This episode was very disappointing. It's very clear that the showrunners have a specific image of conservatives and they painted it in. I don't understand the point of this episode beyond dunking on right-wingers.
Olivia, who is normally a hardcore advocate for sexual assault victims, is clearly letting her dislike for Cobb's political views cloud her judgement. Sure, in the end she comes out and advocates for her, but too little too late. I actually laughed when she told Barba 'She deserves her day in court!' Since when? You didn't even seem to believe her until five minutes ago!
I had to laugh at their portrayal of conservatives. I know that Platt was supposed to be a white supremacist and Cobb was a bit of an extremist herself, but come on, they were painted as villains to the point of parody. I laughed when Platt recited Hitler's 14 words because that is such a ridiculously pointless thing to include. And when he called Martha Cobb 'white Christian stock' I about died.
Barba carried this episode. Everyone else was clearly biased against Platt, to the extent of using whatever they could to prove his guilt ('she turned him down at a bar so he must have raped her in revenge!'). Barba wasn't so sure and even though he clearly didn't agree with the politics of Platt and Cobb, he did his job the best he could and didn't treat Cobb any differently than any other victim. He is why I gave this episode 3 stars and not 1.
I also appreciated that Fin just didn't care. He didn't want to play politics and I respect that.
Olivia, who is normally a hardcore advocate for sexual assault victims, is clearly letting her dislike for Cobb's political views cloud her judgement. Sure, in the end she comes out and advocates for her, but too little too late. I actually laughed when she told Barba 'She deserves her day in court!' Since when? You didn't even seem to believe her until five minutes ago!
I had to laugh at their portrayal of conservatives. I know that Platt was supposed to be a white supremacist and Cobb was a bit of an extremist herself, but come on, they were painted as villains to the point of parody. I laughed when Platt recited Hitler's 14 words because that is such a ridiculously pointless thing to include. And when he called Martha Cobb 'white Christian stock' I about died.
Barba carried this episode. Everyone else was clearly biased against Platt, to the extent of using whatever they could to prove his guilt ('she turned him down at a bar so he must have raped her in revenge!'). Barba wasn't so sure and even though he clearly didn't agree with the politics of Platt and Cobb, he did his job the best he could and didn't treat Cobb any differently than any other victim. He is why I gave this episode 3 stars and not 1.
I also appreciated that Fin just didn't care. He didn't want to play politics and I respect that.
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