There’s not a whole lot of moral clarity available in the treacherous political and historical landscape of Syria, except that almost no one laments the downfall of the 54-year Assad dynasty.

"I hope we never lose the moral clarity to stand up when we see the little guy being beaten down, and that the public will always back those who need it most," he says.

In the absence of the killer, this trial was of people who provided him with support, moral or material.

Yet the moral impact doesn’t seem to occur to our noble hero at all.

The premise, and what’s done with it, paint “Laid” into a moral and ontological corner, which it addresses temporarily by literally opening a door.