Law & Order: Eliot Spitzer Re-Enactment Unit

Nobody can take a lurid scandal directly from the news and turn it into quality entertainment faster than "Law and Order." Well, almost nobody. It may have stung to get beaten to the punch by Hustler, but last night's season finale of the long-running NBC drama was not really about disgraced New York ex-governor Eliot Spitzer, because the fictional state governor in this episode wasn't dumb enough to pay for his hookers with a check. Fake Eliot manages to avoid the same fate as his doppleganger, because he's also much more cunning and ruthless, has an ambitious bitch-on-wheels wife, and a lot more hair. Most of the other details were spot on though--the call girl website, the role of the (ugh) "blogosphere," the vindictive federal investigators. It's was just like watching CNN, only the plot was slightly easier to follow and both broadcasts could've used more call girls.
· Law & Order (nbc.com)
· Law & Order Tackles Spitzer Hooker Case (Gawker)
Previously: DVD Review: "Gov Lov: The Eliot Splitz-her Story"