Best Defense 2.4

Carver makes the pre-credits bit! And he’s even all detectivey!

Eames has no patience for jailhouse lawyer-ing, but Goren is more than happy to have a hypothetical chess match with him.

Ok, Goren, even we know that “break fluid detecting wipe” is just a plain ol’ towlette.

Goren gives the cheap lawyer one “Ah, dude?” look, and the guy spills his (fake, lying) guts. Jeez, if I had to spend my free time with those caviar-distincting people I’d plan my own death too.

Eames, Goren and Goren’s big mouth harass a dead guy’s clueless girlfriend: it’s really quite a cute banter.

Is it just me, or is JoJo Martinez being played by Madonna’s ex-boyfriend, that Ponce de Leon guy? Hey! I just imdb’d him . . . it IS him! I guess the guy’s not a prick in real life cuz he’s been on regular L&O a couple times and then Criminal Intent asked him back for Blind Spot. (Real name: Carlos Leon)

A really great scene: Goren pantomimes a rich effeminate man behind his back for Eames’ enjoyment, but isn’t above throwing her in front of the train a little bit, personality-wise (but we’re laughing with them because we know our Eames isn’t one for ‘rumor and innuendo’). Plus, the looks Eames gives him are priceless.

I’d love to go back in time and tally the number of times Goren opens the door for Eames, he does it a couple times here. They have a quiet tete-a-tete alone in the dark viewing room.

Goren convinces Eames to walk on the wild side and keep Carver in the dark. Then, our resident bad-boy tampers with a witness statement, throwing the secretary he steals it from, and everyone else, a “I’m doing this, don’t bother me, ask questions later, I know what I’m doing” wave.

Well, when they do put the bad guy away, at least he’ll know his banking is in order as Goren and Eames are at a table balancing his checkbook. And we now know what kind of health insurance Goren and Eames have – they get reimbursement checks.

Wow, times they are a changin’ – who stops for $12 worth of gas now a days??? I doubt they were in a Prius.

Now, I know Eames is scrappy, but why is she always the one arresting the bad guys when her SUBORDINATE partner is 6’5”??? Just a thought.

Carver gets the whole story and vows revenge on Goren.

Clothes Call: Carver’s gold shirt and tie, JoJo’s sweaters made for him by his mom (I think that’s just adorable! And he stutters no less!)

Quotable:

Ex-prisoner: I just asked what would happen if Bonham up and died.
Goren: And you said it just like that, out of intellectual curiosity?
Ex-prisoner: [dumbfounded] Yeah, outta that.

Eames [leaning over a guy with a huge bullet hole in the middle of his forehead]: Gary Burke. Work ID. Bartneder downtown. He’s gonna be late.

Goren: You're really good at keeping secrets. Me, I just run off at the mouth.

Rich Effeminate Man: Well, some law partnerships are forged in the courtroom, some in the boardroom . . .
Goren: And in the bedroom.
Rich Wife: Oh, Jerry, knock it off.
Goren: Oh, no, please, my partner loves rumor and innuendo.

Deakins: The guy's a prosecutor. He knows losing a case is part of the game.
Eames: There's losing and there's losing to your wife.
Goren: And then there's getting your balls handed to you on a platter.