Courtroom Episode: Difference between revisions

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Compare [[Jury Duty]] and [[Rogue Juror]]. See also [[Prison Episode]], which this sometimes doubles as. (Or is sometimes followed by.)

== Anime ==

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*** "Pretense" consists of a trial to determine whether Skaara or the Goa'uld [[Puppeteer Parasite|inhabiting his body]] has a right to it. Daniel and Jack share lawyering duty.

*** A third case ''almost'' happens in "Collateral Damage" when Mitchell is apparently responsible for killing someone, but avoids an actual court case since the charges were quickly glossed over under the pretense of Mitchell having diplomatic immunity. Instead the point of the episode is to prove Mitchell's innocence.

** The ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "Inquisition", which doubles as a [[Clip Show]] and features a [[Joker Jury]], has the main Atlantis team put on trial by the Coalition of Planets (which consists of the various weakling civilizations in Pegasus who were brutalized by the Wraith) for their numerous [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]] moments and general [[Moral Dissonance]] throughout the series. The episode ended with them bribing one of the judges to vote in their favor, his vote being the swing vote.

** The ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "Inquisition", which doubles as a [[Clip Show]] and features a [[Joker Jury]], has the main Atlantis team put on trial by the Coalition of Planets (which consists of the various weakling civilizations in Pegasus who were brutalized by the Wraith) for their numerous [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] moments and general [[Moral Dissonance]] throughout the series. The episode ended with them bribing one of the judges to vote in their favor, his vote being the swing vote.

** The ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]'' episode "Justice" is centered around an investigation and informal trial about {{spoiler|the death--eventually shown to be suicide--of Sergeant Spencer}}.

* The ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Justice" puts Rimmer on trial for the murder of the ''Red Dwarf'' crew.

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* The flashforwards in the ''[[Lost]]'' episode "Eggtown."

* ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'': "Tabula Rasa", in which a killer previously tracked down by the BAU it put on trial after awakening from a coma...with total retrograde amnesia.

* Courts-martial figure in several ''[[~~Mash~~ (TV)|Mash]]'' episodes:

* Courts-martial figure in several ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' episodes:

** In "The Trial of Henry Blake", the titular C.O. is accused of giving aid and comfort to the enemy after Majors Burns and Houlihan file a complaint about the lack of discipline under his command.

** In "The Novocaine Mutiny", Hawkeye is tried for mutiny after temporary commander Major Burns is accidentally knocked unconscious during an argument between the two men in the O.R. This leads to the two men providing [[The Rashomon|widely conflicting versions of the same events]] in their testimony.