Gotta say I love a legal technicality and the possibilities it presents. Last night on Law & Order, after Lupo picked up a guy's PDA and then e-mailed the schedule to his phone, the problem of exactly what is "in plain sight" came up, new EADA Cutter arguing that it was on the desk and on the screen, therefore in plain sight. Acting DA McCoy disagreed on the basis that he couldn't see the screen. The question then is, if you leave it on your desk, what's the problem with e-mailing it to yourself? What's the difference between that and writing it down after looking at it? Fascinating legal debate, which sadly didn't go much further than the DA's office.
On top of that there was the rather curious moral argument about the "gay gene". A doctor claimed to have found it, thereby proving that homosexuals had no choice over their behaviour which would then be part of God's plan. The religious chaps argued that everyone had something deep inside of them that they had to fight against, and these flaws were all part of God's plan. So if the gay gene existed, would that vilify the homosexual communitity? Or, as was suggested in the episode, would it lead to the chance to test for "gayness" before birth and open the door to abortion on those grounds? The curious part about it is, those that believed that a baby who had the "gay gene" and should be aborted, would be the very same people who were against abortion anyway...food for thought.
Based on the above debates, you probably think that last night's episode of Law & Order rocked the socks off me, but to be blunt it was merely above average. I'm beginning to like, more and more, EADA Cutter as he is constantly being watched over by McCoy, and even goes so far as to want to vent to Connie, though she doesn't allow it - apparently they have a rule about not slagging off McCoy to Connie. The DA's office continues to get more and more interesting. The 27th Precinct, on the other hand, seems to be going off the rails as Green brings his own personal feelings about aborting retarded children to the front when he has a go at a parent who aborted a child with Down's Syndrome and Lupo happily covers for him. Later, when Lupo e-mails the psychiatrist's schedule from the PDA to himself, he is given a dressing down by Van Buren, but Green also admits he looked the other way. Given that this is Green's last season, one can't help but wonder if Green is on a slippery slope.
"B"
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