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2	* The Season 14 finale "C.O.D." from the original series has [[spoiler:Adele Byrne and Belinda Gardner kill each other's husbands John and Randall by using different guns but similar models, each one involving three shots]]. Briscoe quips "Not bad for a beginner" when [[spoiler:he thinks Adele shot John, who was only hit twice while Randall got hit with all three bullets]]. Since [[spoiler:Belinda killed John though, that means ''Adele'' who killed Randall--is the one who got her target with all three shots]].
3	* [[Series/LawAndOrder Serena Southerlyn's]] infamous "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--other than what's shown. 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.
4	** 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 behavior towards his current assistant isn't necessarily sexual - it's just how he is - because he treats Abbie Carmichael and Serena almost identically.
5	** 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 Detective Briscoe. He felt tremendous guilt over her death and kept the rest of his relationships with his assistants professional.
6	** But fanon says Abbie's gay as well.
7	*** Only because lots of fans want to see her with [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Olivia Benson]]. Which would actually be the hottest thing ''ever'', so no complaints.
8	*** This piece of fanon comes from the same school of thought which ships Alex Cabot with Serena Southerlyn, which would also be ''incredible''.
9	** And Jack didn't seem to have any more idea than Arthur did that Serena was a lesbian.
10	** 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.
11	** 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.
12	* Abbie's stunning lack of sympathy towards the prisoner who claimed that the victim, a prison guard, had turned her into his SexSlave. Abbie spent years blaming herself for her ''own'' rape, so why wouldn't she blame another woman for hers?
13	* 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.
14	* As noted on the character page, Cragen takes on TeamDad characteristics during his time on ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', but not on this show. But consider that most of the SVU detectives were significantly 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, so of course his dynamic with them would be different. The one exception at the 2-7 is Logan, and Cragen ''does'' take a mentor/father figure role towards him, much like how he does with the SVU detectives. (Conversely, his dynamic with Munch, who is around the same age as Cragen, on SVU is very much like that which he has with the detectives in the original.)

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