'LAW' & LEDGER

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A-Rod's Two-Way Thanksgiving [Gossip Roundup]
Published 11/26/2008 by Ryan Tate at Gawker
... Law & Order is doing a Heath Ledger episode, except instead of an actor, the Ledger-like character will be a male model. He has sex and does drugs with a girl he meets at a club, and is found dead by his friends the next morning. [P6] ...

Law & Order does Heath Ledger
Published 11/26/2008 by SeriouslyOMGWTF at Seriously? OMG! WTF?
... (photo from WireImage) I guess Law & Order is still on the air because they are doing an episode based on Heath Ledger's death according to Page Six. A series insider reports an upcoming plot is "supposed to be about Heath ...

Law & Order Taking On Heathus
Published 11/26/2008 at OH NO!!
... insider reports an upcoming plot is "supposed to be about Heath Ledger" and features a male supermodel, played by Ryan Locke, who "has a great career and gets all the ladies." Perhaps the eeriest comparison is to Ledger's actual death by overdose when the character "leaves a club with a girl. They have sex and do drugs, and the next morning, his friend finds him dead." ["Law & Order" takes on the crane collapse, too. link

Crane Accident and Ledger Get L&O Treatment
Published 11/26/2008 by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... , L&O; doesn't really deal with "this city's crooked contractors and their shoddy half-built nightmares, sleazy inspectors and falling cranes," it just begins with a crane accident and then the investigation goes in another direction. Meanwhile, over on Page Six there's talk of (sigh) a ...

Law & Order's Heath Ledger Story Nothing Like Actual Heath Ledger Story [Heath Ledger]
Published 11/26/2008 by Kyle Buchanan at Defamer
When you're halfway into your forty-sixth season, as NBC's long-running crime drama Law & Order is, there are only so many storylines left to do that haven't been done before. Thus, it's no surprise that the show's "ripped from the headlines" method of generating plot points would eventually lead it to the death of Heath Ledger (you'll get your turn soon, Mario!), though it's impressive just how deeply they botched their opportunity. Says Page Six: A series insider reports an upcoming plot is "supposed to be about Heath Ledger" ...