Law and Order Marathon Alert -- July 4th

TNT of course -- already running.

So far I've watched some classic episodes....

-- the one about the popmpous black guy who was a Wall Street broker that kills his boss because his boss found out he was a fraud and was going to blow the whistle on him. "not only am I better than them Detective Logan, I am better than you."

-- the one about the murder of an abortion doctor

-- the one about the Sex Rangers (the high school kids who make a snuff film raping a girl),

-- the one where the guy blows up a building and he and his lover frame his lover's husband for it

-- And right now the one where the daughter of a guy convicted for murder is arrested for shooting a psychologist who was an expert witness in her father's trial......

This goes on all the way until 10 tonight. I am supposed to be headed to a picninc at 2 -- I honestly have mixed emotions about going now -- I might just blow off the entire day and lay here, drink some beers, grill up some burgers and watch all of these episodes.

I can't imagine a better show has ever been made.

 

Are they showing either "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" or "The Blue Wall"? Those are classics.

 

Here is the schedule (Ok I'm officially an addict)....

8:00 AM Law & Order - Rage The probe of a Wall Street executive's murder leads to a top broker who has a history of criminal behavior.
9:00 AM
9:00 AM Law & Order - Progeny An anti-abortion organizer faces prosecution when a follower shoots a doctor who performs abortions.
10:00 AM
10:00 AM Law & Order - Performance The investigation of a pornographer leads to a gang of teens who videotape their sexual exploits with female classmates. Peter Facinelli guest stars.
11:00 AM
11:00 AM Law & Order - Act of God The detectives suspect a demolitions expert in a construction-site explosion that kills a boy.
12:00 PM
12:00 PM Law & Order - Expert Briscoe and Curtis investigate the attempted assassination of a forensics expert.
1:00 PM
1:00 PM Law & Order - Castoff Detectives search for the killer of a physician who had a dangerous sex life; an attorney maintains murders are a result of too much television.
2:00 PM
2:00 PM Law & Order - Blaze The lead singer in a retro rock band is under suspicion of causing the deadly nightclub fire that killed his bassist and 22 innocent customers.
3:00 PM
3:00 PM Law & Order - Fixed Fontana and Green reluctantly investigate after a motorist strikes a child-murderer and leaves him for dead, and the evidence they uncover leads McCoy to a startling discovery.
4:00 PM
4:00 PM Law & Order - Refuge (1) The discovery of a body in a car trunk leads the detectives and attorneys on the trail to a high-level money-laundering operation controlled by ruthless Russian gangsters.
5:00 PM
5:00 PM Law & Order - Refuge (2) McCoy's zeal to bring down the Russian Mafia takes him all the way to the United States Supreme Court, defying a direct order from Schiff.
6:00 PM
6:00 PM Law & Order - Mother's Day A well-to-do teenage girl is killed by a hit and run driver, but what turns out not to be an accident is a tragic tale of the city's failed mental health system.
7:00 PM
7:00 PM Law & Order - Evil Breeds A holocaust survivor who was about to testify at the deportation trial of a former Nazi is found murdered in her apartment, and there are multiple suspects. On top of the list is the Nazi about to be deported, and the second, a seemingly normal record producer, who is a neo-Nazi in disguise.
8:00 PM
8:00 PM Law & Order - Cost of Capitol A murder victim, a young banking associate, has hundreds of thousands of dollars in a checking account, which may be a clue to the case.
9:00 PM
9:00 PM Law & Order - Tombstone A promiscuous lawyer ends up bludgeoned to death in her office, and detectives treat her former lovers as suspects until DNA evidence points to a co-worker.

 

No Ben Stone.
No Robinette.
Damn.
But "refuge" is the best two-parter they ever did, just edging "Torrents of Greed."

 

No Mesuccis

 

"I love that woman."
-- Mike Logan, after Don Masuccis's sister slaps the Don.
Great moment.

 

One of my favorite new ones is about an OCD guy that pushes the friend of his ex-wife in front of a subway train.

They find out that the guy had his kids brainwashed. Pretty good.

Honestly, I loved the summer of 1999, when TNT showed A&E showed a L&O while CourtTV showed Homicide.

I really didn't know what to watch.

 

No Mike Bodack and no "The Troubles" the episode that got me hooked on this series. Best opening scene ever.
I was thinking if I was ever charged with murder I'd want Dennis Boutsikarius' lawyer defending me - that sneaky bastard. If it was a white collar crime it would be the character Arthur Gold.

 

The Russian mob duo thisafternoon was classic, but they needed to go back-to-back with Larry Miller...