Posted on 01/12/2005 8:08:07 PM PST by GreatOne
Law & Order finally got rid of the worst character to ever appear on the show, Assistant D.A. Serena Southerlyn, played by Elisabeth "Let's See If Can I Open My Eyes Any Wider" Rohm. Made more stupidly ignorant liberal comments than Jill Hennessy did, is a terrible actress to boot; totally uncreditable. Best part was that the character was fired. Worst part was that as she was being fired, she inexplicably says, "Is this because I am a lesbian". Complete joke, which, unfortunately, Dick Wolf puts into this fine show all too often.
For what was she fired?
I haven't watched the show since Diane Wiest came on, though I see some of those newer eps in rerun and I am always entertained by the show. Could you tell me what she did that got her fired, and was the coming out a joke, a surprise we the viewer didn't know about because the show spends so little time on personal elements, or was it also a surprise to the other cast members?
What a ridiculously stupid, ill-written "plot twist".
It was so obviously homosexual propaganda. She knew she was leaving, why did she agree to throw her career away like that.
Her acting tonight was miserable, anyway. Good riddance.
No more NBC. That's it.
She was the WORST actor they've ever had on the show regularly. It was like having your hair pulled out watching her display "emotion" or try to use the big 'ol legal terms.
I do like that they brought Belzer on SVU, though. He's a plus, and I didn't expect him to be.
Did this make sense whatsoever? Is it b/c Fred Thompson's a Republican?
I've noticed the creeping of personal crap into the show--which I loathe. Show the detective/legal stuff, not a $%%$#%$#@ soap opera. I don't care if the DA's porking cop A or B!
Fred Thompson told her that she was fired because she was too passionate about being a prosecutor, that she was too much into advocacy. As a prosecutor myself, there's something to that, but for this t.v. show, that's an incredibily lame and stupid reason.
On tonight's show the primary Defendant was not guilty of murder (his "best friend from the hood" was), and she kept harping on his being innocent to McCoy and Thompson, and whining that no one listens to her. She even went so far as to confront the Defendant, without his lawyer present, and try to convince him to turn his friend in. That little stunt would get a lawyer in serious trouble (but they completely ignored that aspect on the show).
LOL! Exactly. The reason I watched this show and no others as long as I did was it ONLY focused on the crime--it was the equivalent of a Donald Westlake novel in that it focused on story, story, story. I loved how when the original DA's wife died it was the first we'd heard of her, for example.
I never noticed her acting...
Dick Wolf, the producer of the show, is a huge liberal, and the earlie shows dealt with the wackiness of pro-lifers; some really repulsive dialogue. So, I'm not surprised. I suspect it may be a test run to out Dennis Farina's character gay, but I hope I'm wrong.
I agree. It reminds me of Third Watch, which I really liked from the outset until it started to revolve around that whining cop Faith Yokas and all of her personal and family problems. (To anyone who still watches the show: Is it still mired in her menapausal meanderings, or is it safe to watch again?)
Regards, Lenny
I missed it. I was watching CSI:NY. Sounds like I didn't miss much.
That and looking mad as she yelled to get a motion or evidence through. She would get that little pouty thing going...God, she was awful.
Tony Danza: But SA-Man-TA!
Elizabeth Rohm: But your HON-or!
From what you say they did something they always do on TV when they get lazy--for ONE episode they play up an aspect of the character, then the payoff relies on us thinking this was the character's usual mode of behavior. For example, say there's a movie about pilots, and for one episode they keep harping on the character for "always being a daredevil", except he's never been particularly reckless...until THIS episode. Sounds like what happened here.
Dennis Farina gay? How stereotypical would that be? The only two guys in the NYC police department who are well dressed are the black guy and the gay guy.
Back to Serena. The thing was idiotic but I thought asking the question made her look totally petty. Can homosexuals not be fired? I don't see how this bolsters the leftist agenda.
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