A boy's suicide note alleging misconduct of his sister's doctor results in the investigation of a physician administering illegal AIDS drugs.A boy's suicide note alleging misconduct of his sister's doctor results in the investigation of a physician administering illegal AIDS drugs.A boy's suicide note alleging misconduct of his sister's doctor results in the investigation of a physician administering illegal AIDS drugs.
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- TriviaJennifer Van Dyck has played five different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 1.21 Sonata for Solo Organ (1991) - Joanna Woodleigh.
- Episode 4.16 Big Bang (1994) - Shelly Conners.
- Episode 7.6 Double Blind (1996) - Jill Perry.
- Episode 16.19 Positive (2006) - Dr. Elaine Clemens.
- Episode 9.21 Ambitious (1999) - Morgana Palmer.
- Episode 12.14 Missing (2002) - Morgana Palmer.
- GoofsAfter the verdict, McCoy tells Borgia "Or maybe they thought a vaccine that could save their lives one day mattered more than a kid who was dying anyway". Dr. Copelan was treating the patient in question,who had full-blown A.I.D.S., with a drug cocktail. A vaccine is to prevent a person from ever contracting the disease in the first place, not for treatment.
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A lot positive to say here
Any episode for anything dealing with this subject always sounds interesting. The premise is not an innovative one, but it does intrigue despite having traps with how it would be executed. With the risk of it being too complicated and/or with too much going over the head. While the original 'Law and Order' mostly did very well with its medical related episodes, this is the kind of medical story that is not always my cup of tea with the worry of over-generalisations and inaccuracies.
"Positive" is a very good episode, often quite powerful later on, and has a lot positive to say about it. And very little wrong. It is a case of one half being superior to the other, which can be the case with 'Law and Order' (happened in a lot of episodes actually in all the twenty seasons it ran for), but only because of the superior half being so absorbing and hard hitting. The topic is a very tough one, and "Positive" handles it with good balance and no sugar coating.
It does start off a little on the nothing out of the ordinary side with what happens being not much different to the early stages of other medical based episodes of the show. Thank goodness though that Dennis Farina and Jesse L Martin are very strong and their chemistry has come on such a long way.
Maybe the conclusion could have had a little more time to unfold, a lot to digest with too short a time to tell it.
However, there is so much that is good about "Positive". The production values are suitably slick and gritty, with photography that is reliant on close ups that have an intimacy without being too claustrophobic. The music is didn't come over as too melodramatic or like it was emphasising the emotion too much. The direction is sympathetic while still giving momentum.
The writing is intelligent and although, like the show in general, there is a lot of talk (as always for the 'Law and Order' franchise) it doesn't feel like there is too much or too loose. The story is always compelling that gets quite intricate in the second half, it really hits hard in the second half but doesn't become over sentimental or preachy. No over-generalising either. The performances are great, all the regulars are without issues but the powerful performances of unnerving Vondie Curtis Hall and moving Eugene Jones III are even better.
Overall, very good. 8/10.
"Positive" is a very good episode, often quite powerful later on, and has a lot positive to say about it. And very little wrong. It is a case of one half being superior to the other, which can be the case with 'Law and Order' (happened in a lot of episodes actually in all the twenty seasons it ran for), but only because of the superior half being so absorbing and hard hitting. The topic is a very tough one, and "Positive" handles it with good balance and no sugar coating.
It does start off a little on the nothing out of the ordinary side with what happens being not much different to the early stages of other medical based episodes of the show. Thank goodness though that Dennis Farina and Jesse L Martin are very strong and their chemistry has come on such a long way.
Maybe the conclusion could have had a little more time to unfold, a lot to digest with too short a time to tell it.
However, there is so much that is good about "Positive". The production values are suitably slick and gritty, with photography that is reliant on close ups that have an intimacy without being too claustrophobic. The music is didn't come over as too melodramatic or like it was emphasising the emotion too much. The direction is sympathetic while still giving momentum.
The writing is intelligent and although, like the show in general, there is a lot of talk (as always for the 'Law and Order' franchise) it doesn't feel like there is too much or too loose. The story is always compelling that gets quite intricate in the second half, it really hits hard in the second half but doesn't become over sentimental or preachy. No over-generalising either. The performances are great, all the regulars are without issues but the powerful performances of unnerving Vondie Curtis Hall and moving Eugene Jones III are even better.
Overall, very good. 8/10.
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- Aug 18, 2022
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