Law & Order - Trial By Jury

[Chris R]

The fourth Law & Order series started last night. We have another winner. :thumbsup:

Just sitting down to watch the second episode right now. (CTV Halifax - Atlantic time zone). Interesting that they left Jerry Orbach in the opening credits for yesterday and today's episode. I had a lump in my throat last night and probably will again, when I see him tonight.

Tonight's episode features Peter Coyote.

Two interesting pieces of trivia.

Fred Thompson is credited in the new show as Fred Thompson. In the main Law & Order show he's credited as Fred Dalton Thompson. :confused:

Kirk Acevedo who you may remember as Miguel Alvarez on Oz is a cast member in the new Law & Order series. He is playing Lennie Briscoe's detective partner. His character is D.A. Investigator Hector Salazar. :confused:

I thought the name Salazar was familiar, so I did some digging.

Last year on season/series 3 of 24 actor Vincent Laresca played one of the brothers involved in the Mexican drug cartel. His character's name...Hector Salazar. :confused:

p.s There is an intersting cameo this evening.

[Winter Hugohalter]

Yes,I agree the show looks good,I may have to quit watching SVU and concentrate on this one (I don't have the time to juggle 4 Law & Orders plus the TNT repeats!) Loved Bebe Neuwirth! It was painfully obvious watching Jerry Orbach that he was not well.

[Chris R]

Jerry actually looks much better in the second episode than in episode 1, IMO. His voice sounded strained in the first one.

[JorgeGvb]

Kirk Acevedo who you may remember as Miguel Alvarez on Oz is a cast member in the new Law & Order series.

Ah, I knew I recognized him, but I couldn't remember which program he was on before. Thanks!

[rpd]

Annabella is just dreamy....

[JoelDF]

I missed the first episode, but caught tonights. I liked it very much. Sad to see this as Jerry's last appearance ever.

I have a full Friday night on TV now. I have to juggle all three Sci-Fi shows - both Stargates and Battlestar Galactica, with Enterprise, Monk and now I have to squeeze Trial By Jury in there. Sci-Fi re-runs all three shows again, and USA re-runs Monk an hour later, but that puts me up til 1am now.

[trucker]

Kirk Acevedo's not the only one. I've only seen a handful of episodes of Law & Order, but I must have caught regular or guest appearances by half the cast of Oz. Different networks, but I wonder if there's a producer in common or something...

[ZenArcher]

As a Law and Order addict, this is the last thing I needed. But this show looked very good and has promise. Orbach looked tired and ill in the first episode; cast a sadness over the show. I'll miss him. I especially liked his work in Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (am I alone in thinking this his one of Allen's best?).

I like the realistic depiction of jury selection, electonic message testing, etc. Things that are part of high-profile cases we never see on TV.

There goes another hour a week.

[KLM]

I tried to watch the first episode but didn't find it captivating. I will admit that part of the reason to watch was to see Jerry's last performances. I like the original series as well as SVU and generally watch them every week.

I enjoyed last nights episode a bit more but I'm not sure if I will continue to tune in.