- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 1990
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The revival feels as polished and familiar as if it had never left.
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The original Law & Order is the TV comfort food we need right now. Whether the show will really go deep into examining the reality of policing in the post-George-Floyd era is still to be determined. But, judging by the first episode, it’s going in the right direction.
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You will find that, except in the manner the series was always changing, swapping new characters in and out over its many years, the taste remains the same.
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It’s a blah ending to a blah episode that only superficially resembles the series I love.
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Law & Order fans looking for their usual fix will not be disappointed by this revival; the process of making these series appears to have been perfected to a science, and the formula clearly still works. Those looking for a little something more, however, might need to stay tuned for a few more dead bodies on the sidewalk to find out.
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"L&O" is back, but it doesn't make a strong case for why it should be.
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The resurrected "Law & Order" is influenced far more by its own spinoffs than its old fans would probably prefer. Neither the dialogue nor the acting is subtle. The points made are obvious, the tone leaden and the old wryness (I really miss Jerry Orbach ) is all but absent.