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Conviction

Subtitled: "Law & Order Spinoff"

Actually, it doesn't have a subtitle, and I've never watched a full episode of this.  But NBC is rerunning this and I'm too curious not to watch.  It's got both Arthur Branch and Alex Cabot and is set in New York.  Alex returns as the "head" ADA in charge of freshman ADAs.

Last we saw of Alex, she had to go into a witness protection program because the mob was after her.  She couldn't even attend her own mother's funeral.  My question is: So what is she doing back?! 

I didn't see an explanation of this, but frankly, I'm not sure I want to watch this.  NBC advertised "Conviction" out the wazoo; by the time it actually premiered, I had no desire to watch it.  Besides, Law & Order is interesting because it is L&O.  When a show is all about the background stories of the attorneys...well, something seems to be missing. 

Some stories are better off untold.  Some characters are better off "gone."

Posted by: merserene at 19:06 | link | comments (2)
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#1  06 March 2006 - 03:39

 

Yeah, I totally forgot about this. Hasn't only one episode aired?

My feelings on it (although I haven't watched it, heh): Dick Wolf's trying too hard. First, there's really NO need for him to have three or four shows on at one time; second, now he's trying to branch out from the L&O "formula" by showcasing private lives rather than the law and order storylines. Didn't work when SVU first started... probably isn't going to work here. Take a break, Dicky. Isn't he rich enough?

As far as Cabot goes: I guess after that trial on SVU, she was able to leave the witness protection program? Granted, I don't remember a thing about how that ep ended, but... plausible? I don't know.

athenawj

#2  06 March 2006 - 09:41

 

Yes, I think there's only been 1 episode, which was probably the 1 I saw.

I'm surprised that NBC keeps letting Wolf have all these shows - the last L&O tanked, and previous spinoffs (other than the successful ones right now...wasn't there 1 with Oliver Platt?) didn't fare well either.

As for Cabot...I don't know either. Was there a trial? I thought she had to stay in the program forever? Even so, coming back basically just to train newbies doesn't seem all that convincing to me, heh. They must really like Stephanie March.

merserene

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