An insurance company employee is killed because he was on a committee that rejected coverage of an expensive but effective drug for a young girl suffering from leukemia.An insurance company employee is killed because he was on a committee that rejected coverage of an expensive but effective drug for a young girl suffering from leukemia.An insurance company employee is killed because he was on a committee that rejected coverage of an expensive but effective drug for a young girl suffering from leukemia.
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- TriviaYears later a generic version of Gleevec became available at a much reduced cost.
- GoofsThe Defense used the full value of the cost of the treatment over 70 years, but the actual cost that should have used the Present Value of the future cost streams. When calculated, this would've been close to $370,000 -- not much different than the present cost of $350,000 for a BMT. The Prosecution would have pointed this out.
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'Law and Order', and actually frequently the whole 'Law and Order' franchise (especially 'Special Victims Unit'), often excelled when it came to having cases that made the viewer feel truly sad and angry. It also often excelled when it came to tackling difficult and even polarising topics, some with stories inspired by real life cases (hence what is meant when one calls a case "ripped from the headlines"). And doing so in a way that doesn't hold back and pulls a large emotional punch.
"Undercovered" certainly doesn't hold back and has a large emotional punch. It certainly made me sad and angry. While not one of the very best episodes of 'Law and Order', contrary to it being one of the lower rated Season 12 episodes it to me is one of the better episodes of the season. Due to having one of the season's most controversial subjects and tackling it more sensitively than most episodes of Season 12 with less challenging subjects. Not perfect, but from personal view it was very good.
Will agree about the verdict being a complete head scratcher and not realistic, 'Law and Order' and the franchise in general was no stranger to endings that makes one go "what" in shock but in real life there are really not many people that would find someone's actions, no matter their circumstances, condonable. While feeling sorry for the perpetrator in some way, their actions were not condonable.
Southerlyn is a complete deadweight and adds nothing.
However, "Undercovered" succeeds a lot more than it fails. As ever, the production values are slick, the editing especially having come on quite a bit from when the show first started (never was it a problem but it got more fluid overtime). The music is sparingly used and never seemed melodramatic, the theme tune easy to remember as usual. The direction is sympathetic enough without being too low key.
Furthermore, the script is sharp, intelligent and gritty, again with a lot to take in without feeling too much. The story pulls no punches and hits home for any desperate parent in similar positions. It's a tough subject and it's handled with little judgement on either side or one-sided-ness, the moral dilemmas of the issue being thought-provoking and enough to make one feel saddened and angered. The performances are excellent.
Concluding, very good. 8/10.
"Undercovered" certainly doesn't hold back and has a large emotional punch. It certainly made me sad and angry. While not one of the very best episodes of 'Law and Order', contrary to it being one of the lower rated Season 12 episodes it to me is one of the better episodes of the season. Due to having one of the season's most controversial subjects and tackling it more sensitively than most episodes of Season 12 with less challenging subjects. Not perfect, but from personal view it was very good.
Will agree about the verdict being a complete head scratcher and not realistic, 'Law and Order' and the franchise in general was no stranger to endings that makes one go "what" in shock but in real life there are really not many people that would find someone's actions, no matter their circumstances, condonable. While feeling sorry for the perpetrator in some way, their actions were not condonable.
Southerlyn is a complete deadweight and adds nothing.
However, "Undercovered" succeeds a lot more than it fails. As ever, the production values are slick, the editing especially having come on quite a bit from when the show first started (never was it a problem but it got more fluid overtime). The music is sparingly used and never seemed melodramatic, the theme tune easy to remember as usual. The direction is sympathetic enough without being too low key.
Furthermore, the script is sharp, intelligent and gritty, again with a lot to take in without feeling too much. The story pulls no punches and hits home for any desperate parent in similar positions. It's a tough subject and it's handled with little judgement on either side or one-sided-ness, the moral dilemmas of the issue being thought-provoking and enough to make one feel saddened and angered. The performances are excellent.
Concluding, very good. 8/10.
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