BLACK AND WHITE TITLE CARD: In honor of the end of Law & Order: Original Recipe, Alan is asking readers to come up with a L&O "dream cast." Your rules--have to be characters who appeared at some point in the role you have put them in (no Det. van Buren or ADA Schiff), and Wiki has a helpful chart--other than that, be creative. There are a few selections that no one's going to fight over--anyone want to argue for Cragen over van Buren as Lieutenant, or for Lenny Briscoe not to be Senior Detective? That second cop slot is a hard one (Ed Green? Rey Curtis? Mike Logan?), and while I expect general consensus on Claire Kincaid as one of the two ADA's, and that Jack McCoy fits into pretty much everyone's lawyer list somewhere, the third wheel is tough.
Personally, I went with van Buren, Briscoe, Green, DA McCoy, and ADA's Cutter and Kincaid, but I'm willing to be persuaded differently.
I'll mostly agree with your list, except for Green. I'd replace him with Lupo. I almost went with Logan, but the follow-up shows about him didn't keep my love for him.
ReplyDeleteBrisco, Curtis, van Buren; Schiff, McCoy, Ross. Seasons 7-9, no criss-crossing. DONE.
ReplyDeleteBrisco, Logan, van Buren; Schiff, Stone, Kincaid. (Almost wanted to include Perfacci (sp).)
ReplyDeleteBriscoe, Lupo, van Buren; Schiff, McCoy, Carmichael.
ReplyDeleteLogic: Couldn't decide between Curtis and Greene, so Lupo snuck in, and for some unexplained reason, I have a soft spot for Angie Harmon.
Also, it's sad that it's going out now, when the show is strong creatively and cast-wise, finally finding a post-Orbach cop pairing that's worked, and de la Garza is the best Junior ADA since Angie Harmon left.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was Provacci. But I think we can assume he's there no matter what.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't wear jackets, only cardigans. I find that annoying, somehow.
ReplyDeleteBriscoe, Curtis, Van Buren, McCoy, Kincaid, Schiff fave season (although liked all the ADA ladies when Curtis was lenny's partner and those seasons make me watch every time).
ReplyDeleteBriscoe and Curtiss (our cats are named after them), McCoy, Kincaid, Schiff--and, am I the only Borgia fan? I miss Profacci too. Didn't they make him the bad guy in one of those awful Chris Noth one-off TV movies about 10 years ago?
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