Funny you should say that @Jaded; I was thinking it was hilariously bad acting on Schorr's part, what with the eye rolling to the back of his head and the way he fell after he was shot. I don't know if he was only supposed to be on for the season, since Sidney Klute had passed away or what.
Speaking of which, Klute looked really ill in his last few episodes.
I just finished watching the complete set, and it was only in the few episodes of the last season where the warning about "technical anomalies" on the discs were due to "historical footage." There were a few episodes when the scene faded to black for a commercial, there was the tag of "PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE" along with two instances of Sharon or Tyne saying that "Cagney and Lacey will be right back!" Weird all around.
And I love Tyne to death; And I fully admit I have a mega mega girl crush on her, but my GOD, was her hair and make-up horrible in the last season. I know the show didn't hate her, but if I didn't know the show didn't hate her, I would think the show hated her. Especially that weird style she had for the last three episodes.
I don't recall the series finale from when it initially aired, but boy was I left disappointed, because I wanted to know what happened! I never liked Marquette, and I didn't quite believe him when he said he was following orders. I'll have to rewatch the first reunion movie to see if I missed Christine saying something about it. I'm going to assume that they didn't get to Major Squad, because I do recall Mary Beth saying she retired after putting in her 20 years, and by the end of the show, she had put in 19. I can't imagine her retiring after only one year at major squad.
And I hope it was Carl Lumbly's choice to leave the show. It came as a shock to me that he was gone after three or four episodes.
I hated Nick. Though I did laugh when it turned out he was the obnoxious asshole that caused Mary Beth to break her heel and her "YOU!" and the look on her face was priceless.
I will also admit that for a show that had basically good kids, that weren't intolerable brats, I was disappointed in how obnoxious and bratty Michael ended up being (yeah, yeah, jealous over Harvey, Junior), and how Harvey Junior seemed to regress between the sixth and last season. Where did the sudden rebellion come from?
And then there was Harvey Senior, with his government conspiracy theories permeating it seems, every conversation he and Mary Beth had; and his hatred for the military. I suppose it was showing the "other" side: that not all parents want their sons enlisting, even though we weren't engaged in any active wars at the time.
And since these dvds don't have the subtitle option, I'm going to keep the recordings on my dvr, because I couldn't make out what Michael asked Mary Beth in "Friendly Fire" when they were told Harvey Junior was missing. Something like, when he was found, could he ask Harvey Junior if he could have his bed? And Mary Beth slapped him for it?
And it seems that Mary Beth couldn't let Martin be her father, after all since, again, in the reunion movies, she said something how she hadn't spoken with him in eight years.
And now the theme song for this show is playing in an unending loop in my head! But at least none of the discs are defective!
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