Elsewhere, a stalker is shot and killed by his prey. The right to kill an attacker in the face of persistent harassment raises serious moral issues. However, some episodes are unredemptively irresponsible . She responds in kind. A stabbing is shown in bloody detail.
Police riddle the body of a sex criminal with bullets.
A judge forces a defendant to take off his pants, then instructs him to turn and expose his genitals to the gallery. The cameras zoom in on the man's bare bottom. Dylan McDermott and Lara Flynn Boyle anchor an ensemble cast whose smooth acting is outshone only by Kelley's scripts. As with his hit Fox show Ally McBeal , Kelley succeeds in luring viewers with clever ideas and intriguing concepts. Too bad his brilliant craftsmanship lacks the moral grounding that would enable families to enjoy it.