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[alixsinclair]

The team investigates at a speak-easy when one of its owners is murdered and $10,000 disappears; Adam has an unusual day off.

I liked the Adam storyline in this episode. At least we got some continuity with Adam's back story on how his father used to slap him around. The writers could have been more heavy-handed in handling the topic, but fortunately they didn't choose that route.

My grandfather had Alzheimer's and I could relate to Adam's frustration with his father's loss of memory and not being able to remember names and faces. AJ Buckley did a great job with these scenes. He so desperately wanted his father to remember what he had done to Adam and the way he was treated.

It was nice that Mac went to talk to Adam, especially since Mac knows about Adam's past.

As for the "A" story, it was just okay. I would think that the regulars in the bar would have noticed that the alcohol didn't taste right or that something had to be wrong if people were getting sick. Maybe that's just me and I've watched too many procedurals over the years.

At least we only had a brief Mac and Christine scene. I still don't think those two have that much chemistry together.

I must say that Eddie Cahill is looking better than ever. Flack has always been one of my favorite characters.

[LisaM]

At least there were no scenes with bodies being cut in half with a chain saw.

[bellN]

It was nice that Mac went to talk to Adam, especially since Mac knows about Adam's past.

I didn't like this episode quite as much as you did. And I especially found Mac's intervention a little off-putting. I've never seen a manager get that involved in an employee's personal life, unless their personal life was beginning to show up at work. Then, the manager's involvement is limited to a warning or a call to Human Resources. This is the same Mac who had a small fit when Jo mentioned that his aphasia wasn't as big a secret as he supposed it was.

[ByTor]

I must say that Eddie Cahill is looking better than ever. Flack has always been one of my favorite characters.

Speaking of Flack, glad to see we had our obligatory "suspect runs away from Flack" scene!

[shapeshifter]

So does this mean if I stumble upon a stash of cash hidden by a thief I am not violating the law if I grab it and spend it?

Editing because I'm guessing the lack of response means this was taken as a rhetorical snarky question (I got in trouble at work this week for an email I sent that was likewise interpreted).
I was really wondering if Flack walking away from the partner who had just admitted he'd used the stolen cash to open the bar meant that he didn't commit a crime (finders keepers?!?) or was it just a case of no evidence? Because, even if Flack didn't arrest him for lack of evidence, he just admitted it. Or did Flack figure he'd already paid his debt by losing his friend? But somewhere is the original owner(s) of the cash who could probably really use it in the current economic climate. Shouldn't the partner have to at least repay it? Also this past week someone stole something from me and then returned it, for which I am very grateful.
Why does Flack just walk away?

Edited by shapeshifter, Dec 9, 2012 @ 11:14 AM.

[Arjumand]

At least there were no scenes with bodies being cut in half with a chain saw.

Yeah, they were really drooling over that scene last week.

Wow, this was boring. Really, really dull.

And I especially found Mac's intervention a little off-putting. I've never seen a manager get that involved in an employee's personal life, unless their personal life was beginning to show up at work.

I don't really believe in this new sharing and caring Mac, either. And to start Adam's storyline off with a hot girlfriend in her underwear was really, I don't know, it just left me with a really bad taste in my mouth. Like the writers are saying - hey, he's a geek, but look! Hot girlfriend! WOOOO!

And giving us the illusion that Adam is doing something altruistic (volunteering at a home for the elderly), while really he's just there to try and browbeat his senile father into atoning for his abuse. Wow. None of the writers saw how off-putting this was? At least for me. What was Adam trying to gain, exactly? His father's mind is gone. If he wanted closure (is there a sarcastic font? I think I need one), he should have confronted him when they were both of sound mind. Now, it's just distasteful.

As for the case, yawn. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel, here.

[anna0852]

For some reason, all I could think was "This explain a lot" when the whole story was known about Adam's father. But I can't put my finger on why.

[ByTor]

Shapeshifter...I don't know the answer to your question. However, usually in these types of shows the homicide detectives let people go for crimes that are not homicide. Not sure if it works like this in real life, but it normally does in the CSI & Law & Order worlds.

[Uncle Chuck]

Speaking of Flack, glad to see we had our obligatory "suspect runs away from Flack" scene!

This show is like many others in that Flack (usually accompanied by Danny) goes looking for a suspect, and as they both approach the guy from one direction, they CALL OUT LOUDLY! the instant they see him, often from 20 or 30 yards away, giving the fellow plenty of time to bolt in the opposite direction. Stupid police procedure, but it does allow for great foot chases.

[dirtybubble]

I finally saw this episode On Demand. I really did like Adam's storyline but I just wish this was done a few seasons ago. Like when people actually cared about this show and its characters. Too much time has passed and the thrill of seeing these characters story lines has long passed. Either way it was kinda sad to hear about his past.

As far as the 1920's bar story line goes...zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Boring filler between the Adam storyline.

[Arnold Robinson]

while really he's just there to try and browbeat his senile father into atoning for his abuse.

I didn't really read it that way. Up until the scene at the precinct, Adam appeared to be trying keep his father company. He didn't push his father to recognize him that hard. It was only after his father snapped and started pushing him around, that that came to the forefront. Which led to the only part of this storyline that really worked for me, the inadvertent revelation that the father had been beaten, badly, when he stood up to his father at 15. I was impressed by the casting of Adam's dad, incidentally, he really looked the part.

So does this mean if I stumble upon a stash of cash hidden by a thief I am not violating the law if I grab it and spend it?

My guess is that the statute of limitations had expired on the (second) theft of the money.