Topic: I hope she lives through this (L&O Spoilers: Open Season)
Saltah'na
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For those who are familiar with Law and Order (the original series), you have heard of one Danielle Melnick, defense attourney. At last count, she has been in at least 10 episodes as attourney for the defense, representing various clients.
Melnick's current client has been accused of shooting a prominent lawyer, and in the process obtained confidential information regarding the addresses of other members of the bar. So this client asks Melnick to give an address to a friend of his (saying that he knows an "expert" willing to testify for him). Turns out that the address belongs to a prominent DA who sent one of the client's friends to jail (his address is in the Confidential information stolen from the dead lawyer). This DA is soon found murdered.
It turns out that Melnick was used as a patsy by her client to commit murder (of course she didn't know that she was being set up). Her good friend, Jack McCoy tries to save her career as well as save her from jail time for conspiracy to commit murder. When Melnick refuses to testify against her client for fear of breaching Attourney-Client privelege, McCoy resorts to a tactic against the client by saying she will testify, and will offer him a deal in exchange for saying that Melnick is innocent.
The client takes the deal, and Melnick is absolved of all charges. She is then shot by the client's associate. As the episode ends, they are wheeling Melnick out on a stretcher, but they don't say if she will survive.
Let's hope she does.
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Well, I mean, I certainly don't wish death upon anyone, even fictional characters, but still, I wouldn't be sad to see the actress leave the show.
She certainly has been the weakest actress sidekick to Cowboy Jack McCoy out of, well, "Mrs. Jason Seahorn," or "The James Bond Girl" or "That Girl Who Has Her Own Show Now."
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Saltah'na
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The Irony is that McCoy was trying to save Melnick's skin, but may have inadvertently gotten her shot instead.
uh pym, she isn't McCoy's Sidekick. She's just a recurring character. L&O never had a recurring character get shot. McCoy's current sidekick is Elisabeth Rohm.
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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Are they even able to keep a "McCoy's sidechick" for more than a year anymore? Maybe they should just make a female clone of Sam Watterston and have her play the part...
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Tahna!!! YOU FOOL!!! What's his name, Paul Sorvino, was SHOT!!! I REMEMBER THAT AND I AM NOT THE L&O WHORE!!! AND ONE OF THE FIRST DETECTIVES WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEASON!!!!
Saltah'na
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Snay, I said RECURRING character. Of course, I do know that Greevey and Ceretta were both shot. Mention was made about this long before the events, so it was kinda expected. I don't think anyone predicted Melnick's shooting in the first place.
Sheesh.
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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Oh, right, 'cuz those characters weren't recurring. No, they only recurred in a lot of episodes. But they had their names in the credit, so I guess there's an "out" ...
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This is what happens when you miss the last five minutes of the show. I saw the whole thing but missed the end. I didn't know she got shot, but I do remember she's been in several other episodes.
As for Rohm, she's growing on me. I didn't think I'd ever get over my hot flashes for Angie Harmon, but the blondie is starting to do something for me. Her performance is improving too.
Another character I miss is the DA from last season. I can't remember, did they ever explain why she left after only two years in the position?
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