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Law & Order: Dignity (2009)
Preachy camp
Lots of awful dialogue and cheap talk about "bad guys" and the human soul pollute a show that has traditionally been about hard facts and good police work. Justice.
Instead the writers of this episode use the perennial "Law and Order" as a podium to shout their viewpoints on Roe vs. Wade. Don't get me wrong, this is a serious debate for a lot of people and having a Law and Order episode about it isn't beyond reproach. Law and Order has tackled other serious topics in the past, but the writing didn't use to be this schlock either.
Forget this episode. It's ham-handed at it's best and patronizing at it's best. Law in Order has done a much better job talking to it's audience in the past, but here they stop just short of staring directly into the camera. Why bother even speaking in character at this point?