Once again, I’m offering up old television spec scripts for those who might be interested in reading them. This time, two Law & Order specs. They were written a couple of years apart. But with the turn-over on the show, a L&O spec can go out-of-date fairly quickly. The intro pages for each PDF script, explains some of the history behind the particular script. “The Weapon” was written earlier, and let me play with the issue of “competence” versus “credibility”. “Hubris” grew in part from a real story about someone being suckered by a Nigerian email scam, and also by McCoy’s tendency to just roll over possible suspects without regard to the consequences to them. Now, mind you, I like the character of Jack McCoy (and I’m a big Sam Waterston fan), but he can be pretty ruthless.
Bring any comments to the Message Board. I’ll be happy to discuss the writing process, doing TV spec scripts or just Law & Order in general.
