Presumed Innocent
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A little more than halfway through the season, its here:Presumed Innocents supporting-character episode.
I want you to know that Nico and I value loyalty above all else.
The whole interaction lasts only slightly more than one minute.
For a prosecutor with a short temper, Tommy takes a lot of shit from Nico.
Am I starting to feel bad for him?
When we pick back up with Tommy at the office, hes remembering Carolyn.
He conducts the conversation almost as if he were examining a witness.
But Tommy is obviously wounded and wont let go.
But Nicos willingness to concede to Tommys best judgment doesnt last very long.
Its the first sensible thing Tommy has ever said, but Nico doesnt like it.
Finally,Tommy stands up for himself.
He pins it on Nico: How can anyone else trust or respect him if the district attorney doesnt?
Its a tour-de-force moment from Sarsgaard, my favorite performance sequence in the show so far.
His humiliation cuts deep his problem becomes clear to us, if not to him.
Tommy just wants to be respected.
His name is, after all,Tommy,rather than the more dignified Tom or Tommasio.
But Tommy is never quite able to scare anyone (or to telegraph irony) convincingly.
She calls him when he doesnt come in, though memories of Rusty briefly impair her bad-good judgment.
Red light bathes her as she wanders through Cliftons projection art.
They flirt cutely she tells him the work makes her feel safe.
When Barbara tells Dr.
Rush about the kiss, she is reprimanded for not mentioning it sooner.
What is it with that woman?
This one really broke my heart.
Still, other than that, he makes several bad choices (at least hes consistent).
The interview leads nowhere.
Why wouldnt he tell Raymond or Mya?
They know that the prosecution has the pictures of Kyle!
He wants Barbara to testify in Rustys favor, and hell ask her regardless of Rustys protest.
No one can sleep the night before the first trial day.
Theyre going to need all the strength they can afford each other: Tommys opening statement is stirring.
His stronger points lie in his rhetoric: His pathos game is strong.
He makes a case for the prosecutors humanity and appeals to the jurys responsibility to justice and civil duty.
If we cant find the truth, he asks, what is the hope of justice?
Addendum
Raymonds nightmares continue to disturb his sleep.
In this episode, he dreams of his head exploding and his brain splattering everywhere.
Lorraine, meanwhile, is completely convinced that Rusty is guilty.
