[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Law and Order

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Law and Order
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1188529894.shtml


   I loved the old black and white Perry Mason series, which hasn't been
   on TV or Cable in years. But a pretty good substitute is "Law and
   Order" on NBC, with abundant reruns on TNT. I have the DVR set to
   record them, and I typically have 4-8 in the queue to watch, while I'm
   blogging or working on other stuff in my office.
   Season 18 starts this January, with Jack McCoy moving up to be the
   District Attorney. Funny, I saw Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) tell
   McCoy (Sam Waterston) he was a great attorney but was too idealist to
   make D.A.
   My favorite cast was from 1996-1998, with Briscoe (the late Jerry
   Orbach), Curtis (Benjamin Bratt), Ross (Carey Lowell), and Schiff
   (Steven Hill). A very close second is Briscoe, Green (Jesse L.
   Martin), and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) in 1999. Really, they're all
   pretty good.
   Unlike Perry Mason's foe Hamilton Burger, the prosecutors win most of
   the time, but not always. The writing is terrific, too, even if it
   does lean a little left of center.
   But O Perry, where art thou?