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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 6190787" data-attributes="member: 8158"><p>Law & Order was a masterpiece early in its run, when nobody was watching it and it struggled to avoid cancellation. It was so different from everything that came before. There were plenty of episodes that focused on the ugly reality that the good guys don't always win. Remember the one episode with the Columbians where all the witnesses died ("she doesn't have an uncle...")? Then there was another episode where they were working a murder case, and the captain was asking them if they were going to follow up on a lead that night, and the cop asks "are you going to approve overtime?" as he put on his overcoat, knowing full well the answer. Heck, some of the early detectives were even fat. Imagine that: an overweight television cop. </p><p></p><p>And then it all changed, and it became a supercop show that spun off more supercop shows. Scenery-chewing detectives like Vincent D'Onofrio dash across rooftops to catch the mustache-twirling bad guy. Diehard DA's bend the rules and damn the politics to seek justice for total strangers. It became a ridiculous parody of its former self, mutating into a bloated, incestuous franchise. </p><p></p><p>In all likelihood, this was pretty much a reaction to CSI's popularity at the time, and to L&O's credit it never got quite that ludicrous. Still, if there's a compelling argument for solipsism, the shrugging acceptance of where L&O started out and the stark contrast to where it ended up is it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felon, post: 6190787, member: 8158"] Law & Order was a masterpiece early in its run, when nobody was watching it and it struggled to avoid cancellation. It was so different from everything that came before. There were plenty of episodes that focused on the ugly reality that the good guys don't always win. Remember the one episode with the Columbians where all the witnesses died ("she doesn't have an uncle...")? Then there was another episode where they were working a murder case, and the captain was asking them if they were going to follow up on a lead that night, and the cop asks "are you going to approve overtime?" as he put on his overcoat, knowing full well the answer. Heck, some of the early detectives were even fat. Imagine that: an overweight television cop. And then it all changed, and it became a supercop show that spun off more supercop shows. Scenery-chewing detectives like Vincent D'Onofrio dash across rooftops to catch the mustache-twirling bad guy. Diehard DA's bend the rules and damn the politics to seek justice for total strangers. It became a ridiculous parody of its former self, mutating into a bloated, incestuous franchise. In all likelihood, this was pretty much a reaction to CSI's popularity at the time, and to L&O's credit it never got quite that ludicrous. Still, if there's a compelling argument for solipsism, the shrugging acceptance of where L&O started out and the stark contrast to where it ended up is it. [/QUOTE]
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