On Mike Logan

I watched Law and Order: Criminal Intent tonight.

Chris Noth–Detective Mike Logan from the first five seasons of the original Law and Order–guest-starred.

I don’t usually watch Criminal Intent–Vincent D’Onofrio can be really tough to take. Truthfully, I don’t often watch any of the Law and Order series, though I used to watch every week until about five years ago. But the nostalgia of Mike Logan had a sentimental pull, so I tuned in to Criminal Intent.

I thought it was an okay episode. The murder of a prison guard leads to an investigation of contraband at a prison, which leads to possible abuse of undocumented “prisoners” held as material witnesses under the USA-Patriot Act. The logic of the investigation made little sense, and Noth’s Mike Logan had a tangential connection to the case, at best.

I realized while watching that a friend of mine from college–Kelly–was probably watching Criminal Intent for precisely the same reason–nostalgia.

A few days ago NBC announced that Noth will be joining the cast of Criminal Intent next season for eleven episodes. Will I tune in? Maybe, for the first few episodes.

On another front, Boston Legal was a riot tonight, in a literal sense.

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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