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List Price: $59.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 7179
Released: December 2, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of Law and Order: The Sixth Year:
The beauty of the Law & Order franchise is its ability to capitalize on its revolving cast of characters. The sixth season of Law & Order introduces viewers to a new detective and kills off another series favorite. There's also a seamless crossover episode with Homicide: Life on the Street and a compelling season finale that gives insight into how the main characters deal with tragedy. The 23 episodes featured in the five-disc set originally aired during the 1995-1996 television season. Aside from a few style issues--and the lack of cell phones--the episodes hold up well today. After the departure of Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth) at the end of last season, Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) gets a new partner. Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) is a by-the-book do-gooder. A devoted husband and father, Rey sees things in black and white, while Lennie views things in shades of grey. It isn't until he helps send a man to the electric chair that Rey struggles with his own sense of morality. Though Lennie teases Rey for his youth and model-perfect good looks, the two work well together as they tackle cases involving an au pair charged with killing a baby, a racist serial killer targeting African Americans, and a rapist who may be released due to a technicality. Sam Waterson and Jill Hennessy return as attorneys Jack McCoy and Claire Kincaid. Under the watchful eye of their cantankerous boss Adam Schiff (Steven Hill), the pair are expected to keep criminals at bay, even when the evidence seems to be working against them. Hill is perfect in his role, ordering deals, demanding justice, and laying out non-PC justice. He delivers priceless lines to Jack, such as, "You have the victim and a confession. Munoz has crawled halfway out of the hole we dug for him 30 years ago. You hit him with the shovel before he crawls all the way out." Guest stars include Patti LuPone as a charming defense attorney, Kim Raver as a working mom whose baby is murdered, Amanda Peet as a Patty Hearst-type kidnap victim, and Jennifer Garner as a flirtatious graduate student who tempts a married man. Don't miss the last five minutes of the season finale. Without saying a word, Orbach conveys all the emotions of a guilt-ridden man. --Jae-Ha Kim
Law and Order: The Sixth Year Reviews:
Law and Order: The Sixth Year 
2009-09-12 - Law & Order is a great TV show, and I will be glad when they put the other 12 episodes on DVD.
law and order: the sixth year 
2009-06-23 - I LIKE ALL LAW AND ORDER SHOWS. KEEP THEM COMING. THANKS FOR THE GOOD PRICES.
Great show, second-quality DVDs 
2009-04-14 - I've ordered five different years of Law & Order and Law & Order SVU. In most cases the DVD's are horribly mis-printed. Much of the ink is missing and the bottom half is often printed at a different angle from the top half. Luckily they play fine, buy I'm annoyed at paying full price for obvious rejects / second quality merchandise.
Thoroughly Enjoying It
2009-03-29 - Great season to purchase! I love throwing this in when there is nothing to watch. I am a Jerry Orbach fan too, so even better. This was a good season to get.
Excellent Season
2009-02-22 - This is when this series REALLY started to become more than just a good series. The free flow dialog and apparent ad-libbing in that dialog makes these episodes feel far less choreographed. Few series have ever been able to make such a boast.
Benjamin Bratt joined the cast in this particular season. He was certainly a very good replacement for Chris Noth. On reflection however, I believe that a few actors could have played such a role. I'm almost sorry they weren't able to get someone like Ben Cross for such a role.
The episodes, as always are first rate, always asking questions of us viewers, giving us new questions to consider: When should the law and its application be a black and white issue, and what should the exceptions be? This is exactly why each case is decided on its own merits or lack thereof. I've always believed that most juries presume guilt and not innocence, and these episodes give me little to dispell that idea.
The cases in this season are generally dry issues, though there are some exceptions. The dialog is what makes the season to me, so much so that the usual extras that are missing don't feel missed by me. I am glad that they included the crossover episode of Homicide: Life On The Streets. I believe that was NEEDED to make the L&O episode complete.
I already can't wait for the seventh season.
