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!
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 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 agree with you, and that's part of the reason why I don't watch the SVU, aside from all of the actors outspoken pro-sodomite activism. However, little sprinkles of the character's lives have always been present - the dating between McCoy and Kincaid, Ross' kids, Briscoe's daughter's drug habit, etc. I can take this small amount.