Major Crimes: Season 2, Episode 13 “Jailbait” (B-)
This episode was pretty much on par with last week’s, if not less appealing, and I’m not sure it compels me to stick around to watch any more of this show going forward. After making some serious progress in the Rusty arena thanks to the young-looking buy guy’s suggestion that Rusty resume school and the plan for him to begin looking for the person who has been sending him all the letters, what we got in this hour was an awkward doctor who happened to be insanely good at chess. It’s just not all that interesting, and I think this show would be much more productive if Rusty wasn’t a regular character. The episode’s title refers instead to the many attempts made by one grieving father to lure his daughter’s rapist out of his home and back into jail for violating his parole. This was a sci-fi reunion of sorts for two players from the Cylon universe: Mary McDonnell of “Battlestar Galactica” and Esai Morales of its short-lived prequel series “Caprica.” Morales’ character was somewhat intriguing, but ultimately it didn’t go quite as far as it could have, which makes his guest spot relatively lackluster. This show needs to beef up its series regular interactions, beyond Sanchez being accused of knowing every Latino in Los Angeles only to actually know them and Morales being tipsy after being called away from the Christmas party scheduled before suicide season. Not that I’m complaining, but I’m also not sure why Emma only appears in every few episodes and gets swapped out for D.D.A. Hobbs a good portion of the time.
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