The death by vicious beating of an airline supervisor seems to point toward the men she's complained to management for harassment.The death by vicious beating of an airline supervisor seems to point toward the men she's complained to management for harassment.The death by vicious beating of an airline supervisor seems to point toward the men she's complained to management for harassment.
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- TriviaBased on the still-unsolved murder of Susan Taraskiewicz, a Boston airline baggage supervisor who was found stabbed to death in the trunk of her car in September of 1992.
- GoofsA ping pong ball would not fit down the filler neck of a gas tank for any car made before 1973. Before 1973, car gas tanks were wide upon from the filler cap to the tank. After that time the tanks were changed so they wouldn't accommodate the nozzle that was designed to pump regular (leaded) gasoline. The device at the top of the tank allows the unleaded nozzle but is too small for a ping pong ball to pass. To get something that big into a gas tank would take some major work that could not be accomplished in a parking lot.
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Detective Robert Goren: I almost forgot, I once busted a stripper who did a thing with a glow stick, do they do that there?
Louis Pens: Yeah, they do that.
Detective Alexandra Eames: [to Goren] I can't believe you touched that thing.
- ConnectionsRemade as Paris Criminal Investigations: Trafics (2008)
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Intricate baggage
After being a little disappointed by the episodes between "Malignant" and this, despite still finding them good, part of me was hoping that Season 2 would get back to the great level that it began with and had all the way up to "Malignant". "Anti-Thesis" being especially good. And there was real potential for it to do so, with a plot like "Baggage", which unlike a few of the previous episodes did seem to rise above the ordinary and didn't play it safe.
Based on a real-life case, so another ripped from the headlines case which the 'Law and Order' franchise at its best was very good at doing, "Baggage" didn't see Season 2 or 'Criminal Intent' quite return to form. It is certainly though a step in the right direction, the plot having more to it than the stories of some of the previous episodes and there is nothing really safe about it. Do agree with a previous reviewer with the criticism being referred to being a ridiculous and uninformed one, and that is not me trying to be ignorant.
Maybe some of the support acting was a touch tentative, competent enough but no real standout or outstanding performances.
Did think too that the perpetrator was caught out a little too easily, even for Goren's intense methods of getting to the truth.
"Baggage" has so many great things though. Not just the as solid production values, music and direction, but there is also an intelligent and tightly written script and great performances from all the main cast. Vincent D'Onofrio IS the show in my view and that's meant in a good way, while Goren can dominate too much as a character but he is also incredibly interesting and so much fun to watch. Cannot get enough of his mannerisms, his methods of getting to the truth, how he gets through people's minds and his teasing chemistry with Eames.
The story is tightly paced and twisty, as well as intricate. While not trying to cram too much in, which increases risk of rushed pacing and convolution (which "Baggage" just about avoids).
Summing, very good and a step in the right direction for the season. 8/10
Based on a real-life case, so another ripped from the headlines case which the 'Law and Order' franchise at its best was very good at doing, "Baggage" didn't see Season 2 or 'Criminal Intent' quite return to form. It is certainly though a step in the right direction, the plot having more to it than the stories of some of the previous episodes and there is nothing really safe about it. Do agree with a previous reviewer with the criticism being referred to being a ridiculous and uninformed one, and that is not me trying to be ignorant.
Maybe some of the support acting was a touch tentative, competent enough but no real standout or outstanding performances.
Did think too that the perpetrator was caught out a little too easily, even for Goren's intense methods of getting to the truth.
"Baggage" has so many great things though. Not just the as solid production values, music and direction, but there is also an intelligent and tightly written script and great performances from all the main cast. Vincent D'Onofrio IS the show in my view and that's meant in a good way, while Goren can dominate too much as a character but he is also incredibly interesting and so much fun to watch. Cannot get enough of his mannerisms, his methods of getting to the truth, how he gets through people's minds and his teasing chemistry with Eames.
The story is tightly paced and twisty, as well as intricate. While not trying to cram too much in, which increases risk of rushed pacing and convolution (which "Baggage" just about avoids).
Summing, very good and a step in the right direction for the season. 8/10
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- Mar 26, 2020
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