About Last Night…THE VOICE, ALL RISE, and SONGLAND
May 5, 2020 by Marisa Roffman
“Dancing at Los Angeles”– With Los Angeles under a mandatory shelter-in-place order and trials piling up, Judge Benner authorizes Judge Carmichael to preside over a virtual bench trial, a case regarding a dispute between brothers over a car, on the virtually produced, timely episode of ALL RISE, Monday, May 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. While Emily represents the defendant, Kurt Beto (Mo McRae), Mark represents the prosecution, marking the first time he tries a case in Lola’s “court.” Also, Mark and Quinn (Lindsey Gort) explore how to continue their romantic relationship while quarantined in separate homes; Judge Benner oversees court from afar and learns to cook; Sara finds temporary work as a food delivery driver; Luke and Emily’s relationship is taxed by separation; and germaphobe and type-A Sherri contends with the new world (dis)order. Throughout it all, unknown dance party DJ Tailwind (Dorian Missick) offers a comforting, irreverent voice for all Angelenos in lockdown by sharing his music and thoughts via his laptop at home. Pictured (L-R from top) Lindsay Mendez as Sara Castillo, Wilson Bethel as Mark Callan, Lindsey Gort as Amy Quinn, L. Scott Caldwell as Roxy Robinson, Ryan Michelle Bathe as Rachel Audubon, J. Alex Brinson as Luke Watkins, Jessica Camacho as Emily Lopez, Ruthie Ann Miles as Sherri Kansky, Paul McCrane as Judge Jonas Laski, Simone Missick as Lola Carmichael, Todd Williams as Robin Taylor, Patricia Rae as Judge Delgado, Peter MacNicol as Judge Campbell, Marg Helgenberger as Lisa Benner, Reggie Lee as Head DDA Thomas Choi, and Audrey Corsa as Samantha Powell Photo: Screen Grab/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Let’s talk about Monday night’s TV!
THE VOICE: I’m really impressed with the video quality of the show, and it did feel like the singers were performing relatively unpolished. It was a nice touch to see the coaches reacting to the performances as they happened.
However, yikes to the filters. The singers are talented enough and didn’t need the weird—distracting—extra elements. I really hope next week’s performance show is more stripped down.
ALL RISE: I can’t believe Mark and Lola’s first time facing off wasn’t even in-person! In some ways, it’s absolutely perfect/fitting (and probably led to a little less shenanigans than in-person), but it’s also crazy it happened this way.
It was an incredibly ambitious, but believable episode. Not many shows could fundamentally pull off a believable quarantine episode—so many are set in essential fields, so the characters wouldn’t be home—but the show was fun and felt naturally in the world.
SONGLAND: There were other good songs, but it was very clear “Girls Like Me” was the right song for Martina McBride. But I really do hope the songwriters get to work with her in the future, like she indicated she wanted.
Which shows did you watch last night?
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