A 20-year-old is accused of killing his sister after they crashed the mayor's black-tie party, but detectives also soon find unexpected links between the suspect and the office of a New York... Read allA 20-year-old is accused of killing his sister after they crashed the mayor's black-tie party, but detectives also soon find unexpected links between the suspect and the office of a New York senator who was also at the party.A 20-year-old is accused of killing his sister after they crashed the mayor's black-tie party, but detectives also soon find unexpected links between the suspect and the office of a New York senator who was also at the party.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe subplot of crashing an official party is based on the 2009 U.S. State dinner security breaches.
- GoofsThe detectives visit the hair salon the victim previously visited where she got extensions. The salon owner says he doesn't know who she is because she was a walk-in who got her extensions that day. It's not possible to walk in to a high end salon and get extensions. You first have to visit to get your hair matched for the right color, have them order the extensions, and then come back a few days later to have them placed.
- Quotes
Cyrus Lupo: Diner owner didn't see anything. CSU is checking for tire tracks.
Kevin Bernard: An empty can of turpentine in the dumpster. Check this out. Bra strap. Which narrows down the ID to half of the population.
Cyrus Lupo: Killer's making us earn our paycheck.
Kevin Bernard: One thing they never learn. They can burn, dump, and run, but they can't hide.
And it was more than intriguing in execution, in one of the best episodes of the second half of Season 20. A vast improvement over the very disappointing previous episode "Brazil". The acting still is one of the biggest plus points and it still is very powerful and thought probing. "Crashers" on rewatch was every bit as good as my first viewing and actually one of not many episodes from Season 20 to be even better. High quality certainly hasn't crashed and even though not innovative perhaps there isn't too much of a running out of ideas feel.
"Crashers" absolutely wows in the acting department. S. Epatha Merkerson has truly shone throughout the season, especially in Van Buren's dealing with the cancer diagnosis, and it is another authoritative and heartfelt performance here. Kathy Baker is also dynamite in a performance that sears in many emotions that are not affected at all. Ben Schnetzer's performance is very nuanced, while Tony Roberts expertly makes one unsure of his guilt. The others are very, very good as well, if not quite as much.
It looks professional and the camerawork is neither overblown or static. The music has a haunting and not too melodramatic presence. The direction keeps things tight while allowing time to breathe. The script is intelligent, layered, lean and provokes a lot of thought. The story is compelling and is intricate without being convoluted, the moral dilemmas of the case are intensely and thoughtfully handled. The themes covered here are familiar but handled in an unyielding but never heavy handed way. The characters are all interesting and what easily could have been stock roles are actually of more than one shade.
Did think that the first quarter was a little slow and not as tight as the rest of the episode, but that is the one far from major nit-pick.
Excellent episode all in all. 9/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 27, 2023