皇家律师第三季

Accidentally read a review on Silk. It mentions that the justice procedure of the Law of England & Wales is a procedure based on the theory of truth agnosticism, which means it despises the pursuit of the truth. Thus neither of the prosecution and the defence can regard themselves as equalling to the justice itself. What they perform is just to protect their clients' interests. This is the ultimate justice the law can grant to the beings to protect themselves. That is, innocent until proven guilty.

However, this arouses a controversial debate on barristers' ethical duty. Theoretically, a barrister owes duty of not misleading the court. This duty comes first When they represent their clients to seek for a justice conviction. Therefore a barrister is not allowed to represent the client if he or she has the knowledge of the crime commitment made by the client. Otherwise it will amount to contempt of court. What the barrister can only do in such a situation is to cease the representation relationship to protect the justice of the court. Nonetheless, since the law practice industry is the derivative of current economic demand, most lawyers, usually intend to represent clients and maximise the clients' interests by shunning the truth deliberately. This is the formation of grey area.

Back to the series. Season Three explores what the lawyer and the justice system can do when confronting the truth and humanity. Martha Cestello is built to be a figure of justice. This justice more likely represents the sympathy to the weak side, rather than the pursuit of truth. Just like Martha says the justice (for her) aims to providing best defence for the client. She is always doing her job based on a barrister's intuition and her obsession of the truth. But such a basement could be voidable. The case of extradition proves the voidability of the powerless intuition on her not guilty assumption made to the kid who seems innocent when facing an incontrovertible evidence. Another case is about Martha's ex. When she finds out the name list, she is totally convinced that her ex is the murderer and neglects the most obvious evidence that the murderer is left-hand, but Shawn is not. Because her belief has been a little bit conflicted by the extradition case at that time. It is easily to see her emotional struggling here since she has assured the 'truth' that Shawn is the murderer. But she chooses to represent him continuously even this is an obey to both her belief and the enforced obligation posed on a barrister. At the end of season 3, Micky Joy crushes out the truth, but the court gives the direction of not adopting Joy's testimony since it does not comply with the juridical procedures. This is so ironic. When the trial is finished, Martha has completely lost and asked: who am I.

In the end, Martha's disappearance and Billy's cancer seem to be a metaphor that being symbolic for an era curtain that belief of justice is no longer exist in a contemporary law practice. Clive gets the chairman position only because he can ensure the case amount for Shoe Lane, which turns out that the value of justice has become the value of lawyer fee.

English series are so ironic.

有关键情节透露

run for your life 这是mickey给martha最后的忠告

最后一集 终于clive变成了原来放荡不羁爱情色的clive，martha却不再是那个机智的QC

唇红齿白 干净利落的短发 谁说martha是倏尔一变呢 难道忘记了成为QC之后 在第二季里丢弃了的手拉车 和精致的high heels


EP06 keep out


7'
- So you can't say where it was from.
- I was told.
- You were told? Sorry, sorry, sorry. You were told?
When things go wrong, this is how they go wrong.
- I'm sorry?
- This prosecution, these police officers, you.
- What are you all saying?
- We've found our man, now let's make the evidence fit.
Well, that is the wrong way round and this is how miscarriages of justice happen.
It should be "- look at the evidence
- and see who fits it. "
- Is this a speech?
- It's a description of everything that's wrong with the prosecution and police culture in this country.
- Just put your case, Miss Costello.
- You can't be sure it was a 9mm pistol because you need the cartridge for that.
The striations caused by its journey down the barrel of the gun tell you what the weapon was.
So you can't say what this type of gun was,
and anyway, you don't know how rare a 9mm pistol is in the UK
because your statistical database is too narrow.
-And that was all performance.
Ask the question, sit down before it can be answered
and then the question becomes the answer.
It's a dishonest technique.
What I should have said is that Miss Costello is doing her job,
which, unless she believes everything her clients tell her,
means her working life is one big performance.




Jamming a square peg in a round hole.


33'
I knew I was a grown-up from the age of about five,
because I thought all other children were wasting their time - being children.
That's the thing about the Catholic faith.
Teaches you to take life seriously.
You pay attention.
My fifth birthday. I'm trying to find the courage to dive in.
I remember it as if it was yesterday.
It's the last moment in my life
before I started to think about death.
Everybody goes, Billy.
There are three things that matter.
The manner of your going.
What you leave behind.
And where you're going afterwards.






48'
You lose your heart to every case you take, don't you?
Passion, conviction, fearlessness.
All of them admirable qualities,
and all of them qualities shared by DCI Fitzpatrick.
- He's... - The other side of the same coin.
- No. - You only see what you need to see.
Look at the jacket.
- What?
- The blood on the sleeve means Sean's guilty, doesn't it?
Fitzpatrick wins, you lose.
The blood on the right sleeve.
The wound behind the left ear.
The killer's left-handed. Sean isn't.
You win.
- I didn't think... - No, you didn't.
You lost a game you could have won.
- Game? - And there's another game to play tomorrow
and, like all games, it's about winning and losing,
and that means everyone in it is corrupted.
After years a lawyer...
..Finally...
..At the death...
I've stopped playing the game and I told the truth.
I can't tell you how good that feels.
- What are you saying?
- I'm telling you.
Begging you.
Walk away.
No. Run.
Run for your life.
Martha.

EP03 Things don't add up
3季应当合并为一个整体来看，1季着重一个律师的成长，2季着重一个律师的职业技能，3季着重一个律师的职业操守和爱情，这个律师当然是MC。

这一集非常丰富，从PTSD，到天主教义，到伟大的母爱，这种“剥洋葱”式的故事讲述，最终能把故事圆满了，不容易。

1'28 day's already been seized, strip-searched and sentenced.

4'21 I always thought you were a great loss to Parliament, Billy.
I can just see you whipping the backbenchers into voting for some illegal war without them ever quite knowing what they were voting for.

4'40 She's a cross between Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and a small Rottweiler.

5'12 You have lots in common, you and Elizabeth.
Brave, strong...
- Pale. - Pale.
- Surrounded by men. - Surrounded by men.
Saying no to all of them.

6'10 You can argue about an individual's right to die, but not putting murder on the indictment here would send a huge message. It could open the floodgates to anyone who wants to...finish off a burdensome relative.We, the law,can't allow that to happen.

6'30
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
to the last syllable of recorded time.
And all our yesterdays
have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
Out, out, brief candle."

express a desire to die.

18'39
While none of us can be anything but profoundly moved by the tragedy of the situation that Joanna Stephens found herself in,or by the desperately hard situation that Sarah Stephens faced...no-one,has the right...to play God.

adjusting to her new circumstances.

I take instructions from my client,
whereas you take instructions from a supernatural entity
that can't be cross-examined,
but whose wisdom you ask us to take as read?

Don't ever do what I'm about to.

EP02 U don't Know Football

Jordan成了英格兰足球史上一个出柜的运动员 虽然是在电视剧里 而且只是对自己的律师

Martha这一回第一次表现出比较感性的态度 询问client究竟怎么辩论 Clive和Martha末尾的drama 也印证了Martha对于client的态度

（27‘）实际上这一集讲work and family多一点 上一回Bill的医师讲到他会哭得多一点 这一回就哭了两次 You'll be there forever. 是大家对他的认可 也或许就是他自己对Shoe Lane的态度

Ps. Jack吃的是什么 （¯﹃¯）看起来就好好吃





EP01 Leave Me Alone

一部剧能够成功不仅需要情节的推进 主角的表现 台词的雕琢 很大程度上需要配角的支撑 比如这一集的CW 本来没什么表演（32‘）但是白色窗帷吹拂着 她put the exact date when she lost her chance for motherhood 作为QC 还需要怎么样的drama 怎样的表演呢？

和韩剧相比 英剧真是太简练了 不需要街拍一样的秀服装 每一帧都在推动情节 （48’）比如Ruby看着Shoe Lane 而Marsha从反方向走过来 被告知David losing himself的事实 而dad又恰巧走过来 不难猜测Rudy需要怎样的勇气来告诉他这个残酷的事实 哎……

副线Billy的情节也很灵动 真是内容丰富！

Ps （7‘）我真以为他们会在法庭上做爱呢

    
    第三季一开始就给了我们温暖和悲情兼并的暗示，clive得到了silk，终于可以和martha说我爱你，而且前半部分一直很老实，基本没有再像前两季一样只用下半身思考......但billy的身体每况愈下，办公室又来了一个处处与他作对的哈瑞特（我看到很多人给她的评价都是绿茶婊——看起来兢兢业业，倡导女权，实则处心积虑，偏心极强，欲擒故纵）其实看第三季上半部分我没觉得她怎么样，但最后她和精虫上脑的clive滚在办公室桌上的时候，内心不仅蹦出一个大大的艹！！服从于新鲜和刺激感的软弱，让人绝望又悲伤。

    看到第四集的时候，我对皇家律师的结局设想还大体没变，看得出来billy在安排后事，比如送走jake...这些都还算是夹杂着小悲哀的温情，但到了五六集，基调和情节走向突变，米奇再次出现，像掌控一切的神明一样，他像君王一样召唤billy和clive，告诉他们要拯救martha，谈着自己的童年和人生，那段对话（他对billy说，自己五岁的时候就知道自己的内心已经成年，五岁的自己看着身边的那帮小孩儿，看着他们浪费时间和生命，看着他们把时间浪费在“做小孩”上）和剧情毫无关系，我个人认为那只是编剧或导演自己想和我们说的话，他让无所不知又卑鄙不堪的米奇，让求便有得却失去自由的米奇，对着荧幕，对着我们，静静地说着那番话。到底是做小孩好，还是做大人好，孩子的天真也是愚蠢和无知，长大之后内心就能成熟吗，不一定，但小孩子就不能有历经沧桑千疮百孔的内心吗，有可能。台词的作者，想跟我们表达什么？

    第三季的案子大多有一个特点，直觉判断或者深入分析过后的结果，都与真相大不相同。无辜羞涩的少年才是暴动的幕后使者，狂躁暴力的男子却是黑帮势力的替罪羔羊，什么是真，什么是假，不仅我们在问，剧作人应该也在问。（剧作人有过做律师的经验，否则皇家律师也不会拍的如此专业）

    第五集第六集开始一切都在崩裂，官司，爱情，亲情。无辜的前男友被一次又一次地发现不利证据，米奇作为证人出庭说出实话也没能挽救局势，虽然保护了martha，但自己的性命毁于一旦，billy的癌症注定了他的离开，还剩下一个clive，最后还是和哈瑞特滚在了一起。那么martha能依赖谁呢，她仍旧是身处危险的。有人说结尾处martha迷失了自我，她消失在billy的眼皮底下，像个不曾存在的梦境。观众呢，作为观众的我也迷失了。看完就去查新闻，我才发现第三季真的是剧中，而且不是收视率低的原因，那就是剧作人的意思了。为什么呢，留给我们一个糟糕的结局，路还没有完，观众却知道前方一定是黑暗。

    可笑的是，clive一直强调martha太善良，她的正义和温暖总会让她成为被利用的对象，最后的最后他告诫martha的前男友，不许利用她的善良...可难道他就从来没利用过martha的这个软肋吗，他的懦弱、花心和时不时的奸诈，当他无助时用小狗一样的眼神看着martha说她才是他世界上最信任的人的时候，martha难道没被利用吗。

    有些英剧有个特点，就是虽然很棒但我不想再看第二遍，比如黑镜，比如皇家律师。时不时向你展示出来的人性黑暗和生命的悲剧走向，总让人难以回味第二遍。

    看来时不时还得看看低情商低趣味的美剧，修补修补心灵的内伤...

第一季以及第三季都是连贯的，连贯起来是个完整的故事。
第一季这是观众入门，你看的热血沸腾，而且非常感性，这是玛莎擅长的，也是观众看剧的情感切入，正义加情感，无罪推定，观众立即站在玛莎的视觉，理解一些。但是真正的事实掩藏在局里，是显而易见的，就是观众的情感视角，所以并不被察觉，她的原则其实和法律有矛盾之处。但是它是逐渐递进的，随着观众对司法的了解而递进，观众将变的专业，当专业过后，才能引入矛盾和思考。
第一季我们看到了玛莎的无可争议的辩论，我们完全信任她。第一季全部都是法律的信仰。
第二季是关于信仰和事实。这里引入了一个重要的角色的动摇，那就是比利。
玛莎代表了信仰，比利是经纪人，他的工作是深入到现实生活里，他的信念支持是法律的信仰。如果他是一个完全信仰法律的人为什么他不去做律师呢。当然他有自己现实的一部分。玛莎之所以能毫无顾忌的行驶正义，是比利给了她一个发挥的舞台。当很多律师都在现实和信仰里平衡时，只有玛莎没有。我们觉得玛莎是对的。就像我们很多的理想不现实，但我们觉得应该义无反顾。但比利如果倒了，她就没有发挥的舞台，变得很局限。她知道，所以在后面她开始介入事务所的投票之类的，挺比利。
玛莎在上一季，我们看到她的情感牌。她是个重视情感的人，比利是她非常重要的人。当比利陷入陷阱的时候，她是一定要救的，她在法律面前，必须权衡利弊得失，每个人都要这样，无论是被控诉的还是起诉的还是律师，还是经纪人，她陷入泥潭拯救了比利而顺利脱逃。她险胜，但是比利在这里就到了极限。
第三季是玛莎的极限。同样是情感，她胜利在于情感，但败也败在这里，太看重情感而忽略真实。她的初恋，她一直被他那句深深的吻她令他觉得仿佛到了天堂而陶醉，二十年后，他们提起这个心动的时刻，玛莎的念旧情，其实一下子爆发了，他轻易地相信了他。其实呢，事实呢，其实这只是那个男的招数。接下来那个米奇就玩弄了一个关于事实的招数，可是玛莎必须要救初恋的信念高于一切，她这个时候是利用了法律的。于是在最后，我们看到了所有的人其实都可以玩弄法律为了想要的事实，包括要捍卫它的最好的律师，也有低头的时候，这是人的局限。法律是死的，必须由人来行使，这是法律的局限。
终于我们看到了一个律师的极限，一个人定的社会规律（法律）的局限。
全篇结束。留下来了一个问题，法律并不能成为唯一的衡量人性，惩罚利弊的考量，那么是什么呢？我们怎么知道，这只能由观众们去寻找了。

Billy让人想起老一辈在对待事业、工作和朋友的方式，有侠义也有暗箱操作，坚强不可摧的外在包裹着一颗铁胆忠心，虽然在时代的潮流下，逐渐被淘汰，换上Harriet这种事事均可与目标利益挂钩的高效运营。不能说谁的做法更好，但剧中明显偏向塑造Billy的高大形象，从而反映出英国人对旧时代和传统的怀念，希望有过去的情怀，可是又被迫面对冷漠的现在，那种复杂的感情是每一个人面对时代交替、甚或年龄渐长时都会有心态，诠释得非常好！

其实我也是Billy的脑残粉，呵呵，原因是忽然看到某些他的举动让我想起老爸，比如即使有很大的苦衷却不愿意与家人分享而独自承担；为你做一件事不论过程有多复杂困难，最终只给你一个圆满的结果；以及几十年来为数不多的一两次看到他的无助……这一切一切让我非常感同身受。

或许一个法律外行看这个剧只能感受到皮毛，但人性本来就是终极哲学，不论哪个行业都有对良心的拷问，只是法庭上、案件中所揭露的人性可能更加直接，因此一直也对多了解一点法律的相关很感兴趣。