I'm watching 'Law and Order' episode 'Patient Zero'. It's about a Corona Virus!

[Siwsan]

It's a 2003 episode. They are searching for the initial infected patient to avoid a pandemic. One character, who they think released the virus by injecting some woman with it, just said (paraphrasing) 'It's not much worse than the flu.'

[Tomconroy]

1. Let us know if they mention Wuhan Lab!

[Siwsan]

3. They mentioned Saudi Arabia

Even though I've seen every episode many times, I love that show. Especially how they wrote shows that mirror actual events. They had one that was like the Ira Einhorn murder case, one where the woman ran over her husband multiple times, one that was pretty much about Robert Durst. Loved that show.

[Walleye]

2. Wow. I've seen different movies and dramas involving pandemics. So it's not like this is a surprise

[Siwsan]

4. I think it was just hearing 'Corona Virus' that caught my ear

Oops - they just mentioned China

[Walleye]

5. Thanks I'll have to look up that episode online or something

What I meant was pandemics shouldn’t be a surprise. We’ve known what they are for a long time.

[Hekate]

6. A lot of people knew this was coming. One of the things that makes L&O so great is they read...

… the major newspapers. I used to watch it regularly, and mentally played “spot the headline news and its accurate portrayal.”

[elleng]

7. I DO watch it regularly,

but don't play 'spot the headline,' just notice them!

[CTyankee]

10. I'm crazy about Sam Waterston!

[elleng]

11. DITTO!

Sorry my DirecTV is now interfered with either by storm or overgrown hedge, so missing MSNBC AND L&O!

[CTyankee]

12. I love the episodes featuring beleaguered cop Jerry Orbach plays. He is now deceased and that

is sad. I spotted Fran Liebowitz playing a judge in a brief scene...it was a "thing"to do a spot on that show (brief). Sometimes it drives me crazy "I know that actor and can't remember his/her name!"

I went to Carnegie Tech with Frank Converse and he has been on the show a couple of times.

[elleng]

13. YES!

[CTyankee]

14. I actually saw him in that show. It was off broadway at the time and my ex got tickets.

My ex died in late August, btw, and I visited in his rehab place a few weeks earlier with our son. Sad. I am not going to his "celebration of life" which my daughter somehow thinks is necessary. No, it isn't.

[bamagal62]

8. That was about the time of SARS

When it reached Hong Kong. SARS was also a corona virus.

[samnsara]

9. we were storms chasing with a group and we everyone called our car the SARS CAR

...because we were all coughing (from the dust). Funny but we werent even worried about SARS...