From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 3:36:13 AM UTC-4, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 11:08:05 PM UTC-4, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   >   
   > > The bad guys included a pre-*C.I.* Vincent d'Onofrio (standing tall,   
   trying to be   
   > > commanding, but at one point he'd clearly been waiting for the "Action!"   
   call   
   > > before participating in the scene)   
   >   
   > d'Onofrio was for many years (and may still be) a contributing member   
   > of the New York Transit Museum.   
   >   
   > Drifting a bit, how did his character end up when L&O C.I. ended?   
      
   I don't think it did -- wasn't C.I. canceled as summarily as the original L&O?   
   Dick Wolf was taken completely by surprise: his goal had been to surpass   
   *Gunsmoke* as the longest-running TV drama, and he had the final wind-down   
   planned out; he didn't even get to do a two-hour movie. Instead they tacked   
   on a 30-second postlude with S. Epatha Merkerson (now the "lieutenant" on   
   *Chicago Med*) getting a phone call that her breast cancer was in remission.   
      
   Det. Goren simply writhed into future cases. (I don't remember Catherine Erbe's   
   character's name.) Neither of them has turned up on any of the (currently four)   
   interlinked Chicago series. (They're far less respectful of Chicago geography   
   than they were/are of NYC geography in the L&O series.) The lead ADA in   
   *Chicago   
   Justice* is the son of ADA Stone from the first season(s?) of L&O -- I keep   
   expecting a very superannuated Michael Moriarty to turn up in a cameo. (Twice   
   the guest cast has included Tim Kazurinsky, who was an SNL regular in the   
   earliest days, but I haven't identified anyone who could be he.)   
      
   Ooh, I just googled Moriarty and the first batch of hits isn't his Wiki bio but   
   a host of *Hollywood Reporter* stories about potential crossovers. Could they   
   even be thinking of getting Sam Waterson as well?   
      
   > Speaking of L&O, ABC made a new Dirty Dancing.  The original father   
   > was played by the L&O's Jerry Orbach, who did a great job.  The   
   > remake was so-so, despite having some major names in it.   
      
   Was that on already?? I saw the promos and intended to give it a try.   
      
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