# Was there a continuation to this Law & Order episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606 "2016-12-13T12:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/1 "2016-12-13T12:44:59Z")
Last night I watched a re-run of one of the zillion Law & Order spin offs. This episode had to do with prostitution. The governor died of a hear attack while getting a massage but drugs were suspected as well. There was some kind of madam that set up the prostitutes trysts but also has a goat cheese farm. Towards the end of the episode the Law & Order gang are warned that they didn’t know how deep this scandal ran, and that they were playing with fire. The last scene of the show was Cragen waking up in bed with blood on his hands and a [dead] woman with her throat cut next to him. The end, roll credits. WTF?😕 There was no “To be continued” or anything. Was there more to that scene? The next episode played had nothing to do with that one! So what happened next? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/2 "2016-12-13T12:49:12Z")
I taped out of the show long before that but it looks like that was the season ending cliffhanger. It was continued as explained [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Reputation). ETA: It’s extremely annoying when they don’t run syndicated reruns in order. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/3 "2016-12-13T13:09:58Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Last night I watched a re-run of one of the zillion Law & Order spin offs. > > This episode had to do with prostitution. The governor died of a hear attack while getting a massage but drugs were suspected as well. There was some kind of madam that set up the prostitutes trysts but also has a goat cheese farm. It was continued, and as I recall, the madam was played by Brooke “it rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again” Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/4 "2016-12-13T13:16:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I taped out of the show long before that but it looks like that was the season ending cliffhanger. It was continued as explained [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Reputation). > > ETA: It’s extremely annoying when they don’t run syndicated reruns in order. This. The OP is describing the cliffhanger at the end of season 13 (which my wife and I also watched last night). It was such a ‘holy shit’ ending that I too browsed future Tivo listings and didn’t see the season 14 opener (“Lost Reputation”) coming up anytime in the next two weeks. I ended up buying it on Amazon Instant so we could watch it right away. Instant gratification, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/5 "2016-12-13T15:13:12Z")
I’m never going to watch SUV. How did it end? Whodunnit? And I was glad to see Det. Mayhem is still around. If they could have kept him and lost (un)Stabler I might have stuck with the show. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/6 "2016-12-13T23:46:46Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > It was such a ‘holy shit’ ending Hilarious. That is exactly what I exclaimed out loud when I saw it. My wife was in the kitchen and she was like :What? What happened!". > [@Loach](#): > > I taped out of the show long before that but it looks like that was the season ending cliffhanger. It was continued as explained [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Reputation). > > ETA: It’s extremely annoying when they don’t run syndicated reruns in order. Thanks for the link. And no kidding about syndicateds not being run in order. I wonder if they do that just to screw with people. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/7 "2016-12-14T00:58:42Z")
I saw the same rerun last night. It was immediately followed by another episode…but _not_ the one that should have followed it sequentially. :mad: So thanks **pkbites** for starting this thread, because I was also wondering what happened next. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/8 "2016-12-14T03:25:12Z")
Funny thing I’ve noticed with some syndicated shows- they run sort of in order, but by the timeslot. That is, if you watch only the 8pm episodes they’re in order, and so are the 9 pm epiodes. But the 8pm episodes (and why don’t the Law and Order packages ever include the Homicide half of the crossovers?) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/9 "2016-12-15T17:02:46Z")
I am watching _Law and Order:SVU_ and a recent episode was about the Kelly Giddish character’s sister, who is a prostitute who stabbed a couple of people and so on. The episode ended with her sister in jail saying she was going to use all kinds of negative information about KG as part of a plea deal (and that her attorney was going to marry her). Is there a follow-up to that episode? I am watching them in order. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606/10 "2016-12-15T18:15:32Z")
Worst thing is when the story is spread across several franchises, eg Criminal Intent, SVU, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, etc. Good luck connecting those dots up in reruns!