“You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.” WantStoriesWatchesEpisodesCompelling Author:Christopher Meloni
“Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.” PeopleIfsSelfCharacterShowsDealsWorryCrazyCrimeEpisodesUnitsPersonal LifeArcsCrazy PeopleSelf Contained Author:Christopher Meloni
“How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank.” YearsFirstsSeasonsStrikesEpisodesThreatened Author:Christopher Meloni
