Here we are, Powell time. Powell's on the stand....ok, it's a bit sympathy-drawing. Hope you all enjoy Juju's hard work. Commentary to follow.
Powell does kind of make me feel badly for him here, except ... well.. Here he is, working with disadvantaged kids, giving them positive role models...etc. And....he's done this horrific thing. He's had every advantage. And he still made this ridiculous decision.
Love the secret signal between Bo and Nora...!
Powell felt sleazy. And he did it anyway. He was a pawn. That makes him pretty low. "I had to." No one HAS TO do anything...but then again, he did. And that is what happened. The faces Nora makes and Todd makes are just so telling. I love that part of how the writers developed these stories.
Details details. Kevin and Rachel move closer and tighten their hands when Nora starts the real attack. When I first watched this story, I thought he was going to tell, and become a hero. I really did. I remember thinking that he would tell and that he would be forgiven and redeemed.
Just look at Nora here, "please, Powell." When Todd outbursts, and apologizes, he seems so...pitiful, but of course he is being manipulative. Judge F: this court will take a short recess. Nora: no. LOL. She's so desperate and she's falling apart. She thought she had Powell ready to tell and ... whammo, Todd butts in, at the encouragement of Zach, no less.
I somehow feel Zach was definitely the brains in this trio, and Todd was the brawn, and Powell was the .... the....wooss. Yep, that's it. Zach still puzzles and alludes me. He was so smart, ready for med school, yet he did this, and seemingly has no real reason. Then, he remains calm and cool, and on target throughout, and never is sorry....I peg HIM as the sociopath, not Todd. Todd's a nut, with a lot of mental problems but they are there for a reason. A sociopath never demonstrates remorse and has no feelings about what they have done. That does not describe our man. Zach, however . . . were the writers just unable to fully flesh him out, or am I right? Hmmm, good for QOTD.
FAIL: The DA's assistant writes on the pad in HUGE LETTERS for whoever is sitting behind, including Marty, "WHOSE SIDE IS SHE ON?" LOL. It's like telling us what we should be wondering, and we already know. LOL.
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As pathetic as Powell is here......he was really good at it!!!!!! LOL And HBS (Nora) was superb in this scene too! They do make you uncomfortable in this scene........they way Nora is BEGGING Powell and Powell is on the edge of breaking and almost begging her to stop.......great scene! And then leave it to our boy to just blow everything out of the water. Zach is the enigma isn't he......I never saw him as the brains "behind" the trio because he never had the balls to stand up to Todd, he was way to much under Todd's spell to be the smarts of it all. Todd was definitely the ring leader.....maybe not always the smartest decision maker but the master manipulator covered for it! LOL
ReplyDeleteThe scene coming up with Nora and her closing speech are riveting too and gives that umcomfortable feeling too........great stuff, love this story, it is really starting to heat up!
Juju, I LOVE the part when Nora makes her closing speech....it's too beautiful for words. I just adore what happens in this story. TPTB really took good chances and made you ache to see the next episode.
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