I know that yes, unfortunately Law and Order: Los Angeles got axed after only one season, but really the series was finding its feet. Anyway, so here we are with Echo Park, the second episode, and on reflection (and I'm not Law and Order expert by far), the lack of intros with the Order team (lead by Skeet Ulrich) and then the Law team (I think there was an episode of Friends that questioned why the series wasn't called Order and Law), well, I wonder if that kind of dampened the expectations on Law and Order fans. Also, I think the rotating nature of the Law Team was a bit jarring but still. Anyway, here we have a Mansonesque cult and also prosecutorial misconduct. Teri Polo makes the first of her three appearances as Casey Winters.
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Dude, you are so fired
andrew-ragland17 November 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I was going to give this series three episodes before I made up my mind whether to continue following it or not. This episode cut that down to two. The ADA on the case would have been so fired in real life, between his insubordination, his stipulation to a political third rail issue, and general conduct. Also, can someone please get Peter Coyote a toothpick to get those bits of scenery out from between his teeth? The story itself was listless and unoriginal, a painful mishmosh of Manson's cult (which was lampshaded by a couple of the characters) and a 1970s Movie of the Week. The acting was generally flat, with only Teri Polo giving any real depth and emotional content to her performance as the conflicted (and possibly coercive) former detective married to the investigating detective on the current case. Ms. Polo has very expressive eyes, and I hope that she finds a better role in a better series in the very near future. I'm done with this one.
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