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Law and Order: The Sixth Year
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Law & Order - Season 6 - FINALLY! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Season 6 of Law & Order begins with another cast change - Chris Noth is no longer present as Detective Mike Logan. As you may recall, in the 5th season finale, he punched out a city councilman who got away with murder and was mocking the outraged crowds. But Logan's action got him 'exiled' to Staten Island.
Benjamin Bratt takes his place as Detective Reynaldo 'Rey' Curtis. Curtis was a good cop, in need of some seasoning though, but on a personal note, I found him too parochially minded at times. The season ends with the surprising death of a main character, but to keep things interesting, I'm not listing the character here.
The 6th season of Law & Order continues the series tradition of addressing current social issues such as hate crimes, drugs, rape, racism, and various other crimes. This season also features the first crossover episode between Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street. Whether the episode from the second series is included in this set, I do not possess that information.
Of course, the cast delivers excellent performances as always, from the wise-cracking Lennie Briscoe, played by the late, much-lamented Jerry Orbach, to the passionately driven Jack McCoy played by Sam Waterston, as he relentlessly pursues justice in the cases he receives.
Now, Universal, get the rest of the seasons out!!!
Law & Order - The First Year
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Wow 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have Season 1-4, those are my favorite ones. Contrary to the most other opinions, I liked the "original cast" including season 4 the best. But however I honestly enjoy the show - cops - catch - d.a. - prosecute - and the way it interacts with each other.
Great show! 4 out of 5 stars.
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Law & Order - The First Year
Very fun to watch, especially those interested in law/police work.
Lots of things that bring you back to the early 90's, lol.
Just an enjoyable show... which is based on many true stories.
Long Live Law & Order 5 out of 5 stars.
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There had never been a series like this one. It's long lasting life gives a hint to that.
You are dealing with a TV drama that does not slip into a soap opera genre. We know little of the private lives of the police officers or the court officers. But we do know just enough to make them real people.
The stories are based on the cases presented before them. The twists and turns of finding the truth and how difficult it really is.
The Law portion deals with the investigation, the trail of clues, or lack therof. The relationship between partners. And on that note, what other show has been able to deal with loss of characters, cast changes and such with such flawless ability. No big explanations on why a member leaves and no big intoduction of the character that replaces him or her. This is sooo very refreshing!
The Order portion works in much the same way. The investigation contiues and court prosecuters have to decide so many times how to deal with such a diverse set of criminals. Sometimes they even have deal with their own ethical threads.
Amazing TV. The episodes suck you in. The cast, whichever season you watch, is above par.
Imagine, you see a case from start to finish in one hour. BAM! Thats it.
And don't think the verdict is always "Not Guilty". The juries are very human.
One warning. Be prepared to get mad...sometimes very mad. The glimpse into our judical system can be a bit surprising.
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Law & Order - The Fifth Year (1994-1995 Season)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Excellent Product & Service 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Law & Order (Fifth Year) series is excellent. I'm a huge fan of L&O and all of the spin off shows. This particular year was Chris Noth's last year as Mike Logan (until he returned to L&O CI in 2005). He was teamed with Jerry Orbach, and I think those two were the best L&O team ever. I have watched the entire series twice now and am sure I will enjoy them again and again.
The ordering process and delivery time were smooth and fast. Couldn't ask for better service. Thank you Amazon!
Law & Order - The Fifth Year (1994-1995 Season) 5 out of 5 stars.
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i ordered for my Dad and he was pleased with them .. however felt it was a bit expensive .. however he did not know when you by these tpye of full season shows they are more expensive ... other than that he was pleased ... Joy
A Great Series 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the very best in television. When can we expect Season 6 to come out on DVD???
Farewell to Logan 5 out of 5 stars.
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Classic L&O and the last season with my all time favorite detective, Mike Logan (Until he resurfaced again in Criminal Intent).
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Law and Order - The Third Year (1992-1993 Season)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
I love L&O 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you are a law and order fan you have to have this one for your collection. I thought I ahd seen all of them but there were a few that I hadn't sen. Also the extra stuff on the set is great. The intreviews give you a up close and personal look at the different characters.
Top-notch TV 5 out of 5 stars.
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One of the best years of this exceptional television series. A must for all fans.
A must-have for "L&O" fans 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Law & Order": The Third Year, once again containing cases ripped from the headlines, brings you 22 digitally remastered episodes of one of the longest running crime dramas on television. Led by Paul Sorvino and later Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks, and Steven Hill, there are cases ranging from rapes to murders. Orbach, Noth, and Florek attempt to solve these cases while Moriarty, Brooks, and Hill try to prosecute the cases.
If you're a "L&O" fan, this DVD set is a must-have for your collection!
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Contains all 22 episodes of season three - the first season with jerry orbach as a regular cast member. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/24/2005 Run time: 1045 minutes Rating: Nr
Law & Order - The Fourth Year (1993-1994 Season)
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A great cast combines with great stories to create a golden year of L&O 5 out of 5 stars.
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The fourth year of Law & Order saw the replacement of ADA Paul Robinette and Lieutenant Don Kregan with Jill Hennessy as ADA Claire Kincaid and S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren. Both did an excellent job in their respective roles, and the replacements seem to have been done on the virtue of merit and making a good fit with the rest of the cast versus some of the "eye candy" casting decisions that have been made on Law & Order in recent years. The absolute worst of these was the casting of Milena Govich as Detective Nina Cassady to replace Dennis Farina in season 17, a slot that has been reserved for the "old cop" half of the old cop/young cop dynamic since the show's beginning in 1990. Don't get me started. At any rate, the chemistry between all of the cast in the fourth year clicked wonderfully, making this one of the golden years of Law & Order. Not only that, it seems the writing made a real uptick in quality.
"Profile" was one of the best episodes ever, and really gave Michael Moriarty a chance to shine as Ben Stone. After a number of neighborhood residents are murdered, the police follow the investigation to a local man who is murdering people he doesn't feel belong in his neighborhood. James Earl Jones guest stars as a black defense attorney defending a white supremacist. Most notable is the performance of a victim shot by the defendant, who gives a spot-on example of how to testify on the stand: "I remember the voice of the first white man to tell me he didn't serve my kind. I remember the voice of the doctor who told me I had a healthy baby boy. And I sure as hell remember the voice of the man who took a shotgun and shot me in the back" - this is his reply when he is asked if he can be sure that the defendant's voice is that of his assailant. The episode also wraps up very poignantly, ending on a note that serendipitously echoes the sentiment that led to the series of murders.
A very strange and ironic case was "Big Bang" in which a woman is killed when she opens a package sent to her in the mail. The bomb ordinarily may not have been big enough to kill her, but it launched her letter opener into her neck. Logan and Briscoe initially focus their investigation on her ex-husband, a highly regarded nuclear physicist, who seems to have a large motive for wanting her dead: she was purposely making their divorce as difficult and expensive as possible. It turns out that the actual murderer was after the nuclear physicist himself. He was angry at the physicist for taking credit for his work, and not knowing about the divorce, assumed this was still the physicist's place of residence. It was just an unintended benefit for the physicist that his legal and alimony troubles were put to rest by his rival. This episode was directed by Dann Florek, who played Captain Kragen during the first three seasons.
"Mayhem" departed from the traditional formula on Law & Order - one crime from start to finish, with the first half being dedicated to police work and the last half the courtroom. Instead, this is a fast-paced and unusually structured episode in which Briscoe and Logan attempt to solve five consecutive murders which take place all over the city. The saddest of these murders, to me, was murder #5. Scotty, a man resembling Roger Ebert, is picked up and held as a suspect in a murder when he refuses to be clear about where he was that evening. It turns out the man is hiding his true sexual orientation and doesn't want to admit he was visiting a male friend. When this becomes clear to the police, Logan and Briscoe go to the jail to get him released. They are too late - Scotty was stabbed by a fellow inmate wielding a sharpened toothbrush. He's dead, and the fifth and final murder of the evening.
The final episode of the season, "Old Friends", is Michael Moriarty's last episode as Ben Stone. In it, a truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob. The victim's original business partner in the baby food company has seen something that definitively connects the hitman to the mobster who is on trial. When she learns the Russian mob is involved, though, she is reluctant to testify. She changes her story at trial, and says she never saw the hitman before. Stone is furious, and threatens her with felony perjury. Eventually, she accepts Stone's promise that he'll get her into witness protection. She testifies, and the mobster is found guilty of orchestrating the murder. Shortly thereafter, the witness is shot dead. Stone blames himself, since he pressured her so much into testifying. Stone tells Schiff he's resigning. They share a moment. Stone's last words to Schiff are "I'm clear as a bell." He affectionately puts his hand up around Schiff's ear and then exits. The episode's title refers both to the Russian mob's interconnections, and, of course, to Schiff and Stone.
I think besides the chemistry of the cast and the good plots, what I liked most about this particular season is that it seemed less "ripped from the headlines" than usual. There were an inordinant amount of truly original stories with odd twists and very good opportunities for the cast to shine.
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Relive each gripping moment as new yorks detectives & prosecutors take on the hard-hitting cases that make the news - from blackmail to mail bombs to murder. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/06/2005 Starring: Jerry Orbach Jill Hennessy Run time: 1030 minutes Rating: Nr
Law & Order - The Second Year
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A slight change in formula - but still essential viewing 5 out of 5 stars.
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Season 2 of Law and Order saw the first departure of one of the main characters. The series was originally set to film in Los Angeles, but when creator Dick Wolf won his fight to shoot it in New York, actor George Dzundza did not want to relocate his family there, and this led to Dzundza leaving the show. Thus Dzunda's character, Max Greevey, is murdered at the beginning of the first episode of the season, "Confession", an episode that deals much more with the main characters' personal lives than is typical. For example, this is the only episode in which we actually see Greevey's wife. It also deals with the effect that the murder has on Greevey's partner, Mike Logan. This episode is the first appearance of Dr. Elizabeth Olivet, a clinical psychiatrist who performs consultation work for the 27th Police Precinct and District Attorney's office in Manhattan. In this case, she is working as a grief counselor and helping Logan deal with his partner's death. Her's is a recurring role that makes guest appearances until 1997. This episode is also the first appearance of Logan's new partner, Phil Cerrata, played by veteran actor Paul Sorvino.
Because of sponsors pulling support due to the controversial subjects tackled in the first season, the network suits got involved and demanded that the show be toned down. Thus the heated discussions on topical subjects that so commonly occurred between the various cast members during the first year's episodes and made for great dialogue were largely eliminated. Instead, the "ripped from the headline" format became much more commonly used. Often, starting in this season, you'll see a particular episode that is clearly borrowed from a prominent murder case. However, the outcome of the case is often different than what actually occurred in the case from which the script was borrowed. To quote the show's creator Dick Wolf - "We take the headline, not the body copy, because the first half of the show is supposed to be a murder mystery and the second half is usually a moral mystery...it's not supposed to be the actual case".
Among the more interesting guest appearances is Jerry Orbach as a defense attorney in "The Wages of Love". Jerry Orbach goes on to play wise-cracking detective Lenny Briscoe from the middle of season three until the end of season 14. "Aria" is the first appearance of Tovah Feldshuh as high-powered defense attorney Danielle Melnick. Melnick is a recurring character throughout the series, doggedly devoted to defending her clients to the point that 11 years later she is willing to go to jail for her principles and is shot by friends of the client she is trying to defend.
The stand-out episodes include "Vengeance", in which an ex-con who is doing the medical billing for a gynecologist uses his access to patients' personal data to pick out his next murder/rape victim. D.A. Ben Stone not only has to fight the ex-con's wife who is giving him an alibi, believing that her husband is being accused because of his past, he has to fight the murdered girl's parents who are trying to have the accused extradited to Connecticut, based on a stretch of the law, because at the time Connecticut had the death penalty and New York did not. In an episode that is prototypical of D.A. Ben Stone's desire to make new law, "Sisters of Mercy" is the case of a troubled young woman who has an affair with the director of the home for recovering addicts in which she is living because the director says that if she doesn't she will be put out on the street. Stone and Robinette go for first degree rape, a charge that requires them to prove a direct threat of physical violence. Stone argues that since expulsion would have forced the girl back onto the street where she probably would have been killed, the threat to expel constituted a threat of violence. Although everyone, including his boss Adam Schiff, tells Stone that the judge will set aside the verdict because he won't share Ben's enthusiasm for making new law, Stone proceeds and wins.
The season finale, "Working Stiff", is one of those rare episodes in which D.A. Adam Schiff gets more than a few lines, and we really get some insight into his character. A powerful businessman is found murdered, and at first it looks like the murderer is an elderly cancer-striken union member whose pension and health insurance were gutted by the businessman's corporate dealings. The union member, played by Eli Wallach, does not deny the allegations and wants to represent himself at trial just so he can make public all the things the victim did to the other union members. When the case against him falls apart, further investigation reveals that the businessman was about to be indicted by the Justice Department, and that this knowledge was leaked to powerful people who stood to be damaged by it, among them Dwight Corcoran, a former governor of New York. Schiff and Corcoran are old friends, but this does not stop Schiff from making the final necessary connection between his old friend and the murder. Hill's portrayal of Schiff is subtle yet brilliant in this episode. There is also a parallel drawn between the union member and Corcoran - they are both destined to meet a slow and lonely death albeit on the opposite sides of justice. If this episode had been made in 2002 instead of 1992, you would swear that it was "ripped from the headlines" of the Enron scandal.
This second year of Law and Order just goes to show that the early years of the show hold up over time and are still essential viewing. Highly recommended.
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Law & Order - The Fourteenth Season (2003-04 Season)
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Average rating: 3.5 of 5
GOODBYE TO JERRY 4 out of 5 stars.
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The late Jerry Orbach bid farewell to his long-running stint on this phenomenally successful franchise. This fourteenth season once again demonstrates the show's timeliness in pulling stories from the headlines to create aborbing tales of crime and punishment.
The law isn't always upheld, though, as in several episodes the criminal gets off. But the stories are gripping, but not as much so as previous seasons. Orbach is fine, but Jesse L. Martin is a little cliche, and S. Epatha Merkkeson (sp) isn't given a lot to do. Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Rohm and Fred Dalton Thompson are okay, but they don't have the same effect as Michael Moriarty and the earlier prosecutors.
But the show is still on the air and darned good entertainment.
One of The Better Years of "Current" Law and Order 4 out of 5 stars.
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Okay for starters Ive watched law and Order since Angie harmon came on back in 98 even though i was only 5 years old i immeadiatly liked the show, and i have watched law and Order ever since and firstly I would like to point out that As we all know that law and order has faultered greatly in recent years though it is still good but think about everyone says that only the first several years were any good but come on people the show has run for over 17 full years the some episodes are bound to be repeated.
Secondly what is with all of the bashing of Serena Southerland, I mean she was not only the best A.D.A they every (And I'm not saying that because she's blond) had but she was on the longest lasting one two she was on for 3 1/2 years were as Angie Harmon the shows second longest lasting and second best was only on for 3 years. Oh and another thing on the subject someone said joss whedon had some sense when he kicked her of of Angel after that show's first year NEWSFLASH I watched that show when it premiered she was on the first to years and the only reason she wasn't in any of the othhers was because she joined law and order during Angels third year leaving her no time to be on that show.
And the fact that this is Jerry Orbach's final season makes this set a must buy. he played the longest lasting detective in law and order history and although I like jesse l martin as detective green he needs to leave so that he doesn't surpass Jerry Orbach and thats really all i have to say in fact the only reason i wrote this review is so that i could express my OPINION about what lots of other people are saying.
But just to keep my review close to topic this year is a must buy
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/14/2004 Rating: Nr
Law & Order: Trial By Jury - The Complete Series
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Good series,but it has it's problems 5 out of 5 stars.
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I first became a fan of the Law and Order franchise when I watched the first series of the original.Then came Criminal Intent followed by SVU.I was getting hooked on the real life Crime and Punishment and I wondered why the plug was pulled.Trial by Jury was good,but it had its flaws.I'm more of a fan of the original and SVU.When Dennis Farina was brought in to replace Jerry Orbach,I thought it was a very good decision.But I was sadden Dennis Farina left the series.He and Jesse Martin's character were a good formula.Despite massive cast changes the franchise will survive.There have been a lot of talk the Law and Order franchise is in a big rivalry with the CSI franchise.This would make great TV.I watch Law and Order because I get into the story faster than CSI.When I am writing my novels I watch the Law and Order episodes,it helps with my writers'block.
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Explore the crafting of courtroom strategies with an intimate insiders view into closely guarded defense and prosecution tactics. Includes all 13 fascinating episodes including 1 never-before-seen on network television plus the cross-over law & order: svu episode event! Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Jerry Orbach Fred Dalton Thompson
Crabbe, Buster Double Feature: Oath of Vengeance (1944) / Law and Order (1942)
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Cowboy hero Buster Crabbe fights for law and order in two rare western classics.
Law & Order Double Feature: Cross Examination/Defenders of The Law
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