A drug dealer's murder leads detectives to a military officer's wife who was smuggling cocaine from Colombia.A drug dealer's murder leads detectives to a military officer's wife who was smuggling cocaine from Colombia.A drug dealer's murder leads detectives to a military officer's wife who was smuggling cocaine from Colombia.
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- TriviaThis was the last episode filmed where you can still see the World Trade Center towers in the distance at the 7:20 minute mark. The camera is filming through a chain fence but you can see the sun reflecting off the two towers before they fell on 9/11.
- GoofsThe flag in the Colombian consulate is upside down, with the red stripe on top and the yellow stripe on the bottom.
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A lying web
"White Lie" has a very basic and ordinary sounding story, or at least on first glance, and it is one that is not different territory for the franchise. 'Law and Order' though proved many times before and even since (but especially the former) that it could make something special or complex out of something that doesn't sound that amazing conceptually. It is a relevant issue and is always worth addressing, but it's one that has been done better elsewhere.
Although Season 11 did better episodes, such as "Endurance", "Hubris" and "Ego", which had more emotional impact and intensity, there are also far worse episodes (mostly in the first half of the season). Where stories were not handled tactfully, thin and with cases not substantial enough to bring to trial with shoddy work on both sides of the legal argument. "White Lie" is not a great or perfect episode, but in my view it is not deserving of being one of the lower rated episodes of Season 11.
It does start off on the ordinary and familiar side, with familiar plot tropes, though it still intrigued and Briscoe and Green are a great team. The conclusion is somewhat over-crowded and rushed.
Did think too that the supporting characters could have been written with more subtlety and not as stereotyped.
However, the acting is excellent from all the regulars and despite having issues with the way the supporting characters were written, Charlotte D'Amboise particularly. The story becomes a good deal more interesting when things turn out not what they seemed at first, and the turn in the plot is not handled abruptly or jarringly. The case also becomes more intricate and more tense and disturbing. The dramatic highlight being the cross examination.
Furthermore, "White Lie" doesn't look drab or gaudy, and the editing is far from slapdash. The music avoids getting too melodramatic in the more dramatic moments while not being too low key, it has always been a good move that it is used relatively sparingly. The direction especially shines in the character interaction in the second half. The script is beautifully balanced, there is a lot of talk but taut enough to avoid it from waffling.
Good episode all in all. 7/10.
Although Season 11 did better episodes, such as "Endurance", "Hubris" and "Ego", which had more emotional impact and intensity, there are also far worse episodes (mostly in the first half of the season). Where stories were not handled tactfully, thin and with cases not substantial enough to bring to trial with shoddy work on both sides of the legal argument. "White Lie" is not a great or perfect episode, but in my view it is not deserving of being one of the lower rated episodes of Season 11.
It does start off on the ordinary and familiar side, with familiar plot tropes, though it still intrigued and Briscoe and Green are a great team. The conclusion is somewhat over-crowded and rushed.
Did think too that the supporting characters could have been written with more subtlety and not as stereotyped.
However, the acting is excellent from all the regulars and despite having issues with the way the supporting characters were written, Charlotte D'Amboise particularly. The story becomes a good deal more interesting when things turn out not what they seemed at first, and the turn in the plot is not handled abruptly or jarringly. The case also becomes more intricate and more tense and disturbing. The dramatic highlight being the cross examination.
Furthermore, "White Lie" doesn't look drab or gaudy, and the editing is far from slapdash. The music avoids getting too melodramatic in the more dramatic moments while not being too low key, it has always been a good move that it is used relatively sparingly. The direction especially shines in the character interaction in the second half. The script is beautifully balanced, there is a lot of talk but taut enough to avoid it from waffling.
Good episode all in all. 7/10.
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- May 5, 2022
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