Law and Order...da da

My new roommate likes Law and Order and although I admit to enjoying a murder mystery every now and again I really can't watch like five in a row. Well apparently I can because that is pretty much all I have done during my free time this summer. I mean between the original and SVU and Criminal Intent that shit is on all the fucking time! I shouldn’t really talk but I honestly don’t know why people like the show so much. It is the same episode every freaking time. Someone dies or gets brutally raped and beaten, they think one person did it then there is always some plot twist that puts the whole case in jeopardy. They find out that the first suspect didn’t do it. The case looks like a dead end; one of the police officers says a snazzy one liner; then there’s a break in the case! They find out who really did it but they can't get a conviction unless a witness turns against his sister's best friend's uncle’s mother’s nephew. They make a deal with said witness. They take it to trial. Someone cries. The DA crosses the line…for justice. The judge gets mad. The jury deliberates. Then they are either found guilty and justice was served (or it wasn’t reeeeally served because the only reason he did it was to take revenge on the death of his only child) or they are found not guilty even though we know they really did it and they play that music in the background and they criminal gives that sneaky smile and then there is more music and another clever one liner from the DA.

So that’s pretty much it. Every episode is pretty much the same. Why do I still watch? Um…because I am addicted. It’s actually a problem. It’s so bad I have actually seen reruns. You know how many episodes of Law and Order there are out there? The fact that I have started watching an episode and then been like “shit…I’ve seen this one before” and CONTINUED to watch is not only a little scary it is honestly cause for concern. So I think from here on out, well at least until Monday am going to do my best to watch as little TV as possible and more importantly NO Law and Order. Really I can do it. I don’t even like it that much, which I suppose makes it even more pathetic.