Rush to Judgment

Season 5, Episode 13, Aired
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Mac and his team investigate when a tough but successful wrestling coach's body is found in pieces all over New York. To make matters worse, during Flack's interrogation of one of the wrestlers, the suspect ends up dead.
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  • I liked the twist on the normal chronological way to tell a story.

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    By timmer82, Jan 28, 2009 Report Abuse
    It was a neat idea to start this episode in the middle of the story. The opening felt like a normal case. When the show suddenly goes back to events in the previous days, it was a nice deviation from beginning middle end storytelling. It did make me upset to see Flack's integrity questioned though. He's always been shown as an efficient officer with good morals, so you'd think his bosses wouldn't be considering him as a suspect. The case revolves around the unfortunate problem of kids turning events in their lives into life or death matters that really shouldn't be. It's something that should make you sick to your stomach. Sinise played the scenes with a balance of anger and remorse over the circumstances very well.moreless

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  • Mac and the team investigate the murder of a high school wrestling coach whose body was found in pieces all over the city. Detective Flak tries to interrogate a suspect in the case, but when that suspect suddenly dies, IAD investigates.moreless

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    By meathead704, Jan 24, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is a very good episode, but I will admit it does have a few flaws. The good thing is that the flaws don't take away from the overall enjoyment of the episode. One flaw is the recycled plot device of Internal Affairs being convinced that Flak actually murdered the suspect who died suddenly. It was painfully obvious from the very beginning Flak was innocent. I understand that Flak being investigated and the murder case are bound by the common theme of jumping to conclusions, but I don't care for seeing plot devices that have been used countless times before.moreless

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  • Uh duh to the person who added the goof - its spelt wHisk! 5 letters last time i counted! Great episode - good interactions between the cast.

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    By bsms541, Jan 22, 2009 Report Abuse
    Uh duh to the person who added the goof - it's spelt wHisk! 5 letters last time I counted! Great episode - good interactions between the cast, and some excellent character development. In particular, it was interesting to see that Angel and Flack's relationship has progressed, and she was particularly cool when she lept over the hood of the car! I loved the bit when Lindsay said 'boom' - really cute nod to her and Danny's relationship. The case was interesting, although I thought the acting from the supporting cast wasn't great, particularly the murderer at the end.moreless

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  • Really good one!

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    By jordinajamaica, Jan 22, 2009 Report Abuse
    Case: Really good! Lots of twists and turns, I never thought about the father until they mentioned him. For some minutes I thought they feed the poor guy to an aligator... I kind of understand how the father feels like. I loved how the wife knew that her husband was a normal guy and didn't loose the trust in him in any moment.

    - Danny was hilarious and looked awesome witht hat crimson shirt.
    - Lindsay was there a lot. Even running to give Stella some results. And the finally gesture was really sweet.
    - Angell...ROCKS, just ROCKS!! Have you seen her sliding over that car to catch the bad guy? AWESOME!!
    - Flack...he did a really great job - Mac working a lot and standing for his partners. The last scene was great.
    - Stella, great as always and really sweet checking up on Flack. I loved the kiss.
    - Hawkes, super smart as always!

    -DL: Lindsay said BOOM!! that is a DL moment for me! They worked a lot together, smiling all the time, they make a great team!
    -Flack and Angell: They are together!!! YAY!! I hoped we could see them at the end. I kinda feel bad about how they ended the conversation that revealed their relationship to us. I understand that Flack had other worries but he was quite rude with her.

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  • Different perspective – starting in the middle then going backwards.

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    By saleblanc, Jan 22, 2009 Report Abuse
    The team begins with finds body parts scattered and once a hand is found, an identification is made, it's Vince Nelson, a successful wrestling coach. As the case is investigated the find blood on the victims roof, but it's not his, it's actually alligator. After checking his computer they find pornographic pictures of young boys in an email. The email leads them to Todd Fleming a member of Nelson's team. As Flack is interviewing Todd, he starts to lose focus and rambling when suddenly he keels over from a seizure. Flack tries desperately to save him, but IA is already assuming the worst. The team following the lead of the computer pictures re-interview Nelson's widow, who insists Vince wasn't a normal guy. Doc digs deeper and determines that in a effort to discredit Nelson, Fleming hacked into his email. They find out Fleming had a friend Kyle Holt, as they probe further they find out Holt's father saw the email and assumed worst killed him in anger. It's later determined that Todd Fleming took an overdose of anti-depressants which caused the deadly seizure.moreless

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    • Angell checks for a pulse while Flack is doing chest compressions & then tells Flack that the guy is dead. If Flack was doing chest compressions at the proper depth of compression he would be creating a pulse that Angell should have felt. Edit
    • Mac tells Flack that he never doubted him and Flack replies that for a minute he thought everyone else did. However, way earlier in the episode, he had received a visit from Stella where she told him that the whole team were on his side looking out for him. Edit
    • We never get to know when or where the torso appeared. It is first seen in Sid's autopsy table. Edit

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    • French episode title: Jugement Hâtif, meaning Hasty Judgement. It is a logical translation for the English title, hard to translate literally. Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Turkey: April 13, 2009 on CNBC-e. Spain: April 21, 2009 on AXN. Czech Republic: May 27, 2009 on AXN. Ireland: June 3, 2009 on RTÉ2. Sweden: August 17, 2009 on Kanal 5. The Netherlands: September 7, 2009 on RTL4. Greece: September 8, 2009 on SKAI. Norway: September 9, 2009 on TVNorge. Germany: November 30, 2009 on Vox. Slovakia: December 6, 2009 on JOJ. New Zealand: November 24, 2009 on TV3 * Australia: December 17, 2009 on Channel 9. Finland: April 28, 2010 on MTV3. *It aired as the first part of a special double episode including 5x13 and 5x14. Edit
    • Eddie Cahill is a big fan of the Rangers, so the writers added the reference to them as a wink to the actor. It is not the first time that it happens, and according to Cahill himself, it was born out of ad-libs as well. Edit

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    • Danny: Mr. Potato Head. The live version. Lindsay: More like the bloody dead version. Edit
    • Flack: (Interrupts a dance lesson to interrogate a suspect) Do you mind if I cut in? Edit
    • Mac: (About pedophilia) This whole thing makes me sick. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Danny: (Singing) Mr. Potato Head... Mr. Potato is a traditional toy for kids which consists of a potato shaped head to which body parts and features are attached to create multiple characters. Danny makes a parallelism with the victim's body that has been chopped into pieces and which Sid was able to put back together. Edit
    • Sid: If the glove fits. Allusion to the classic fairy tale Cinderella, where a prince determines who the girl he wants to marry is, using a glass shoe that she previously lost when leaving a dance in a hurry. If the shoe fits, then that's her. Edit
    • (While examining a severed hand) Sid: If the glove fits... This is reference to the famous: "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" phrase associated with the 1995 O.J. Simpson criminal murder trial. It's a pun with the expression If the shoe fits... wear it or If the cap fits... wear it, used to tell people you were not talking about them, but if they feel affected by what you are saying, then they should acknowledge the criticism. Edit

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