Canterbury's Law (1.6)

Friday, April 18th @ 9pm 

Fox

Canterbury’s Law – Season 1, Episode 6 – “What Goes Around” (Season Finale)

"Vote Martin for President 2008"

A vindictive Deputy Attorney General Williams builds a case against Elizabeth, impaneling a Grand Jury and executing search warrants in his effort to prove that she broke the law while defending accused child murderer Ethan Foster. Elizabeth is in the dark at first, but when Russell and Chester get wind of Williams' vendetta, they refuse to let her shutter Canterbury & Associates. Meanwhile, a terrified and unprepared Molly mounts her first defense; and after an important university faculty event, the gulf between Matt and Elizabeth becomes heartbreakingly apparent. (Fox.com) 

Manatee: It was interesting that Cant law pulled a Law & Order - ripped from the headlines - Friday night.

Marmot:  Which headline was that?

Manatee:The one where the alcoholic sends an apology letter to a woman from college whom he raped some 15 years prior (because of his AA) and she has to open old wounds, and her family finds out, and then she calls the cops. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-15-UVA-sex-attack_N.htm

Marmot:I'm glad you told me that, because i was giving them way more credit than they deserved for coming up with that story

Manatee: It was a pretty popular story this winter, and quite interesting and unique... how could you think for a second they came up with that out of plain air?

Marmot: Yeah, that was pretty dumb of me.  I'll say this, some of this episode was not entirely terrible.  And by some, I mean 2 scenes

Manatee: I agree. It definitely wasn't the worst. One problem right off the bat with that story was this: The girl lackey says, "I thought we did not rep rapist?" I'm sorry in episode # 2 did Liz not defend a sex offender (who we saw last week get off the list)? In that episode he was accused of being a pedophile!  And he was on the list for sleeping with his underage girlfriend! Huh? What's with the double standard or the world's worst memory?

Marmot:  Elizabeth Canterbury defends whomever will bring her the best ratings. If its a pedophile, or a rapist, or a couple of teenage girls accused of murdering their friend, than so be it.

Manatee: Why bother bringing up that point now? I think we get it. Don't need lackey # 56789 to point that out in the series finale.... uhhh did I say series, I meant season.  Molly, I think that's her name, is so flip floppy / wishy washy. One week she wants to defend Liz against allegations that she was immoral in court, and the next she wants to quit due to some alcoholic rapist... do I smell Season 2, Molly was raped by her college boyfriend and that's why she becomes suicidal and Liz and Russell have to talk her down from the edge in the opener?

Marmot: I would hope that Russell would just give her a little push. You know, just help her a little. I think the real story this episode is where was Martin?

Manatee:  Bahamas.

Marmot:  But why? That's what I want to know. Why does their intern suddenly go to the Bahamas? This is the interesting story here.  Not the rapist, not the slums

Manatee: I think Season 2 should follow Martin in the Bahamas, and all the wacky things that happen to him, like Weekend at Bernie's the series.

Marmot: Like he gets framed for murder for killing his boss? Weekend at Canterbury's?

Manatee: Smells like a spin-off to me!

Marmot: The other thing of course was the B-story in this episode - 

The blue suede shoes.

Manatee: Not enough air time in my opinion.

Marmot: They should get their own spin-off.

Manatee: What do you think about the fact that for 6 episodes we have been bashed over the head with the missing child thing, and I finally realized last night, would Liz not be pounding down the police station doors asking for answers, asking for them to reopen the case? Would she not ask Frank to investigate? Would she not do her own investigation? Put an image on a milk carton?  I mean, she is a high power attorney, doesn't that carry some weight? Talking about it is one thing, but acting is another... and Liz seems proactive, so why the character flaw? Why doesn't she try (Besides that half ass psychic attempt early on)?

Marmot:  It seems to me that she would have put her practice on hold to find her son. It does seem like a half-hearted attempt on her part. Maybe this is a story they were planning on exploring down the line.  Thank god this was the last episode of this show. I don't think I could take many more of these.

Manatee: Ditto.