I used to be a huge geek for this show, and the episodes with the original casts were always the best. George Dzundza was first to go---I don't need to tell you he was murdered to prevent his testimony---and after that, Paul Sorvino retired after being shot by a gun deal, and to make way for Jerry Orbach; Paul Butler was replaced by Jill Hennessey, who asked Sam Waterston about his habit of sleeping with his colleagues on the first day he replaced Mike Moriarty... that was the first day Epatha Merkerson had replaced Dann Florek, too.
Man. The show got ridiculous after its eleventh and twelfth seasons, when the "ripped from the headlines!" gimmick devolved into its entire reason for being, but the way I remember it, the early years, it was the best drama on television.
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