View Full Version : Law & Order mentioned coronavirus in a 2003 episode


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03-16-2020, 01:05 AM
https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1238904078194872321

Call it the opposite of "ripped from the headlines": A rerun apparently of Law & Order's Oct. 8, 2003 (https://twitter.com/AdrienneCBarr/status/1238883557478674432) episode titled "Patient Zero" (https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/52632/law-order-14x03-patient-zero) aired on cable on Friday, featuring Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Orbach and S. Epatha Merkerson's characters discussing coronavirus. "Law and Order: Time Traveller Unit," tweeted Law & Order: SVU showrunner Warren Leight in reaction to the clip, which was posted by journalist Mac Engel. Here's the episode's description: "The investigation into the carjacking of a vehicle containing vials of a deadly virus leads the detectives on a search for the first person infected with the virus and a biochemist whose sinister motivations were driven by passion."