"Law and Order" (1990 - ????) - TV Series

"Law and Order” is a series about the Cops who find the people behind the crime and the District Attorneys who try them in the courtroom. Even though this sounds usual and normal, it has a unique style of making. The winning factor for this series would be that they never show the crime like they do in other TV series in this Genre. The viewers will be traveling with Detective Briscoe, Detective Greene and also doubting and debating the rights and wrongs with ADA Jack McCoy.

With respect to the cases and the flow of it, one could not ask more from this series. The screen texture itself brings in the day to day life of any metropolitan city. I guess people from New York City may very well associate it since it is very real and happening next door. Some times you may know that who is the culprit but the way it is being investigated, interlinked and how it is been approached in the courtroom is what makes “Law and Order” a different and intriguing master piece in the series making.

Little will be portrayed about the main characters with respect to their personal life and that makes it even more interesting on what their stand go for in each assignment. You seem to wonder whether they are all real time Cops and Attorneys. Sam Waterson who appears as Executive ADA Jack McCoy made me seriously doubt whether he has been a lawyer for a long time. Every take is comprised of lucid originality and clarity of the characters.

No wonder this series took three to four spin offs and also successful screening for more than 16 years. Off which, “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” is a strong contender for next long series as that of “Law and Order”. Both the shows reveal how gritty and brutal are the crimes that are being committed and how the justice system punishes them or sometimes fails to provide the closure to the victims. Every episode will make you question the system & also justify it.

Overall, one of the best series Television has ever produced. Watch it and question your conscience.

(Thanks to Mathi for proof reading)