L&O

Law & Order: Los Angeles, NBC's latest addition to of the L&O franchise debuted Wednesday, and we want to know what you thought of it — and what you think of every new series this season.

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We had all sorts of hot parts running through the primetime schedule, particularly with L&O tossing Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) in the sack with a material witness in a case.

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Anyway, I thought the NYTimes dude had some good points to make about L&O: The Original Series:

while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010

L&O: SVU is really good at shaming while titillating.

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What made L&O work was that for the most part it was NOT about the characters.

intertribal: while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010

L&O: Criminal Intent used to be filled with those moments, the moment when your delusion about what your action will accomplish comes crashing down, and you see the "perp" as a human not so different from you (cuz everyone has these moments, in smaller scale - "I thought they liked me," "I thought that's what you wanted", etc.).

intertribal: And if my life is like the dust that hides the glow of a rose, what good am I intertribal 2010

With the notable exception of Lenny Briscoe, with his past drinking problem and his bitter and eventually doomed daughter, L&O episodes mostly kept out of the personal lives of the characters and concentrated on the cases and the issues they raised.

intertribal: while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010

What made L&O work was that for the most part it was NOT about the characters.

while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010

Anyway, I thought the NYTimes dude had some good points to make about L&O: The Original Series:

intertribal: while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010

With the notable exception of Lenny Briscoe, with his past drinking problem and his bitter and eventually doomed daughter, L&O episodes mostly kept out of the personal lives of the characters and concentrated on the cases and the issues they raised.

while everyone else was watching Lost... intertribal 2010