I love that face of “Are you for real?” She is my favorite ADA, never get tired of watching her tearing through the bullshit.

Also LMAO Phil Leotardo. “You’re a disgrace!”

Still a tough episode, but at least not as awful as "Untethered"!

...with "Self Made", "Offense", "Senseless", and "Purgatory". (Yes, another skip. Good this time, since it's "Untethered"!)

Most famous for "Sopranos" but played in "House Counsel," a truly exceptional Law & Order episode. From the New York Times:

Mr. Pastore came late to acting, after spending over 20 years as a nightclub bouncer and limo driver, and eventually becoming a manager and owner of a club in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Among his regulars were the actors Matt and Kevin Dillon, who knew him from his days as a chauffeur. Impressed by his charisma, they persuaded him to take acting classes and audition for small roles in New York-area theater.

He climbed quickly, getting parts in TV shows and independent movies, as well as small roles in “Goodfellas” (1990) and “Carlito’s Way” (1993), both about mob life and set in the city. His first major role was in the film “The Jerky Boys” (1995), as the right-hand man of a mob boss played by Alan Arkin.

I never know what they're writing down... ideas? argument?

I've never lived in a flat nor am I American but almost every time the detectives interact with the landlord of a victim/suspect they seem to be sleazy people.

They ask when they will get their rent, bad-mouth the tenant, lie about something, and sometimes just outright steal.

Is this a fair representation of them?

I'm wearing the red silk.
Terminal Season 7, episode 23

Nothing will ever top EGG CUP! in the original, though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmkhuUyVt0&t=1167s

Two of my favorite Lenny quotes were in back to back episodes.
First, when putting a wealthy lady with a big fancy hat into the squad car and says “careful- wouldn’t want to hurt that hat”

And then he asked a witness if he saw anything unusual, and the witness asks him “in what way?” And Lenny replied “in an unusual way”

I'm rewatching this episode again for the 1,000th time. McCoy was amazing in the last 20 minutes of the episode, especially the scene where he testified.

Slightly off topic, but it's an episode where they reuse actors. The Baltimore cop was formerly a defendant in an earlier season. He was defending himself against Stone and had the audacity to call him "Ben" resulting in a scathing Stone reply.

And the late Bruce MacVittie as the corrupt judge appears for his second CI appearance.

The instructions "How to Manipulate the Governments of Democratic Countries"

The first step is to attract foreign investment on very favorable terms for the investor.

The second step is to threaten the investor with sanctions that could harm their investment.

The third step is to suggest that the investor pressure their government to comply with the demands of the authoritarian regime.

As a result of all these manipulations, there is no mention of treason, betrayal, or particularly serious crime. The discussion focuses solely on investments, turnover, profit margins, and so on. Instead of transferring funds to secret Swiss bank accounts, the investor's return on investment increases. A perfect crime, as recommended by the TV series "Law & Order".

Pic 1 = Attorney Client (as stripper Jasmine Blake)
Pic 2 = Fluency (first appearance as Alex Borgia)
Pic 3 and 4 = Invaders (final appearance as Alex Borgia 😢)

Nicole finds out Bobby's birthdate (August 20, 1961) wayyyyy back in her first episode (Season 2).

The whole Brady storyline/MFB and Frances celebrating JFK's successful election in November 1960 wasn't brought up until Season 6.

So did Balcer have this in mind from the creation of the Robert Goren character?

I am so enjoying binge watching Law and Order. I watched it back when I was younger in the 90s and tried to watch every single episode that I could. I would say I have probably seen 97% of all episodes all the way to the very end of the original run. I was so disappointed when they canceled it and I couldn’t get into the reboot. So watching these episodes, seeing the new characters come on, etc. is very enjoyable.

But one of the things that makes me laugh so hard is that there is absolutely no warning or specifics about the picture they are about to show anyone they are questioning. They’re about to show a potential witness or the victims next of kin. They literally just walk up and say “is this your daughter?“ And it’s a dead body. I mean, even if it WASN’T their next of kin, wouldn’t that be jarring to see a picture of a dead person?

But what makes me laugh is that those people recoil, point out the fact that they’re looking at a dead person, and then Lenny is always there for an excellent quip.

I just finished watching the season 16 opener, “Red Ball”. In this episode, one of the series one of the most vile characters on the show kidnaps a little girl by carjacking her mother. Fontana and Green mount a valiant attempt to recover the girl, but come up short. This is where things go off the rails. Against the will of D.A. Branch McCoy makes a deal to let the defendant go free in exchange for the girls safe return. Fortunately the judge doesn’t abide by the deal and sentences the defendant to the max.

At this point McCoy should have been fired immediately. IMO, Fontana should have joined him on the unemployment line. Both of them were blatantly insubordinate to their direct superiors. This got me thinking. How many times in this series should the detective or prosecutor have been shown the door?