So, I just watched the end of this week's Law & Order (thanks TiVO!) -- it was so bizarre. Serena, the Ast. DA, was right all the long, using her intuition, that the suspect was innocent. She made a comment in the middle of the show saying the other two DA's hadn't been listening to her in the last few months. At the end of the show...

State Attorney: "Serena, passion has no place here, prosecuters need to be cold blooded... You're fired." Never mind that she's a civil servant and incredibly competent and therefore would be very difficult to fire. Not that I'm an expert on prosecuting crimes, but I had hours of training in youth court by state's attorneys who reminded us repeatedly that their job is more difficult than a public defender's because they were obligated to serve "justice" while prosecuting a case, whereas all a defender had to do was zealously advocate for his client.

Serena replied "Is this because I'm a lesbian?"

(WHAT?!)

State Attorney: No, not at all.
Serena: Good. Good.

(Cue end of show.)

A bizarre and weak loss of a good cast member.