"It's a risk, but not a life-and-limb risk like the one he took here."

I think it's a pretty safe assumption the knife gets thrown out due to the break in the chain of custody.

It seems like a risk. If Stone puts the cops onto Duane, maybe Box starts asking questions about why Stone is tipping the cops off about some random criminal; that's usually the opposite of his style. I guess he could do an anonymous tip, but it doesn't seem like it gets him any closer to finding out what Duane knows…

I agree that it was dumb and not in line with the show's naturalism. But I understand why he didn't want to involve the cops. They've already reached their conclusion about Andrea's murderer, so they're more likely to try to force Duane into that than they are to reconsider. And they wouldn't have to let Stone have…

So, are you actually going to like review it, or…?

The timeframe got jumbled this episode. Most of it seemed to take place within a few days of the murder, but there is no way a plea deal could have been finalized that quickly, and the lampshade about anti-Sikh violence doesn't fix it. Even a month would be fast for a high-profile case.

Unpopular opinion: David Strathairn is actually not a good actor.

the most acclaimed of the Bourne films, first sequel Supremacy and the trilogy-capping Ultimatum

Would it be fair to say that Harrison Ford is lucky to be alive?

Right. I think some categories of offenders (ex-law enforcement officers, for example) are placed in protective custody pretty much automatically. I had not thought of sex offenders whose crimes were committed against adults as one of those categories, but as I said, I don't know.

Nah.

Anyone notice the Newports in his cell? I think that was a sly Wire reference.

I don't think he's been convicted, because he is at Rikers. Possibly he's been in before, such that his influence has built up over the course of multiple periods of incarceration.

That didn't strike me as implausible, but I also don't know. Any criminal practitioners care to weigh in?

I mean, you can tell Naz's unit is not maximum security, since it has open dorm-style housing.

"I kind of want to trust Stone purely because he's Turturro and I love
him, but I didn't miss that he says "any lawyer who comes in and says 'I
guarantee!' is a liar" and then two minutes later says that he
"guarantees" no other decent lawyer will give them a better price."

At "this point," we have no more information than we had at the end of episode 2. I think he probably didn't, but there isn't much to go in terms of alternative suspects.

I'm late, but if a private citizen makes an illegal recording, the illegality does not affect its admissibility in a subsequent criminal trial. So long as the cops weren't involved in the illegality, they can make use of its fruits.

For one thing, you can't do a direct examination of your client if you know he will perjure himself in response to the questions you ask. For another, if your client unexpectedly perjures himself on the stand and you know it, you must inform the judge.

I give them a partial pass for Darlene's speech, since she admitted it was dumb. But stuck in an episode with so many dumb digressions, it felt of a piece. I hope the dialogue picks up this week.