Law & Order is undoubtedly one of the largest and most successful TV franchises in the world, but I never watched a single episode so far. As I recently stumbled across the first seasons of the original show on one of my streaming services, I was curious to give it a go. Does the show's freshman season still hold up after three and a half decades? Join me for this review to find out!
Law & Order, Season 1 (1990).
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Details about the reviewed series:
Genre: Police procedural, Legal drama, Mystery,
Written by Dick Wolf, David Black, Robert Palm, Michael Duggan, Robert Stuart Nathan and others,
Created by Dick Wolf,
Executive producers: Dick Wolf, Joseph Stern,
Music by Mike Post,
Production companies: Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television,
Network: NBC.
Release date: September 13, 1990 - June 9, 1991,
Running time: about 45 minutes per episode,
Countries: United States,
Languages: English.
Starring:
George Dzundza as Senior Detective Sergeant Max Greevey,
Chris Noth as Junior Detective Mike Logan,
Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen,
Michael Moriarty as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone,
Richard Brooks as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette,
Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff.
Recurring Cast:
John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci,
Josh Pais as Assistant Medical Examiner Borak,
Lorraine Toussaint as Public Defender Shambala Green,
Philip Bosco as Defense Attorney Gordon Schell,
Bill Moor as Defense Attorney Bill Patton,
Barbara Spiegel as Arraignment Judge Harriet Doremus,
Brian Smiar as Arraignment Judge Harper,
Doris Belack as Trial Judge Margaret Barry,
Ben Hammer as Trial Judge Herman Mooney,
William Severs as Trial Judge Henry Fillmore,
Tanya Berezin as Trial Judge Rosalyn Lenz,
John Newton as Trial Judge Eric Caffey,
Mike Hodge as Trial Judge Delano Burns,
Sam Gray as Trial Judge Manuel Leon.
Guest Stars:
S. Epatha Merkerson as Denise Winters,
John Spencer, Erika Alexander, David Margulies, Phillip R. Allen, Tom Mardirosian, Clark Gregg, Alan North, Peter Frechette, Paul Calderon, Haviland Morris, Meg Mundy, John Capodice, Robert Lansing, Caroline Kava, Gerry Bamman, Al Freeman Jr, Frances Sternhagen, John Finn, Erik King, Steven Keats, Ronald Guttman, Wendy Makkena, Mike Starr, David Groh, Patricia Clarkson, Bruce Altman, Paxton Whitehead, Victor Raider-Wexler, J.D. Cannon, J.A. Preston, Paul Hecht, Stephen Elliott, Lee Richardson, Roxanne Hart, Sandy Baron, Adam Lefevre, Megan Gallagher, Frances Conroy, Dennis Boutsikaris, Ron Rifkin, Erick Avari, Cynthia Nixon, Roy Thinnes, Paul Hecht, Bob Gunton, Fritz Weaver, Stephen McHattie, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Samuel L. Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gil Bellows, Christine Baranski and Dominic Chianese.
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Content:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Synopsis
1:35 Review
4:10 Guest Stars
5:30 Rating
6:12 Closing, Goodbye & Bloopers