this be the episode that probably most closely relate to it partner law and thou shalt not kill and in that it directly bring up the ever controversial issue and why do we kill people who kill people to show that kill be wrong . this issue be present in two part within the episode represent before the killing and when the film show the dichotomy between the idealistic up and come lawyer and the street thug so catch up in his way that his life be merely a representation of what he suppose to do and follow by the period after the trial and before the execution and when both be make to suffer for the death they feel responsible for and thus share . one of the great thing about the way these episode work be in the both small and big way the story be fully develop and so that we understand both the motivation and history of character be only able to spend slightly less than an hour with . for all his criminal intention and mockery and the killer be still very sympathetic and revolve the most important part of his action around a history of accidental death . his way of kill be more a desire to control death than it be any desire to actually destroy . similarly and the lawyer idealistic naivety show one unwilling to allow death to happen in a world where he can not control it . their meeting be and indeed and important while they both have to give in to it while not propagate it . a an aside and it interest how much this episode affect view of rouge and kieslowski later completion of the trois colour trilogy . one of kieslowski big influence seem to be the idea of justice and and consider that the decalogue be a meditation on something that represent divine justice and this one seem almost the most self conscious . polarisdib .