May 18, 2006
Bye-Bye, Borgia: Another L&O Lady ADA Bites the Dust
[Belated spoiler alert because we cannot believe that people weren't glued to their TV sets last night to see this crazy finale - many apologies] Attractive young actresses who look great in a suit, beware: If you're cast as the new assistant district attorney to work with Jack McCoy, your character might come to some sort of strange end. Last year - yes, just January 2005 - Elisabeth Rohm(bot) left the show and uttered those classic words, "Is it because I'm a lesbian?" and Annie Parisse filled her shoes as ADA Alexandra Borgia. But that's nothing compared to dying from aspirating through your duct taped mouth in a car trunk with blood all over your face, to be found by your boss and other police officers. A poster on the Television Without Pity forum (though not the "Earthy European Sexuality: ADA Alexandra 'Bertha' Borgia" forum) asked if she was forced to leave the show because she was heterosexual. Good question - insurance policies at the DA's office must be crazy. We can't wait to find out who is cast next, so we can write fanfic about how they'll be written off!
What did you think of the Law & Order season finale? That shooting (did they use a bazooka - that shotgun was huge) on Bleecker Street was pretty intense. And in the history of past ADAs, Abby (Angie Harmon) Carmichael left to work at the Justice Department, Jamie (Carey Lowell) Ross wanted to spend more time with her daughter, Claire (Jill Hennessy) Kincaid died from a car accident, and Paul (Richard Brooks) Robinette left to go into private practice. Plus, ADA Alex Cabot was fake-killed off from Law & Order: SVU, only to resurface this past season and work in the failed Dick Wolf show, Conviction.
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I watched it since it was right after 'To catch a predator'. I was hoping for a shootout when they cornered the car though.
Who is gonna be the next hottie?
Angie Harmon was by far my favorite DA-I so wish she would/could come back to the show! She was the only one I can recall with a real distinctive personality.
There should be a storyline with the investigation of McCoy/DA Office's hiring practice, on charges of discrimination against males and minorities Seriously Wolf should place a hot minority woman ADA this time.
Could you put up a spoiler alert notice on this story? I know the episode has already aired, but for the many of us who time-shift on our DVRs, we would have liked to have remained surprised.
Her body was found near the Dyckman Marina. You think that was a joke based on Rohm's comment?
what i'll miss most is her plucked unibrow and finely waxed upper lip.
I have to get Tivo.
With "Convinction" being cancelled, I wouldn't be surprised if the Stephanie March character "Alex Cabot" turned up the regular Law & Order series as McCoy's assistant, equal and possibly future replacement.
I think Sam Watterson has been there much too long.
I rather liked Conviction.
Remember that the present ADA in SVU was beaten to a pulp by some Bosnian Muslim chauvinist offended that his sister was forced to admit to a rape. If the real ADAs in New York were assaulted and killed at the rate that it happens in L&O we would have government hearings on the matter.
For the record I really enjoyed the L&O show with Bebe Neuwirth. I was bummed out when they cancelled it.
Holy crap! I missed the episode. I'll have to catch it on repeat or download it.
Please for the love of God, do not bring Aex Cabot back to any of the shows. I hate her.
this show is still in my tivo queue. thanks for the spoiler warning. argghh!
I'm glad conviction and the bebe neuwirth one got cancelled.
Neuwirth is younger than me but looks 50.
What is it about these female ADA roles that gives them such a "hardened" look?
Ladies, wrinkles, laugh lines, crows feet does not look good on 25 year olds, could be your profession that's causing this. You'll look younger if you're happy.
Tough chance in NYC but it's the truth.
when you're bitter, you'll look bitter so change your profession unless you want to look like uber
ADA of sex crimes, feinstein.
And, regarding the spoilers, don't want to read them?
Get off the internet.
why does Dateline do a To Catch a Predator "special" every week now? waaay to sensationalist. there are sickos out there--WE GET IT. enough already.
i watch an unhealthy amount of L&O each week, and this was the first episode in ages that really got to me. (the whole duct tape and bag over the head thing was a little too much Ripped from the Headlines for me--remember the threads here a few months back?) i thought sam waterson was excellent, and although i never liked this particular ADA, it was a very jolting episode.
who should be the new ADA? any bets on who?
I'm with kim; Conviction is an enjoyable show. Too bad. The time slot is a killer.
Aaack! I had it tivoed (DVR'd) and hadn't watched it yet you spoilers!
Interesting thought in the days of Tivo--how long after an exciting program do you NOT have to put "SPOILERS!" on a post such as that?
I liked 100 Centre Street better with Alan Arkin.
Can't stand the heat, stay out of the Kitchen.
The show is grasping at straws, NEXT!
The season finale was quite a good episode and the Jane's New York behinds the scenes special that aired earlier didn't spoil it, nor did the promos for the episode.
Conviction was put in a timeslot of death, but was just another lawyer show. If it was something like "Law & Order: Brooklyn" (just a suggestion of a new show) it would have had a better shot.
Now I have a feeling they may cast someone off of Conviciton to fill the slot.
DAMN YOU SPOILY MCSPOILERSON!
no seriously, since we use ted+azareus to auto-bittorrent all our favourite shows, we're a couple days behind on every show and the internet becomes a big hazardous minefield of spoilitude.
"who'd have guessed that darth vader would be luke skywalker's father?"
A friend of mine, waiting on line to watch The Sixth Sense, heard this from one of the existing viewers:
"Whoa, Bruce Willis was dead the entire time?!"
They're actresses playing a role--they shouldn't look happy given the storylines.
Angie Harmon was so incompetent that it was embarassing to watch her. She was a rank amateur in all senses of the word rank, including bad smell.
Then how do you explain Mariksa hargitay?
Don't tell me she looks beautiful in real life.
We know all those pictures of her were done with lots of makeup.
I'm tired of hearing about her baby. big deal
Women had been having babies for centuries.
friggin "celebrities".
Bring back Jill Hennessey! She was the best. They could make like she was only gravely hurt by the drink driver but survived. I also liked Carey Lowell. She'd be an awesome comeback.
Ok. First off, they just used the "I can't talk now, I have home invaders inside" bit a few weeks ago, on Criminal Intent. Then, Borgia answers the door, without even looking out the peephole? Then McCoy is allowed to stay on the case, until the end...I'd think any defense attorney, would scream conflict of interest! After all, one of the murder victems was the prosectutor's own assistant. C'mon writers-who has the brain cell!
But, at least we're rid of Borgia, and Annie Parisse. This actress had some good lines... and read them. When she did actually act, she made Borgia out to be one big wimp. I'd think anyone smart and aggressive enough to be McCoy's assistant, would walk into a room, and immediately let you know, that she is one kick ass, take no prisoners, screw you, I work for the meanest SOB amoung Manhattan attorneys, Jack McCoy, so fess up, or your butt is mine, jerk off! Instead, we get this hesitant, wussy little thing, who even in the opening credits, minces down the hall, practically wringing her hands. Ugh. I kept hoping they'd do a dream episode, where Jamie Ross, Abbie Carmichael and Serena Southerlyn all appear, and teach Borgia how to kick some serious ass at Rikers.
Maybe they'll let that woman who plays Jessica Rossi on Conviction come to the Mothership. She acts as if she can dish out better than any crook hands her...and, as if she can stand up to McCoy and Branch.
As much as I didn't care for her, I think her ending was horrible, and the emotion that was shown by the det., was ummm well (interesting) some how I wonder if they were happy she was gone to. Well better luck on the next one.