"American Jihad" was on again tonight...
Bobby Coakley
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... and I still don't quite get it. I first thought Greg had killed Louise
Murdock since he blamed her
for Jennifer not loving him the way he loved her. (Jennifer was Louise's
assistant and went to high school with Greg. They "sort of" went out.) What
seemed to be a murder of an "enemy of Islam" was really a personal vendetta
due to a failed relationship.
Lots of reviews and notes I've read about this episode say that Greg's
disdain for women was the reason for his crime, Jennifer dumped him due to
any number of sexual problems, Jennifer had an abortion, etc. It seemed to
me Jack showed Greg's "idealism" is a lie and Jennifer would show him to be
a fraud if she testified. Did I miss something? For L&O, the big twist at
the end was very nebulous.
But, not to be too critical, I thought Wil Horneff (Greg) and Merritt
Wever (Jennifer) were very good.
Also, the episode did a good job of introducing DA Arthur Branch and how he
and Jack clash on Constitutional matters.
Bobby C.
Ursula S Leubner
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> ... and I still don't quite get it. I first thought Greg had killed Louise
> Murdock since he blamed her
> for Jennifer not loving him the way he loved her. (Jennifer was Louise's
> assistant and went to high school with Greg. They "sort of" went out.) What
> seemed to be a murder of an "enemy of Islam" was really a personal vendetta
> due to a failed relationship.
> Lots of reviews and notes I've read about this episode say that Greg's
> disdain for women was the reason for his crime, Jennifer dumped him due to
> any number of sexual problems, Jennifer had an abortion, etc. It seemed to
> me Jack showed Greg's "idealism" is a lie and Jennifer would show him to be
> a fraud if she testified. Did I miss something? For L&O, the big twist at
> the end was very nebulous.
The possibility of him having sexual problems comes from his repeated
assertions "I am a man" which suggest that he is insecure in his
manhood. The theory being that he thought he couldn't perform because
Jennifer wasn't properly deferential to his exalted state of True,
Powerful, Manhood. And she wasn't deferential because of the Evil
Influence of her feminist mentor.
Also from Olivet's speculation about what would make a western-raised
young man be attracted to radical Islam. Her theory was that a man
insecure around women would be attracted to a religion or culture where
women were invisible and controlled.
It wasn't made clear in the episode. It's more of a Freudian reading of
the whole issue of men blaming women for their problems, and in this ep,
the defendant blaming his victim for his girlfriend leaving him.
Ursula
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> Just saw the episode again!!! Wil Horneff is soooo good!!!! I finally understand the story... the character Greg had a very small penis and his girlfriend laughed at his manhood (or lack of it) and it effected Greg so much that he joined the Muslims radical to seek revenge....excellent episode!!!