internet and the attitudes towards them are unrecognisable.
Briscoe and Curtis' chemistry hasn't quite clicked yet, a real sense of vast inexperience. The fire and grit isn't there. Curtis did grow a lot as a character overtime but is somewhat bland here in writing and actually gets somewhat lost amidst everything else.
Overall, decent episode but didn't bowl me over. Sorry if my criticisms come over as too trivial and over the top. 7/10
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