Blind Justice
These are all the original airdates.
4/26/05
Blind Justice: "Past Imperfect"
My God. If there weren't so much Jim/Karen in
this episode, I would have fallen asleep. Lame-o plot about an old military
buddy visiting Jim, and this buddy has some terrible secret. They drag
it out and drag it out, and it's just excruciatingly terrible. Blah.
But it doesn't matter, because there is some awesome Jim and Karen
stuff! So, Jim meets with Nick (previously referred to as Slimy Friend
Guy in my last review) and essentially gives him an ultimatum: tell Karen
about your criminal history, or I will. Jim does not mention the fact
that the FBI is currently surveiling Nick for some possible current criminal
activity. Nick is really pissed and yells at Jim about how he and Karen
have fallen hard for each other, and now Jim is going to screw it up. "What,
you got something for Karen, or what?" says Nick angrily. Jim flatly
says no, he's just looking out for his partner. Nick leaves in a huff.
Later on in the episode, Karen gets a phone call from Nick. It
turns out that he dumps her over the phone with no real explanation, and
Karen is really unhappy about it. Jim is a little uncomfortable, thinking
that it's his fault, but it just proves all the more that Nick is not a
good guy. He'd rather dump Karen than tell her the truth about his
criminal record. Much later, Karen ambushes Jim. She found out
from Nick that Jim was checking up on him, and she was really, really pissed
that Jim didn't come to her first with the information. Jim keeps
trying to get Karen to tell him what Nick said exactly (i.e. did he tell
you about his criminal record, his current criminal activity, etc.), but
she won't let Jim get a word in edgewise. She is so angry at him, she
walks away from him at a crime scene and won't let him hold onto her arm
so she can lead him. Sad! The episode ends with her still very
mad at him. Incidentally, during the episode, he finds out that Karen
is half Puerto Rican. He seems a tiny bit surprised that she didn't
tell him that before. "Why didn't I know that?" NEXT WEEK: The
Nick madness continues. Nick asks Karen, "Did I step into the middle
of something between you and your partner?" or something like that. SQUEE!
4/19/05
Blind Justice: "Leap of
Faith"
Oh my. So, ep itself was pretty interesting;
a murder turns out to be a suicide, but the guy who was framed for it being
a murder should have gone to prison anyway for being a despicable guy in
general. Yeah. Anyway, so right at the beginning, Karen and
Jim talk about this retirement party that all the cops are going to, and
there is a bit of an awkward conversation about Karen wanting to meet Jim's
wife. Then, Jim worms it out of Karen that she is bringing a date,
and he is pest about it, calling the guy her "boyfriend," and she keeps
insisting that they are just friends. It was cute, and kinda funny.
Later, at the party, Jim and Rena Sofer (what the hell is her character
name? Christie? Do I care?) meet Karen and her friend whose
name I can't remember, but I thought he looked a little slimy. I really
think that the first meeting between Karen and Rena Sofer was awkward, and
why wouldn't it be? This is the woman that spends most her time with
Jim holding tightly to her arm and occasionally drawing on his face. I
just have to say that I get such a kick out of Jim holding onto Karen all
the time. Squee. Anyway, at the party, Karen and Rena Sofer are
sitting by themselves, trying to have a conversation. Karen resorts
to complementing Rena's earrings for lack of anything else to say, and that
sort of gets the conversation going. Meanwhile, on the other end of
the room, Jim and Slimy Friend Guy are talking, and Slimy Friend says that
Karen was nervous about Jim and Slimy Friend meeting, because she really
wants Jim to approve or something. Jim assures Slimy Friend that as
long as he doesn't have a warrant out on him, they're cool. Jim then
says that Karen is watching them, isn't she? And sure enough, Karen
is subtly watching the two of them from across the room. Jim knows
her very well if he can guess that without seeing her. Hee! Okay,
so as it turns out, we learn from another cop friend of Jim's that Slimy
Friend Guy is under suspicion for criminal activity, and he is being surveiled!
Ohnoes! Jim wrestles with telling Karen, and in the end, he doesn't
say anything. He just doesn't want to hurt her. Cute! Can't
wait for next week!