From: anjyii@athena.mit.edu (anjyii)
Subject: Re: Arnie's stupidity
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:51:55 GMT

In article <1gapkhINNev4@travis.csd.harris.com>, brad@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Brad Appleton) writes:
|> Is it just me or is anyone else insulted that the writers would expect
|> me to believe what Arnie did with the "Wheelchaired grandmother" in 
|> last nights episode?
|> 
|> Since when has Arnie ever taken a client's word without question
|> about something of that magnitude? Even so -- its the way he
|> tried to expose her that has me in disbelief!!!  Like Arnie
|> really believed that if he confronted her and she still denied
|> it that she wouldnt "fake" a collapse when he "forced" her to
|> stand up.  I would have at least expected him to do something
|> similar to what Jonathan did with the "Flying Gianelli's" case
|> to "surprise" the woman.
|> 
|> At the very least, I would have expected Arnold (who used to use PIs
|> more than anyone else in the firm) to hire a PI to follow the woman
|> and take pictures so he would have some hard evidence. He had to have
|> known that both he "and" the firm would be "liable for damages"
|> if the woman continued her "handicapped" charade even after he 
|> confronted her directly.

True...
Arnie's always been a jerk...(I love the character, but "jerk" is the nicest
possible word for it)  but he's never been out & out stupid before.
If anyone could have tricked her into standing up, it should have been him.
(That bothered me a lot)

|> 
|> As for Roxanne and Tommy - Aren't the writer's pushing a little
|> too hard on this one. Its happening too fast to be believable
|> (especially since Tommy just said g'bye to Zooey not too long ago).
|> 
|> Also -- I agree with others that "Daniel" is TOO OBVIOUS to be the
|> "Gwen-stalker". It doesnt "HAVE" to be someone in the firm (contrary
|> to Anne's belief), just someone who has access to the information
|> (which means it could be someone who knows someone at the firm and is
|> getting the info from them). And its not as if no one else but Daniel
|> knows the fairy tails in question (although he is probably the only
|> one who keeps them in his office).
|> 
|> Anyway -- Im hoping (but not holding my breath) that the stalker will
|> turn out to be a woman (just as a twist). Perhaps it could even be
|> Daniels ex-wife come back from the dead ("her death was faked" ;-) to
|> make sure no one else messes with her man :-) :-) :-)
|> 
|> As for Stuart being a suspect, who knows the way this season
|> is going, although I think it would be a lot harder to keep
|> a slaughtered animal heart from Anne than it would be to hide
|> a gun from her.
|> 
|> I think the stalker is Lincoln ;-)
|> 
|> Too much "soap" and not enough "courtroom" this year!!!
|> 
|> ______________________ "And miles to go before I sleep." ______________________
|>  Brad Appleton           brad@ssd.csd.harris.com       Harris Computer Systems
|>                             uunet!travis!brad          Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
|> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: I said it, not my company! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


...anyway...

Angela Batiste
anjyii@Athena.MIT.EDU