“Law & Order” Investigates Teachers’ Union
While shooting the season finale, the producers of Law & Order were unaware that NBC was about to cancel the long-running hit television series. Otherwise I’m sure they would have chosen a different story for the show’s swan song.
The plot of the finale centers around New York City’s rubber rooms. The villain is an anonymous blogger who threatens to blow up a city school. One plot element features “a site in which city teachers gossip about their jobs.” Edublogging makes the big time!
And there’s a teachers’ union subplot. The detectives visit the headquarters of the fictional “Teachers Union of New York” and interview an administrative assistant who turns out to be a key witness in the case. The role is played by Olympic Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, who has been doing interviews about her role all week. Apparently the union honchos have something to hide, but Vonn points the detectives in the right direction.
“Honestly, I was completely shaking and I had a grin from ear to ear,” said Vonn of her acting experience. ”Actually, when we were doing takes, I just couldn’t stop smiling, and I was supposed to be a serious character that’s ratting out her boss.” Uh-oh! Mulgrew or Weingarten? Or Leo Casey?
Perez Hilton doesn’t find it all that fascinating, and certainly teachers’ unions aren’t something to catch the attention of Jack Bauer.
May 24th, 2010 at 13:38
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