Long-standing NBC Legal Drama Law and Order It sparked anger on Wednesday after he clearly portrayed the character as a folk hero in the accused murderer Luigi Mangione.
Mangion was arrested last year in connection with the December murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead in a sneak attack outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan.
The March 20 episode, entitled “Folk Hero,” begins with the murder of a prominent CEO who was shot on the street with a masked hoodie, as Mangione has been accused of wearing it during the murder of the CEO of United Healthcare. News Busters It has been reported.
In the episode, Ethan Weller (Ty Molbak) is arrested for the murder of the fictional CEO of the Show, despite planning the murder of his second CEO. But soon, the New Yorkers of the show raise the defendant's murderer to local hero status.
The defendant's murderer's lawyer provides the defense of the novel, in which Weller's crime is justified because he feels that killing the insurance company's CEO is “saving a life.”
“There is no doubt that Ethan Weller shot and killed Logan Andrews,” the lawyer said. “But there's a reason why he did it, there's a legal reason. He was trying to save his life. Logan Andrews caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people by denialing their legal insurance claims.
Later in the episode, a judge who gathered several CEOs to allow the murderer to defend an absurd defense pointed out that he had a history of donating to extreme left-wing causes and was trying to portray all CEOs as mass murderers. Another CEO is furious, “So, are we all on trial now for this?”
“Yeah, and for what? Because we had the boldness to make money for our shareholders?
The show also ended with activist notes. Instead of revealing the guilty verdict, the show ended without a verdict at all, leaving the audience room to decide that murdering the CEO would be justified just because he was a rich man running a large corporation.
Certainly, Jesse Metcalfe, the actor who portrayed a police officer in the episode, thought the ending was great.
“I feel like this open-ended episode is working very well,” Metcalfe said. TVINSIDER. “This really works well in this episode. We really don't really symbolize what the verdict should be. We allow the audience to have their own opinion. I think if the storyline doesn't resolve, it can cause a bit of frustration in the audience. I think it's incredibly satisfying for this particular episode.
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