LAW & ORDER, NBC's long running crime drama, has been so successful largely because it has a formula that emphasizes story over character. This collection contains the show's entire first season, and it is evident how well the formula works from the outset. Each show begins with the police discovering a crime and for the first half-hour two detectives (here it's Noth and Dzundza) wade through the evidence to come up with a prime suspect. The second half hour follows the suspect to trial and is told from the DA's point of view and allows the show to dissect the intricacies of the US legal system.
Episodes Include:
Disc 1:
Prescription For Death
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
Disc 2:
The Reaper's Helper
Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die
Happily Ever After
Everybody's Favorite Bagman
Disc 3:
By Hooker, By Crook
Poison Ivy
Indifference
Prisoner Of Love
Disc 4:
Out Of The Half-Light
Life Choice
A Death In The Family
The Violence Of Summer
Disc 5:
Torrents Of Greed, Part 1
Torrents Of Greed, Part 2
Mushrooms
The Secret Sharers
Disc 6:
The Serpent's Tooth
The Troubles
Sonata For Solo Organ
The Blue Wall
(6 Disc)
Production Year: 1990
Starring: Carey Lowell ; George Dzundza ; Jerry Orbach ; Michael Moriarty ; Sam Waterston ; Chris Noth ; Jesse L. Martin ; Paul Sorvino