# Law & Order: the Fire Left with Lenny **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685 "2004-12-02T13:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685/21 "2004-12-03T15:43:26Z")
> [@JDeMobray](#): > > My favorite era of the show was Bricoe-Curtis / McCoy-Carmichael. I liked Abbie’s constant snideness. In “Crime Scenes” the Law & Order coffee table book (highly recommended reading, BTW), Dick Wolf, gives the full backstory on every main character from the beginning up to last season’s cast. With Abbie Carmichael, he wanted to provide a different sort of counterpoint to McCoy, in that his previous two assistants felt he often went too far in pursuit of a conviction. In Carmichael’s case, if Jack was "Hang 'em High, she was “Hang 'em Higher.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685/22 "2004-12-03T16:01:15Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > In “Crime Scenes” the Law & Order coffee table book (highly recommended reading, BTW), Dick Wolf, gives the full backstory on every main character from the beginning up to last season’s cast. > > With Abbie Carmichael, he wanted to provide a different sort of counterpoint to McCoy, in that his previous two assistants felt he often went too far in pursuit of a conviction. In Carmichael’s case, if Jack was "Hang 'em High, she was “Hang 'em Higher.” What did he write for Serena’s backstory? “I wanted her character to suck”? ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685/23 "2004-12-03T16:56:54Z")
> [@Murcielago](#): > > [Annie Parisse](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-100311) will be serving as the new ADA next season. Don’t know anything about her, still I welcome the change. Yowsah. Looks like I’ll be watching Law & Order pretty religiously next season. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685/24 "2004-12-03T17:48:01Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > What did he write for Serena’s backstory? “I wanted her character to suck”? From what I heard, he hired Rohm because it was time for a blonde. :rolleyes: Serena’s departure might actually get me watching Law & Order again. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685/25 "2004-12-05T16:59:34Z")
> [@Just Some Guy](#): > > I don’t think its necessarily the lack of Brisco that’s the problem; the show has shifted to more and more sensationalist plot lines. Its become about the big twist in the last five minutes no matter how stupid the twist is. I liked Law and Order when it was about taking an interesting case and exploring the ramifications. While Brisco was great, losing him isn’t whats killing the series. It’s the bad writing. Completely agree with this, and that’s why i’m so happy that i got cable recently and can now catch up with all the old Chris Noth/George Dzundza/Paul Sorvino/Jerry Orbach/Ben Bratt episodes. > [@Murcielago](#): > > [Annie Parisse](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-100311) will be serving as the new ADA next season. Give me a fucking break! Could they just, for once, choose a Deputy ADA who: a) doesn’t look like a refugee from a Victoria’s Secret catalog and b) looks old enough to actually have finished a law degree? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-the-fire-left-with-lenny/277685.md?page=1)