I thought the line totally didn't fit with the rest of the episode. It was comedy, and everything else seemed played so straight.

I thought it read like they were trying to close with a 40's-ish noir-y thing, and I thought the line sort of fit with the way they played femmes fatale in those movies.

Speaking of Guiding Light, Beth's rapist stepfather is Peter's Boss! Poor dude, I can never unsee his performance on GL!

I was just talking about him last weekend! Because we were talking about how some actors get stuck in your head with certain roles, and I was like, "Ugh Bradley Raines! He raped his stepdaughter!" And then he showed up on White Collar and I laughed.

The end.

Really liked Harry's Law.

On Harry's Law, I'm so glad that they got the results right - the jury voted guilty (cause it had to) and the judge imposed the right sentence (cause he could) and the judge insisted on just the plea (cause she had to) and the prosecutor made the plea deal (cause she could). I've learned to let it go when writers take poetic license with the legal system for the sake of the story but really appreciate it when someone gets it right. Combine some realism with Kathy Bates and Nate Corddry and I'm a happy camper.

And Paul McCrane was amazing in that way only he can be.

Finally saw Harry's Law, and I agree with you, lcat - I was actually surprised when the jury came back with "guilty" because that's not how heart-warmer stories usually go. I liked the show a lot, cast and all. The fact that they randomly got a truckload of fine shoes to sell to float the business is hilarious. "Let me put it to you this way: Prada, Not Prada. Prada, Not Prada."

Kathy Bates remains awesome. I want to be Harry Korn when I grow up.

On another note: this may be my imagination, but I think I'm seeing more movies and tv shows with a theme of honorable vigilante justice in the last few years. Like the kid in the "protection racket" on Harry's Law who turned out to actually be protecting people when the law/police wouldn't/couldn't. The idea that the law, strictly adhered to, sometimes fails at justice and compassion, is certainly not new, but I feel like I'm seeing that idea characterized positively in mainstream and popular media more recently than used to be. I have no data, it's just something that occurred to me last night, and I wonder if it's just that I'm noticing it more.

It sounds right, zenkitty. And coincidentally, I just watched the first episode of Harry's Law On Demand and found it charming.

I think you are right, zk. Firefly has that same idea, and I think the zeitgeist was against it at that time. Now, with the conservatives in the "anti-government" camp, the idea is more braodly appealing.

Mentalist: What does a Latina corpse look like? And why are you putting forward Latina and Caucasian like they are mutually exclusive? US Government forms, if memory serves, let you choose Hispanic and black or white or whatever.