History Fridge / LawAndOrder

* Initially, there appears to be a bit of ContinuityDrift regarding Logan's [[DarkAndTroubledPast history of abuse from his childhood]], which seems to get worse every time he talks about it: in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but in subsequent episodes, he alludes to things that are a lot more serious; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day. But it actually makes perfect sense if you consider that he's probably never told anyone about the abuse before. When he first opens up to Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened, let alone get into the full extent of it. Once he gets past that initial barrier, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he still can't bring himself to reveal the full extent of it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent''), a full fifteen years after that first disclosure, that he actually tells the full story for possibly the first time ever.

* [[Series/LawAndOrder Serena Southerlyn's]] infamous [[SuddenlySexuality "Is this because I'm a lesbian?"]] seems moronic, until you realize that the whole point of Law & Order is that you have ''absolutely no idea'' what goes on their personal lives. This actually becomes less true after her departure, but up until then it was a miracle if we knew anything about anything that wasn't strictly work.

* Abby's stunning lack of sympathy towards the prisoner who claimed that the victim, a prison guard, had turned her into his SexSlave. Abby spent years blaming herself for her ''own'' rape, so why wouldn't she blame another woman for hers?

** Two episodes. [[Recap/LawAndOrderS12E17GirlMostLikely "Girl Most Likely"]] was running on a lot of {{Gayngst}} [[spoiler: turns out the victim was murdered by her girlfriend, who wanted to stay closeted]]. Serena is a scant step from screaming a WhatTheHellHero at Jack when Jack gets the idea to use the threat of outing one of the suspects to force a confession and/or plea deal. Serena also uses the "IHaveThisFriend" card when discussing how and why a gay teen girl would stay closeted until college.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that most of the SVU detectives were much younger than him, but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. Just look at the way he interacts with Munch and Logan: even on SVU, he treats Munch, who's older, more like he did with most of the detectives in the original, and even in the original, he takes a mentor/father figure towards the much younger Logan, much like how he does with the SVU detectives.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that most of the SVU detectives were much younger than him, but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. If you need more proof, look at the way he interacts with Munch and Logan. Even on SVU, he treats Munch, who's older, more like he did with most of the detectives in the original, and even in the original, he takes a mentor/father figure towards the much younger Logan, much like how he does with the SVU detectives.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that the SVU detectives were much younger than him (Munch notwithstanding), but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. The only detective on the original series who's significantly younger than him is Logan, and he ''does'' take a more mentor/father figure role with Logan, much like how he does with most of the squad at SVU.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that the SVU detectives were much younger than him (Munch notwithstanding), but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. The only detective on the original series who's significantly younger than him is Logan, and he ''does'' take a more mentor/father figure role with Logan than he does with the others.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that the SVU detectives were much younger than him (Munch notwithstanding), but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. The only detective on the original series who's significantly younger than him is Logan, and he interacts with Logan in a way that's much more similar to how he interacts with the SVU squad later.

* Initially, there would seem to be a [[SeriesContinuityError some inconsistency]] regarding Logan's [[DarkAndTroubledPast history of abuse from his childhood]], which seems to get worse every time he talks about it: in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but in subsequent episodes, he alludes to things that are a lot more serious; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day. But it actually makes perfect sense if you consider that he's probably never told anyone about the abuse before. When he first opens up to Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened, so the details he gives in that conversation barely skim the surface. Once he gets past that initial barrier, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he still can't bring himself to reveal the full extent of it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent'') that he actually tells the full story for possibly the first time ever.

* I used to think it was a little bit odd that Logan's [[DarkAndTroubledPast history of abuse from his childhood]] seemed to get worse every time he talked about it (in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but then he starts making references suggesting it was more than that; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day). But then I realized, it actually does make sense if you consider that he's probably never told anyone about this before. When he first tells Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened. Once that's out in the open, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he still can't bring himself to reveal the full extent of it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent'') that he actually tells the full story for possibly the first time ever.

* I used to think it was a little bit odd that Logan's [[TraumaticBackstory abusive mother]] seemed to get worse every time he talked about her (in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but then he starts making references suggesting it was more than that; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day). But then I realized, it actually does make sense if you consider that he's probably never talked about this before. When he first tells Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened. Once that's out in the open, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he's not inclined to be explicit about it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent'') that he actually discloses the extent of what happened to him.

* I used to think it was a little bit odd that Logan's history of abuse seemed to get worse every time he talked about it (in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but then he starts making references suggesting it was more than that; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day). But then I realized, it actually does make sense if you consider that he's probably never talked about this before. When he first tells Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened. Once that's out in the open, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he's not inclined to be explicit about it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent'') that he actually discloses the extent of what happened to him.

* I used to think it was a little bit odd that Logan's history of abuse seemed to get worse every time he talked about it (in the first mention, it's a "whack" in direct response to his father hitting her, but then he starts making references suggesting it was more than that; by the time it comes up in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', it's stated to be violent beatings practically every day). But it makes perfect sense if you consider that he's probably never talked about this before. When he first tells Max about it, it's all he can do to admit that ''anything'' happened. Once that's out in the open, he slowly finds himself able to reveal small details that suggest the true magnitude of the abuse, but he's not inclined to be explicit about it; it's only when he's directly put on the spot (in ''Criminal Intent'') that he actually discloses the extent of what happened to him.

* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. It makes perfect sense, however, when you consider that the SVU detectives were much younger than him (Munch notwithstanding), but Greevey, Cerreta, and Lennie were all about his age and are all suggested to be people he already knows when they come to work for him. The only detective on the original series who's significantly younger than him is Logan, and he interacts with Logan in a way that's much more similar to how he interacts with the SVU squad later.

* If you count closely during Connie's closing argument in "Family Hour" she stabbed the book ''13 times''. The exact amount the defendant stabbed his daughter.

** Rape is a traumatic and horrific crime. Victims are often blamed (or blame themselves) for leading their attackers on or asking for it (which is not true). Denial and not wanting to relive painful memories explains her behavior during the trial. Given that Abby finally realized that during her cross examination lead her to offering the defendant a deal and confiding to Jack about her rape.

** Rape is a traumatic and horrific crime. Victims are often blamed (or blame themselves) for leading their attackers on or asking for it (which is not true). Denial and not wanting to relive painful memories explains her behavior during the trial.
Given that Abby finally realized that during her cross examination lead her to offering the defendant a deal and confiding to Jack about her rape.

* Abby' s stunning lack of sympathy towards the prisoner who claimed that the victim, a prison guard, had turned her into his SexSlave. Abby spent years blaming herself for her ''own'' rape, so why wouldn't she blame another woman for hers?

* Abby' s stunning lack of sympathy towards the prisoner who claimed that the victim, a prison guard, had turned her into his SexSlave. Abby spent years blaming herself for her ''own'' rape, so why wouldn't she blame another woman for hers?

** There was one episode that gave a hint that she was gay, and that Jack knew about it. In that episode (near the end of her run) Jack went to Albany and successfully had the court overturn a gay marriage law, all so he could have the marriage between the defendant and his spouse ruled invalid so the spouse would not be covered by spousal privilege and thus be forced to testify. Although Serena was normally very liberal in her opinions and questioned Jack on his tactics many times, in this particular case she was clearly outright pissed and simply stated she was obviously not going to go to Albany to assist him. Uncharacteristically, Jack didn't even try to argue with her, which would make sense if he knew she had a personal reason to be outraged at his plan.

* [[LawAndOrder Serena Southerlyn's]] infamous [[SuddenlySexuality "Is this because I'm a lesbian?"]] seems moronic, until you realize that the whole point of Law & Order is that you have ''absolutely no idea'' what goes on their personal lives. This actually becomes less true after her departure, but up until then it was a miracle if we knew anything about anything that wasn't strictly work.

*** Only because lots of fans want to see her with [[LawAndOrderSVU Olivia Benson]]. Which would actually be the hottest thing ''ever'', so no complaints.

** The last relationship Jack [=McCoy=] had with an assistant was with Claire Kincaid. Kincaid was killed in a car accident after going to pick up a drunk [=McCoy=]. He felt tremendous guilt with her death and kept the rest of his relationships with his assistants professional.

** The last relationship Jack McCoy had with an assistant was with Claire Kincaid. Kincaid was killed in a car accident after going to pick up a drunk McCoy. He felt tremendous guilt with her death and kept the rest of his relationships with his assistants professional.

** Also, considering the fact that Jack [=McCoy=] had seduced/fallen in love with four out of five of his previous assistants, it does show his sweet but odd behaviour towards his current assistant isn't necessarily sexual - it's just how he is - because he treats Abbie Carmichael and Serena almost identically.

** And Jack didn't seem to have any more idea than Arthur did that Serena was a lesbian.

** Also, considering the fact that Jack [=McCoy=] had seduced/fallen in love with our out of five of his previous assistants, it does show his sweet but odd behaviour towards his current assistant isn't necessarily sexual - it's just how he is - because he treats Abbie Carmichael and Serena almost identically.

** Also, considering the fact that Jack [=McCoy=] had seduced/fallen in love with (YourMileageMayVary) four out of five of his previous assistants, it does show his sweet but odd behaviour towards his current assistant isn't necessarily sexual - it's just how he is - because he treats Abbie Carmichael and Serena almost identically.
** But fanon says Abbie's gay as well, so YourMileageMayVary.