This week’s Drop Dead Diva was absolutely explosive as we
rush with open arms to the end of the series.
I used to think we were heading to a nice tie up nicely into a kind of
happily ever after, but after last night I have no clue what kind of ride we
are in for coming up.
Right away, the episode jumped right into knocking you in
the “feels” with a case about a young boy with a gender identity
condition. You know what? I really hate that term, and it did come up
later in the episode in a way that did come off like a disability or mental
disorder. This has been a hot topic for
years now as we broaden our ideas about gender and what makes someone female vs
male. At what point are you one or the
other? Are you ever really fully one or
the other? What is preference or choice
and what is natural and instilled in us?
Ultimately I don’t know, and it would appear that not many other do
either. So, how do we make sure we are fair to everyone,
and yet mitigate risks and respect privacy while promoting equality? The answer is that no matter what, it’s a
grey area.
In this episode a young child that identifies as boy risks
his scholarship and future of his right to gender association with a school who
demands that they identify with the genetics of a female. It’s hard, because you want to say you want
to protect the children (it is technically a safety hazard to have a young girl
in the men’s room, dressed as a boy or not), but you also want the child to
express themselves in an environment that allows them to grow in a healthy well-adjusted
way. To be told that it’s not okay to be
who you are can cause serious identity issues in later life, we see that now…
But, we haven’t always, and unfortunately we are in the hands of an uninformed
majority.
In the world of Grayson, this week he is trying a homicide that
seems to be railroading his client.
However, the first rule of diva is that no case is exactly as it is
presented and soon Grayson figures out he’s defending a guilty man. How’s that for an ethics violation? I mean, here you are trying to fight for a
man’s life, who brutally murdered an innocent woman because she didn’t want to
date him. You would think that, if he
truly felt that his client was guilty, that he could recuse himself and have
the firm’s support. Not at all, in fact
the honorable Owen French insists Grayson fight for the rights of the
scumbag! Yeah not happy with Owen.
I’m even less than happy with Kim, who decides to second
chair the transgender case and foolishly tries to get Sam diagnosed as a mental
disorder. The thing that I find grossest
is that she honestly believed that it was okay to stand before a judge and
argue that the child was disabled. There
is nothing wrong with someone being who they are, ever! If my son were to identify as a woman, the
only thing I would worry about is can I trade his hot wheels for Barbie heels. A child is a child first and standing there
in a court of law and stating that they are sick when all they are doing is
being themselves you have the mental disorder.
Word!
Owen and Stacy are fighting battles of their own this week
as Owen’s want to shower his beloved with everything he thinks she deserves is
leading her to feel like a wife without a ring.
Stacy is a strong and independent spirit and gifts are overwhelming, but
deep down I think what she really wants is stability. So what’s more stable than a husband, boom
Owen proposes. Yea, we are going to
ignore how fast that was.
In the world of murder, Grayson finds a loophole which
usually is good; however this one frees a murderer. The mistake he made was telling Owen about a
huge mistake forcing Owen to take his case and call Grayson as a witness. So unknowingly, Grayson made himself a lynch
pin in a case to free a scum sucking bottom feeder. How does Owen sleep at night? Then again this is the man that helped put
away his brother for fraud. If I were
Stacy I’d be more concerned about that behavior than his brother’s fraud.
The ending of this debacle of an episode is what set the
whole show on fire. In a courageous move
a compassionate principle decides to off “Sam” a place in a new more tolerate
school, so yes there was a bolt of happiness right before a major tragedy. The angry father of the murdered girl decides
he can’t let the man who killed his baby walk, and let’s face it I couldn’t
either, and declares vengeance, if vengeance is firing multiple rounds into
Grayson Kent. Just when I thought the
ship was sinking… Now I’m holding my breath till episode 9.
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