June 12th, 2009 Graig
I’ve wondered for a long time why the Law and Order franchise hasn’t branched out beyond New York, why it hasn’t gone to other large locales, especially international ones. Well, the first, and most logical locale, London, has emerged, tossed across the Atlantic and boomeranged right back into summertime programming.
The first episode is a British rehash of an old Law and Order episode from the past two decades of its American broadcast. In fact, the entire first season, 13-episode run of L&O|UK is a translation of various episodes of the American series into the British policing and legal system. If you know the episodes, the familiarity may prove interesting (in comparing the two) or disappointing (if you were hoping for something more original).
The cast is pretty solid, and the familiarity of their roles seems almost immediate, although the viewer is going to need a bit more time to catch up. North American audiences will be most familiar with Jamie Bamber from his lead role as Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica. Some of the other faces may prove familiar to fans of British programming as well.
A solid start, and I’m sure the entire first run will be as equally solid, but I’m really hoping they develop even more, UK-specific stories to run with, as there’s still an air of New Yorker-ness to it all which I’d like to see flushed out.
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