Episode Report Card Gwen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Prime Suspect
By Gwen | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.19.2000
On the street, John and Richard discuss the case. Richard wonders if they can have Paul declared a "legal retard." John doesn't think Paul did it. They go to see Paul in some room at the courthouse. John seats himself and annoyingly pours water, then asked why Paul lied about going to the movies with Benny. Paul starts to speak, but Richard yells, "LIAR!" in his face, causing Paul to start with his verbal tics. Ha, ha. Making fun of people's disorders over and over again is so freaking hilarious. Paul was actually at home at the time of the murder, and he was afraid because he didn't have an alibi, so he lied. Richard badgers him some more. John becomes fraught and accidentally yells, "liar" instead of "quiet." Paul does his facial tics. He seems to do this way more often than when we saw him last. I want to know who wrote David E. Kelley and told him this crap was funny so that I can find that person and kick him in the stomach.
Billy's pacing his office. Sandy walks in and asks what's with him. She suggests that he's nervous over some meeting. They kiss. Suddenly, Sandy is Nelle. Nelle shoves Billy away and asks if he's nuts. Billy stammers. We hear someone say, "Marry me!" and then someone else says, "Divorce me!" Billy turns and sees little Claymation-looking CGI versions of Ally and Georgia yelling at him on his desk. I am completely disgusted. This isn't cute or funny. They don't even look like Ally or Georgia. The Ally one's wearing plaid pants, though. The Georgia figurine lunges onto Billy's face and bites his nose. He screams. Nelle trips out. Billy says that he thinks he should see a doctor. Sad guitar.
Martha Stewart shills for Kmart. Her voice unnerves me. What is she, a baritone or a bass?
Ally and the freaks join Richard and John on the courthouse steps. "He did it," Richard says. John explains that Paul has no alibi and that it doesn't look good. They go in to proceed with the probable cause hearing and "see what the evidence is." Why don't they already know what the evidence is? Man, I would never want these people to represent me. No wonder they're all dressing crappier than ever this season: They've had to cut back on the billable hours.
Nelle's strutting towards Billy's office. Sandy waylays her, saying that Billy doesn't want any visitors. Nelle gets bitchy wit' it. "Sandy, isn't it? Sandy, I'm not sure what the proper protocol is for secretaries; I've never been one. But I doubt it calls for referring to the lawyers who actually work in the firm as 'visitors.' Or hadn't you noticed I work here?" Sandy's noticed. Nelle goes into the office, telling Billy that his kiss was so good that she came back for more. Billy apologizes. Nelle refers him to "an extraordinary neurologist" who happens to be a friend of hers. She's already made an appointment for him. Billy can't go because he has a meeting with Mr. Howland. Nelle says she'll cover the meeting for him. Billy protests that Howland is his biggest client. Nelle points out that if he goes to the meeting in the state he's in, he'll lose his client. She smiles wickedly and Billy looks sad. I guess David E. Kelley hasn't gotten enough hate mail about the blonde bitches to gratify his selective misogyny, so he had to make Nelle even more two-dimensional.