its been a while since i blogged.. i've had some personal health problems and the last thing i wanted to do is write... now that i'm the road to healing i feel the time is right to begin again.
LAW AND ORDER has been cancelled ! this might not mean much to the general public but to me it's very personal.
twenty years ago, when i was working and travelled for work every week and wasn't able to see much tv my sister told me about a new show that started on tv called Law and Order. there was no tivo or dvr's back then so seeing the show on a regular basis was impossible for me.. when i finally saw an episode, i fell in love with the show. the stories were based on actual news headlines. the formula for the show was simple but always interesting.
the cast changed with regularity and frankly i never noticed the change. the show was never character based but story based so it didn't seem to matter who the actor was or wasn't.
every week when i was on the road and couldn't watch Law and Order, i would call my sister from whatever city i was in and we'd talk about what i missed..
who in those days thought that every show would be re-run constantly? i recall one particular episode with Burt Young, which still remains one of my favorites. i was in my hotel room watching the show when the power went out.. i freaked out but the next day, first thing in the morning, i called my sister and she told me the ending.. we had the deepest conversation about this episode but ended up laughing about how addicted to Law and Order we'd become.
every week for many years judy and i discussed each and every episode of Law and Order as though it was the main part of our lives. as deep as our relationship was, it reached a deeper level because of a tv show. be assured we both knew how idiotic we were.
judy died almost 9 years ago and as ridiculous as it might sound, the death of Law and Order makes her death sadder and more real for me than i'd ever could imagined.
i miss my sister terribly and will miss Law and Order.
be back soon
Hey Bunky....i thought of you last night when I heard the news of Law and Order being cancelled...Just know that it will never be gone, it will be there somewhere just as Judy is always just around the corner for you...
ReplyDeleteRIP, "Law and Order."
ReplyDeleteThere will be no new episodes but the reruns air constantly all day long on different cable channels. That has to be comfort, no?
I totally understand Linda....my mother and I have shared and do share favorite shows like that, we both had fondnesses for Dallas and Knots Landing and now both enjoy Live with Regis and Kelly.. and often compare notes. I have always enjoyed Law and Order, though I havent seen every episodes. In my opinion, ever since the loss of Jerry Ohrbach, the show was never quite the same. It will however constantly stay alive in reruns.
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