All Things Law And Order: March 2023

Friday, March 31, 2023

Law & Order Organized Crime “TAG: GEN” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order Organized Crime, “TAG: GEN (Episode 18)” which will air on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 10 PM ET on NBC.

Law & Order SVU “Bubble Wrap” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order SVU “Bubble Wrap” which will air on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 9 PM ET on NBC.

Law & Order “Collateral Damage” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order “Collateral Damage” which will air on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8 PM ET on NBC.

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Law & Order Organized Crime “Blood Ties” Discussion Topic

Here is the discussion topic for Law & Order Organized Crime, “Blood Ties” which aired on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Please feel free to add any feedback you have about this episode in the comments!

Law & Order SVU “Lime Chaser” Discussion Topic, Review

Here is the discussion topic for Law & Order SVU “Lime Chaser” which aired on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Please feel free to add any feedback you have about this episode in the comments!

My comments: I had major issues with this episode. My first issue was with Fin missing, which left a group of detectives who not only don’t get along, but who have zero screen chemistry together. Detective Bruno is the only likeable one in the group, but that is not enough. This brings me to Detective Muncy, who I like less and less with each episode. She’s immature and can’t control her emotions or her mouth. There are times a character can work on a show because people “love to hate” them, but I can’t even put Muncy in that category. Churlish bothers me a little less; she has the maturity but her issue with Velasco caused a huge rift in the group. At least she seems to be the only one with her mind on solving the case and the only one coming up with a workable solution.

The undercover portion of this episode was a mess. Churlish volunteered herself without Benson’s prior approval, certainly a mistake in understanding the chain of command. But had Churlish not done it, then who? Muncy? Some unknown detective? Sadly, the outcome would have been the same. I don’t blame Churlish for what happened to her, it would have happened to whatever woman they picked for the undercover operation. Benson’s team’s prep of the operation was horrible. First, why did they only assume the drug was only in the drink, and not in either the salt or the lime? If they knew exactly what the victim drank, they should have thought of ALL aspects of the drink, not just the liquid part! Second, if they knew the victim went into the restroom, why didn’t they find a way to get a female officer in there somehow in order to protect Churlish? Or even check out the rest room in advance and see that there was a back door out of the bar and have someone stationed to watch outside. Stupid, simply stupid. And why didn’t they have an officer stationed somehow in the hotel room or in the next room in order to assist immediately if/when Churlish was taken there? Muncy’s brother – who is not a trained police officer and seemed too familiar with how these crimes work – was not enough.

Benson also was not very likeable in this episode. Besides planning the undercover operation badly, she’s managing the team badly. Her answer to getting the team to play nice was to change their desk assignments? A "grade school" solution. Maybe resolving the issue with the team infighting would be Fin’s responsibility had he been there, but Benson as Captain needs to set the tone and outline her expectations more clearly to the group and individually. She’s treating her detectives more like petulant children, not adults that should be behaving as such. She says to Churlish that the detectives are dysfunctional and aren’t perfect but they can lead with empathy and compassion. Frankly, I don’t see that in any of them, except Fin. She’s put together a disconnected team and she likely has worsened that dysfunction. It’s too contrived that Muncy and Churlish seems to have magically bonded over this case.

I also don’t understand why Benson continues to expect Velasco to resolve that old murder case. I still think she should have never listened to the illegal recording that Churlish made several episodes back; she should have either refused the recording, or, taken it, not listened to it, and turned it in along with reporting Churlish for doing it. I don’t know how she expected that Velasco will be able to resolve the murder without his involvement coming out in the process, AND Benson’s prior knowledge of his involvement. I’m sure they will wrap it up before the season is done. At this point, I don’t care if Velasco still has a job after this is over. I don’t care if Muncy or Churlish make it past this season. Bruno on the other hand…I think he’d be a great permanent addition. But the current cast of detectives does not work for me at all.

Law & Order “Bias” Discussion Topic

Here is the discussion topic for Law & Order “Bias” which aired on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Please feel free to add any feedback you have about this episode in the comments!

My comments: This was a solid episode. Detectives Cosgrove and Shaw make a perfect team and I’m really enjoying watching these two work. My only issue with the episode is Nolan Price. It seems all too frequent that his witnesses change their testimony when on the stand, making Price look the fool. He needs to find a way to prep his witnesses better – and prep himself better! He should have recused himself from the case. I can’t believe that Jack McCoy didn’t know Price was the one who found the body and that he knew the victim. I can understand Jack not knowing Price dated the victim, but even so, Price’s involvement in finding the victim should have prevented him from prosecuting the case.

Law & Order SVU “Lime Chaser” Photos

Here are advance photos for Law & Order SVU “Lime Chaser” which will air on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 9 PM ET on NBC.

The photos feature Mariska Hargitay, Octavio Pisano, Molly Burnett, Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Michael Trotter as Teddy Muncy, Jasmine Batchelor as Det. Toni Churlish, Maren Lord as Abby Clark, and Dominique Worsley as Arlo Gregory.

Photos by:

Zach Dilgard/NBC and Ralph Bavaro/NBC)=

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Law & Order Organized Crime “Blood Ties” Photos

Here are advance photos for Law & Order Organized Crime, “Blood Ties” which will air on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10 PM ET on NBC.

The photos feature Chris Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, Brent Antonello, Rick Gonzalez, Michael Tow as Wen Shao, Angela Lin as Det. Chang, Michael Tow as Wen Shao, Kelvin Han Yee as Captain Lin, and Francois Chau as Michael Quan.

Photos by:

Peter Kramer/NBC and Ralph Bavaro/NBC

2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Law & Order “Bias” Photos

Here are advance photos Law & Order “Bias” which will air on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 8 PM ET on NBC.

The photos feature Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Hugh Dancy, Connie Shi as Violet Yee, George Hampe as Tyler Minter, and Tim DeKay as Judge Raymer.