‘Law & Order’ star Mehcad Brooks on working in New York — and with ‘legend’ Mariska Hargitay
nypost.com“Law & Order,” is entering his third season on the show, as Season 24 premieres Thurs. Oct 3 at 8 p.m. on NBC.Brooks joined the cast in Season 22, when the show returned from its 12-year hiatus. “I had this childlike reaction,” Brooks, 43, told The Post about first joining the show. “I just kind of fell down a little bit and went on my back and kicked my legs up like a child and was doing this giddy laugh.”“It was great, this was a show that I grew up on, myself.
It was always on in the house,” he added. “It was something that felt like a staple in our home. So, to get the call that I’m going to be one of the lead detectives on it is a dream come true.” Detective Jalen Shaw has solved some tough cases – in Season 23, he saved a man about to jump off a bridge.
The man had fatally shot a doctor, which ignited a case that raised questions about whether race-based trauma stress could be used as a defense for murder.
Jalen Shaw started out partnered with Frank Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan), but now his partner is Detective Vincent Riley (Reid Scott, “Veep”). “I draw inspiration from my father, who is a civil rights attorney who is hell bent on restorative justice.
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