#22: By Order of the Court
Original airdate: June 30, 1998
Production no.: AM-122
Written by: Martin Vale & Elise Pritchard
Directed by: Leonard K. Ames
Guest stars: Helen Drake as Judge Hopkins; Victor Bell as opposing counsel
Screen capture from my EP tape. Please credit this site.
THE WHOLE STORY (SPOILERS!!!)
The comedy dissolves. Alan is summoned before a judge who has his face, in a courthouse larger and colder than the one in the pilot. Rachel prosecutes, Bethany is the stenographer, Daniel sits in the jury box with a very small smile. Alan objects and his mouth says “sustained.”
Hallways fold into themselves, a dancing figure appears at the end of a corridor, and everyone speaks backwards for one scene. The sentence is read in a language Alan almost understands. The laugh track enters a beat too late.
⚖ CASE OF THE WEEK
By Order of the Court.
💭 INSIDE ALAN’S HEAD
Alan tries to object. His mouth says 'sustained.'
📖 CODEX LORE
THE JUDGE is the Reflection. The court is the Codex's ledger. The sentence is the receipt.
My Two Cents
I could not write this review for a week. The show finally says what it has been saying all along and I don't know if I like it. I do not want to be on Alan's side anymore. I give it 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 out of five burgers.
Best Quote
JUDGE: The defendant will rise. The defendant has always risen.
Continuity Watch / Theories
The judge's face is Alan's in every shot except one. In that one it's mine. (Joke! I think.)
A second screencap from my VHS archive
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