Re: 1st Season New Amsterdam - Pilot - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> jayembee <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> I find it ludicrous that he can make a brand new desk and
>>> nobody can tell it wasn't made the week before.
>> 
>> Why?
> 
> Either it's obvious it was varnished yesterday, or it's obvious
> the wood was worked yesterday.

You've never actually looked at finished furniture, have you?
Unless the varnish is still wet or sticky, you can't really
tell if it was finished two days ago, two weeks ago, or two
years ago.

> Now, if the buyer had said "too bad you just had it restored,
> that knocks the price down $20,000" they might have been on 
> to something.

How do you know that he wasn't assuming that it was refinished,
and that $60K is the market value for a refinished piece? Why
is one line of dialogue necessary for you to accept that it
isn't an issue?
 
>>> Of course, a whole secret furniture factory behind the bar
>>> was a bit much too.
>> 
>> Why? I assumed that Omar's bar was an old speakeasy, with a back
>> room. Or the building was an old warehouse.
> 
> I like the speakeasy part, but I doubt you can keep a secret room
> that's bigger than the public area in a business without some
> inspector getting wise.

So what if building inspectors know about it?

Inspector: "So what's with the warehouse-sized room behind the
bar?"

Omar: "A friend of mine makes furniture. He uses it as his workshop."

Inspector: "OK."

Just because it's hidden from the general public doesn't mean
there's anything illegal about it.

>>> If that's a secret passage behind the mirror, why not try to
>>> OPEN it? What if the mirror had been on on, you know, a wood
>>> door?
>> 
>> It didn't *look* like it was mounted on a door. Did *you* see a
>> door knob?
> 
> But if the guy used it to carry out the body, it's a door. Let's
> take a minute and figure out how to open it.

How about "Let's not waste time looking for a way to open it,
let's just smash through the glass and get on with it"?

> Might be good for evidence and all that.

If there's a knob that the perp used to open it, then any
forensic evidence (eg. fingerprints) will be on the knob and
on the door. The evidence their case needs is the exit itself,
not the mirror that covered the entrance.

-- jayembee