I thought this was a weaker episode than the pilot. As a whole, the pilot was more entertaining, and the case was more exciting. I feel like this episode's case wasn't that important of a focus. I think the importance was on divulging a few crumbs about some of the characters.
We learned that Leroy used to be married three times and divorced the same amount of times, I'm assuming, and his latest wife always gets drunk and calls him on their wedding anniversary. We learned that Anthony used to be a Baltimore cop. We learned how Abby got into forensics and that Caitlin did a year in law school.
And, yeah. It seems to me that the importance of this episode was on those things rather than the case: but it may have seemed more like that because the case itself wasn't that exciting. But that isn't a bad thing. The case was still enjoyable to watch unfold, and the episode itself was enjoyable to watch as well. The thing that stood out the most to me was Dave Power's acting (who played CPL. Dave Ramsey) during the interrogation. His acting performance during that segment helped immerse you further into the case.
And one thing that I thought was very cool is that Rick Pasqualone (who played CPL. Paul Dafelmair) happens to be the voice actor for Vito Scaletta in the video games: Mafia II & III. I was surprised to learn that when I searched him up. I don't think I heard Vito Scaletta at all during this episode. Either his actual voice is different than when playing Vito, or I wasn't paying enough attention. Maybe now that I know he voiced Vito Scaletta, I'll notice that he sounds like him in this episode.
Even though the progression of the case was cliché and predictable (like evidence being found that incriminates someone who happened to fight with the deceased before the murder happened, but the one incriminated was framed), this wasn't a bad episode. My only problem with it was that some of the terminology and vocabulary used in the dialogue made it a little hard to follow along with the episode, but I bet that sort of thing will continue throughout the show, so I'll have to suck it up; and deal with it.
Review by LineageBlockedParent2021-09-30T22:52:37Z
I thought this was a weaker episode than the pilot. As a whole, the pilot was more entertaining, and the case was more exciting. I feel like this episode's case wasn't that important of a focus. I think the importance was on divulging a few crumbs about some of the characters.
We learned that Leroy used to be married three times and divorced the same amount of times, I'm assuming, and his latest wife always gets drunk and calls him on their wedding anniversary. We learned that Anthony used to be a Baltimore cop. We learned how Abby got into forensics and that Caitlin did a year in law school.
And, yeah. It seems to me that the importance of this episode was on those things rather than the case: but it may have seemed more like that because the case itself wasn't that exciting. But that isn't a bad thing. The case was still enjoyable to watch unfold, and the episode itself was enjoyable to watch as well. The thing that stood out the most to me was Dave Power's acting (who played CPL. Dave Ramsey) during the interrogation. His acting performance during that segment helped immerse you further into the case.
And one thing that I thought was very cool is that Rick Pasqualone (who played CPL. Paul Dafelmair) happens to be the voice actor for Vito Scaletta in the video games: Mafia II & III. I was surprised to learn that when I searched him up. I don't think I heard Vito Scaletta at all during this episode. Either his actual voice is different than when playing Vito, or I wasn't paying enough attention. Maybe now that I know he voiced Vito Scaletta, I'll notice that he sounds like him in this episode.
Even though the progression of the case was cliché and predictable (like evidence being found that incriminates someone who happened to fight with the deceased before the murder happened, but the one incriminated was framed), this wasn't a bad episode. My only problem with it was that some of the terminology and vocabulary used in the dialogue made it a little hard to follow along with the episode, but I bet that sort of thing will continue throughout the show, so I'll have to suck it up; and deal with it.