In article <2IM1j.45568$if6.6170@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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aemeijers <aemeijers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Thanatos wrote:
> > In article
> > <070dd319-14ff-4b4e-a810-833d673652f1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1993@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Nov 23, 11:23 am, Marten Kemp <martendespamk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> link.net> wrote:
> >>> Mike Piacente wrote:
> >>>> "Mike Minor" <mminor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>>> news:13kdo952h2o64b7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>> At the end of Wednesday's show Mack went to Chicago. Anyone else
see
> >>>>> this
> >>>>> as the opening for a new show, CSI: Chicago?
> >>>> Admittedly, I don't watch 'Miami' and 'NY,' I only watch the
original,
> >>>> but
> >>>> it would seem to me that Zuicker will approach 'CSI saturation' and
> >>>> people
> >>>> may not watch a 4th, 5th, 10th CSI series. Look what happened to
the
> >>>> "Law
> >>>> and Order" franchises -- "Criminal Intent" plummetted for NBC and
is now
> >>>> on
> >>>> USA Network and not sure how it's doing there.
> >>> IMHO, L&O:CI is hampered by episodes starring Vincent D'Onofrio,
> >>> whose style I find really irritating. The ones starring Chris Noth
> >>> are better.
> >> I don't mind Logan (Chris Noth), but I really like D'Onofrio and
> >> Erbe. That redhead that's been with Logan lately is a PITA, but
> >> otherwise. I've always liked D'Onofrio, ever since Full Metal Jacket
> >> (and can't forget him as Edgar in Men in Black either).
> >>
> >>> I really dislike Sam Waterston's Jack McCoy when he's shown going
> >>> to great lengths to convict someone, no matter what gets destroyed
> >>> in the process. The invalidation of NY's "gay marriage" law is a
> >>> case in point.
> >> Occasionally I like McCoy, generally in fact, but he does tend to go
> >> over the top. Him and Perry Mason, lose so rarely that you can't
> >> really remember what the crime was. If the ADA was that good, there
> >> would be almost no crime, since everyone would know they were going
to
> >> jail if that "Jack McCoy" got ahold of their case.
> >
> > Well, now Jack McCoy is *the* D.A. He recently appeared on SVU as
having
> > taken over Arthur Branch's job when he quit to run for president.
>
> I wondered that on the last few go-rounds- how does NY fill DA slots,
> especially in the middle of a term? The shows have referenced elections
> before, so I assume it is elected. Does the governor have the right to
> appoint tem****ary DAs if one quits or dies? Do they hold a special
election?
>
> And did they explain on-camera what happened to the Branch character?
> (I've missed a few episodes this season, including all of the one that
> went cable-only. Not sure if I even get that channel.)
They never explained it. I just assumed that Branch's term expired, he
left for bigger and better things, and McCoy ran for the job and was
elected.
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