Tuesday, June 24 2003

Law & Order: Crime & Punishment

By Jennifer D. Wesley

The strangeness of the trials -- owing in no small part to the strangeness of the defendants -- undercuts the seriousness of the case.

Tuesday, February 4 2003

Dragnet

By Cynthia Fuchs

Dragnet's best moments belong to Friday and Smith, and have little to do with this investigation.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

By Elena Razlogova

Because Goren's intellect and intuition never fail, Criminal Intent's narratives never consider the presumption of innocence as a legal (or dramatic) standard.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

By Susan Glen

Part of the problem is that the 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' writers haven't given Ice T much to do: he's Munch's Yes Man, and it doesn't become him.

Law & Order

By Rachel Hyland

Though 'Law & Order' frequently, and most chillingly, tells tales of true crime -- the monstrous pit bull is the most recent example -- it also treats them with the dread, indeed, the disgust they deserve.