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"Law & Order" Dissonance (2000)



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7.0/10   17 votes
Director:
Lewis Gould
Writers:
Dick Wolf (creator)
Wendy Battles (writer)
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Original Air Date:
1 November 2000 (Season 11, Episode 3)
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Drama more
Plot:
Detectives discover that a murdered concert violinist was having an affair with her orchestra conductor. | add synopsis
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A somewhat average L&O from the Lennie Briscoe Days more

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Company:
Wolf Films more

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Quotes:
[as Carl Reger is being arrested by Briscoe and Green]
Carl Reger: My lawyer will have your jobs!
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Good. Can we have his?
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A somewhat average L&O from the Lennie Briscoe Days, 27 April 2009
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Author: newsjunkie356-1 from Southern Nevada

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This is not one of the top of the line eps. Since nearly all murders involve money, love or pride, Law & Order's biggest challenge has always been to leaven the bread, as it were, with either creative plotting or well-drawn characters. Since the show is episodic in nature (as compared to, say, "Battlestar Galactica" which is one story told across 4 seasons), creating compelling supporting characters is very difficult. One of the things that makes this one of the best TV dramas is how often such characters ARE created.

So it's hard to blame the writers for not always putting the ball in the left field corner. This show, to continue this strange baseball metaphor streak, is more like a looping single over the second baseman.

It goes through the motions until the detectives find a motive and build the case from there. And this one certainly appears to be a standard lover-scorned-lover-kills scenario.

The twist here, if one can call it that, is not that the prime suspect's wife may well be the murderer but that she's covering for him to protect her cushy lifestyle. After all, it would be hard for her to enjoy his $2M a year salary if he's in Attica.

So basically this episode fires on all cylinders but not particularly compellingly. It certainly doesn't belong the top 100 best L&O Prime eps.

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