Oh totally. L&O's distinctiveness really comes from the three-act structure:
1. police 2. police and lawyers 3. courtroom
That structure would work fine, if the second act had the CPS batting the case back until the police had enough evidence (rather than the lawyers out doing investigating), which is what L&O often does anyway. And the third act was more like Crown Court. I actually think TV could do with a good courtroom-drama-of-the-week.
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Date: 2009-02-25 07:07 pm (UTC)Oh totally. L&O's distinctiveness really comes from the three-act structure:
1. police
2. police and lawyers
3. courtroom
That structure would work fine, if the second act had the CPS batting the case back until the police had enough evidence (rather than the lawyers out doing investigating), which is what L&O often does anyway. And the third act was more like Crown Court. I actually think TV could do with a good courtroom-drama-of-the-week.
At least they kept the "doink doinks".