TV and Movies

[proudlyfromNJ]

---

@VanSleepy wrote:

Chris Noth was on Criminal Intent, not SVU :-) 

---

@VanSleepy. Yup.

[Helen852]

Chris Noth was on the original L&O series with George Dzungia as his partner, George's character was killed off. Chris Noth's character left in disgrace a few seasons later.  He returned in a movie about redemption where one of the detectives was found to be a dirty cop, I think it was Profacci.  He then went on to replace Vincent DiNofrio in L&O Criminal Intent.

[muttmom]

---

@Mz iMac wrote:

@proudlyfromNJ

"I almost like the first set of people better."

I agree...

The original L&O cast of characters (before Jack McCoy) were the best and cannot be beat.

---

I must disagree.  Lennie Briscoe and Rey Curtis were the best combination and Jack McCoy was the best DA.

Max Greevey	George Dzundza	Senior Detective (Sergeant)	Main
Mike Logan	Chris Noth	Junior Detective	Main
Donald Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	Main		Guest		Guest		Guest
Ben Stone	Michael Moriarty	Executive Assistant District Attorney	Main
Paul Robinette	Richard Brooks	Assistant District Attorney	Main		Guest		Guest
Adam Schiff	Steven Hill	District Attorney	Main
Phil Cerreta	Paul Sorvino	Senior Detective (Sergeant)		Main
Elizabeth Olivet	Carolyn McCormick	Psychologist		Guest	Also Starring	Guest		Guest		Guest
Lennie Briscoe	Jerry Orbach	Senior Detective		Main
Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant		Main
Claire Kincaid	Jill Hennessy	Assistant District Attorney		Main
Jack McCoy	Sam Waterston	Executive Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney		Main
Rey Curtis	Benjamin Bratt	Junior Detective		Main		Guest
Jamie Ross	Carey Lowell	Assistant District Attorney		Main		Guest
Abbie Carmichael	Angie Harmon	Assistant District Attorney		Main
Ed Green	Jesse L. Martin	Junior Detective, Senior Detective		Main
Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	Interim District Attorney		Main
Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	Assistant District Attorney		Main
Arthur Branch	Fred Thompson	District Attorney		Main
Joe Fontana	Dennis Farina	Senior Detective		Main
Nick Falco	Michael Imperioli	Junior Detective		Main	Guest
Alexandra Borgia	Annie Parisse	Assistant District Attorney		Main
Nina Cassady	Milena Govich	Junior Detective		Main
Connie Rubirosa	Alana de la Garza	Assistant District Attorney		Main
Cyrus Lupo	Jeremy Sisto	Junior Detective, Senior Detective		Main
Michael Cutter	Linus Roache	Executive Assistant District Attorney		Main
Kevin Bernard	Anthony Anderson	Junior Detective		Main

[software]

Wow, so many cast members.

I remember S. Epatha Merkerson played a guest shot in a very early episode before she became Van Buren.   

Michael Cutter was my favorite ADA.   Super actor and he's British.  So handsome.

Most of the actors were based in NYC.   There may be one actor playing a bartender in an episode and a homeless guy in another.    it's fun to go back and find guests who are now very popular actors.   

When Rudy Guiliani was Mayor, his wife Donna Hanover had a somewhat recurring role as a judge.

Tovah Feldshuh is a very successful Broadway star who often played a defense attorney and really ran ragged over McCoy more than once.

If you are a Walking Dead fan like me, you may have seen Michael Rooker, Michael Cudlitz, Danai Gurira and Jeffery DeMunn in guest roles prior to TWD.  Lauren Cohan played a great part in an episode of SVU

@muttmom

[Annabellethecat66]

I've seen the show over and over so many times.  I like to recognize people who are now well known stars.

It's the same thing when I watch ER.  The other day I saw Wayne Brady on there.  He had to be every bit of maybe 20 or 21 years old.  They are all so young.  Makes you realize how long so many of these stars have been around paying their dues, so to speak.

ER and Law and Order are good shows because they are gritty and show the towns and the people and don't try to make them fancy and beautiful.  They look like real people, some with zits and crooked teeth...Ha!

[momtochloe]

---

@software wrote:

Wow, so many cast members.

I remember S. Epatha Merkerson played a guest shot in a very early episode before she became Van Buren.   

Michael Cutter was my favorite ADA.   Super actor and he's British.  So handsome.

Most of the actors were based in NYC.   There may be one actor playing a bartender in an episode and a homeless guy in another.    it's fun to go back and find guests who are now very popular actors.   

When Rudy Guiliani was Mayor, his wife Donna Hanover had a somewhat recurring role as a judge.

Tovah Feldshuh is a very successful Broadway star who often played a defense attorney and really ran ragged over McCoy more than once.

If you are a Walking Dead fan like me, you may have seen Michael Rooker, Michael Cudlitz, Danai Gurira and Jeffery DeMunn in guest roles prior to TWD.  Lauren Cohan played a great part in an episode of SVU

@muttmom

---

@software GET OUT . . . I had absolutely zero idea that the actor that played Michael Cutter was British . . . talk about gobsmacked! . . .

[pigletsmom]

My favorite part of this show was that there were no personal stories. They did a really good job of giving characters back stories without making them a huge deal. Anyone could pick up watching and they wouldn't be lost,

I actually disliked yhe stories about Rey cheating. Loved Jerry Orbach and Jesse L Martin. I saw Jesse Martin in person once and he was even more gorgeous than i expected. 

[software]

---

@pigletsmom wrote:

My favorite part of this show was that there were no personal stories. They did a really good job of giving characters back stories without making them a huge deal. Anyone could pick up watching and they wouldn't be lost,

I actually disliked yhe stories about Rey cheating. Loved Jerry Orbach and Jesse L Martin. I saw Jesse Martin in person once and he was even more gorgeous than i expected. 

---

The show would lose me a bit when the story line would veer off on personal drama.   But in some cases it was to come full circle like in the case of Lenny's daughter.  

[Jayhawk Girl]

I watched Law and Order from the very beginning to the very end. Some seasons and characters were better than others, but still a great show!  I miss it and still watch the reruns.

[Mz iMac]

In an early episode, Julie Roberts played a high class call girl.  Her clients were politicians.  Her fee-$2k/night.  This was years before her Pretty Woman movie playing a street hooker.