Whenever I am stumped about what to watch on TV, I can always fall back on Law and Order SUV, a staple at our house. It is on several channels at multiple times of the day and night. No matter when you turn it on you can be sure that our crime stoppers will get their man or women. The actors have changed over the years and I am especially fond of the team of Hargitay ( long hair/short hair) Ice-T and Dino Pino. The stories can get a bit gruesome at times but as we are assured by the announcer, they have been based, rather loosely, I hope, on actual events.
Due to the flood of episodes there is some overlap and in some cases bad taste.
Last week we caught an episode about a conservative Jew whose wife was killed. Apparently it wasn't enough that she had converted to Judaism, and raised her kids as Jews. The husbands mom, Linda Lavin, hated the fact that her son didn't marry a true Jew. All this was unfolding on the first night of real time Passover. The husband was a weak momma's boy and not a nice man.
The following hour on another station, another episode of L and O and our Jewish widower played a lawyer for a down and out kid from the streets. A real mensch
My takeaway from this SUV marathon
1- I am watching too much TV
2- Even bag guys can be redeemed.... well at least on TV
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