As the franchise has been around since the 1990’s at some point we’ve all watch an episode of Law & Order. Whether it was the original, Criminal Intent or SVU; Law and Order is an iconic television franchise (yes understatement of the century I know.) The latest Law & Order series premiered over a week ago, and so far it has the potential to be another hit for Dick Wolf. I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURE.
Law & Order: True Crime is what the title says, following the true crime cases that have made headlines. While some characters and plot were added to make the story more interesting, the case itself has not changed. The eight episode first season is all about The Menendez Murders, two brothers Lyle and Erik who killed their parents and the trials that had everyone in America glued to court TV. Edie Falco stars as the boys defense attorney, Leslie Abramson, who was determined to free the boys by bringing to light what their father did to them.
Now I’ll admit this concept is not original; there has been many shows depicting other true crime cases (American Crime Story comes to mind) and the unnecessary adding makes those who may not have followed the case confused. However Edie Falco is a standout, whenever she is on screen my eyes and ears are wide open. I also thought it was smart to go with a case nearly everyone has heard of but not done to death in recent years, like the OJ trial or JonBenet Ramsey. I think Dick Wolf knew what Ryan Murphy did with American Crime Story with the OJ trial and the upcoming Gianni Versace murder and others and decided to focus on trial cases. I do hope this series does well, but I think because of other shows are doing exactly this concept my hopes are not too high. However if this show does get renewed I wonder what cases Mr. Wolf has up his sleeve. We’ll just have to wait and see.
In an update, a big congratulations to Edie Falco for her Emmy nomination.
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