Close to Home

The Religion of all Religion episodes.



A woman kills her husband because she doesn't want her to leave him.....typical scenario. But, let's throw in God as a factor and a few swingers who are ready to get it up for anything and you have another bad Close to Home episode.



I think the episode was prolonged too long, with only the performance of Annie Potts to keep it slightly interesting.



Overall, not an entirely bad episode.

It was one of the most ridiculous episode i've ever watched, it's silly to someone to claim that God guided her to kill someone, they can't blame God on court, she passed the psychical examination and was declared not insane, then there were physical evidence that she stabbed her housband 3 times, the murder weapon with blood on it and her prints on it, there was no way she could not to be convicted, it's was dumb to get a pastor there beucase his knowledge of religion couldn't make any difference there, it was just a easy murder case with all the evidences that any trial could have had and they just tried to complicate it envolving religion...it'd stupid if she'd walked on this one...then, any criminal would claim that God asked him do commit a crime and all of them would walk too...

I liked this episode, because I really had no idea what was going to happen. Although I 100% agreed with Annabeth, I was worried that the jury might not. The way that the defense tried to manipulate the public and jury was very interesting and nerve-wracking. Although, the trend of Annabeth ALWAYS winning is getting a bit stale, I really did want her to win this one, because it would have been a scary moment in our justice system if Cindy walked.

Religion on television can sometimes be controversial. However, in this case there is a clear line between "good" religion and "bad" religion. In the "good" religion, we get to see the cutest baby have a great baptismal service. In the "bad" religion, we get to see a woman kill her husband and claim that God made her do it. Normally, everybody would say the lady is crazy, a twist would arise and everyone smiles at the end. But here the lady is crazy, her minister does not cooperate with the authorities, and a special "defender" takes her case. Is this science fiction or courtroom drama? Annie Potts guest stars as the star attorney. I can't believe they couldn't do better for her than this. Oh, and once again Kimberly Elise gets a measly storyline and makes the most of it. Her and Annabeth need to be sparring more often.