The Return of THE Law and Order

I've been watching this since it came back, and it's been pretty good so far. They got a great cast together, and most of the cases have been pretty interesting so far.
I've been wondering, why are some of these revivals considered a continuation, but some aren't. I'm just not sure why this is Season 20 of the original series, but CSI: Vegas is season 1 of a new series, instead of being Season 16 of the original.

 

Marketing.

 

It's Season 20 according to marketing but Season 1 of a new series according to the WGA (and thus probably according to Legal as well).

 

Oh, OK. I wasn't sure if maybe it had something to do with writers or producers or something like that.

 

What's the diff?

 

It would, sorry.

Since it's a new series, the new showrunner was able to get a "developed by" credit that they wouldn't normally have been entitled to.

 

Ah, so it IS just meaningless BS legalese after all? Gotcha.

 

Another unwinnable pie in the sky case and the result is the same.

 

I don't know what they are going to eventually lose.

 

That last ep was a big fat nothingburger.

Spoiler

So this kid shoots and kills the headmaster...and they go after his DAD? And let the kid off scot-free? What the is up with that?

At the very least, charge the kid with something like criminally negligent homicide. HE KILLED SOMEBODY! Why the does he just get to walk away?

Better yet, charge the DAD with criminally negligent homicide (since he gave his son the gun) and the kid with murder.

And to think I thought the episode was gonna be about critical race theory. Guess L&O just doesn't have the balls to do that, eh?

 

They finally lost!

 

In this case, pride before the fall. I sort of saw that one coming...

 

Officially renewed for season 22.

 

I do find it a little ironic that we got this episode so soon after we were just discussing them losing cases.

 

They won another unwinnable case. At the rate they're going, they'll take down Putin and Kim Jong-un at the same time with the same case in the season 22 premiere.

 

It amazes me how many of these shows end with something that had absolutely nothing to do with where the show started, we went from the murder of a fake millionaire socialite to taking down a pharmaceutical company CEO. These kinds of episodes can be really confusing if you fall asleep, and wake up to find that in the 10 minutes you were asleep they switched over to different case wit a totally different group of people. A few time I've actually had to pull up the channel guide on the TV to make sure it was still the same show and the same episode.