Law & Order True Crime

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Law & Order True Crime (also eight episodes of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders) is an American television anthology that aired on Syndication since September 26, 2017. This was a spin-off series of Law & Order.

The series is currently hiatus.

Plot

This series is about the dramatization of the trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez.

Cast

Main

Edie Falco as Leslie Abramson
Anthony Edwards as Jude Stanley Weisberg
Gus Halper as Lyle Menendez
Miles Gaston Villanueva as Eric Menendez
Julianne Nicholson as Jill Lansing
Constance Marie as Marta Cano
Carlos Gomez as Jose Menendez
Sam Jaeger as Detective Les Zoeller
Sterling Beaumon as Glenn Stevens
Mollyn Hagan as Joan Vandermolen
Dominic Flores as Henry Llano
Lolita Davidovich as Kitty Menendez
Heather Graham as Judalon Smyth
Elizabeth Reaser as Deputy District Attorney Pam Bozanich
Larry Cedar as Milton Anderson
Josh Charles as Dr. Jerome Oziel
Ezra Buzzington as Deputy District Attroney Elliott Alhadeff

Episode number

Episode 1 (9/26/2017)
Episode 2 (10/3/2017)
Episode 3 (10/10/2017)
Episode 4 (10/17/2017)

Production

In April of 2016, Dick Wolf and Syndication announced they were working on the series, a first season being based on the Mendendez brothers murder case.

The filming for "Law & Order True Crime" began on June 26, 2017 for an eight-episode first season.

A second season has yet to be confirmed, but Dick Wolf mentioned he has plenty of ideas for the show and a possible storyline if there is a second season.

“This is unique for me, after 27 years of Law & Order,” Dick Wolf told TV critics at TCA in an interview. “This is taken from the headlines; we‘ve made some great shows ripped from the headlines, but this is on a different level.”

An idea for a second season storyline includes the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. "Just before the [Television Critics Association summer press tour], I had mentioned to him the Tim McVeigh case, and his eyes lit up," Rene Balcer says of Wolf's reaction. "Because Dick and I were together, we were in the same office when the bomb went off in Oklahoma."

Reception

Law & Order True Crime has received polarized reviews from critics. The show was praised for some of its writing and acting, particularly Falco's performance, but was largely criticized for its style (in terms of directing, cinematography, and even concept) with many critics comparing it to another anthology crime series, American Crime Story. On Rotten Tomatoes the season has a rating of 69% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

External links

Law & Order (True Crime) on Fandom
Law & Order True Crime on Wikipedia