User Reviews

Well wasnt expecting that!! Really unsure how this event fits into the general progression of the final series

This was a busy story after an exhaustive search for Bonnie Pearl's assassin, Dr. Landon's similar murder with the same revolver, Craig Curtis's eventual admission of guilt and subsequent arrest. It is an episode worth scrutinizing because of all events related to the four part journey solving a series of horrible crimes, rapes and murder.

It was not something that deserved to be four parts but the mix of machinations performed by our lead cast member Commander Raydor with trips to the hospital and eventual fatal heart attack at her desk took plenty of non-crime solving minutes.

A quick omission of non-critical guest time, defined as effective toward solving the crimes at hand, the regulars and bad guys would be enough to fill the hour.

Hands down, Vicky Landon was an evil person, her son Seth an extra, Manny an extra, Stroh a nice lead-in to the final episodes, Stan Pearl a real putz, Father Stan was necessary because the creator-producer wanted the religious part in the story reflecting on Sharon's faith.

This was definitely a mixed bag of crime detection, personal suffering and stuff that I would have left out, mentioned as retrospective, but omitted.

Forty-two minutes of runtime can be pared to something far less if the scenes I did not care for were eliminated: Rusty-Gus, the grieving and the emphasis on church activities. That is the manner wanted by the creator so I congratulate those in charge for a story maybe all enjoyed. I collectively rated all parts of Conspiracy Theory a B because when there was police work being accomplished, it was spot-on. You go with the flow in these dramas, the extracurricular of Major Crimes were every bit as annoying as Brenda's parents in The Closer.

To kill off Sharon while that stupid woman wouldn't stop yelling at her. The should have kept Sharon Rader until the last episode. They already killed off Taylor. One of the worse episodes out there.

They actually had an interesting crime that they had come up with here. If you cut out all the CHF storyline because the way it was written was just a cheap attempt at tugging at heartstrings. Believe me, there was very little about what was portrayed to be happening to Raydor that isn't totally fictitious. As someone who worked with cardiac patients for my whole career. There was nothing but her death or the portrayal of her symptoms or appearance that could be construed as authentic. And since she actually died off-screen. That doesn't say much for that part of the story. They just wanted the ER waiting room scene to manipulate the viewers with cheesy writing and acting. Then if they eliminated the all the Rusty Beck storyline. All of which had nothing to do with the main story. And just robbed screen time that could have been used to make a better episode. They had a complicated criminal investigation that probably could have been told in two or three episodes if all the fat was cut from this four-episode story. This was very hard to watch. It's just meant to manipulate the viewer. This series of episodes would have to rate as the worst series ending stories ever conceived.