Law & Order: LA (2010– )
"Law & Order: Los Angeles" (original title)

Creator:

Dick Wolf

Stars:

Corey Stoll, Rachel Ticotin, Alfred Molina

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Corey Stoll	...	Detective Tomas 'TJ' Jaruszalski (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Rachel Ticotin	...	Lieutenant Arleen Gonzalez (21 episodes, 2010-2011)
Alfred Molina	...	Deputy D.A. Ricardo Morales (16 episodes, 2010-2011)
Terrence Howard	...	Deputy D.A. Jonah Dekker (16 episodes, 2010-2011)
Skeet Ulrich	...	Detective Rex Winters (14 episodes, 2010-2011)
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Miwako Nishizawa (10 episodes, 2010-2011)

Storyline

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Taglines:

Welcome to the Wild West.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Law & Order: LA

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Law & Order Goes West (2011)

User Reviews

Superb television

Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll, two relatively unknown actors, make an intriguingly contrasting pair--one a handsome young family man with a quick mind and a nose for the hidden truth, the other older, single (possibly gay?), completely bald and endlessly patient, and bringing a profound knowledge of human nature to crime solving.

Here is a wealth of original ideas such as subtitling each episode with an area of Greater LA, which Dick Wolf knows intimately. The whole idea is to spotlight the differences between Los Angeles, a new city shaped by and built to suit the automobile, and centuries-old New York, a product of the age of sail.

There are some lyrical camera shots, almost elegiac, of the canyons and vistas of Los Angeles, of its suburbs-in-search-of-a-city lifestyle, of its public beaches, its palatial beachfront homes and its slums. Best of all is its exploration of human types, so varied yet so...well, so LA.

Alfred Molina in a recurring role as a trial prosecutor, is part Englishman, part Spaniard, he has no non-European ancestry at all. Yet he is believable as a boy of humble Latino origins who has risen high in public service. There are exciting guest stars, original yet believable plots with the "ripped from the headlines" aspect remaining an L&O trademark.

If this show fails it will be because of its harshly realistic view of gender. The first two episodes feature women who have killed without legal justification. There are other repugnant acts committed by women. L&O - SVU, this ain't!

What it is is a crime show with scripts that other great chronicler of Los Angeles Raymond Chandler might have written.