# Law & Order: What happened to Logan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923 "2002-03-25T00:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![popokis5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@popokis5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popokis5)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/1 "2002-03-25T00:22:46Z")
I know how most of the characters left the show, but I haven’t seen how Mike Logan came to leave-I tried episode guides on the internet, etc. but can’t find anything- (I did find some, um, very in depth fan sites though) (No, not that!! lol). I KNOW someone here will be able to help since this IS TSD! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/2 "2002-03-25T01:11:05Z")
Ooohh… drats. I can’t remember exactly. He violated some rule and was either fired or quit. I think he slugged a perp. ---
**Author:** ![abidude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@abidude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abidude)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/3 "2002-03-25T01:26:17Z")
Logan punched a gay-bashing councilman in the face in his last appearance. I think that is why he got fired or whatever. All this from [www.aande.com](http://www.aande.com) ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/4 "2002-03-25T02:04:44Z")
He wasn’t fired- he was transferred, and appeared in the Law and Order movie (last year, IIRC). They teased him mercilessly, as he was transferred out to suburbia and was bored as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/5 "2002-03-25T02:05:47Z")
IIRC, he was demoted to becoming a beat cop on Staten Island after he punched the councilman. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/6 "2002-03-25T03:43:38Z")
bobkitty and Protesilaus are correct. Chris Noth was written out of L&O in 1995 by producer Dick Wolf. The episode they describe, “Pride,” aired 5/24/95. From this A & E site: [http://www.aande.com/tv/shows/laworder/bios/bio\_actor\_noth.html](http://www.aande.com/tv/shows/laworder/bios/bio_actor_noth.html) You’ll also get the following information: “…he did convince Wolf to produce a TV movie spin-off entitled Exiled (1998), starring Noth and several other Law & Order cast members, to wrap up the story of Mike Logan, which Noth felt had been prematurely extinguished on the show.” ---
**Author:** ![popokis5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@popokis5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popokis5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/7 "2002-03-27T02:29:42Z")
Thank you all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/8 "2002-03-27T02:53:38Z")
And you can skip the movie too. It was not very exciting. The new ADA seems to be the first main character who was come on to the show without any backstory or explanation. Poof, she’s there. And, man is she less than scintillating. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/9 "2002-03-27T23:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BobT \* > \*\*The new ADA seems to be the first main character who was come on to the show without any backstory or explanation. > > Poof, she’s there. > > And, man is she less than scintillating. \*\* She’s terrible. Her bad acting SUCKS the life out of the show. And why the hell does she wear all those white suit coats? She looks like a blackjack dealer. It also doesn’t help that she looks exactly like the new blonde cast member from NYPD Blue - I keep forgetting which show I’m watching. ---
**Author:** ![Vic\_Ferrari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dbc845/32.png) [@Vic\_Ferrari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vic_Ferrari)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/10 "2002-03-28T00:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BobT \* > **And you can skip the movie too. It was not very exciting.** Yeah, the movie was awful. I didn’t mind when they got rid of Logan, but I’m still pissed that Stone was fired/quit/whatever happend, he was fantastic, although I’m thankful that his replacement is pretty good. And getting rid of Adam was absolute sacrilige, the new DA is not nearly as entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/11 "2002-03-28T01:45:15Z")
They didn’t get rid of Adam, the actor quit. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/12 "2002-03-28T04:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vic Ferrari \* > \*\* > > Yeah, the movie was awful. I didn’t mind when they got rid of Logan, but I’m still pissed that Stone was fired/quit/whatever happend, he was fantastic, although I’m thankful that his replacement is pretty good. And getting rid of Adam was absolute sacrilige, the new DA is not nearly as entertaining. \*\* Ben Stone quit because he browbeat a witness (Allison Janney, later to star on “West Wing”) to testify in a mob trial, promising her protection, but even as the police were moving her out of her apartment, she was murdered, so he felt really guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/13 "2002-03-28T04:18:19Z")
I heartily agree that Elizabeth Rohm and Dianne West are deadweight and should be replaced ASAP. In the meantime, that shot in the opening theme where you have the four junior characters walking down a hallway is really obnoxious. I can picture Dick Wolf saying “Okay, ACTION, you’re walking, you’re walking, pretend that you’re talking to each other, smile and… CUT!” Bring back Angie “Hang 'em High” Harmon! ---
**Author:** ![Vic\_Ferrari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dbc845/32.png) [@Vic\_Ferrari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vic_Ferrari)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/14 "2002-03-28T06:49:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by obfusciatrist \* > \*\*They didn’t get rid of Adam, the actor quit. \*\* I didn’t know that, thanks for the heads up. I’m pretty sure the actor who played Stone quit, as well. Something to do with Janet Reno and the v-chip, if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-what-happened-to-logan/99923/15 "2002-03-28T07:38:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vic Ferrari \* > \*\* > > I didn’t know that, thanks for the heads up. > > I’m pretty sure the actor who played Stone quit, as well. Something to do with Janet Reno and the v-chip, if I remember correctly. \*\* Well, yeah, Reno is why Michael Moriarty quit. But when you said “Stone,” I assumed you wanted to know the storyline that resulted in Ben Stone leaving.