Eli Stone
Eli Stone

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Crisis Of Faith

Turk gets found not guilty...but it's a mock trial. I remember those! You have no idea how satisfying it was to sentence some of my high-school classmates to life imprisonment. If only my law teacher would have let us use her coat closet in perpetuity. Anyway, this is all so Jordan (stepping in now, no doubt to protect one of his firm's biggest moneymakers) can push the insanity defense, saying in real life he'd be found not guilty by reason of diminished capacity from steroid use. Turk still doesn't want to give up his potential Hall of Fame status, saying it's what he's worked his whole life for. Bennett points out that the Hall of Fame is going to seem rather distant if Turk gets sentenced to twenty-five years in a maximum-security joint. I'd point out that a murder conviction might also scuttle Turk's indictment into the Hall, were it not for the fact that I wasn't born yesterday. Anyway, Turk sits down, looks deeply into Matt's eyes, and asks if he's with Jordan and Keith on this. Matt and his hero worship look to Jordan and Keith for support before saying yes, as Turk doesn't have any other option. I can't believe this plotline has made it three episodes without the words "Say it ain't so" being uttered.

In the elevator, Taylor and Eli have an awkward and pointless conversation about their current status, and talk then turns to the case, with Eli mentioning that the City Council has approved "the taking of Silver Terrace" by eminent domain. Oh, Berlanti, how you do reuse your themes. And how sad it is that I can still pull them up from memory? Anyway, the ground starts to shake again, and suddenly Taylor spins into a kittenish position against a support beam. Well, if there really is an earthquake this time, it could use the help. But no, Taylor launches into a rendition of "I Feel The Earth Move" (hilariously, after Taylor says the first "under my feet," Eli replies uncertainly, "No you don't." Hee.) and pulls Eli close into her dance; then Eli falls through a hole in the floor and finds Maggie. If the show is trying to illustrate that Maggie is a giant step down from Taylor, it's both appreciated and seconded. Taylor reappears, and the two of them actually each PULL ON ONE OF ELI'S ARMS, like, maybe it's too much to ask for some subtlety in a scene involving an earthquake, but still. Eli starts to lose his balance...

Eli Stone

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