Dr. Olivet accuses an esteemed gynecologist of rape. However, when she loses her case, the DA's office resorts to a new strategy to bring the doctor to justice.Dr. Olivet accuses an esteemed gynecologist of rape. However, when she loses her case, the DA's office resorts to a new strategy to bring the doctor to justice.Dr. Olivet accuses an esteemed gynecologist of rape. However, when she loses her case, the DA's office resorts to a new strategy to bring the doctor to justice.
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- TriviaWhen Captain Don Cragen says that Dr. Merritt belongs to the "Marquis" club, he is referring to the Marquis de Sade, who was a nobleman, politician, philosopher, and writer in 18th century France. De Sade was a "libertin." A libertine was considered devoid of moral and sexual restraints. Libertines did not believe in morals or the law. Libertinism is a extreme form of hedonism. Libertines believed that the pursuit of physical pleasure was the only worthwhile thing in life: they felt that they were entitled to do whatever they wanted, to whomever they wanted, whenever they wanted. De Sade's name is the basis for the term "sadist." He is best known for his extremely graphic and highly controversial pornographic novel "The 120 Days of Sodom." It tells the story of four wealthy male libertines who resolve to experience ultimate sexual gratification in orgies. To do this, they seal themselves away for four months in an inaccessible castle in the heart of the Black Forest with a group of 36 victims, mostly male and female teenagers that they abducted from local villages. They engage four female brothel keepers to tell the stories of their lives and adventures. The women's narratives serve as an inspiration for the sexual abuse and torture of the victims, which gradually mount in intensity and end in the victims' slaughter. Due to its extremely graphic content, the novel went unpublished for almost 200 years, and it is still banned in a number of countries. A film based on the book was made in the 1960's, but it wasn't released at the time because it was deemed "too shocking" to be published by the government of the country it was made in. It remained banned until the early 2000's.
- GoofsSince Miriam Gregg is not a registered nurse she is either a LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) or a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant), so she should not be filling syringes or preparing any type of medication. Only doctors, certified physician assistants (PA-C), nurse practitioners (NP), pharmacists and registered nurses can prepare medications (prepare meaning measuring dosage like when filling a syringe or an IV bag, or mixing a oral solution). A LPN can administer a intravenous medication if it has been prepared by a physician, PA-C, NP, pharmacist or a RN and can start IV's but they cannot prepare medication and can only administer it under supervision. A CNA cannot handle medications or start IV's under any circumstances.
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Paul Robinette: [to Logan] Liz. Is she all right?
Mike Logan: She's a psychologist. If anybody's trained to handle it, she is.
Paul Robinette: Nobody trains you to be a victim.
- ConnectionsRemade as Law & Order: UK: Alesha (2009)
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While this episode arguably feels more personal due to the crimes being perpetrated on a member of the cast - in this case Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet - it still reeks of plot contrivances and exploitative storytelling.
This is not Law & Order at its most classy or compelling. Rather, it feels schlocky and scummy, like any other bad procedural; the moment when Olivet willingly goes back to the sadistic OB-GYN's office, knowing that he is going to rape her, is sickening. She records this encounter and it's later used in court as part of the episode's examination of what does or doesn't constitute entrapment.
Those of a certain political bent would likely be outraged if this episode was produced today, and they might be inclined to use that nebulous and increasingly common label of "problematic." But I think that regardless of political persuasion, there's an argument here that this episode is simply slimy in its treatment of rape and contrived in its plotting.
There are, admittedly, some creative choices made by the DA's office towards the end of the episode to finally bring the bad guy to justice by preying on Dr. Merritt's ego (he's played wickedly, yet hammily, by actor Paul Hecht). I loved Schiff's description of the judge: "The Honorable Keith Silver. Wrote the book on the rights of the accused. He thinks Miranda is 5 pages too short." And the portrayal of the doctor's other victims being shamed into silence does carry some weight. But the first half of the episode tainted it for me, and there are more creative "order" segments in other episodes.
Additionally, most episodes of Law & Order move at a roadrunner's pace; I knew something was off when this one spent an unusual amount of time lingering on the graphic rapes (2 of them) from Olivet's perspective. It was clearly done to give our male lawfighters more motivation to pursue the villainous doc later on, but whether or not that outweighs some of the questionable creative decisions here will have to be up to the viewer to decide. In my opinion, Law & Order can (and did) do so much better than this.
This is not Law & Order at its most classy or compelling. Rather, it feels schlocky and scummy, like any other bad procedural; the moment when Olivet willingly goes back to the sadistic OB-GYN's office, knowing that he is going to rape her, is sickening. She records this encounter and it's later used in court as part of the episode's examination of what does or doesn't constitute entrapment.
Those of a certain political bent would likely be outraged if this episode was produced today, and they might be inclined to use that nebulous and increasingly common label of "problematic." But I think that regardless of political persuasion, there's an argument here that this episode is simply slimy in its treatment of rape and contrived in its plotting.
There are, admittedly, some creative choices made by the DA's office towards the end of the episode to finally bring the bad guy to justice by preying on Dr. Merritt's ego (he's played wickedly, yet hammily, by actor Paul Hecht). I loved Schiff's description of the judge: "The Honorable Keith Silver. Wrote the book on the rights of the accused. He thinks Miranda is 5 pages too short." And the portrayal of the doctor's other victims being shamed into silence does carry some weight. But the first half of the episode tainted it for me, and there are more creative "order" segments in other episodes.
Additionally, most episodes of Law & Order move at a roadrunner's pace; I knew something was off when this one spent an unusual amount of time lingering on the graphic rapes (2 of them) from Olivet's perspective. It was clearly done to give our male lawfighters more motivation to pursue the villainous doc later on, but whether or not that outweighs some of the questionable creative decisions here will have to be up to the viewer to decide. In my opinion, Law & Order can (and did) do so much better than this.
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