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Law & Order: Season Eight

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We love watching Law and Order on TV; the ones where they play 3 or 4 in a row of reruns. It was recommended that Season 7 and 8 were the place to start buying. They actually are better than the new ones; more details, story, acting and substance than the current way they are doing the show.

I`ve seen seasons 1-8 on DVD
8 is one of the best ones so far.....
must buy for fans of the original L&O

Law and Order Season 8 is without a doubt one of the best seasons of the shows 20 year run...and unfortunately the most recent of them all that is available to purchase on dvd...why seasons 9-20 are unavailable is beyond me...

This is the last season of Assistant ADA Jamie Ross (Carie Lowell), working with ADA Jack McCoy...she played the role VERY well...may have even matched the performance of her predecessor Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessey)...McCoy is brilliant as always, as is Detective Lenny Briscoe...Detective Ray Curtis has completely grown into his character in this season...the chemistry between Briscoe and Curtis is starting to peak...amazing performances all around...and of course Lt Van Buren and DA Adam Schiff...nothing but the best from them as always.

There are a few standout episodes that are truly riveting...and let's keep in mind that this is in the time period when this show was at its pinnacle...I would say between Seasons 5-16 to be exact, but, particularly seasons 6-12 is where this show really enthralls...My personal favorites of Season 8 are as follows:
- Nullification, Baby it's You, Under the Influence, and Monster (the season finale)

You learn a little bit more about the personal lives of the shows characters, without digging too deep and changing the premise of the show...they started to do that a bit by around the 6th season but in the 8th season we get to learn a bit more...and it makes the show just that much better...the occasional cliffhanger type episode is also a real treat...which has been done on a couple occasions prior to season 8, but in this season we get three back to back episodes (one of which takes place in Baltimore and includes Detective Munch, etc)...all in all, a fantastic season full of totally awesome and memorable episodes...what more can you ask for? The only sad part is Assistant ADA Jamie Ross resigning at the end, however, in season 9 we do get Angie Harmon playing Abby Carmichael as Jack's new female 2nd chair =)

This season has a special show that was only seen on TV once called "BLOOD" this was the best plot written for this show, with a big twist at the end.

As a VERY selective viewer of Network Television, this series was another
that I only began to watch in its syndication.

It immediately grabbed my attention with its brilliant writing, and excellent
acting. What further amazed me as the seasons went on.....was that each
successive actor (of which there were many), seemed BETTER than the last!

Well, all good things must come to the end I guess......

This season compilation (#8) is the first that was somewhat dissapointing.
The scripts are WEAK, although the acting still very good.
I kept watching each episode, hoping that the next storyline would improve.
Unfortunately that was not the case. I can only hope that the writing gets
better for the following seasons.

That said.....Law and Order is STILL one of the best shows ever produced.

A great television crime series that show all levels criminal acts and lots of life issues that leaves us in thought of how we might combat these life issues that play on your ethic and moral boundaries that leave with many thoughts to some of todays continuous problems that maybe completely and have no resolution. A television series that you may watch again and again.

This was a gift, so I haven't watched it to rate it personally. The item came in good time, and was in good shape. It was helpful to be able to ship this directly to my son-in-law.

love law and order have collected the previous seven seasons
continuing to collect all of the law and order seasons

Law and order 8 still has the same magic for me as did season 1. Entertaining and thought provoking. There is the episode here and there throughout the whole Law and Order that does not hit the spot for me but overall an excellent series. Well worth the investment of time and money.

Great,I have almost all of the episodes of all of the Law and Orders season 8 was great also, Mc Coy is a piece of work.