Believe it or not, the show is again coming up with its nineteenth season. After this, I suppose, Dick Wolf’s dream of making it the longest running TV series will come true. Other than a few animes, I am not aware of any such show, which would have run this far. Not in police drama category at least. Now no space is left for some more words in its praise, when it has already seen eighteen successful seasons. This is not all, the series has brought one more sister series title “Law and Order- SVU”.
Undoubtedly the series has a great and loyal fan following and this is the reason that series survived this long and is still ready to move on. After this series, many police dramas came and gone, but nobody could set this high standard of success.
I just love to watch police dramas and this one is the fabulous. I like the suspense factor in this series. Every episode carries a major chunk of that and steadily the viewer too starts unveiling the curtains. This is the thing which keeps you bound with the series and wakes up the sleeping corners of your mind. For sure I am not kidding. Mind does need some exercise and this is the very interesting way to release the horses of your thoughts.
The second thing I like about the show is the continuous fluctuation in cast. Somebody dies and the new and young detective is appointed. It creates a sensation in the department and off course among the criminals. When the new cop is in, along with the rumors of being strict, then how a criminal can sleep in peace? Well this is the spice of these detective dramas. You watch every side of the scene and observe from everybody’s point of view. You are aware, what cops are doing and also what the criminal is planning, but still you too don’t know until the end, who the real culprit is. This is the magic which a few master minds can create, and Dick wolf is really the one.
