 |  | Law & Order Trial by Jury |  |
Another excellent series of this top show. Law and Order Trial by Jury doesn't disappoint their fans! All the favorite and new characters which make you want to cheer them on. Frustrating at times but justice does prevail. Would highly recommend this series and wish they could do another in the near future.
September 10, 2008I bought this series cheap and it's one of my best purchases to date. Yes, i'm a fan of the other L&O programs but somehow i'd missed this series. Like others i wish i hadn't as it may still be on now. A different formula to the others in the franchise yet still (reassuringly) familiar. Bebe Neuwirth is good but just not perfect for the lead role..my only criticism. Beware, highly addicitve and then you realise it's only one series. Sad really.
August 2, 2008| | | Law and Order: The One That (Sadly) Didn't Make It. | |
Since 1990, despite many cast changes, NBC's longest running drama series Law and Order has kept us interested in the inside and out of crime on the streets of my beloved homeland New York City. The original series introduced the show's concept, the police investigations for half the show and the D.A.'s prosecution the accused for the second half. As years passed, the show became more 60/40 sometimes 70/30 in favor of 1 half of the cast (sometimes the cops, sometimes the D.A.'s). In 1999, Special Victims Unit focussed on a team of sex crime investigators and the D.A. assigned to tackle those cases. In 2001, Criminal Intent, brought us a chance to see the 1 thing I thought we would never see in a cop show. We learn from the start who done it, the cops and D.A. spend the episode trying to decipher WHY he or she did it. Now in 2005, Trial By Jury was to bring the next logical step. The accused had been already scheduled for trial, now the cops and D.A.'s spent the early stages of the show preparing and interviewing their witness list followed by the trial itself. Sadly the series was cancelled after it's introductory 3 month season, with the death of Jerry Orbach who was retired off the parent series, so he could be helpful for this series. Apparantly, the powers that be had thought so well of his character from the parent series (which he joined the cast of in 1992) that he would be able to help this series get off the ground. Unfortunately, after episode 2 he was dead, so the series continued without him but was cancelled before the last episode and worse yet, not renewed. The final episode was eventually aired when the late Court TV ran a full day marathon of the entire series and fortunately for us was included in this set. My only grievance with this set is this. Like the other spinoffs, this series had crossover episodes with other Law and Order series. One episode had its "part 1" on Special Victims Unit and concluded here. We get both parts of the story in this set, although I am certain the original "part 1" story is included in the respective SVU season set. However, another crossover is made with the parent series. The original episode aired not long after Orbach left the series and was replaced by Dennis Farina. For this crossover, we are only given the second half of the story. Why the manufacturer gave us 1 crossover in its entirety but not the other, is unfair. If they give us the complete story (both the "part 1" episode and the "part 2" (Trial By Jury) episode, in the respective Law and Orer season set, I will get on their case later. In any event, since this show was so short, I would make sure you get it whether you intend to buy the other 3 series or not. It is still "New York's finest" at their best, and we are not likely to see its like again.
February 4, 2008A good Law and Order series but not as good as the original one or the subsequent followers. The whole story is what is missing even though the end result is just as important.
July 10, 2007| | | Good series,but it has it's problems | |
I first became a fan of the Law and Order franchise when I watched the first series of the original.Then came Criminal Intent followed by SVU.I was getting hooked on the real life Crime and Punishment and I wondered why the plug was pulled.Trial by Jury was good,but it had its flaws.I'm more of a fan of the original and SVU.When Dennis Farina was brought in to replace Jerry Orbach,I thought it was a very good decision.But I was sadden Dennis Farina left the series.He and Jesse Martin's character were a good formula.Despite massive cast changes the franchise will survive.There have been a lot of talk the Law and Order franchise is in a big rivalry with the CSI franchise.This would make great TV.I watch Law and Order because I get into the story faster than CSI.When I am writing my novels I watch the Law and Order episodes,it helps with my writers'block.
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