S09E23 · SCENE 22/43 · 21:47
The Finale (1) · Latham Street / Police Station
Arrested Good Samaritan Law

Police arrest the group for violating the Good Samaritan Law by not helping the carjack victim.

21:47→22:21
in the episode · 0m 34s · S09E23
Arrested Good Samaritan Law

What happens

21:47–22:21

An officer arrests the four for violating Article 223-7, the Good Samaritan Law, which requires bystanders to assist those in danger. The officer explains the law, modeled on French law post-Princess Diana. The group is baffled. Bail is set; they face up to 5 years.

WhereLatham Street / Police Station
DriverOfficer
Positionact2 · payoff
ThreadGood Samaritan Arrest

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21:54

You people with the cheese. It never ends.

22:16

I wanna get to Latham, Massachusetts right away.

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weights 0–1
social rule violation1.0
comeuppance0.8
tense0.7
coincidence0.4
humiliating0.3
rapid back and forthinterrogation

Beats

20:17Arrested under Good Samaritan Law
20:32Law modeled on French law

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21:47–22:21
A · NBC Pilot Pickup
B · Good Samaritan Arrest
D · Prison Life

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