Like many people, I consider myself a big Law & Order fan. I will sit there and watch a Marathon on USA all day even if I've already seen the episode a million times already.
I can recite the opening dialogue perfectly.
I like to guess the plot twists early on.
And I feel like I'm one of the only people that was happy that Olivia and Elliot never got together. I cherish their platonic relationship. It meant that men and women can coexist together and love one another without jumping into bed.
I'm also one of many people who were upset to see Elliot leave.
However I've been happy with the new faces in the last couple of seasons. Amanda and Nick have been good editions to the show. And so has the new ADA.
Law & Order was actually really good tonight. One of the stronger episodes I've seen in awhile with tonight's "October Surprise".
It was also pretty diverse. It mostly focused on the ADA Rafael Barba (played by Raul Esparza) and his former childhood friend who is also running for NYC mayor (and in this fictional world would be the 1st Hispanic mayor). They grew up together, and both wanted to leave their low income areas to become successes. Barba becoming a lawyer and now the ADA and his friend running for Mayor.
There was a lot of spanish being spoken and a lot of brown faces. To me, this was great. To see more people of color on television is always a great thing, especially if it's a show I love.
I know NBC Universal bought a major Spanish speaking network and are trying to diversified their Network (especially in the Latino department).
Tonight's episode dealt with race, class, culture, ethnically, and 'passing' (i.e passing for white). The storyline similar to the Anthony Weiner situation seemed like just a backdrop. But the political scandal of it all ties in all of these topics quite nicely.
So I give my applause to them. I was expecting a corny ripoff of Weiner, when in reality I got a fleshed out episode about friendship and loyalty, with race and class used as a tension filled backdrop.