>>It was a minor instance and was
>>meant to show how the crime is affecting the family,
>
>Shouldn't take you out of the show. It's for dramatic effect,
>nothing more. And it made its point, and well IMO. Too small a
>gripe to spend time on IMO.


For the most part, the show has done a great job with the small details of the various aspects of living in NYC, so seeing something so unbelievable like that took me out of the show since it does a great job capturing NYC.