It's not easy being in love. So when Nick wanted to tell Linda Cole how much he liked her, after a night of passion, he had trouble expressing himself, especially when he tried to leave her a voice mail.
It was almost as difficult as trying to build a defense for their next case. Their client Doug, a college student, was caught in possession of 30 bricks of cocaine. They had a hard time proving in court that the young man didn't know he was transporting narcotics.
He was a victim of a con artist. He let a girl trick him. He fell in love with her then she made him drive her car across the border with the drugs. She turned out to be a prostitute his father hired for him. Why did he do it anyway, even if he knew something seemed wrong? He was trying to impress her. He was in love. Nick argued that love makes a fool out of us. It shuts off a section of your brain that gives you the ability to reason. He eventually left Linda nine different messages. For the last message, he sang to her. What a fool.
This episode served to set up the situation for next week. I am sure there would be no shortage of head butting between Nick and the nasty judge Dan Aykroyd played, based on what was seen already. Judicial economy.
It was nice to see Nick's relationship with Linda continued from the previous episode; it makes his character that much more appealing. As much as Nick was uncomfortable having his love life be the subject of conversation, he used it to make his case with great effect. Even when he was undercover, his problem was still on his mind. “The next day do you call?”
Having Nick undercover and posing as a potential mark was also fun to see. The scene where Pete teased him about how good he looked was hilarious.
