Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-10-18 (Friday)

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:34:09 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

On Oct 19, 2024 at 8:08:29 AM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

I watched:
 
Law & Order - "Big Brother" - Riley's low life brother shows up as the
key witness in a murder case but because of his strong belief in honor
among thieves, he refuses to testify.  This was a ridiculous episode and
the brother looked a little too much like the victim for my tastes.  I
had to rewind the episode back to make sure who was who.

 
This episode was just bad all around. Jimmy Olson needed to pull Riley aside
and slap some sense into him. Just because you're related to someone doesn't
mean you bail them out of every constant mess they make of their lives.
 
Courtroom Absurdity of the Week: Starbuck has the wife of the murder victim on
the stand who has testified that the watch found in the defendant's desk was
her husband's watch. Starbuck starts going on about how many Rolexes were
manufactured by the company and how many of that model were sold that year.
And of course Price doesn't object, even though those are all facts that have
to be proven, not just stated by the defense lawyer. If Starbuck wanted the
jury to know that 1200 Rolexes of that exact same make and model were sold in
New York in 2024, then she'd have to call someone from the Rolex company to
testify to those facts. She can't just assert them herself in front of the
jury.

>
My favorite part was “look! A Rolex with a blue face! Only the killer could
have this!“
>
Or, you know, any of the other 10,000 people in the immediate area that
have a Rolex or a knock off with a blue face.

Yep. I watch some Producer Michael (music producer) videos  and he is
a big watch collector. It seems like every store he visits has new
Rolex models on sale that almost always include the blue face as that
seems a common color for watch faces to go along with the colorful
dials.