第五集 Great Balls of Fire 之前有點小瞧控方律師Ms. Pace了，剛出場的時候。上集庭論開始覺得她很有激情，辯論有理有據。而這一集她召Hodges到庭提問，知道Hodges是辯方的王牌證人，一招“打蛇打七寸”，穩，準，且狠。

If you had the chance, would you have killed him?

Hodges聽到這句問詢，啞口無言。只能以“這是假設的問題”避開對方進攻。而對方顯然掌握了他兩次試圖殺死Brady的細節。而且兩次都收手了。

In both cases, you stopped yourself, didn't you, Detective?

Hodges不得不回答確實如此。至于為什么，他只能以“不記得”來搪塞。Ms. Pace犀利地指出，你兩次收手，是因為你不想做違法的事，讓Brady贏。

...because you did not want to sink to Brady Hartsfield's level. You did not want to be lawless like him.You even said to be rendered lawless means Brady Hartsfield wins.

Bravo, Ms. Pace, Bravo.說實在的，我現在不想Lou贏下官司了，感覺絕望地非要自由的，是Brady。Holly和Hodges顯然也已經意識到了這一點。 第四集 Trial & Terror 這一集的法庭辯論戲非常精彩。 我每次看辯論都會有“嗯正方說得很有道理啊。。。咦反方也不錯啊”這種錯亂的感覺。這次也不例外，雙方都用了大量的排比句，也都用一個問句結束發言。臺詞寫得非常迷人。 控方地檢律師Ms Pace先是一句話簡單介紹了梅賽德斯案件，接著一個以people為主語的小排比列出了受害人，以及他們可能的身份：母親，女兒，孩子，嬰兒等等。看到這時我在想，這不正說明Brady該殺嗎？接著描述了尋找真兇過程的艱難，看過第一季的人都了解當時的兇險和迷霧重重。然后一個“終于”，嫌犯落網，人們等待審判。Lou本來是來指證Brady的，可是她預謀殺了他，這里是以she指代Lou作為主語的一串大排比。最后的中心思想就是Brady的受害人沒有得到應有的了結，這個了結應該以Brady坐牢甚至死刑為終點。 Ms Pace：

A little over four years ago, Brady Hartsfield stole a Mercedes S 600 and diliberately drove it into a crowd of people. People who were standing innocently in line to attend a jobs fair. People a bit down on their economic luck, hoping to turn a corner. They stood in line. Daughters. Mothers. Boys. Men. Babies. Innocent people. And he mowed them down, maimed many more. We're still so stuck in that day. The police couldn't catch the monster. So we just lost hope. Evil had won out, so it seemed. But then we did get him, a foiled attempt to kill a hundred, maybe a thousand more at an arts gala. The monster was caught. He needed medical treatment, so we'd have to wait until he was healed before we put him on trial. So we waited. And waited and waited and waited. Finally, the day came. We had Brady Hartsfield in a courtroom. The community of Bridgeton, the victims stood poised to finally get the closure we were all so desperate for. Lou Linklatter, the defendant, she was in the courtroom that day giving testimony against Brady. But as the evidence will show, she was not about to concern herself with anyone's need for closure. She was not here for law and order. She was here for revenge. And vengeance she got. She pulled out a 3-D printed gun which she herself made, walked right up to him calmly, said, "I do not forgive you, " and she then blew out Brady Hartsfield's brains. Witnesses, you will hear from some, say that as Brady lay there, he looked almost at peace. A smile, even, on his face. Maybe he sensed he'd won in a way. No prison. No suffering. No facing the wrath of those he so devastated. He was spared. Spared a trial, spared prison time, spared having to face down the pain of all his victims. She spared him. People who waited so long to address the monster and make him see, make him feel their anguish. They didn't get that. She took that from them. She took the law in her own hands and committed premeditated murder. That is not in dispute. Now, we know who and what Brady Hartsfield was. And we know who the defendant is, a victim of Brady's, who let herself be overtaken by her rage. And we know what the law is, don't we? Now, if you really think about it, the only thing we don't know here is, which this trial will ultimately decide, is "who are you?"

而看過第二季的人都知道，當時Brady要進入臨床試驗了，根本沒有司法懲罰的可能。所以辯方律師以這個為突破口，直接以地檢方漏掉的要點開頭。中心思想就是殺人償命，最后的反問句指明是Lou替天行道，實施了司法程序不可能做到的最終裁決。 Finkelstein：

What the district attorney left out, Brady Hartsfield wasn't in court that day to stand trial for his sins. It was a competency hearing where Brady was seeking to avoid being held accountable, and as that was going on, the federal government had issued a habeas corpus motion to take control of him so that they could put Mr. Mercedes in a hospital, study him to help chart medical progress on the brain. Brady Hartsfield wasn't destined for prison or the death penalty. He was headed for "60 Minutes". He was going to be celebrated, a poster boy for the miracles of modern medicine. Ms. Pace talks about closure. Honestly, I don't even know what that means. Vindication, revenge, getting even? What's closure? My best guess is it's this feeling of settling the score somehow. Lou Linklatter settled a score, one that this justice system was not willing to address. Put him in a cushy hospital room. Give him three squares. Let him help doctors win peace prizes? That is not the score the victims of the jobs massacre had in mind. It is most certainly not closure! Ms. Pace wants to prioritize Brady's victims today, make sure their nees are met. Who do you think gave them what they crave most? The judicial process? Or Lou Linklatter?

兩個都有道理，我要是那個法官我也得撓頭。 Lou真的是越來越像Brady了。最后這一幕向律師建議召Holly作證人，說話的神態，肢體動作，唱那首Holly Holy（Neil Diamond）時的樣子，都活生生的，是Brady再現。她提議傳喚Holly作證時也有一大段獨白，這里詞匯的選擇已經不是Lou的風格，而完全是Brady。尤其是中間律師想打斷她時，她吼出的那句；I'm not finished。悚然，怪異。 所以Hodges夢中的Lou變成了女巫，要架在火上燒吧。大概在他的潛意識中，Lou已經有了危險的苗頭。在這個夢中，Rothstein說要召回惡魔，因為沒有惡魔就沒有上帝。喻意大概是Brady死后還有別的魔鬼在世間游蕩，比如殺了Rothstein的Morris（他真是喜歡聽Black Keys的歌），也許這個惡魔也指Lou。 Morris在Sauber家中的時候，心都提到了嗓子眼。氣氛極度緊張。所以他們沒找到東西后的plan B到底是什么呢？ 第四集是目前最好的一集。越來越引人入勝。 這部《梅賽德斯先生》在國外也是比較小眾的劇。IMDb上打分的人數和豆瓣差不多，分數也差不多，8.0和8.1。而《致命女人》，國外只有7分，豆瓣打到了9分，國內大熱。 第三集 Lost Love 也許Lou關在精神病院里，是一個更好的選擇。總覺得陰魂不散的Brady會教唆她做一些壞事，在他的指揮下再來一次大屠殺也說不定。 可怕的不是精神變態，而是能掩飾自己的變態。Lou能通過心理測評，是因為Brady的教導，也是她自己的演技。明明是走神了，卻說自己是在processing，騙過了醫生。 Lou和Holly對坐時同時晃動身體，既荒誕又駭人。 到現在為止，一集殺一個人的節奏：第一集的文豪，第二集好心沒好報的修理工，這一集Alma怒砍丹妮爾，就像Alma說的，We're all sick。可千萬別找上撿到錢的小男孩啊，讓大胡子男主先找到他吧——祈禱中。 鄰居艾達與文豪還有過一段過往，這一集的標題lost love說的就是她吧。Jereme開始研究文豪留下的信件等文檔，對破案可能會提供線索。這種兇手已知的偵探劇也蠻好看，就看雙方斗智 結尾處大胡子警探為艾達清唱一曲。 用的樂器是愛爾蘭fiddle，雖然長得與小提琴一模一樣，但演奏技法卻大不相同。fiddle在演奏時，很少使用顫音、撥弦及跳弦，都是一拉到底，音樂很有愛爾蘭風格。高曉松的《曉說》關于愛爾蘭的一期專門講過這種樂器和它的演奏。 主角大胡子是愛爾蘭人，口音中有愛爾蘭的特點。我在《地下診所》的評論中寫過這種特點：不發張嘴的“啊”音，看《梅賽德斯先生》可以注意他說love，不太一樣。