Anyone watching Law and Order?

[proud2BlibKansan]

I just turned it on. It's about a fundie who found religion after killing someone.

[neuvocat]

1. Just like Karla Faye Tucker.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. This guy isn't in prison though

Now his lawyer is telling the judge he has an anti-Christian bias.

[southlandshari]

3. watching now...

lawyer going on about "anti-Christian bias" right now....

:scared:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. And she convinced the judge

to recuse himself!!

McCoy went off on him.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. The show has jumped the shark

It's this close to being unwatchable.

[Telly Savalas]

6. It is unwatchable!

Turned it off when the born-again defence was proposed. I can only suspend my disbelief so much.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. They are making this guy look like a fool

I think it's been pretty good. And I missed the first half.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. You missed the worst set-up I've ever seen

Utterly absurd and disjointed. Strained credulity.

It's always fun to watch Sam's hair and his sputtering outrage and indignation. Every week, it's exactly the same.

[sonicx]

9. Even tho most Law and Order episodes seem too similar to each other

I still like watching it. SVU is way better tho.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Yes

I llike SVU better too.

I also really like the new one Trial by Jury.

[bilgewaterbill]

13. Criminal Intent fan here. Bobby Goren is my hero. nt

[BreweryYardRat]

10. And it has concluded...

Despite the guy pleading guilty, his lawyer's last lines were quite chilling.

[bleedingheart]

12. just finished and it was unsettling to me...

that whole blind faith defense...

"I waited for Jesus to send the cops...and they never came"...

yeah right.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. But the good guys won in the end

that's all that matters.

[bleedingheart]

16. yup you are correct

[undeterred]

14. I think its good that they are trying to write shows around current issues

Most of the dialog on this show is so terse its a little hard to follow, but I think they were trying to show how absurd it is to use religious conversion as a defense.

They had to make almost every character have a confession of faith in the process, but they tried.

The guilty character ended up seeing that true religion involved taking responsibility for his crime by accepting the punishment thats due.

This is pretty much the opposite of "born-agains" (like Bush) who say that since they've had a religious conversion their past mistakes don't really count.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. That's the best thing about Law and Order

Next week looks good too.

I love this show. Can't get tired of it.