Over the past five weeks I've received feedback from many readers telling me how much they love "Blind Justice." But with the good comes the bad. Others think it's too unrealistic and is therefore garbage.
They make a good point. We all know that it's not impossible for a blind person to get a job, but are we actually supposed to believe that a blind guy could handle being a homicide cop?
But maybe blind people aren't succeeding as well as they could be in the regular job scene because they're not given the chance.
According to the World Blind Union, which represents over 180 million blind people in 158 countries across the world, "we are met by prejudice and discriminatory attitudes and legislation, preventing us from full and equal participation in society."
This is exactly why I admire Jim Dunbar, the star of "Blind Justice." No one can know for sure that a blind person could never do in real life what Dunbar does on TV. If the blind are not given the chance, who can say it will never happen?
In this week's episode, Dunbar proves again that by using his noodle, he can make up for his lack of sight.
In what definitely was the creepiest episode of the season, a criminal is on the loose. He rapes women and slashes Zs in their faces. But the culprit isn't Zorro.
After further investigation, Jim discovers that when you combine two angled Zs, you create a swastika.
Besides being on the market for a good plastic surgeon, the victims are ex-sister-in-laws and their brother and ex-husband is in jail.
His name is Dressler and he's a card-carrying member of the Aryan Nation, a white supremacy group. Obviously the guy can't rape women from his jail cell, so he's not a suspect. But a guy who was raped by Dressler and other Aryan Nation convicts while in jail is now out and trying to get back at Dressler. He stabs and rapes his ex-wife and sister in an act of revenge.
After his confession of the crimes, he shoots himself under the chin and splatters his brains all over the living room to avoid going back to jail. Karen unfortunately sees the act and later tells Jim, "In this case there's some stuff you should be glad you couldn't see."
So you may laugh at "Blind Justice" and think it's ridiculous that a blind guy is making a go as a homicide cop. You may be right. But until it's proven impossible, I'm going to continue to hope that there's a blind or handicapped person out there who is inspired by this show and is going to prove us all wrong someday.
Have you been able to catch an episode? Let me know what you think.
"Blind Justice" airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on ABC. Check back next week for a recap of episode No. 6.
Daniel Swier is an associate editor of the Web Devil. Reach him at daniel.swier@asu.edu.
