Thursday, February 29, 2024

Law & Order “On The Ledge” Discussion Topic




Here is the discussion topic for Law & Order “On The Ledge” which aired on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Please feel free to add any feedback you have about this episode in the comments!

6 comments:

BB said...

How the Hell is Price acting DA

He's a weeb and unworthy of the title

Laurie F said...

@BB - don't worry, it won't last long! Price may have been the senior ADA - what they called the Executive District Attorney, what Jack was before he became DA. It was probably just by default for the time being.

I think Price is written badly and has been since day 1.

I like the case although it was obvious that the guy that Shaw "saved" would be the perp later. It was an interesting story for Shaw.

I'm enjoying Law & Order this season and am very interesting in what trouble will come with the new DA.

Laurie F said...

PS - I don't remember Jack calling Price the Deputy DA but that doesn't mean it didn't happen!

bbird said...

I think Price is "Acting DA" in the sense that he's the temporary boss within the office (like, people will still be committing crimes, prosecutors will have to be assigned to cases, etc) but lacks full executive powers.

But man, I don't like Price. That scene between him and Shaw really highlighted how he comes off as a privileged crybaby weasel. Jack McCoy of old would probably do the same thing (force Shaw to testify) but he'd be totally forward about it and you'd get where McCoy was coming from, because his views on justice and accountability were firmly established within the series.

SH said...

This episode was good. I can't speak to the "DA" change because this is my first time experiencing such a change while watching the show (started watching the "original" when the revival began).

I'm enjoying the Original and Organized Crime's seasons so far. I just believe this current season of SVU is a dud. I'm hoping they finally do what they promised soon, which is returning to previous cases from earlier in the series.

Ry A said...

The Executive ADA is usually the nominal "second in command", and would be acting DA until a new one is appointed, but until last episode it's never quite been clear if Price is the EADA or not. McCoy definitely called him the Deputy District Attorney (which may be the new title for the EADA...it's not unheard of...). But Law & Order has always been annoyingly inconsistent with the DA hierarchy (Cutter being EADA, but then being SVU Bureau Chief could make sense - McCoy's replacement might bust Cutter down to Bureau Chief - except the promo material claimed it was a step up...but then the show actively contradicted that when Tutuola outright said that Executive ADA David Haden was 2IC of the DA's office).
But it annoys me too :)