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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
David Rasche. (via MSN.com)

A news anchor hacks into the e-mail account of a co-worker. Now that's fiction. And one of the anchor's colleagues is named Dawn? It's part of the plot on Wednesday night's episode of the NBC series Law & Order (10 p.m.).

From the log line: "While investigating the murder of television reporter Dawn Prescott (guest star Audra Blaser), detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) discover that she was involved in a love triangle involving another reporter at the station. This leads them to another suspect, veteran anchor Joe Delaney (guest star David Rasche), who was threatened by the success of his younger co-workers and may have hacked into their email to gain an advantage. As they search for the killer, the detectives uncover that Dawn was working on a major story surrounding a huge hedge fund fraud and there may be a connection with the recent murder of Fred Decker, a whistle-blower who filed an SEC suit against hedge fund owner, Fredric Matson (guest star Edward Hermann) and his wife Irene (guest star Jill Eikenberry).

(Post corrected.)

Posted by Michael Klein @ 8:36 AM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:19 PM, 03/24/2009
    It's ashame the plot wasn't anchorwomen discovers co-worker hacking into email and she kills him in self-defense.
    Philly Chit Chat
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:25 PM, 03/24/2009
    Wednesday
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:28 PM, 03/24/2009
    Law and Order bases many of its case stories on true incidents and the victims names and circumstances are changed, but the main plot left intact. Idea behind it is to leave a lesson to the viewer.
    James
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:43 PM, 03/24/2009
    Was the younger anchor trying to get the established male anchor fired? If not, its not really the same story.
    Jill
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:56 PM, 03/24/2009
    Though a great, long running program, Law & Order has often taken reality and massaged it into dramatic fiction. Each episode flashes a quick disclaimer in the credits. Reality in life, not as in the vacuuously inane reality programs; frequently feeds into television's dramas. It would be nice if the writers were creative enough to come upon these presentations via their own imaginations but, is it not true that theater emulates life? So many of life's tawdry events can not be imagined, even by the sickest amongst us.
    Nihilist
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:32 PM, 03/24/2009
    I love you Larry.
    twb136
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:59 PM, 03/24/2009
    Did anybody yell at the cops and call the Gov?
    YIPO
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:05 PM, 03/24/2009
    I love this show, I watch the repeats all the time.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:52 AM, 03/25/2009
    Down with American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Biggest Loser, Survivor, Big Brother, Race, Extreme Home Makeover, The Apprentice. Give us more Law and Order.
    froma24
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:40 AM, 03/25/2009
    One of my favorite shows, for a reason.
    joyceoxfeld
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:55 AM, 03/25/2009
    L&O is the only place in the world where justice is served
    lkthompson
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:57 AM, 03/25/2009
    at the end of the episode she tearfully admits that "dr" phil was the murderer and the da needs an extradition warrant from the octo mom's house where phil's holed up with his atty gloria allred.
    natedog
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:13 AM, 03/25/2009
    froma24 - AMEN!
    jackpaul


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