13 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
"Turned out to be" is exactly right.
ADA Serena Southerland famously (and ridiculously) was permitted by writers and TPTB to come out of a well-hidden closet to viewers in her last line of her last episode, stating that, apparently, at least from 2001-2005, she had been a "lesbian."
It's pretty amazing that nearly 20 years later nobody from L&O-land has shared in even a tweet how that line came to be.
IIRC, we never did see Serena look remotely interested in any men or women.
About the infamous Serena lesbian reveal, the actress wanted to leave the show on a memorable note so that’s why they did that. I think they regretted it later because it was so bizarre and out of left field.
9 hours ago, wknt3 said:
Why I have heard was that NBC execs wanted somebody younger and "hotter" than the producers intended and that Govich was a bit of a compromise - a known quantity by Dick Wolf whom the network suits found acceptable. But there was still bad blood with the production team in not being given a free hand in casting decisions, as they felt (with some justification) they had demonstrated a better track record than the network in that department.
Many? Other than Claire it was always pretty clear that Jamie and Abby would not put up with that sort of thing. As you mentioned Serena was a lesbian and I cannot see Jack McCoy being interested in anyone as bland as Borgia. Heck I think even Logan would probably take a pass...
About Jack’s relationships with colleagues, he was romantically involved with 4 - one was Ellen, his ex wife and mother of his daughter, one was Sally Bell, who appeared a few times as a defense attorney, one was Diana Hawthorne, the one who withheld evidence in the serial killer case, and the last was Claire. So yeah that’s a few interoffice romances for Jack. After Claire, the only one I could’ve seen Jack potentially becoming involved with was Abbie, because they had great chemistry, nothing happened there but she’s the only one I could see it with - Jamie had a kid and was fairly busy with that and going through her custody battle so I couldn’t see her getting involved with a colleague, Serena was a lesbian, Borgia was very bland and didn’t have much chemistry with Jack and only worked with him for a short time, and with Connie there was a big age gap, although Jack and Connie did have great chemistry.
I think it was smart to keep all romance stuff offscreen with Jack, even his romance with Claire wasn’t shown and was only revealed after Claire’s death. The very minimal personal stuff is one reason why L&O is such a great show.
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