Factual error: Ryan, the laboratory technician, eats his lunch of burger and fries while discussing a murder case with Assistant D.A. Claire Kincaid. Trouble is, they are in his laboratory. No lab technician ever, ever eats or drinks in a laboratory - it is the most basic lab protocol imaginable. He could contaminate his samples in any one of a hundred ways, he inevitably contaminates his gloves or fingers with residue from his meal and he risks poisoning himself with accidental transfer. This is not a character error - lab security is hammered into science students starting with the first day of first year and number one on the list is never, ever eat or drink in your lab.
Law & Order (1990)
Episode list - season 19
| All season 19 mistakes | Mistakes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumble | 0 |
| 2 | Challenged | 0 |
| 3 | Lost Boys | 0 |
| 4 | Falling | 0 |
| 5 | Knock Off | 0 |
| 6 | Sweetie | 0 |
| 7 | Zero | 0 |
| 8 | Chattel | 0 |
| 9 | By Perjury | 0 |
| 10 | Pledge | 0 |
| 11 | Lucky Stiff | 0 |
| 12 | Illegitimate | 0 |
| 13 | Crimebusters | 0 |
| 14 | Rapture | 0 |
| 15 | Bailout | 0 |
| 16 | Take-Out | 0 |
| 17 | Anchors Away | 0 |
| 18 | Promote This! | 0 |
| 19 | All New | 0 |
| 20 | Exchange | 0 |
| 21 | Skate or Die | 0 |
| 22 | The Drowned and the Saved | 0 |
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Trivia: Both Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe) and S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Van Buren) played guest roles before joining the cast. Orbach played a lawyer in the episode "The Wages of Love" in season two, and Merkerson played the mother of a victim in "Mushrooms" in the first season.
Question: Why did Arthur fire Serena?
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Answer: He believed that she had become too empathetic towards the defendant they had been prosecuting, and that her actions were driven by her emotions instead of facts. While empathy is a good quality in general, a certain degree of detachment is required in order for a prosecutor to do one's job effectively.
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