Unbelievable
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At first, it seemed it was just the two old male cops who shut Marie down.
They werent cruel not really.
More oafish and unnuanced and completely incurious about the world from anyone elses perspective.
But then we saw the stats on police officers abusing their domestic partners (40 percent, wtf).
And the utter breakdown in communication between police departments.
And a court that just plumb doesnt care if its actually sending court dates to the right addresses.
(Sorry for that warrant, Marie!)
Its a rage-watch, something at which to aim all your anger about the brokenness of America and humanity.
This is the death of the soul by a thousand bureaucratic cuts.
And in this episode, we get a few more cuts courtesy of Lillys story.
Looking at her story is like trying to isolate a single color in a prism.
She depicts it all so clearly.
A masked intruder with a knife broke into her home.
She dove off a second-floor balcony and onto a brick patio below to get away.
He isnt some cartoon villain snickering with his face behind his hand and calling her a loon.
Why write off a woman who claims she was attacked?
Its an insidious thing, really, to think women are silly.
She thought that was an important lead.
To question if her assault was imagined, since she partakes of an herbal sedative.
The subtext is so clear it practically showed up on the closed captioning: LADIES BE DOING SILLY SHIT.
Coincidentally, Lillys theory of who might have attacked her lines up with Rasmussens.
Its titillating, right?
There is now definitive proof that these cases are linked.
(Sidenote: you might be an intern for these types of detectives?
Yes, hey.)
CSI has turned a generation of American TV viewers into crime-scene experts, he explains.
The textbook (Rape Investigation Handbook) Duvall is later given by the Kansas detective only cements this theory.
Of course, Rasmussens breakdown isnt entirely due to Taggerts (understandable) counterpoints.
She has been reading the literature, and holy hell, it isnt good.
And nobody is matching her outrage on this.
Duvall demonstrates her dismay in a much lower key with more sadness than anger.
I get her rage, and most of you probably do too.
The scales of Justice are so lopsided its a wonder she can stand.
I hope he goes home that night and shits himself in terror.
(I also hope the interns panty-theft idea goes somewhere.
If I noticed my window ajar and some underwear gone, I would sure as hell call the police.
The loneliness of her situation is compounded by the conversation between Duvall and Amber outside the detectives church.
Marie hasnt just been abandoned and disbelieved; shes now being actively pursued for criminal charges.
We, of course, know the case is inching along.
That Colleen believes Maries account enough to tip off a detective.
